Business and Bubble Tea

William Bowen and Roberta Lazzeri meet Waleed Khalid, the founder and CEO of Oxford Talks as we discuss the new age of Web 3.0. Waleed has a background working for TEDx and has launched his own media platform in Oxford with the key aim of "ideas worth doing". We focus on the implications of Web 3.0 for podcasters:  What has changed around spoken media?  What makes a great podcast? ...

Business and Bubble Tea interview Liu Shuo, the founder of MitUP Biotech, a start-up company dedicated to inventing and improving fermentation technology to brew natural juice-based, gluten-free, low calories, and low-no alcoholic sparkling drinks and beverages. It owns new brands 走岂清酿®, 走起®, MitUP®,and etc. William Bowen and Roberta Lazzeri ask:    What is the make or break answer...

Vishal Harishchandra Kewalramani having started out founding Elite Models, one of the largest and most prestigious model agencies in the world. He is now based out in Singapore and the founder of Ocean Fintech and the Valkin Group. Maybe you're wondering:  What makes a founder investable?  Where are the growing investment opportunities? What distinguishes Ocean FinTech's strategy?

Graziana Maellaro is founder and Managing partner at Vōx Communication. She is a luxury rooted professional and as consultant she works for key industries players developing best practices into the Asian and European market. William Bowen & Roberta Lazzeri discuss key strategies for success in China with Graziana. What differences exist from North and South in China? What has failed and what...

Nicko Widjaja is the Founding CEO of BRI Ventures, a venture arm of Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), the country’s largest bank focusing on micro and small medium businesses. An early tech investment pioneer, he has a career that spans over 10 years in venture capital, corporate transformation, and the startup ecosystem. He was formerly the Founding CEO of MDI Ventures, a Telkom Indonesia backed VC, w...

Philippe Jutras is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford and founder of the Plant Cell Institute. A collaborative and open research institute currently comprising over 60 scientists globally with the goal of improving collaboration in life sciences. Pursuit of collective knowledge, and collaborative projects are at the heart of his strategy to find revolutionary solutions for prob...

Sujay is the COO and Cofounder of Lilu. Lilu builds smart tech products to make early motherhood more efficient, pain-free and stress-free.  He previously cofounded a non-profit called Jyothi in India, a safe platform for survivors of harrassment and rape to submit anonymous reports and provide support through self-defense workshops. He has spent 2 years in Shenzhen, China, vetting and workin...

Federico is a PhD candidate in Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on the genetic engineering of stem cells for the study of neurodegenerative disorders. He is the National Director of the Activator for Nucleate UK. Nucleate is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering future biotech leaders by educating academic trainees. Federico is coordinating Nucleate’s...

Hamza Ayub, PHBS alumnus and Forbes 30 under 30 Europe is the Chief Marketing Officer of Dunkin Switzerland and the founder of AnW Studios (an advertising firm that worked with A-list celebrities and top-tier brands globally such as Akon, Multi-Platinum Producer B.Howard, the Jackson family, Liverpool legend: Ian Rush, Monster, Trivago, Manchester United Foodball Club and many more). His book:´The...

Kevin Palmieri is the founder and co-host of the Next Level University podcast. Early in his life, Kevin found “success”, but after a brush with suicide he realised he wasn´t living a life he truly wanted. He became passionate about self improvement and decided to make it his purpose in life to impact as many people as possible by becoming a role model podcaster and speaker. He has succeeded to ma...

Runlin Yip is the Founder of Tappo, a Super App that is safe, secure and economical for all to use in the everyday digital lifestyle. Tappo integrates a wide variety of service in one single app such as fiat & crypto payments, personal finance management, food, hotels, flights, cashback and more. He leads the strategic vision for product design, development, and commercial distribution.

Charles Cormier is the CEO at TopLeads and a serial entrepreneur who started his first agency at age 19. He currently runs multiple businesses while traveling the world. We interview Charles on what it takes to launch a lead generation company and unfair competitive advantage. 

Aldi Adrian Hartanto is the Partner at Arise, a thesis-driven early-stage VC fund in partnership with Telkom Indonesia-backed MDI Ventures and Bank BCA-backed Finch Capital. He is also the VP of Investments at MDI Ventures, an $830 Million AUM Global Multi-Fund VC Firm investing in local founders. Aldi is leading the overall global investment activities to focus on seed-to-growth equity stage star...

Eleanor Manley is the co-founder of Metta Space which is seeking to help companies prevent, report and resolve workplace misconduct with a focus on gender equality and inclusion. Passionate about Data Science, she firmly believes that ML applications can have broader, positive repercussions on gender equality and women's roles in our societies.

Ming Qiao Zhao is the CCO & Co-founder at Cauli, the UK’s first tech-enabled reusable food & drink packaging solution provider, designed to fight single-use waste. Her passion for entrepreneurship and sustainability began at the age of 14 when she set up her first business selling recyclables collected from schoolmates to recyclers. After a stint of running her football school in China, sh...

Paul Mathew is a Conservation Biologist and bartender who has been working in the drinks industry for 25 years. He is co-owner of The Hide, The Arbitrager and Demon, Wise & Partners in London, and has worked extensively with bars and brands around the world, including 7 years based in Asia. He launched Everleaf non-alcoholic aperitifs in January 2019 to meet demand from his guests for great no...

Elizabeth Batalla is the founder of the Institute for Achievement and Excellence which helps women level up in 9 life areas to achieve their professional and personal transformation goals to secure leadership roles and business opportunities. She also helps companies better educate and promote their female talent through self-paced masterclasses, tailored programs, and coaching. In many industries...

Dr Michele Veldsman is a senior research scientist at Oxford University with a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Cambridge. She is a freelance consultant for tech startups, providing neuroscientific insights into optimising brain and mental health. She is the founder of playroom - an app to simplify managing family life and make meaningful and quality connections to other famili...

In 2021, Nelson joined Entrepreneur First's 16th London cohort, where he met his cofounder, Saaras Mehan. Together they launched a lawtech startup, Kula. Kula helps lawyers to build their own law firms, and break free from corporate law. It is backed by Y Combinator, Entrepreneur First, along with leading angel investors including former executives from Microsoft.

Iru Wang is the COO & Co-founder of MoBagel. MoBagel is a vendor of AI/ML platform technology. It provides AutoML software to enterprises such as Chunghwa Telecom, Wei Chuan Foods, and has received a total funding of $21M USD. Iru herself is also a guest lecturer of the National Taiwan Normal University Department of Technology Application. She specialises in computer architecture, design thin...

Dr. Senmao Xia is an Associate Professor in Management. He serves as the Vice President of the Chinese Economic Association (UK/Europe). Senmao holds a few editorial roles (e.g. guest editor, managing editor, associate editor) for leading journals, including, Technovation, the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, the International Journal of Technology Management, the...

Lorenzo Sani is the co-founder at Shopscribe. Shopscribe enables the 1.3M local shops in Europe – like bakeries and cafes – to become part of a subscription network of local businesses. In 2020, an estimated 800 billion dollars was generated by small independent retailers in Europe. Shopscribe allows customers to subscribe and get extra credit to spend at any of the shops on the platform - offerin...

Pandu Raharja-Liu is a Co-Founder & CTO at Panakeia. Panakeia provides comprehensive ‘omics' molecular analysis of patient tissues significantly faster and cheaper than other methods. They are creating AI-technology to provide biomarker information directly from H&E-stained tissue images. Panakeia offers results in minutes rather than executing multiple physical tests over several days or...

Mark Wong is an entrepreneur, ex-sommelier and the Founder of Impossibrew. Longing for the relaxing sensations of drinking after a health scare that made him cut alcohol, he founded an alcohol-free challenger startup with a biosciences professor to create a beer alternative that is enhanced for better mood and relaxation. His enhanced beers have since won a Gold Medal at one of the largest beer co...

George Ulmann started his career as a strategy consultant, focusing on digital, innovation and helping companies bring new products to market. Over 5 years at Monitor Deloitte, he specialised in product commercialisation, including pricing and marketing strategies. He was a founding team member at MedShr, an app and network for doctors. There are now over 2 million doctors using MedShr to share, d...