Business Without BS

Imagine being able to put on AR glasses and experience the battle of Hastings, interactively. That's exactly the kind of thing being developed by New Reality, Ingvi Logason's VR and AR company. This week we continue our conversation with the tech start-up entrepreneur and investor who unpacks what the future of augmented reality in society could look like with the kind of work he's doing at New Re...

Joining us this week one of Iceland's leading figures in business and innovation - Ingvi Jökull Logason. Ingvi is a Tech start-up entrepreneur, investor and serial advertising agency founder. He owns and operates businesses from Iceland all the way to Indonesia with his current focus being in the Virtual and Augmented Reality space with his company, New Reality. We take a deep dive into how Ingvi'...

Ever wondered what 'engagement' in social media actually means? and what gets more video more views: a mouth-open or mouth-closed thumbnail? and who actually runs Gordon Ramsey's YouTube account? (hint, it's not Gordon Ramsey). All plus more is revealed in this week's episode of BWB Extra where we continue our conversation with the brilliant James Loveridge, Director of Entertainment at Little Dot...

Joining us this week is the delightful James Loveridge, Director of Entertainment at Little Dot Studios, a leading digital agency and media network. James has worked in the Entertainment industry for over a decade for companies like Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok. As Director of Entertainment at Little Dot Studios, James oversees client operations for some of the largest interna...

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with former gamer and founder of Catalyst E-Sports Solutions, Drew Holt-Kentwell who is also a qualified mental health counsellor in Singapore and runs a youth charity which focuses on gaming and device addiction and general wellness issues that youths face in Singapore. Drew unpacks the reality of addiction and mental health issues in gaming where...

Happy New Year! we kick off 2022 with our 60th episode joined by our Singapore based guest, Drew Holt-Kentwell. Drew is the founder of Catalyst E-Sports Solutions, an end-to-end E-Sports marketing agency with past and present clients including Lenovo, Corsair and the Singapore Government. As a former professional gamer, Drew moved from the UK to Singapore 10 years ago as the former Head of Global...

This week on BWB Extra we continue our conversation with Yeastie Boys Founder and Benevolent Dictator Stu McKinlay who unpacks the reality and intricacies of running what he and the team like to call "the world's smallest multi-national" craft beer business. We discuss big brewery competition, consumer loyalty versus promiscuity, the importance of good branding and how Yeastie Boys like to approac...

Joining us this week is Stu McKinlay, Founder and "Benevolent Dictator" at Yeastie Boys Beer. After working in Public Health for 15 years, Stu thought it was time for a career change in 2008 when he kick-started Yeastie Boys, originally in New Zealand and Australia and then in the UK in 2015. Yeastie Boys has now become what he and the team like to call “the world’s smallest multinational brewing...

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Ben Fogarty, Founder and CEO of Xpon Digital who jumps at the chance to off-load his annoyance about the time it can take clients to make a decision about a project, only to then expect work to get going immediately once agreed! He also shares his frustrations about the complexities of deciding whether it's a good idea anymore to move to the UK...

Joining us this week on BWB is our favourite digital strategist Ben Fogarty. Ben is a founder and CEO of several innovative startups focused on delivering digital strategies and applications that make customer experiences better. He has a proven track record in creating and launching products and services used by some of the best global brands, including The BBC, The Guardian, Nike, EA Sports and...

This week's episode of BWB Extra continues our conversation with William Lawrie, Co-Founder and Director of Dubai-based art gallery LawrieShabibi who talks about the UAE's socioeconomic changes over the last 15 years which ultimately gave rise to the creation of the middle-eastern art scene and culture. We discuss the fundamental differences between the UAE past and present, how its effected the r...

William Lawrie, Co-Founder and Director of Lawrie-Shabibi, a Dubai-based Art Gallery joins us this week on BWB. With a degree in Art History and a speciality in Islamic Art, William’s been involved in the Dubai art scene since 2005 with British Auction House Christie’s, organising the first international art auction there in 2006 and then becoming their first Art Specialist based in the Middle Eas...

Hello and welcome to BWB Extra! This week we continue our conversation with Beluga Bean "well-being" enterprise founders Renee Elliott and Sam Wigan where we give them full permission to get in the hot seats, put their coaching hats on and shine their personal discovery mirrors at Dominic and Philippa to give them both a full treatment of self-awareness. Welcome, to The Beluga Bean Effect. And for...

Founders of Beluga Bean, Sam Wigan and Renee Elliott join us this week on BWB. Beluga Bean is a well-being enterprise pioneering new strategies for success in business and life. Through Corporate Training, Personal Coaching and Business Advisory services the team deliver powerful journeys of personal discovery that promote individual and team success. After all, Beluga Bean’s key belief is that “S...

Officially welcoming BWB Extra! our new extended feature which will follow on from each guest's main episode. The aim? to hand the reins over to our guests and let them lead the conversation with their biggest bug bear, most burning question in business, or even just a topic they'd like to discuss with our hosts. This week we follow on with Jason Gibb who speaks about how big businesses need to ch...

Founder of Bread & Jam, Jason Gibb joins us this week on BWB. Jason is a food entrepreneur, community builder, climate activist and Vegan advocate who has a passion for mission driven businesses with sustainable development goals. Jason’s most recent venture is founding Bread & Jam - the UK's biggest food and drink founders' festival for emerging and scaling brands with...

Welcome to part 2 - The Art of Whisky where we take a deeper dive into our conversation with Desiree Whitaker, CEO and Managing Director of The Cardrona Distillery who tells us her story about how she came to set up Cardrona and what it takes to create a truly unique and authentic signature brand of spirit: from the type of water used to the height of the Distillery location and even the type of f...

Desiree Whitaker - CEO and Managing Director of The Cardrona Distillery joins us this week on BWB. Originally started in New Zealand, the family business now ships its exquisite range of hand-crafted Whiskies, Spirits and Liqueurs across Australia and the UK. Desiree’s fascinating journey to starting the business spans over years of research, planning and travelling globally to...

Co-Founder of Greenroom Digital, Tom Huggins joins us this week on BWB. With offices in Australia and the UK, Greenroom Digital are a sports marketing business working with some of the largest global sporting organisations. Their aim is to create a positive change in the sports and entertainment industry by revolutionising the way we connect and engage the audience. Alongside Dominic and Andr...

Coach, Consultant and Founder of Mennenia, Maxim Cramer joins Juliet Oury and Philippa Sturt this week on BWB. Maxim’s mission with Mennenia is to help women entrepreneurs start, launch, and grow their businesses by making technology as simple as everyday English. She’s also worked as a principal design technologist, technical consultant, mobile software engineer and was integral to the team that...

Author and Vlogger Christine Armstrong joins Juliet Oury and Philippa Sturt this week on BWB. Christine is the author of The Mother of All Jobs: How To Have Children And A Career And Stay Sane(ish )  published by Bloomsbury, writes regularly for the Times and Telegraph, and is a contributing editor of Management Today. Christine’s work focuses on parenting, work-life balance, a...

Sunna Van Kampen, Founder of Tonic Health joins Juliet Oury and Phillipa Sturt on this week’s episode of BWB. Sunna previously co-founded LVK Global - a sales and marketing agency and developed Piccolo Baby Food - the fastest growing baby food brand in the UK which led him to found Tonic Health - a start-up aiming to empower the world to work with and not against their immune system. Within the fi...

Ted Edwards of London & Partners joins Andrew and Juliet on this week’s episode of BWB. Born near Liverpool, UK, Ted joined London & Partners in 2011 - an agency focused on creating economic growth that is resilient, sustainable, and inclusive. Ted’s managed hundreds of successful investment projects from all corners of the globe, organized dozens of trade missions and Mayoral trips to the...

Luke Sequeria, Founder and CEO of Numadic joins Andy and Dominic this week on BWB. With a background in Computer Science and Engineering, Luke's been a serial Entrepreneur since his mid-teens founding a number of companies, his latest being Numadic which builds apps and APIs that enable financial transactions for mobility and logistics in India. The three take a deep dive into Luke’...

Michael Branagan-Harris, CEO of Device Access UK joins Andrew and Dominic this week on BWB. With a background in Medical and Healthcare Sales, Business Development, and Management, in 2010 Micheal set up Device Access UK - a Med Tech consultancy firm specializing in market access, which basically means they help Medical Device and Diagnostic companies navigate their way into th...