Gaule's Question Time

Savio Kwan was the Chief Operations Officer and Board Member of Alibaba.com which was founded by Jack Ma in 1999. In this part one of the podcast we discuss the challenges of losing your senior executive role and the journey of finding a new role. Savio outlines his experience moves from GE and BTR, moving back to Hong Kong and joining Alibaba as COO and then Chief People Officer. In part two Savi...

This is one of a series of presentations and discussions led by Aimava. Future and past programs can be found at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/aimava... Munich RE Ventures is the strategic CVC group of Munich RE and invests in emerging companies that are developing new technologies and business models – and risks – for tomorrow’s world. As one of the global providers of reinsurance, primary insur...

This is Part Two of the session and we discuss the approach to career change and resilience. The global pandemic has caused massive disruption to health, personal lives and careers. We are facing masses of redundancies in leading corporates like British Airways (12,000), bp (10,000), Centrica (5,000), HSBC (35,000), over 22,000 Retail STORES to close and millions of SMEs and individuals being affe...

The global pandemic has caused massive disruption to health, personal lives and careers. We are facing masses of redundancies in leading corporates like British Airways (12,000), bp (10,000), Centrica (5,000), HSBC (35,000), over 22,000 Retail STORES to close and millions of SMEs and individuals being affected. This discussion will consider how people and organisations can change. Contributors to...

This is part of series of programs Aimava.com has been leading to support our clients and Corporate Venturing eco system as we face the health and economic impact of the pandemic. See upcoming events at Aimava Eventbrite There were plenty of opportunities to share perspectives and questions with peers on the call, these have been edited out of this recording. Key contributors to this session Ulric...

Saving ventures and managing your portfolio for the future is critical in this challenging time This is part of series of programs Aimava.com has been leading to support our clients and Corporate Venturing eco system as we face the health and economic impact of the pandemic. For further details email us at -info(at)aimava.com Many venture portfolios are going to be facing serious trading condition...

Tony shares perspectives on the CoVID pandemic and mitigation. This is part Two, in part one Tony shares insights from over 20 years of investing and outlines the strategic innovation and venturing with Relx being the Limited Partner. Subscribe for future podcasts

Tony shares insights from over 20 years of investing and outlines the strategic innovation and venturing with Relx being the Limited Partner. This is part one, in part two Tony shares perspectives on the CoVID pandemic and mitigation. Subscribe for future podcasts

Rupert shares with Andrew the founding and growth of WM motor from just 2015. We discuss the design, manufacture and low cost of EVs in China. As this was recorded during the Coronavirus period and China start of coming out of lockdown. A fascinating discussion. Aimava have been working with global corporates and startups on what we term Innovative New Value Chain, which is connecting new technolo...

Dan gives us great insights to the charging of electric vehicles on the street. We also had a great discussion on the balancing of the electricity generating system. Aimava have been working with global corporates and startups on what we term Innovative New Value Chain, which is connecting new technologies, ventures and corporates with new business models in the Transport and Energy sectors as Ele...

Angela shares with Andrew the drive from Ikea to make all deliveries electric and enabling customer and colleague charging. A fantastic interview on pragmatic implementation at scale. Aimava have been working with global corporates and start ups on what we term Innovative New Value Chain, which is connecting new technologies, ventures and corporates with new business models in the Transport and En...

Wiebe shares with Andrew the inspiration and adventure of driving an electric car from NL to NZ! Aimava have been working with global corporates and start ups on what we term Innovative New Value Chain, which is connnecting new technologies, ventures and corporates with new business models in the Transport and Energy sectors as Electric Vehicles will revolutionise many industries. This podcast is...

Sam gives a great background on the early days of electric vehicle delivery in London and learning from China. We then discuss the challenges and opportunities as we have to scale on a massive scale to meet the climate challenge in the coming few years. Aimava have been working with global corporates and start ups on what we term Innovative New Value Chain, which is connnecting new technologies, v...

Juan gives us an insight to the innovation needs of PepsiCo and the incubator program they led in Europe. They identified Innovative Start Ups provided support and joint learning. The ventures gained Euro 25,000 and the winner an additional Euro 100,000. Aimava supported the capability development and mentoring of the PepsiCo team to support the collaboration and learning. You can also listen to t...

Matt shares with Andrew the drive for creating Pivot Power, the need in the industry and why a start up can innovate in areas that corporates find challenging. Aimava have been working with global corporates and start ups on what we term Innovative New Value Chain, which is connnecting new technologies, ventures and corporates with new business models in the Transport and Energy sectors as Electri...

In this second part of my interview with Paul Lindley, who was the founder of Ella's Kitchen, we discuss his philanthropic ventures. JustImagineIf.co.uk which is an annual international social enterprise and innovation competition supporting ideas that tackle our global challenges. We also discuss our joint passion of being inspired by children, his book Little Wins and my UpStart4StartUps.com. Pa...

Paul shares with Andrew the inspiration and development of Ella's Kitchen the purposeful driven Children's food. This is part one of a two part podcast.

Grace shares her experience of building the Impact Investing and Development approach that Unilever does in partnership with Dept for International Development. Projects with benefits in health, sanitation, education, empowering women and plastic in Africa, Asia and other developing areas are discussed. Check out other approaches to impact venturing with programs like Leaders in Innovation Fellows...

Rebecca discusses with Andrew the changing high street, online retail and a new approach to fashion with independent designers at Lone Design Club. A fascinating journey of an entrepreneur from New Zealand and her passion to change create a true omnichannel that supports sustainable fashion. www.lonedesignclub.com

Audun shares his perspectives on the energy tech and business models that are a great opportunity and changing at a rapid rate. We also gain insights into the process of venture development and working with corporates.

Emma set herself the target of doing 25 sabbaticals before she was 25. Listen to this podcast to understand why she did and how it has now been the start of an exciting new venture. Great lesson in networking, determination and taking control of your future.

In this interview we discuss the start up journey of this plant based food venture. As the winner of the PepsiCo Greenhouse incubator we gain an insight to the collaboration of ventures and corporates.

In this podcast I discuss with Neil the strategic and legal aspects of corporates investing in early stage ventures as a CVC. What to watch for in a term sheet, Intellectual Property and role on the Board are all covered. There is a chapter on 'Keeping it Legal' and many of the strategic innovation aspects in my book "Purpose to Performance Innovative New Value Chains" on Amazon https://amzn.to/2U...

Rob shares his perspectives on the rise of Electric Vehicles, changing business models and the life of a start up. Aimava is working with leading corporates and startups in the Transport and Energy Innovative New Value Chains.

Jurek is the Founder Henley Business Angels, Executive Director Henley Centre for Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur in Residence London Business School and Chairman Fresh4cast and MedicSpot. In this podcast we discuss the process of angel investing and the opportunities for start up ventures.