the talktank

The Bits & Bytes Series - Mark Pearson-Freeland Hosted by Alki Giavridis Have you ever thought about starting your own podcast? 🤔 Great news! This week, our Bits and Bytes Series features Mark Pearson-Freeland, co-host of the iconic innovation podcast “Moonshots: Learning From Innovators”. 🎙💥 The Moonshot podcast delves into the minds of the world's greatest innovators, from Elon Musk, to Ga...

The Beyond Profit Series -Colombe Cahen-Salvador Hosted by Julian Kirschner This week we talk to the incredible woman who founded a political party and launched a disruptive global movement. 🦸 🌍  Are you ready to take on the biggest challenges of our time? At the age of 22, Colombe Cahen-Salvador co-founded Volt, the first pan-European political party that  managed to mobilize 250...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Amos Teshuva  Hosted by Tina Soh If you've ever spent ages waiting in a rainy queue, just to get some eggs & coffee, you'll want to tune in for this one! We talk to the man who's made it his mission to eliminate queues forever 💥 ⏳ Our guest Amos Teshuva left his stable Graduate Scheme at Mars to co-found WalkUp, an app that saves users’ time via virtual que...

The Artistpreneurs Series - Joel Adebayo Hosted by Tina Soh This week we had the pleasure of talking to someone who got into fashion to change it to human first, rather than profit first. Unsurprisingly, his customers love him just as much as he loves them. We talked to Joel Adebayo, Founder of 'Not Just Another Store' and 'Utter Group'✨✨  Joel always loved fashion and connecting with other...

The Beyond Profit Series - Mock Yi Jun Hosted by Victoria Throen Longhi Have you ever asked yourself what you can do now to impact your future? Or how you can stand out while studying at LSE? 👀🌟 Well, search no more, this episode is the answer to your prayers!🙏🙏 We are talking to Mock Yi Jun, co-founder of Advisory Singapore, a non-profit organization helping young Singaporeans make informed c...

The Artistpreneurs Series - Kadir van Lohuizen Hosted by Esther de Jongh Today we take you with us on a journey through the diamond trade in Sierra Leone, the rising sea levels in Bangladesh, and the heated conflict in Kashmir. 🕵️‍♂️💎 We talk to Kadir van Lohuizen, an award-winning photojournalist and filmmaker. 📹💥Kadir has been travelling the world for his esteemed documentary projects since h...

The Bits & Bytes Series - Kyle Pavlich Hosted by Jessica Ge In this episode, we hear Kyle Pavlich’s story. At the young age of 21, and in the midst of a global pandemic, Kyle has co-founded ZedConsults, a Generation Z management consulting company. He’s also helping rising entrepreneurs as District Manager at the Student Works Program. Today he sheds light on the differences between Millennial...

The Artistpreneurs Series - Jeffrey Siger Hosted by Alki Giavridis The talktank strikes back again this week, this time with tales of mayhem, mobs and murder.... 👀 Have we captured your attention yet?  Our guest this week is Jeffrey Siger, Greece thriller novelist of Record according to The New York Times Book Review. His career path is unique and definitely worth noticing. Jeffrey went...

The Beyond Profit Series - Jack Graham Hosted by Victoria Throen Longhi This week we are talking to Jack Graham, a social innovation consultant and founder of Year Here.  Year Here is a London-based postgraduate course in social innovation, that unites skilled professionals and challenges them to build smart solutions to some of society's toughest problems. The program has already generated 3...

The Beyond Profit Series - Tessa Clarke Hosted by Mathilde Barge the talktank is making its grand return this week & we are excited to introduce the firs guest of our new "Beyond Profit" series - Tessa Clarke, a social entrepreneur whose business is basically the definition of 'sharing is caring'! Tessa Clarke co-founded OLIO, a food-sharing app that now has over 2.5 million users. Together th...

THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS SERIES - SUSANNAH EVANS, co-founder of Hide. HIDE . Yeah, you guessed it, as in cow hide, like to make leather.. But thanks to our guest this week, instead of murdering cows (and our environment) to use their skin to make the material that we've all had some experience with, we can give unused fish waste a role to play in our world! This week Cambridge PhD fellow Susannah E...

LEARNING FROM THE EXPERTS SERIES – Jack Waley-Cohen, Co-Founder of what3words. The imprecision of our current address system which, for the record, involves 34 Victoria Roads in London and 4 billion people undocumented on the map has caused a lot of harm to the economy and people’s emotions. Thankfully, people like Jack Waley-Cohen (along with his co-founders) exist. Tune in to hear about what3wor...

THE REFLECTIONS SERIES – Lord John Bird, founder of The Big Issue. Ever wondered what someone who’s grown up in poverty, was homeless, went to prison, became business partners with the co-founder of The Body Shop, is a politician, an author and an artist, thought about the way society is heading? Tune in to hear about Lord Bird’s motivations for joining the Lords, his thoughts on Extinction Rebell...

LEARNING FROM THE EXPERTS SERIES - Stephanie Phair. Have you ever been to a niche boutique and really wished you could browse through those unique, designer pieces at your own convenience (both time and place)? If not, then it’s this week’s guest Stephanie Phair whose job it is to make you feel that way, being the Chief Strategy and Chief Customer Officer of Farfetch.  Tune in to receive some...

LEARNING FROM THE EXPERTS SERIES - Rachel Carrell, founder of Koru Kids. Did you know that innovation in childcare is desperately needed, that most families with children spend as much on childcare as they do on their mortgage and that only 1 in 3 schools in London have an after-school club? Tune in to learn about Rachel Carrell's £14.1 million solution! Thank you to Julia Reid for producing this...

LEARNING FROM THE EXPERT SERIES - Alborz Fallah, founder of CarAdvice. Tune in to hear about how Alborz' created $35 million of value through developing a customer-focussed car review blog! This week’s podcast episode was created in partnership with the University of Queensland’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Society, with the wonderful host Isabelle. Thank you to Julia Reid for producing this e...

LEARNING FROM THE EXPERT SERIES - Aneel Mussarat, founder of MCR Property Group. On today’s episode, host Bilal Bin Saqib will be interviewing this self-made millionaire and property tycoon. Aneel left school at the young age of seventeen, after obtaining Es and Fs at O-Levels. At age eighteen, he had already bought his first house with a 95% mortgage. Aneel's estimated net worth is now £300 milli...

THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS SERIES - George Rawlings, founder of Honeypot. So, you've used a dating app and you hated it? Common opinion! From the anxiety caused by deliberating over how to start the first conversation, the long, wasted hours swiping left and having to commit yourself to a whole evening with someone you've decided is awful within the first 2 minutes of meeting, a lot of people have co...