Three Sigma Stories

In this episode, we speak with Mona Azami , co-founder of HolistiCare, a London-based HealthTech startup using AI to scale personalised, preventative care. Mona shares the extraordinary journey that fuels her work from a childhood marked by war and immigration to navigating her son’s diagnosis with complex congenital heart disease. These deeply personal experiences shaped her belief that health sy...

In this episode, we speak with Tessa Clarke , co-founder of OLIO , the food-sharing app that’s reshaping how we think about waste, community, and business. Tessa shares her journey from a childhood on a farm in North Yorkshire to studying at Cambridge , working in corporate strategy and consulting and experiencing a turning point during her time in Silicon Valley . We dive into the early days of b...

In this episode, we sit down with Ivy Cavendish, the visionary behind TooWrite and current Director of Content and Platform Innovation at Springer Nature. Ivy shares her inspiring journey from developing a tool to assist her co-founder with his thesis to leading innovation in academic publishing. We delve into the challenges of startup life, the acquisition of TooWrite by Springer Nature, and Ivy’...

From the Yorkshire Dales to the boardroom, Heather Hancock has lived many lives - civil servant, university leader, sustainability advocate, and more. In this episode, she joins us for an unfiltered conversation on leadership, legacy, the future of rural Britain, and why clear thinking matters more than ever. It’s a journey through values, decisions, and what it means to do good work.

Menstruation, Medtech, and Making It Up As You Go. Jenny Button’s journey is anything but linear. In this episode, we sit down with the founder of Emm, a femtech company building a smart menstrual wearable designed to give people better data about their bodies. We talk about ambition shaped by her mother’s creativity, what she learned working with family offices, and how a solo founder with no med...

In this episode of Three Sigma Stories , we sit down with Preethi Nair, a writer, entrepreneur, and master of reinvention. From working as a management consultant to secretly running a PR agency under an alter ego to self-publishing her first novel, Preethi’s journey is a testament to resilience, creativity, and the power of storytelling. She shares how she navigated the publishing industry, lande...

Yulia shares her remarkable journey from a small town in Russia to becoming a healthcare entrepreneur in Africa. She discusses her early wanderlust, the cultural shocks she faced (or not) while working in various countries, and her eventual shift towards the healthcare sector, driven by a personal calling during the COVID-19 pandemic. She emphasises the need for more talent in the industry and exp...

Ida Tin, the trailblazing co-founder of Clue and pioneer of the FemTech movement, takes us on her journey from a life of adventure on a motorcycle to shaping the future of women's health. In this episode, her refreshing perspective and fearless attitude challenge the status quo, redefining success beyond money and mastering communication between genders. Ida shares hard-earned insights on leadersh...