Why food waste is one of the biggest problems facing humanity
Brought to you by Open Money “The world currently is awash with food, yet we have such widespread hunger” This week’s guest on Pioneers with John Amaechi is Tessa Clark, the co-founder of OLIO, a food sharing app that connects neighbours and local businesses to one another. It has even been dubbed the ‘Tinder for […]
6 years ago
The founder of Huel explains his vision for the future of food
Brought to you by Open Money “If we continue to eat the food we currently have, there’s a big problem” Julian Hearn, the founder of powdered food product Huel, is the latest entrepreneur to sit down with John Amaechi OBE on the Pioneers podcast. Hearn launched Huel, intended for busy, time-poor people, a little over four […]
6 years ago
Schools are failing to teach kids about business, says entrepreneur Holly Tucker
Brought to you by Open Money “I got a D” This week’s guest on Pioneers With John Amaechi is Holly Tucker, who is the founder of Europe’s biggest small business site, Not On The High Street. With annual turnover north of £150 million and sellers adding nearly £600 million gross value to the UK economy, it’s no surprise that she was awarded an MBE […]
6 years ago
Entrepreneur Cassandra Stavrou on how to make it as a woman in business
Brought to you by Open Money “That just makes me even more determined” This week’s guest on Pioneers with John Amaechi is Cassandra Stavrou, the founder of healthy gourmet popcorn brand, Proper. She founded Proper – then known as Propercorn – in 2011, and it is now available in eleven countries around the world. In 2017, the […]
6 years ago
JustGiving co-founder defends policy of charging fees to fundraisers
Brought to you by Open Money “I think the numbers speak for themselves” Entrepreneur Anne-Marie Huby started her career as a journalist, first on the radio in Belgium, and then for the Birmingham Post, before becoming the UK head of charity Médecins Sans Frontières. It was in 1999 that she co-founded JustGiving, the UK’s first online charity platform, with Zarine Kharas, and by […]
7 years ago
Travel mogul explains how 9/11 changed the industry forever
Brought to you by Open Money Entrepreneur and politician Dinesh Dhamija has led a remarkable life. The son of a diplomat, he was born in Australia, and spent a nomadic childhood living in Mauritius India, Holland, Afghanistan, and Czechoslovakia, before settling in the UK in the mid 1960s. He then went from selling tickets in a kiosk in […]
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