Samira Stalks: Entrepreneurship | Business Education | Innovation | Impact
By Samira Sohail: Business Strategist | Reckless Dreamer
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Description
The podcast that brings you interviews with reckless dreamers and their stories of entrepreneurship, innovation and impact. Each week, we’ll talk to dreamers from an eclectic mix of fields- the arts, sciences, education, digital, social enterprise, sport, retail- you name it! We’ll weave through their professional and personal journey to uncover the secrets to their success but sure to talk about failure too! You’ll pick up the business education you need, from funding, strategy, and operations to marketing. It’s all to help you follow your own reckless dream so if you’re curious, creative and ready to make an impact on this world then this is for you! Inspired by StartUp, TED and Desert Island Discs. www.samirastalks.com. Hosted by Samira Sohail.
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Clean#19 How the canvas tote bag became a fashion statement with Smruti Sriram, Supreme Creations | “They became a fashion statement in their own right - young girls would queue up outside Topshop to get a tote bag” | 23 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#18 How a 20 yr old became a Venture Capital star, Harry Stebbings- The Twenty Minute VC | "I never paid a dollar for marketing - if you have a great product it can sell itself if the market is not too proliferated." | 9 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#17 How Pixar makes imaginary worlds real with Danielle Feinberg | “At the most basic level the thing that makes movies at Pixar unique is its dedication to story” | 25 9 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#16 Harness the maker mindset in kids with a hands-on kit subscription box, Sahar Meghani | "Kids are born scientists, born explorers, born tinkerers! They touch, they feel, they ask questions - that's how they learn." | 11 9 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#15 A farm feeding profits into schools with Rocco Falconer, Planting Promise | “I used to watch young men and pigs fight for the same resources on a rubbish dump- just being moved by it was a totally inadequate response.” | 28 8 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#14 Ali G, The Inbetweeners and People Just Do Nothing- the mastermind behind British comedy w/ Shane Allen BBC | "We like misfits here! There’s a big streak of anti-authoritarianism in British comedy... people who are a bit flawed and not that self aware”. | 14 8 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#13 Bossing a fashion line- the city, Cambodia and designer coats with Leah Rodrigues from Holi | "I was spat at, abused and told I would never work in this town again... but it made sense to me and the women I wanted to help.” | 31 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#12 The digital Disney of Africa video subscription service- DreamAfrica with Franco Abott | "We experienced the frustration of being a small startup so went back to the vision of it's about the people and stories can help us transcend cultural barriers" | 13 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#11 Keep Calm and Meditate- there’s an app for that! with Alex Tew | "At the same time I started meditating at 14, I built a prototype in 2005 for the Calm app but never launched it." | 3 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#10 Bringing finance to the ‘rest of us’ with Sheel Mohnot | "I had a hard time selling our company to Groupon… I always wonder what could have been.” | 19 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#9 Run to the bloody beat with MIA’s former drummer, Kiran Gandhi | “Whilst running, I had the chance to reject my own shame whilst free-bleeding but millions don’t- only 12% of women in India have access to sanitary pads…” Shake s&!t up! | 5 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#8 Why I’m on a one-way ticket to MARS!!! with Adriana Marais | “The allure of the unknown is far more comfortable that the known – go further. More important than leaving a legacy is that my ideas will remain behind in the minds of people. Let’s be proudly human – let’s do things that makes us a proud speci | 10 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSS007: Giving kids superpowers with Kano – a computer kit teaching kids to code without them knowing it! Yonatan Raz-Fridman | "The language in which we interact with machines is only going to become more relevant – robotics, AI, machine learning… the next generation needs to be prepared". | 22 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSS006: Making a Beeline for cleaner, greener living by inventing an urban cyclist navigation product with Mark Jenner | "We always said it is worth it even if it’s a complete flop as we’re making a product that we think is a good one! It doesn’t matter if it fails!" | 22 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSS005: The tale of two young women shaking up the contemporary art scene with Alexandra Warder | "Early on I took one job as an art consultant but it was a total disaster, it was a complete scam… but out of it, at least I found my future gallery partner..." | 22 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSS004: How to mashup the first international marathon, a festival and meaningful travel in Uganda with Henry Blanchard | "There is a huge grassroots entrepreneurial spirit in Uganda but the bureaucracy is miles behind". | 4 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSS003: Building a leading digital brand in personalised goods with Taymoor Atighetchi | "In the UK we find failure harder to accept than in the US". We hear from Taymoor Atighetchi- a serial entrepreneur- on building a brand in personalised goods, Papier. After founding The Tab, an online news company at university, | 3 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSS002: How a bracelet can tell us what love means with Chrissie Lam | "Love is proportional to will power..." we hear Chrissie Lam's story of creating the Love Is bracelet. After crowdsourcing definitions of love from across the globe, she founded a conscious business in which African tribes produce the bracelet and Amer... | 2 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSS001: Welcome to Samira Stalks – what’s this all about? | Welcome! Interviews with reckless dreamers and their stories of entrepreneurship, innovation and impact. | 1 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Inspirational
Love the genuine and down to earth style of the podcasts, with inspirational and fascinating stories of people really making a difference!
love this - fun, educational and inspiring
great host with warm style and interesting, inspiring mix of guests - keep going and can’t wait for new episodes. loved the one with the love bracelet and the guy who has made the navigation product!
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