Doug Richard interview

Entrepreneur Doug Richard was a forthright and funny speaker at the 2014 MADE Entrepreneurship Festival in Sheffield. Candid about his lucky breaks, and his mistakes, in business, Doug shared his advice with would-be entrepreneurs, on stage at MADE and in this interview with me. You can hear more interviews from the MADE Festival too: with […]

Levi Roots interview

The MADE Festival has been described as the “Glastonbury of Business,” attracting thousands of entrepreneurs and hundreds of speakers from all around the world to Sheffield. Musician and entrepreneur Levi Roots was one of the keynote speakers. I spoke with him on behalf of Sheffield Live! about mentoring, passion, and lessons for young people. Camera […]

Jamal Edwards, SBTV founder, interviewed

It all started with a fox. Jamal Edwards recounted at the MADE Festival how, when his mother gave him a video camera at the age of 15, he filmed foxes out of his bedroom window and shared the films through YouTube so his friends could watch them. And now at 23 years of age, Edwards […]

Interview with Shaa Wasmund, founder of Smarta

Shaa Wasmund, serial entrepreneur and founder of social enterprise Smarta.com, spoke with me at the 2014 MADE Festival, which brought thousands of entrepreneurs and hundreds of speakers from all around the world to Sheffield. You can hear more interviews from the MADE Festival too: with entrepreneurs Levi Roots, Doug Richard and Jamal Edwards, and with […]

Brendan Moffett interview

Over 3000 entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs from all over the world attended the MADE Festival in Sheffield in September 2014. What made (do you see what I did there) them come along? I caught up with Brendan Moffett, Director of Marketing Sheffield, for this interview which was first broadcast on Sheffield Live TV on 25 […]

Interviews: Medeia Cohan and Rachel Kirk

Today’s Business Live radio programme on Sheffield Live! 93.2fm featured interviews with Rachel Kirk and with Medeia Cohan.

Mmm, tasty! 2 food entrepreneurs interviewed

The perks of interviewing business-owners became evident on Friday when I was joined by the owners of two fantastic food businesses, as guests on my radio show – and both brought delicious cake! Jane Stammers of Tipple Tales is a passionate baker extraordinaire of yummy rich, moist cakes bursting with fruit and nuts and laced […]