What Am I Doing? Podcast
1) Jakub Wawszczyk: from Hrubieszow to Manchester & launching his new startup, Luma
Jakub Wawszczyk is a self-taught Software Developer from an Eastern town in Poland. Since moving to Manchester he has skipped the traditional route of university and entered the tech sector at the age...Show More
Jakub Wawszczyk: from Hrubieszow to Manchester & launching his new startup, Luma
52:25 | Nov 11th, 2019
2) 4and20Million: the age of distraction; burning out and how to be more productive
Last year, along with their cofounder Dan, Alex and Josie started a new company where profit wasn't the focus, productivity was. They are looking to help companies and individuals work better, be more...Show More
4and20Million: the age of distraction; burning out and how to be more productive
49:44 | Jul 9th, 2019
3) Drew Forsyth: photographing anne hathaway; going freelance and how no-one looks out of the windows in law firms
Drew Forsyth has been a Commercial & Dance photographer for 8 years. He's photographed Anne Hathaway, worked on a nationwide campaign for the CO-OP and much, much more. But how did someone without any...Show More
4) Rob Kropp: co-working culture, ultimate freedom in work and the benefits of "uncomfortability"
Three years ago Rob Kropp - Augusta, Georgia's Rob Kropp - put his stuff away in storage, filled up his car and drove 2000 miles in two days. Since then he has worked in over 11 countries and in more ...Show More
5) Viv Yau: the growth of influencer marketing & how it all started in Norwich
Viv Yau is the co-founder of Manchester's first influencer marketing agency: Bee Influence. Starting in traditional advertising with TBWA\Manchester, Viv then became an early adopter of influencer mar...Show More
Viv Yau: the growth of influencer marketing & how it all started in Norwich
49:35 | Apr 4th, 2019
6) Alex Durant: raising investment, launching a dating app & leaving accountancy
Alex Durant was a Tax Advisor, and then he became "reborn into social medias" and launched a start-up with his childhood friend. JigTalk is a dating app with a difference, it prioritises a users conve...Show More
Alex Durant: raising investment, launching a dating app & leaving accountancy
49:52 | Mar 21st, 2019
7) Kiran Arokiasamy: entrepreneurship in estonia and the uk's leading student run accelerator
Kiran founded his first business at just 16 and has since focused on supporting youth entrepreneurship networks. As Head of Acceleration at Accelerate ME, he has helped over 70 founders grow 40 compan...Show More
8) Michal Wisniewski: the negative effects of cultural-mismatch & the value of an office bastard
In the space of a few years Michal Wisniewski went from a structured career in engineering to launching his own company that aims to reboot how companies value and activate their culture. Is company ...Show More
9) Poppy Heap: Studying Marketing at University, applying for over 100 jobs and aspiring to be a Generalist.
Unlike a lot of people who fall into Marketing, Poppy Heap decided at the age of 18 to study it at University. Four years later she is about to complete her first full year in work as a Marketing Exec...Show More
10) Josh Turner: being an entrepreneur; naming companies after Dizzee Rascal and textiles in Istanbul
What if socks could change the world? Josh Turner took a beer-fueled joke and turned it into a social enterprise. From selling counterfit Ralph Lauren shirts on eBay at 13 to closing down Ipswich town...Show More