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Jazz Shapers

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Jazz Shapers features interviews with founders - business shapers – who, like the shapers of jazz, soul and blues have defied convention, broken the mould and gone on to achieve great success. In each episode host Elliot Moss persuades a business pioneer to reveal their motivations, their character and how they deal with challenges and opportunities. A Jazz FM production.

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  • 24 episodes
  • weekly
  • Avg 28 min
  • English

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  • S11 · E5
    Today · 29 min

    Ben Drury: Founder and CEO of Yoto

    Ben Drury is the founder and CEO of Yoto, a screen- free audio platform for children. Ben joins Elliot to share how the scientific impact of screens on children (and the benefits of listening to audio) led him to build both an audio player that put kids in control, and a community of creators.

  • S11 · E3
    September 12 · 27 min

    Darrel Sheinman: Founder & CEO of Gearbox Records

    Darrel Sheinman is the Founder and CEO of independent record label, Gearbox Records . Darrel joins Elliot to share his journey from maritime satellite tracking to diving into the British Library archives for unreleased live Jazz recordings.

  • S11 · E2
    September 5 · 27 min

    Sam Tidswell-Norrish: Founder and Chair of Opus

    Sam Tidswell-Norrish is the Founder and Chair of Opus, a global platform supporting early-stage entrepreneurs by aiming to supercharge the founder journey. Sam joins Elliot to share how to unlock what he feels could be the UK's most innovative generation yet. And he reveals 'the single most important thing in business.'

  • S11 · E1
    August 31 · 31 min

    Dame Anya Hindmarch: Founder of luxury bags and accessories brand, Anya Hindmarch

    We kick off a brand new season of Jazz Shapers with 40 years of craft and creativity, through Dame Anya Hindmarch, founder of the eponymous luxury bags and accessories brand, Anya Hindmarch. Anya shares the brilliant advice that's helped her navigate the creative dip and build a culture of kindness.

  • S10 · E19
    June 20 · 29 min

    Michelle Feeney: Founder and CEO of Floral Street

    Michelle Feeney is the Founder and CEO of Floral Street, a British fragrance brand. In the last episode of the current series, Michelle joins Elliot to chat about leading MAC cosmetics to become the world’s biggest make-up brand and how Floral Street's aiming to do everything differently, from making recyclability and sustainability the core of their brand and challenging the use of sexuality to sell scents.

  • S10 · E18
    June 13 · 24 min

    Hidde Hoogcarspel: Founding & Managing Partner of DFF Ventures

    Hidde Hoogcarspel is the Founding and Managing Partner at early-stage venture capital fund DFF Ventures, and the co-founder of SpaceBuzz Foundation, giving children a virtual ‘space travel’ experience. Hidde joins Elliot to talk about how his friendship with a Dutch astronaut shaped his vision and business ethos to make our life on Earth more sustainable

  • S10 · E17
    June 6 · 29 min

    John Ramsay: Founder of Social Ability

    John Ramsay is the founder of Social Ability, a health-tech company dedicated to revolutionising care through joyful, interactive, light-based activities. John joins Elliot to talk about how the experience, aged 12, of caring for his father when he was diagnosed with early-onset dementia, led him to transform the way we think about dementia care - not as something clinical and routine, but human, joyful, and deeply creative.

  • S10 · E17
    June 5 · 25 min

    Kanya King CBE: Mobo Awards founder and "visionary"

    As the music world pays tribute to Kanya King following her death at the age of 57, this is another chance to hear the founder and "visionary" of the Mobo Awards taking with Elliot Moss on Jazz Shapers with Mishcon de Reya in 2014.

  • S10 · E16
    May 30 · 26 min

    Abigail Tan: CEO of St Giles Hotel Group

    Abigail Tan is the CEO of St Giles Hotel Group and founder of the Hotels with Heart Foundation, a charity giving back to local communities. Abigail joins Elliot to talk about how her childhood obsession with hotels grew into a drive to have a positive impact on the communities surrounding them, by housing rough sleepers in her hotels and offering training and support finding employment in the industry.

  • S10 · E15
    May 23 · 27 min

    Amelia Miller: Co-founder of ivee

    Amelia Miller is the co-founder of ivee, an AI upskilling and talent network. Amelia joins Elliot to talk about how her mother's struggle to regain her old position on the career ladder (after leaving work to raise 3 children) inspired her to create ivee and build an AI fluent network.

  • S10 · E14
    May 16 · 26 min

    Mahdi Yahya: Founder and CEO of Ori Industries

    Mahdi Yahya is the founder and CEO of Ori Industries, an AI compute company and he's the President of Radiant, the first fully integrated AI infrastructure platform. Mahdi joins Elliot to talk about building the invisible layer between artificial intelligence and the physical world, and what it takes to flourish in a business operating 'on the edge of chaos.'

  • S10 · E13
    May 9 · 27 min

    Emily Lui: Co- founder of Cutter & Squidge

    Emily Lui is the co- founder of Cutter & Squidge, the bakery and gifting brand. Emily joins Elliot to talk about her and her sister's drive to build something bigger than them, and why, (having been dropped by Selfridges and Harrods) they put their last savings into the business and kept going.

  • S10 · E12
    May 2 · 32 min

    Author and Baptist Minister Steve Chalke MBE

    Author and Baptist Minister Steve Chalke MBE is founder of the Oasis Trust, a UK charity dedicated to building inclusive local communities. Steve joins Elliot to share why - aged 14 - he told his mum he was going to become a minister and set up a school, a hostel and a hospital. And what happened when he set out to make that a reality.

  • S10 · E11
    April 25 · 26 min

    Rob Abrahams and Rob Green: Co-founders of COAT

    Rob Abrahams and Rob Green are the co-founders of COAT, the climate positive paint company. Rob and Rob join Elliot to talk about how it feels when your grandmother invests in your company and why they believe they're not actually building a paint brand.

  • S10 · E10
    April 19 · 32 min

    Inventor and author William Kamkwamba and serial entrepreneur Tom Rielly

    Inventor and author William Kamkwamba, and serial entrepreneur Tom Rielly are the co-founders of Moving Windmills Project, an NGO empowering young change-makers in rural Malawi. William and Tom join Elliot to talk about William's incredible journey from being been forced - aged 14 - to drop out of school during a famine, and how his attempts to solve his family’s problems by building his own windmill, led to his story being adapted into a book, a film and now a musical theatre show.

  • S10 · E9
    April 13 · 27 min

    Radha Vyas: Co-founder of Flash Pack

    Radha Vyas is the co-founder of Flash Pack, the adventure travel company for like-minded solo travellers. Radha joins Elliot to chat about the life-changing impact of a viral selfie in Brazil and how, despite near bankruptcy (when the pandemic forced their business into administration) they managed to start Flash Pack all over again.

  • S10 · E8
    March 28 · 44 min

    Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart and serial entrepreneur Dominic Joseph

    Elliot speaks to legendary musician, producer and Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart and serial entrepreneur and investor Dominic Joseph, co-founders of Rare Entity, a venture-builder dedicated to creating game-changing ventures that shape culture and protect artists and creators. Dave and Dom chat to Elliot about fame, trust, collaborating and what it means to try and make beautiful meaningful things.

  • S10 · E7
    March 21 · 30 min

    Priya Downes: Founder of Nudea

    Priya Downes is the founder of Nudea, a B Corp certified underwear brand creating underwear and sleepwear from natural and recycled materials. Priya joins Elliot to talk about being drawn towards work with a bigger meaning' and the joy of shaping a brand to the values that matter to you.

  • S10 · E6
    March 14 · 26 min

    David Benigson: Co-founder and CEO of Signal AI

    David Benigson is the co-founder and CEO of Signal AI, a reputation and risk intelligence company. David joins Elliot for a special Jazz Shapers Encore, returning to the show to talk about the next stage of Artificial intelligence and to share what he feels are the most useful skills for children to develop.

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