Jazz Shapers
By Bauer Media
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.
Latest episode
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The Big Issue Co-Founder Lord John Bird MBE
Lord John Bird MBE - An ‘encore edition’ of Jazz Shapers: another chance to sit down with the co-founder of The Big Issue, Lord Bird talks about his enduring ethos of giving people 'a hand up rather than a hand out', and the impact he's now fighting.… -
Coffee Republic Co-Founder and Skinny Candy Founder Sahar Hashemi OBE
Sahar Hashemi OBE is the Co-Founder of Coffee Republic, the UK’s first US-style coffee-bar chain, the Founder of Skinny Candy, the low-fat confectionery brand, And the Founder of the Buy Women Built movement, aiming to encourage shoppers to purchase.… -
Health Check and Home Blood Test Service Thriva Health CEO and Co-Founder Hamish Grierson
Hamish Grierson is the co-founder and CEO of Thriva Health, a home blood-test and health-check service. Hamish joins Elliot to talk about putting people in control of their own health, and why he feels you don't have to go against the system to disru… -
Professional British Womenswear Brand CEO and Founder Polly McMaster
Polly McMaster is the CEO and Founder of The Fold, a British womenswear brand creating empowering clothing for professional woman. Polly joins Elliot to talk about juggling her obsession for fashion with a PHD in virology, and the impact she's hoping… -
Power-Generating First Light Fusion Co-Founder and CEO Dr. Nick Hawker
Dr Nick Hawker is the co-founder and CEO of First Light Fusion, a lower risk, energy efficient approach to the power-generating process, inertial fusion. Nick joins Elliot to talk about how a shrimp could have unveiled the secret of supplying the wor… -
Family-Run Demolition and Waste Management Managing Director Jacqueline O’ Donovan
Jacqueline O’ Donovan is the Managing Director of O’Donovan Waste Disposal, the family-run waste management and demolition services company. Jacqueline joins Elliot to talk about becoming a Managing Director when she was just 19 years old, and how he… -
Omaze Fundraising Platform Co-Founder and CEO Matt Pohlson
Matt Pohlson is the co-founder and CEO of Omaze, an online fundraising platform, supporting causes by offering life-changing prizes. Matt joins Elliot to talk about disrupting the charity model, and the love and optimism (and life-changes) that came.… -
Breakthrough Energy-from-Waste Technology Business CEO David Whitmarsh
David Whitmarsh is the CEO of Standard Gas, the energy-from-waste technology business. David joins Elliot to talk about how a sense of adventure has taken him from the British Army's parachute regiment to co-leading a technological breakthrough with.… -
Tide Founder & Serial Entrepreneur George Bevis
Serial entrepreneur George Bevis is the Founder of Tide, a financial services platform for small businesses, and the founder of CanDo - a social ventures incubator. George joins Elliot to talk about the optimism and hunger that drove him to ‘fix... -
Luxury Travel Provider The Luminaire Co-Founder and CEO Adam Sebba
Adam Sebba is the CEO and Co-Founder of luxury travel provider, The Luminaire. Adam joins Elliot to talk about his aim to 'make intellectual travel cool," and how his 7 years as a Captain in the British Army helped shape his approach to life and busi…
