Samira Stalks: Entrepreneurship | Business Education | Innovation | Impact

"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". Yonatan Raz - Fridman Flabbergasted at the speed at kids can use digital devices?! Kano Computing is on a mission to make the world a place where anyone can make, learn and play with technology. In today’s episode we’ll hear: - Yonatan’s story of getting 70,000 Kano kits into 86 countries across the globe as it fits through a letterbox - how they’ve built a collaborative coding community of 100,000 kids and 15m lines of code - how he spent much of his stalking efforts on building a dream team of like minded individuals - lastly, his views on the introduction of coding to the school curriculum and the need for a more adaptable education system

"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!" Mark Jenner BeeLine helps cyclists find those quiet nugget routes in cities that they otherwise wouldn’t find using Google Maps. Mark's story takes us through: - his ingenious strategy of partnering with a design agency which handles all of the production logistics with their Chinese manufacturers - how he has managed to raise a Kickstarter target of £60k in just 3 days with an email distribution list of only 500 people, as opposed to the recommended 5,000 - why he’s been hanging out at studentville in Cambridge to source the freshest talent to work on the technology powering the product - lastly, his attempts to reach out to Jennifer Aniston as a brand ambassador given she used to be a cycle courier in New York!

"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..." Here the story of how Bosse&Baum was created with a friend in Peckham, London- a mecca for young businesses. In this episode we’ll hear: - creative ways to blend artistic and commercial aspirations given her vision of selling performance work by young solo artists, which isn’t the easiest product to monetise - how these two young ladies are rewriting the tried and tested gallery model - not trying to get exclusivity on artists but instead encouraging them to self publish on social media and incorporate audience reactions into their works - Alexandra’s philosophy to having alot of fun when doing any kind of enterprise- she details her encounter with a young Italian collector, who in his words, is building a collection just as good as his body!

"There is a huge grassroots entrepreneurial spirit in Uganda but the bureaucracy is miles behind". Uganda International Marathon - A Race Like No Other​ - now in its second year! Henry started a meaningful travel movement with a week long immersive experience including community outreach and a festival-marathon mashup in the district of Massaka, west of Lake Victoria, in central Uganda. We’ll hear about how: - How an OMG moment is a bit of a fallacy and ideas culminate out of a long arduous process - How to go about convincing 3,000 global runners to do a marathon in Uganda - What it takes to do business in Africa, including closing a whole town and hiring the entire police force of Massaka for the day!

In this episode, 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, Taymoor is now tackling a 48 hour turnaround for personalised cards, gifts and stationary.