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40 Minute Mentor Video Episode – Elevating Your Brand And Making Tough Decisions with Grace Beverley

In this 40 Minute Mentor video episode, we’re joined by the incredible Grace Beverley, CEO and Founder of sports tech brand, SHREDDY and TALA, a clothing brand specialising in sustainable sports fashion.

July 28, 2021

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Series 5

Leadership lessons from industry movers and shakers, including Sir Clive Woodward, Grace Beverley (SHREDDY and TALA), Mo Gawdat (One Billion Happy), Juliet Davenport OBE (Good Energy) and many more.

Series 4

Thought provoking conversations on social mobility and exclusive insights from inspiring mentors, including Check Warner (Diversity VC), James Hind (Carwow), Rachel Crook (Lifted), Dan Ziv (TouchNote) and many more.

Series 3

Candid insights from industry leaders, including the incredible Claire Valoti (Snapchat), former rugby international Will Greenwood MBE, ex-MP now entrepreneur, Sam Gyimah and many more.

Series 2

Looking behind the scenes of some of the most successful ScaleUps, with industry legends, including Sophie Adelman (Multiverse), Ben Sanders (Pollen), Alex Stephany (Beam), Pippa Lamb (Sweet Capital) and many more.

Series 1

In our debut podcast series we talk to business leaders including Iain Martin (Moonpig), Fred Jones (Uber), JBM board advisor Kresse Wesling MBE (Elvis & Kresse), Stiliyan Petrov (ex Aston Villa) and many more.

Available on Apple, Spotify and SoundCloud.

Series 5

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People Powered By Purpose – A Collection Of Conversations With Mission Driven Leaders

Since we started the 40 Minute Mentor podcast, we had the honour of speaking to so many mission-driven founders who have shown that business can …

July 21, 2021

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Series 5 Best Bits Roundup – Part 2 – First Hand Insights From Business Pioneers

In the second part of our 40 Minute Mentor Series 5 compilation, we delve a little deeper into the inner workings of some of the …

June 30, 2021

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Series 5 Best Bits Roundup – Part 1 – Career Advice From Industry Legends

Our 40 Minute Mentor Series 5 was packed to the brim with candid advice and insights from some of the most inspirational leaders across industries. To relieve some of our favourite parts, we’ve decided to release a special 2-part ‘best bits’ compilation episode.

June 23, 2021

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Coaching Champions From The Rugby World Cup To The Boardroom with Sir Clive Woodward

In the final Series 5 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by the World Cup winning England Rugby coach, Sir Clive Woodward.

May 26, 2021

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Building a Multimillion Dollar Games Empire with Roberta Lucca

In today’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Co-Founder of Bossa Studios and host of the Hyper Curious podcast, Roberta Lucca.

May 19, 2021

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Building The UK’s First 100% Renewable Electricity Company with Juliet Davenport

In today’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by the CEO and Founder of Good Energy, Juliet Davenport OBE.

May 12, 2021

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Creating Equal Opportunities And Securing Investment with Andy Davis

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Angel Investor and Co-Founder of 10×10, Andy Davis.

May 5, 2021

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Scaling A Purpose-Driven Business Whilst Creating Balance with Grace Beverley

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Grace Beverley, the CEO and Founder of SHREDDY and TALA.

April 28, 2021

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Challenging Cultural Norms with Alice Bentinck MBE

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Co-Founder of Entrepreneur First and Code First: Girls, Alice Bentinck MBE.

April 21, 2021

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Enabling the Next Generation of Early Years Educators with Brett Wigdortz

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by the Founder of Teach First, and Co-Founder and CEO of Tiney, Brett Wigdortz OBE.

April 14, 2021

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Levelling the Entrepreneurial Playing Field with Gary Stewart

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by the Founder and CEO of FounderTribes, Gary Stewart.

April 7, 2021

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The Power of Creating a Positive Working Environment with Rachel Carrell

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by the Founder and CEO of Koru Kids, Rachel Carrell.

March 31, 2021

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Cultivating Happiness In Your Career with Mo Gawdat

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by author of Solve for Happy and Founder of One Billion Happy, Mo Gawdat.

March 24, 2021

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Series 4

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Building A Disruptive Business Fueled By Kindness with Aron Gelbard

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Aron Gelbard, Founder of the rocket ship flower delivery ScaleUp, Bloom & Wild.

February 24, 2021

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Leadership Lessons From Working At 3 Unicorns with Tom Elvidge

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Tom Elvidge, CEO of Arrival Mobility.

February 10, 2021

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Revolutionising Home Care with Rachael Crook

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by the incredibly inspiring CEO of Lifted, Rachael Crook.

January 27, 2021

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Fundraising & Scaling As A First Time Founder with James Hind

In today’s 40 Minute Mentor episode we’re joined by James Hind, Founder and CEO of Carwow.

January 13, 2021

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Encouraging Conversations About Mental Health

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Sophie Scott, Rohan Kallicharan and Carrie Carlisle, for a special roundtable episode on Mental Health.

December 21, 2020

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From Working For Steve Jobs To Running A Sustainable Restaurant Group with Martin Morales

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we hear inclusive insights from Martin Morales, the Founder of restaurant group Cerviche.

December 9, 2020

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The Power Of Crowdfunding with Jeff Lynn

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Jeff Lynn, Co-Founder of Seedrs.

November 30, 2020

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Supporting Underrepresented Founders with Check Warner

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Check Warner, Co-Founder of Diversity VC and Ada Ventures.

November 23, 2020

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Tackling The Food Waste Crisis with Tessa Clarke

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we hear from Tessa Clarke, Co-Founder and CEO of Olio.

November 11, 2020

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The Benefits Of A Portfolio Career with Ben Legg

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by former COO of Google, Ben Legg.

October 28, 2020

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Navigating Covid-19 As A Start Up CEO with Dan Ziv

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Dan Ziv, CEO of TouchNote.

October 19, 2020

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Levelling The Playing Field: A Social Mobility Special

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by an exclusive panel to talk all things Social Mobility.

October 7, 2020

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Series 3

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Leadership Lessons From Google And Just Eat with Adrian Blair

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Adrian Blair, CEO of Receipt Bank.

September 28, 2020

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The Importance Of Recruiting The Right Talent with Zoe Jervier Hewitt

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode we’re joined by Zoe Jervier Hewitt, Operating Partner for Talent at EQT Ventures.

September 16, 2020

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Harnessing The Power Of Open Banking with Stefano Vaccino

In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Stefano Vaccino of Yapily.

September 7, 2020

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Leading a Business Away From HQ with James McClure

After eight successful years at Google, James joined what was at the time a little known travel tech firm called Airbnb to lead their business …

August 28, 2020

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Black Lives Matter And How To Be An Ally To The Cause with Tara Lajumoke

Our 40 Minute Mentor in this episode is the brilliant Tara Lajumoke, Managing Director of FT Strategies’, the Financial Times consulting arm. After starting her …

August 19, 2020

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Building A World Cup Winning Team Culture with Will Greenwood

Today’s guest and your Mentor for the next 40 minutes is an England Rugby legend, a hugely popular broadcaster and journalist, and a successful business …

August 3, 2020

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Becoming One Of Business Insider’s Most Powerful Women in Tech with Claire Valoti

Today’s guest and your Mentor for the next 40 minutes is the incredible Claire Valoti from Snapchat. Having completed a degree in politics, Claire quickly …

July 22, 2020

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The Ups And Downs In The Life Of An Entrepreneur with Dan Murray-Serter

In today’s episode of the 40 Minute Mentor, we had the pleasure of interviewing fellow podcast host and serial-entrepreneur, Dan Murray-Serter. Dan is Co-Founder of …

July 6, 2020

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Shaking Up Macho Culture with Ina Kjaer & Maggie Brereton

In today’s episode of the 40 Minute Mentor, we get the privilege of speaking to not one, but two inspiring mentors – Ina Kjaer and …

June 17, 2020

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Behind The Doors Of Number 10 Downing Street with Sam Gyimah

The world of politics has always been an intriguing one to us, so we were especially excited when Sam Gyimah, the Former UK Minister for …

June 1, 2020

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Series 2

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Building Resilience And Perseverance with Amir Nooriala

In recent weeks we have been having lots of conversations with candidates who are concerned about the impact the current economic climate will have had …

May 20, 2020

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Embracing Career Changes with Shefali Roy

It’s fair to say that it’s been quite a challenging time for many. From candidates to clients, nobody has been left unaffected by the Coronavirus …

May 4, 2020

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From TopGun to Boardroom with Chris Severson

Moving on to a different career path will always be a daunting prospect and it can be difficult to know how best to approach it. …

April 6, 2020

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Creating Access To Opportunities For Everyone with Sophie Adelman

When it comes to careers, there’s so many more options out there than there used to be even 5 years ago. Speaking to clients and …

March 2, 2020

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Building High-Performing Teams with David M. Brear

We’re really excited to bring you this special bonus episode of the 40 Minute Mentor with one of the most well-known figures in FinTech – …

February 17, 2020

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Living Life To The Fullest Without Regret with Catherine Wines

The word ‘inspiring’ gets thrown around a lot when discussing entrepreneurs and business owners. However, with today’s guest, I can’t think of a more accurate …

February 3, 2020

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Leadership Lessons from Scaling a Rocket Ship Scale Up with Ben Sanders

Today’s guest and our first 40 Minute Mentor of 2020 is the brilliant Ben Sanders, who is the MD for Europe at the Tech Scale …

January 6, 2020

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Building A Multi Million Pound Agency for Gen Z with Timothy Armoo

In today’s episode I get to talk to a guest who has been described as “one of the UK’s most hotly-tipped young entrepreneurs”: co-founder and …

December 20, 2019

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Long-Term Solutions For Homelessness with Alex Stephany

Today’s guest and your Mentor for the next 40 minutes is the ever so inspiring author of “The Business of Sharing” and Founder and CEO …

December 6, 2019

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How To Move Into VC with Pippa Lamb

Today’s episode of the 40 Minute Mentor is another bonus episode which was recorded live at our JBM drinks event in September. We run these …

November 27, 2019

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Beating The Odds: Becoming An International Footballer & Cancer Survivor with Stilyan Petrov

In today’s episode of the 40 Minute Mentor, I’m joined by the former Bulgarian football international and Aston Villa captain, Stiliyan Petrov. Having started his …

November 12, 2019

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Building The UK’s Leading ‘Anti Food Waste’ Brand with Jenny Costa

In today’s episode of the 40 Minute Mentor, I’m joined by founder and CEO of Rubies in the Rubble, Jenny Costa. Having started her career …

October 3, 2019

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Leadership Lessons From Building Uber In The UK with Fred Jones

In today’s episode of the 40 Minute Mentor, I’m joined by my first guest from a tech Unicorn, as I speak with Fred Jones, Board …

September 12, 2019

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Giving Children The Best Possible Start In Life with Henry Faber & Walter Kerr

In today’s episode you get to hear from not one, but two brilliant guests as I chat with Henry Faber and Walter Kerr, founders of …

August 12, 2019

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To Move from Consulting into Fintech with Caroline Murphree

Today’s episode is a special bonus episode which was recorded live at our JBM drinks event last month. We run these events for a mix …

July 16, 2019

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Creating Cultures That Enable Individuals To Be Their True Self with Ruth Penfold

Today’s guest is the brilliant Ruth Penfold, People VP at Onfido. Onfido uses machine learning to help companies verify the identity of their users online. …

July 1, 2019

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Putting The First Mental Health Gym On The High street with James Routledge

Today’s guest is James Routledge, Founder of Sanctus. Sanctus is a mental wellness start up that is on a mission to inspire people to work …

June 5, 2019

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Building An Award Winning Business From Waste with Kresse Wesling

Today’s guest is the environmental entrepreneur, Kresse Wesling MBE, who is quite simply, one of the most inspirational people I’ve ever met. Kresse is the …

May 25, 2019

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