March 25th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Simon Woodroffe OBE, is one of Britain’s most successful Entrepreneurs and widely regarded as one of the world's foremost business gurus. He is the founder of YO! Sushi, YOTEL and the YO! Company. Amongst many TV and press appearances, Simon was an original dragon in Series One of the popular…
25-03-2025 10:41:46
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November 19th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy and one of the world’s foremost experts in marketing, branding & human behaviour. We discuss how a deep understanding of human psychology and behaviour has enabled some of the world's most successful brands to succeed.
19-11-2024 10:58:57
Thought Economics

 

August 19th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Ron Shaich, the extraordinary entrepreneur who founded Panera Bread and Au Bon Pain. We discuss the realities of life as an entrepreneur and what it takes to build a $multi-billion business, with over 100,000 employees. He is also the author of the best-selling book…
19-08-2024 19:53:04
Thought Economics

 

August 4th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Tetris is the top-selling video game of all time - played in more than 200 countries, with over 520 million units having been sold and nearly 700 million downloads on mobile devices. Tetris is also one of the most studied games in history with over 30 scientific studies, showing the…
04-08-2024 20:31:36
Thought Economics

 

July 23rd, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Mike Maples Jr. is a co-founding Partner at Floodgate.  He has been on the Forbes Midas List eight times in the last decade and was also named a “Rising Star” by FORTUNE and profiled by Harvard Business School for his lifetime contributions to entrepreneurship. Before becoming a full-time investor, Mike was…
23-07-2024 8:59:00
Thought Economics

 

April 24th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Devo Harris, founder and CEO of Adventr, an AI-powered video platform that enables top brands and agencies to produce, publish and share interactive and data-populated videos via no-code streaming. A Grammy-award winner, he co-founded Kanye West's GOOD Music in addition to signing EGOT winner…
24-04-2024 9:17:39
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March 4th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Trip Hawkins, Founder of Electronic Arts (EA). Trip is often credited as having sparked the creation of the modern gaming industry, with EA now being valued at almost $38bn and being home to some of the most influential games ever made. In this conversation…
04-03-2024 9:29:39
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February 16th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Theo Paphitis, Serial Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Star of Dragon’s Den. We discuss his incredible career in entrepreneurship, his learnings on what it takes to build successful businesses & brands, the future of retail, and the realities of what entrepreneurial life is really like. 
16-02-2024 9:34:05
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March 5th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Naré Vardanyan about her incredible entrepreneurship journey- growing up without electricity in Armenia, teaching herself 11 languages by candlelight, and going-on to build a business which is using state of the art AI technologies to equalise trust and access to money globally by broadening…
05-03-2024 21:56:46
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November 14th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Catalina Daniels and James Sherman about their learnings from interviewing and studying some of the most successful startups to emerge from Harvard Business School. We discuss startup ideation, governance, fundraising and how to best exit.  
14-11-2023 12:47:27
Thought Economics