Perry Chen on Kickstarter’s Impact & Public Benefit Mission

August 27th, 2020 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In 2009, Kickstarter was born from a singular mission to help bring creative projects to life.  Since then, 18.4 million people have collectively pledged over $5.23 billion into more than 186,000 projects. The Kickstarter mission extends to the very fabric of how the business is structured. In 2015, they became…

 

Nico Rosberg: F1 Champion, Entrepreneur & Green Tech Investor

April 10th, 2020 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Formula One (F1) racing is an incredible sport.  Some of the brightest minds in the world of engineering and human performance, equipped with multi-billion-dollar budgets, create staggeringly high-performance cars, run by similarly high-performance teams and drivers.  Nico Rosberg raced in Formula One for eleven years, claiming the title of World…

 

January 5th, 2018 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Slack launched in 2014 and has become the fastest growing business application in history- allowing millions of people in tens of thousands of organisations around the world to get work done. I caught up with Slack Co-Founder, Stewart Butterfield to learn more about his entrepreneurship journey, and the changing global…

 

December 1st, 2017 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Since 2009, entrepreneurs have raised investment capital of over $70 million after entering the shark tank. Kevin O’Leary is a Canadian-Irish serial-entrepreneur and investor who has been a shark since series 1 first aired.  I caught up with him to learn about what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.