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The Disrupters

Kamal Ahmed and Rohan Silva lift the lid on the realities of starting your own business, as leading entrepreneurs reveal their stories of risk, ambition and failure.

Radio 4,13 episodes

Episodes

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DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis
‘Just because you passionately believe in it, that doesn't make it a good idea’.
12 Feb 2021,28 mins
Founder of The Cambridge Satchel Company, Julie Deane
'I let the confidence in myself be shaken.'
05 Feb 2021,28 mins
CEO of Netflix: Reed Hastings
'You’ve got to be radical and try things'
29 Jan 2021,28 mins
Temie Giwa-Tubosun, founder of LifeBank
Temie Giwa-Tubosun on setting up LifeBank, a company that has saved 6,936 in Nigeria.
19 Feb 2020,27 mins
Sir James Dyson
Sir James Dyson on patience, persistence, and why success comes out of passion.
07 Feb 2020,28 mins
Surinder Arora, founder and chairman of Arora Group
'Never be scared of making mistakes, but never repeat them.'
19 Jul 2019,24 mins
Comptoir Libanais: Tony Kitous
'I left Algeria when I was eighteen, all by myself. It was a big risk.'
12 Dec 2018,37 mins
Mumsnet: Justine Roberts
"You can destroy a lot of the culture by doubling the size of the business"
04 Dec 2018,34 mins
Co-founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman
'There's a chance we blow up but there's a chance we get bigger. That's entrepreneurship'
27 Nov 2018,39 mins
Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman, founders of lastminute.com
‘We were on a machine of people who could see dollar signs’.
20 Nov 2018,40 mins
The Cambridge Satchel Company's Julie Deane
'I let the confidence in myself be shaken'
13 Nov 2018,40 mins
DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis
‘Just because you passionately believe in it, that doesn't make it a good idea’.
05 Nov 2018,29 mins
Welcome to The Disrupters
Unfiltered, revealing interviews with pioneering entrepreneurs.
05 Nov 2018,2 mins