In today's Top Tips episode, Amy and Becky reflect on Kerstyn and Suzi's warning: “Don't kitchen-sink it: keep it simple. It's all about the problem.” We muse how easy it is as entrepreneurs and instinctive innovators, to try to do everything, and be everything, to everybody.  Instead we think about: How to say no, and…

Kerstyn Comley PhD and Suzi Godson, soon to be PhD are co-founders of MeeToo, an app that allows people to talk anonymously about difficult things with other people of a similar age or experience. The MeeToo mission is to provide mental help to everyone, everywhere by delivering pre-moderated, anonymous digital peer support which is effective,…

In this episode Becky and Amy reflect on the criticality of Heather Lyons' Top Tip: “Hire really good people.” No business leader would dispute the value of this; for founders, great hires are particularly important.  We muse on the common pitfalls around hiring for start ups. We emphasise the value of hire slow and fire…

Heather Lyons is the co-founder of Blue Shift Coding, a company on a mission to empower young people to be more than tech consumers, to be digital creators! Heather originally trained as an architect, but had always worked in technology as a user experience (UX) designer.  In 2013, Heather was approached by some mums who…

In this week's Top Tips episode, Becky and Amy celebrate Kate Dimbleby's Top Tip: “Ask yourself questions.  Keep talking to yourself because you'll find some really interesting answers.  Ask is that true?” As business leaders, an ability to step back and understand the context within which we are making decisions is invaluable for our personal…

Kate Dimbleby, co-founder of Stornaway.io has been working for 25 years as a producer, performer, singer, songwriter, teacher and facilitator. She has recorded 6 albums and has toured the world with theatrical music shows, working with world-class musicians, writers and other artists to tell stories about women's voices. Kate has developed a structure for writing and…

In this week's Top Tip episode, Becky and Amy reflect on Alison Wood's Top Tip to add “in your opinion” to any advice you are given.  She urges us to remember opinions are not facts.  You get to collate opinions and decide what to do with them.   Becky and Amy reflect on: The importance…

In today's episode, Amy and Becky reflect on Sam Woodham's top tip, to never underestimate your unique perspective.  “If you're lucky enough to have an idea, don't let it go. Give it a go.” We discuss the challenges of how to stick with an idea, and persist against the odds as you transform it from…

Alison Wood is the founder of Lilypads, a social venture which aims to ensure menstruation is not a barrier to education through the sale of affordable reusable sanitary pads and provision of menstrual health education.  She created Lilypads after learning that schoolgirls in Kenya were exchanging sex for sanitary pads, to remain in education. Through…

Samantha Woodham is an award winning family law barrister. With Harry Gates she co-founded The Divorce Surgery, which turns the traditional model of bitter adversarial legal proceedings on its head. Their unique model offers one lawyer for one couple, at a fixed fee many, many times lower than the average cost of legal proceedings.  …