News imageThe Disrupters

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.

News imageThe Disrupters

Episodes (11 available)

News imageThe Disrupters, CEO of Netflix: Reed Hastings

'You’ve got to be radical and try things'

29 Jan 2021

27 mins

News imageThe Disrupters, 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

28 mins

News imageThe Disrupters, Sir James Dyson

Sir James Dyson on patience, persistence, and why success comes out of passion.

7 Feb 2020

29 mins

News imageThe Disrupters, Surinder Arora, founder and chairman of Arora Group

'Never be scared of making mistakes, but never repeat them.'

19 Jul 2019

24 mins

News imageThe Disrupters, Comptoir Libanais: Tony Kitous

'I left Algeria when I was eighteen, all by myself. It was a big risk.'

12 Dec 2018

37 mins

News imageThe Disrupters, Mumsnet: Justine Roberts

"You can destroy a lot of the culture by doubling the size of the business"

4 Dec 2018

35 mins

News imageThe Disrupters, 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

40 mins

News imageThe Disrupters, 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

41 mins

News imageThe Disrupters, The Cambridge Satchel Company's Julie Deane

'I let the confidence in myself be shaken'

13 Nov 2018

40 mins

News imageThe Disrupters, DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis

‘Just because you passionately believe in it, that doesn't make it a good idea’.

5 Nov 2018

29 mins

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