Episode 8 - Mark Simmers

Mark Scott has been an entrepreneur and investor since leaving school. He is one of this people who is constantly questioning and challenging norms, which has led to him co-founding his latest business venture, Bella and Duke, a raw pet food company. The reason I was keen to record a conversation with Mark was to understand how he has taken his personal interests around bio hacking for health and wellbeing, into his work. Mark loves working with like minded people and surrounding himself with talented, enthusiastic and motivated people who want to make a difference. In this interview we talk about how Mark ‘ate like a dog to see what happened’ – and you can read the article here: https://www.bellaandduke.com/about-us/press-release/ceo-mark-scott-ate-like-a-dog/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markscottperth/?originalSubdomain=uk Website: https://www.bellaandduke.com Twitter: @Scotmanwithno and @BellaAndDuke

Hazel Robertson is a Life and Mindset Coach who now helps busy and ambitious entrepreneurs and professionals get everything on their to-do lists done.Hazel has a great passion for adventure sports, having been on major expeditions all over the globe including trans Alaska, supporting her husband Luke’s south pole trek and being a guide for the Polar Academy, who you will hear about in this conversation. Hazel has taken the planning and executing of major expeditions into the world of entrepreneurs and business leaders – not just promoting productivity, but also the importance of how our changing climate is affecting not just the environment and wildlife and people that live and our everyday lives. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.cn/in/hazelerobertsonWebsite - https://www.everyday-impact.comInstagram – @hazelerobertson

Sandy Kennedy is the CEO of Entrepreneurial Scotland, that has the simple and bold ambition to help make Scotland one of the more entrepreneurial countries on the planet. The Saltire Programmes form a part of the great work of ES, and something Mark benefited from personally when he was a student. https://www.entrepreneurialscotland.comhttps://twitter.com/KennedySandy

Mark Simmers is the CEO of Celtic Renewables, an exciting Scottish low-carbon technology that converts unwanted and low-value biological material into high-value renewable chemicals, sustainable biofuel and other commercially and environmentally valuable commodities. Their first focus is the bi-products of the whisky industry. https://www.celtic-renewables.comhttps://twitter.com/crl_uk

Caroline McKenna is the founder and CEO of Social Good Connect, whose mission is to make employee volunteering simple. What does that mean? Well, charities often don’t know how to talk to corporates, and businesses want to make positive impact in the communities they are a part of, but don’t know who to speak to. They need a match maker, someone who can connect these charity needs and business wants. They help charities save time on recruitment and give access to a wider audience of motivated, skilled volunteers. For employers they help improve community impact and employee wellbeing. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/social-good-connect/ Twitter - @sgconnect1 Instagram – @socialgoodconnect

After growing up in Glasgow, Mark Bamforth worked in the oil and whisky industries before starting his entrepreneurial journey in biotech, with a series of highly successful businesses in the United States, where he has been based for many years. Mark Beaumont has known Mark Bamforth for over a decade through his support for Entrepreneurial Scotland and passion for backing careers and businesses. This conversation covers a range of topics from the personal attributes needed to step out in business, his current work in area of the microbiome and changes in healthcare over the decades, and also Scotland's place in the world when it comes to creating impact. https://arrantabio.com

Matt Willcocks is the co-founder of Propel, whose tagline is to ‘change the world one personal best at a time.’ Focussed on sports-tec, they are helping build an inspiring ecosystem of businesses that are focussed on getting people active, improving wellbeing and improving athletic performance. https://propelteams.com https://twitter.com/WillcocksMatt

Almost three decades ago, Andy was working in investment banking in London. He knew that he wanted to come back to his hometown of Dundee, Scotland and to make real difference in the world. Just about the same time, his father Andi was considering his next venture, and so together they established Insights. They haven't looked back, and are extremely proud that their now-global business still has its roots in Scotland. Contributing to the local economy means is a huge passion for Andy, as you will hear in this conversation. https://www.insights.com https://twitter.com/andylothian

Shailesh Maingi is the Founder and Chairman of Kineticos, an award-winning organization supporting Biopharmaceutical and Precision Medicine firms. Andrew McNeill is the Managing Partner of Eos Advisory, who support this podcast series – and who back early stage businesses that impact the world in science, engineering and technology. There is a new trans-Atlantic partnership between these organisations that Mark has been involved in creating. https://kineticos.com https://twitter.com/Kineticos https://eos-advisory.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/26054723/admin/

David Farquhar is the CEO of Intelligent Growth Solutions, an agritech innovator, focused on vertical farming technology and smart building technologies. The business vision is to deliver commercial viability to the vertical farming model by improving productivity whilst dramatically driving down the cost of power and labour. Food and water security is one of the big global issues of our time, and it is fascinating to understand the future of farming that David is imagining.https://www.intelligentgrowthsolutions.com https://twitter.com/intelligentgs