Conversations with Founders

Most brands parachute into communities and leave when the ROI doesn't show up in 90 days. Jessie, co-founder of Pruzan, took the opposite approach — building a feminine high-performance running brand from inside the communities she was already part of. We talk product design, community strategy, marathon culture, and why the two are never really separate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strategist Zoe Scaman built her career on saying what others won't. From predicting the community economy to advising on AI strategy at OpenAI, she's made truth-telling her superpower.In this episode: why the creator economy is broken, what's really happening with AI, how to write your way into any room, and why being a "brilliant problem child" is actually an asset. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Maeve sits down with legendary costume designer Mary E. Vogt, whose work has defined the look of films like Batman Returns, Hocus Pocus, and Crazy Rich Asians.Mary shares the story behind her creative process—from building character through clothing to balancing artistry with the realities of budgets, studios, and scale. She reflects on how technology and sustainability are reshaping the craft, the misconceptions around costume design, and what it means to leave a creative legacy.A masterclass in vision, collaboration, and storytelling from one of Hollywood’s most enduring creative forces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I’m joined by Lydia Pang, creative director, entrepreneur and founder of a creative strategy studio MØRNING. Lydia is easily one of the talented individuals I’ve been fortunate enough to meet. She is remarkably intelligent, mission-driven, a creative visionary and exceptionally chic. In this episode we dive into her upbringing in rural Wales with her beautifully eccentric and accomplished family, her international career as Creative Director for REFINERY29 and Nike and a unique take on entrepreneurship. We discuss everything from creativity to culture, our difference being our super power, the feminist perspective in brand building and embracing your weird. I hope you enjoy listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode of Conversations with Founders, I sit down Kate Cervini, Kate is a born and raised entrepreneur who drew inspiration from her family in Michigan and her 13 years experience in the menswear fashion industry in bringing her luxury travel beauty brand 100ML to market.100ML launched last year and is a modern, convenient solution to the problems faced by the beauty and wellness conscious traveller - combining travel-sized body care, wellness supplement and sexual wellbeing products with air travel security compliant, yet aesthetic design. We talk to Kate about her background in fashion, how she ideated and realised her brand concept, how she attracted, retains and grows her partnership with major brands such as Aesop, Maude and Ursa Major, the company structure and what comes next for the company.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode of Conversations with Founders, I sit down with Bonnie Langedijk. Bonnie is the founder of media platform HURS, a community centric platform which tells the stories of leading women, offering smart content through a style lens. As a founder, Bonnie’s ambition is to fundamentally change the women’s media landscape. It has been her innate understanding and connection to today’s woman, that led her to the realisation that a digital home for women to connect and enable intelligent conversations over their love of art, design and style didn’t truly exist outside of their own micro-communities. And so, HURS was born.Growing up in the Netherlands, creativity and storytelling were a part of Bonnie’s life from day 1, with both of her parents working in the advertising industry. After studying International Media, she worked for several Hearst publications, before relocating to London. There Bonnie established herself as an in demand creative consultant and art director, working at NET-A-PORTER as Deputy Global Styling Editor as well as with a variety of other brands and media houses, from AERON to L’Officiel, Farfetch to Vogue Netherlands.Bonnie launched the media platform HURS in April 2022 and has seen tremendous growth. In this episode we dive into her journey to entrepreneurship, the HURS community and the plans for future expansion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.