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NBN Episodes hosted by Peter:

Entrepreneurship and Leadership September 6, 2021

Deep Pockets and Lengthy Timescales

An Interview with Martin Frost

Mark Frost

Hosted by Peter Cowley
Martin Frost, CEO and co-founder of CMR Surgical, joins us this week. Martin is passionate about supporting technology based start-ups that make a difference in people’s lives, and has great …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership August 30, 2021

Being Tenacious and Walking Through Walls

An interview with Jonathan Milner

Jonathan Milner

Hosted by Peter Cowley
Jonathan Milner's second Invested Investor podcast details his experience as Cambridge Angel. Since he began in 2002 he has invested in forty different companies, very often leading deals as well …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership August 23, 2021

From a Bucket of Ice to a World Leading Life Sciences Innovator

Jonathan Milner

Hosted by Peter Cowley
Jonathan Milner was working as a postdoc in a Cambridge oncology lab when he was struck by an 'entrepreneurial seizure'. Inspired by his father, an engineer who ran a small …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership August 16, 2021

Disappearing, Angel Investing, Frog Capital, and What Shirin Dehghan Has Learned Along the Way

An Interview with Shirin Dehghan

Hosted by Peter Cowley
Shirin Dehghan is a hugely successful entrepreneur, having built Arieso and sold it to JDSU. In part 2 of her podcast, we hear how she decided to take a year …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership August 9, 2021

Changing the World through A Premium Food Brand and An AI Platform for Education

An interview with Priya Lakhani

Priya Lakhani

Hosted by Peter Cowley
Priya Lakhani is an entrepreneurial adrenaline junkie. She has founded two successful companies, won numerous business awards, and acted as an advisor to the Department of Business, Innovation, and Skills …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership July 26, 2021

Active Hotels, via Booking.com, to Angel Investing

A Discussion with Andy Phillips (Part 2)

Andy Phillipps

Hosted by Peter Cowley
Following on from Andy Phillipps first podcast, we are pleased to bring you part two. In part one, Andy described how he co-founded Active Hotels, selling to Priceline and eventually …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership July 19, 2021

Active Hotels, via Booking.com, to Angel Investing

A Discussion with Andy Phillipps

Andy Phillipps

Hosted by Peter Cowley
Excitingly, Invested Investor Andy Phillipps joined Peter Cowley for a two part podcast. In part one, Andy explains how he established the hotel booking company, Active Hotels, alongside his co-founder …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership July 12, 2021

Targeting Big Impact Deep Tech

A Discussion with William Tundstall-Pedoe (Part 2)

William Tundstall-Pedoe

Hosted by Peter Cowley
In part two we continue William Tunstall-Pedoe’s journey. William discusses his exit from Amazon, his involvement with Toronto based incubator, Creative Destructive Lab and what drove him to be a successful invested …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership July 5, 2021

Alexa, Add Champagne to My Shopping List

A Discussion with William Tunstall-Pedoe, Entrepreneur and investor

William Tunstall-Pedoe

Hosted by Peter Cowley
In part one we are fascinated to learn how the hugely successful, artificial intelligence entrepreneur, William Tunstall-Pedoe developed anagram-generating AI to solve cryptic crosswords and how he was inspired to …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership June 28, 2021

Investing in the Future

A Conversation with Hermann Hauser

Hermann Hauser

Hosted by Peter Cowley
In part two of Hermann Hauser’s podcast he brings us up to date by discussing his role within Amadeus Capital. Giving us an understanding of his investment portfolio, explaining why …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership June 21, 2021

Building the UK's IT Legacy

A Conversation Hermann Hauser

Hermann Hauser

Hosted by Peter Cowley
Hermann Hauser of the legendary Acorn computers is our distinguished guest this week. In part one of Hermann’s podcast, he talks to us about his long and successful history as …