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A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown UpE42- Sahar Hashemi OBESahar Hashemi, a former lawyer, founded Coffee Republic, the UK’s first US style coffee bar chain with her brother and built it into one of the UK’s most recognised high street brands with a turnover of £30m. She made Coffee Republic one of the first players in the ‘coffee revolution’ that transformed the UK high street. Sahar is an internationally recognized speaker, whose captivating and uplifting speeches combine her own enthralling story with key themes of entrepreneurial leadership, innovation, customer service, change management and employee engagement.Sahar left the day to day management of Coffee Republic in 2001 a...
2026-01-1129 min
Show Us Your BitsThe Diamond EpisodeJoin us for our 75th episode with our round up of our favourite moments from another fabulous year of podcasting as we discuss how our guests have inspired our Christmas present list. We reminisce about the wonderful and often poignant keepsakes our guests brought along to show us, like the picture Illirana Gashi from Women For Women International showed us from her son, when she got her family to safety from a war zone, to the delightful book i360 owner and BBC Dragon’s Den, Sarah Willingham made for her husband, as well as piece of genuine space rocket from ta...
2025-12-1225 min
ScaleApp Podcasts with Prof Dan IsenbergEpisode #30 - Sahar Hashemi "Two-Time Scaler" - Coffee Republic and Skinny Candy (UK)From Immigrant Teen to Scale Up Pioneer: The Sahar Hashemi StoryWhat does it take to build one of the UK’s fastest-growing retail brands, lose it, rebuild yourself, and then reinvent entrepreneurship for an entire generation of women founders? In this episode, I sit down with Sahar Hashemi OBE, co-founder of Coffee Republic and Skinny Candy, and founder of the movement Buy Women Built.Sahar’s journey is a masterclass in how entrepreneurial culture is born, how it dies, and how to protect it as you scale. She shares moving reflections on immi...
2025-12-0834 minShow Us Your BitsAnd the net will appear - with Sahar Hashemi OBEToday we're joined by inspirational entrepreneur, author and campaigner Sahar Hashemi OBE. Full of wit and wisdom, Sahar says the key to success in business is to dream big, but start small. She describes her own journey from a discontented solicitor to setting up Coffee Republic, the hugely successful coffee chain.Having written a book called Anyone Can Do It, it was during the Covid lockdown that a simple tweet provided the catalyst for her to champion female entrepreneurship and find a way to educate people about brands built by women. Buy Women Built is now...
2025-10-1035 min
Extraordinary Life Stories | Motivation and Personal Growth InspirationSahar Hashemi OBE | Extraordinary Life StoriesIn this episode of Extraordinary Life Stories, John Reynolds talks with Sahar Hashemi OBE.Sahar Hashemi OBE (born 1967) is a British businesswoman, well known as the co-founder of the coffee chain Coffee Republic. She recently co-chaired the UK government Scale Up Taskforce shaping government policy towards growing SMEs. In 2022 she launched Buy Women Built a campaign to bring consumer recognition to women built brands in the UK.
2025-10-0441 min
The Convex ConversationAnyone Can Be An Entrepreneur - Sahar Hashemi OBESahar Hashemi OBE reveals how her love of skinny lattes in '90s New York led to her giving up her career as a lawyer and starting Coffee Republic with her brother, Bobby.
Sahar talks openly about the highs and lows of growing the business from the kitchen table to a £30 million empire with 110 American-style coffee bars, as well as the pain of leaving.
As well as mentoring executives in how to retain a start-up culture in large companies, Sahar champions more than 2,000 female founders in a movement she created - Buy Women Bu...
2025-06-0146 min
Tash InsightsSahar Hashemi: I built a £30m brand – and now I’m fighting for other female foundersIn this episode, Tash sits down with Sahar Hashemi, serial entrepreneur and founder of Buy Women Built, to discuss her mission to support female-founded brands and close the £200B gender gap in entrepreneurship.Sahar shares:How she went from being a lawyer to launching Coffee Republic and revolutionising the UK coffee industryWhy most female founders start businesses from personal need—and why that’s their superpowerThe inspiration behind Buy Women Built and how it’s helping female-led brands thrive The power of community and why connection is the key to success for women in...
2025-02-1031 min
I'm Absolutely Fine! by The MidultEpisode 193: The Entrepreneurial IssueWho doesn’t love a solution story? The tale of a grown-up woman who had a problem and thought, ‘You know what? I am not going to wait for some fucker to fix this – I am just going to do it myself’? This week we have two such stories from the podvault – first up is Sahar Hashemi who smashed through many a ceiling and is still busy opening lots of doors for women: she founded Coffee Republic - three years before Starbucks landed on our shores; for the past couple of years, she’s been putting her considerable energy into spotlig...
2024-04-2545 min
Second CurversEmbracing Reinvention: The power of micro steps and taking the leap with Sahar HashemiSahar Hashemi is just the greatest! You will want to hear every piece of wisdom from ultimate second curver Sahar Hashemi OBE. A hugely inspiring serial entrepreneur, author and speaker, she is known for her remarkable journey and contributions to the world of business and entrepreneurship. In her best-selling book, Anyone Can Do It, she advocates that anyone who really wants to be an entrepreneur can be one. We discuss the power of small steps and micro shifts in moving forward and how second curvers can apply her motto of leap and the net will ap...
2024-04-0444 min
Conversations of InspirationMarcia Kilgore, founder of Beauty Pie, on how to navigate the new beauty landscapeIn this very special episode Holly is thrilled to sit down for a second time with Marcia Kilgore, the visionary founder of Beauty Pie, Soap & Glory, FitFlop and more, to share her inside knowledge on the real beauty industry and how it has changed in recent years.
Recognising that there is a new generation of knowledgeable and savvy customers looking to shop with brands whose values are rooted in transparency and integrity, Marcia discusses the revealing report she’s commissioned that explores the ‘Question Everything’ economy.
Marcia also shares her thoughts on female founders and the anti-a...
2023-06-261h 06
Jazz ShapersCoffee Republic Co-Founder and Skinny Candy Founder Sahar Hashemi OBESahar Hashemi OBE is the Co-Founder of Coffee Republic, the UK’s first US-style coffee-bar chain, the Founder of Skinny Candy, the low-fat confectionery brand, And the Founder of the Buy Women Built movement, aiming to encourage shoppers to purchase women-built brands, and boost female entrepreneurship. Sahar joins Elliot for a chat on the people and ideas that have shaped her, and on the founder's connection to the soul of a company.
2023-05-2028 min
Woman's HourMalorie Blackman, Trump verdict, Kitemark for female-founded firms, NetballJust Saying’ is a memoir by the bestselling author Malorie Blackman, former Children’s Laureate, best known for her Noughts & Crosses series for young adults. Malorie received eighty-two rejection letters before she finally found a publisher. Seventy published books later it is no exaggeration to say that Malorie Blackman has changed the face of British literature forever. Malorie joins Nuala to discuss her life and works.
Donald Trump says he will appeal the verdict of a New York jury in a civil case that found he sexually abused and defamed a woman. The woman in question E Jean Carroll, a mag...
2023-05-1057 min
START UP. START NOW.#50: Coffee Republic founder, Sahar Hashemi wants you to "Buy Women Built" (co-founder and author)Send us a textA former lawyer, she started two ground-breaking businesses: the UK’s first coffee bar chain, Coffee Republic, which she grew to 110 stores and a £50 million market cap, and Skinny Candy, a market segment-defining brand of sugar-free sweets.Her first book, ANYONE CAN DO IT became a bestseller by demystifying the idea that entrepreneurship is an innate trait. Her latest, START UP FOREVER, stems from her experience working with large corporations over the last decade and addresses one of the most pressing questions now facing large organisations: how to...
2023-02-1956 minI'm Absolutely Fine! by The MidultEpisode 157: With Sahar HashemiRegular listeners will know that we often slip ’the patriarchy’ into the conversation around what holds us back. From diet culture keeping us hungry while feeding our self-loathing; to medical misogyny. So it’s a privilege really to have entrepreneur Sahar Hashemi on the podcast this week. Sahar has smashed through many a ceiling and is still busy opening lots of doors for women: she founded Coffee Republic - three years before Starbucks landed on our shores; for the past couple of years, she’s been putting her considerable energy into spotlighting women-owned businesses with her Buy Women Built movement...
2023-02-1645 min
Das IRAN UpdateHoffnung auf die Exil-Opposition?
CN: Gewalt, Hinrichtung, Suizid
Gilda und Sahar sprechen in der aktuellen Folge einerseits über die Exil-Opposition, die am Silvesterabend in einem vereinten Tweet sich an die Öffentlichkeit gewandt hat. Und andererseits darüber, dass die UK die Revolutionsgarden auf die Terrorliste setzt, während die EU weiterhin nicht handelt.
Außerdem geht es um den immerwährenden Psychoterror, den das iranische Regime verbreitet, mit Angst und Sorgen der Menschen in- und außerhalb des Iran spielt. Es geht dabei dabei u.a. um Hinrichtungen, die unmittelbar bevorstehen könnten, wie etwa bei Mohammad Mehdi Karami.
Ti...
2023-01-0632 min
The Global Leadership PodcastEp 105: Behind the Leader w/Sahar Hashemi - The Importance of Doing Things BadlyHow does one go from being a lawyer, with a sure and safe career path, to becoming an innovative entrepreneur and launching a successful coffee franchise in a nation that is known for drinking tea? Sahar Hashemi's story is a testimony to the power of action, perseverance, and to being unwilling to settle for a life where you cannot thrive. If you've ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur, listen as Sahar shares the essential (but simple) behaviors that can help anyone (or any organization) develop—and maintain—a startup mentality.
2022-12-1333 minConversations of InspirationThe overnight success that took over a decade to build, with Marisa Hordern, founder of MissomaThis week Holly speaks with Marisa Hordern, founder of London based jewellery brand, Missoma.
Born at the kitchen table, Missoma started as a side hustle. Now, after over a decade of incredible hard work and grit, Missoma is an iconic jewellery brand beloved by millennials and A listers alike.
Often referred to as an overnight success, Marisa sheds light on this misconception, and the first seven years she battled through to get her business off the ground, where at her lowest point, she considered terminating Missoma all together.
However, with love, passion and determination, M...
2022-10-311h 09
DOXAEPISODE 10: WHAT TO DO WHEN LIFE GETS HARD: REFLECTION ON THE GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2022 SESSION 2 SAHAR HASHEMI Welcome to “A Revolution to Lead podcast.” We bring you daily wisdom and inspiration from the revolution filled with the greatest minds and talents of all time. When Jesus walked out of his tomb 2,000 plus years ago, he began a revolution of an old way of life. Jesus is offering everyone not just another self-help strategy, but a brand new reality that is overthrowing the world as we know it. This podcast is all about is how we tap into and live out this new reality in order to live a revolutionary life.
This episode...
2022-08-0905 min
Small Business Big Challenge13- The entrepreneur MindsetReferences:
Mentorship: https://www.score.org/
Video: The social responsibility of business | Alex Edmans | TEDxLondonBusinessSchool
Book: Anyone Can do it – Sahar and Bobby Hashemi
Video: First give, then receive: Nong Poonsukwattana at TEDxPortland
Study: Diversity drives better decisions
Video: Are We Automating Racism?
Podcast: NPR – The indicator- Companies get political
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Put your ideas on paper
Think of your business as a responsible Citizen
Augment the Other
Partner with your customers to solve a problem
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2022-04-0523 min
Sound Advice: Entrepreneurs UnfilteredLet's Be Honest... 'Expect rejection—it's OK to get a "no"' (Sahar Hashemi)Sound Advice is known for truth-telling and our mini-sodes give even more insight from our star entrepreneurs. This week, Sahar Hashemi reveals how she persevered when 19 bank managers told her that Coffee Republic was a 'crazy' idea.Listen to the full episode here:AppleSpotify
2022-02-1406 min
Nordic Business Forum AudioSahar Hashemi - 6 Steps to Be Entrepreneurial in a Large CompanyIn this episode, the co-founder of Coffee Republic, Sahar Hashemi, shares her journey to entrepreneurship. Her keynote also provides 6 pieces of advice on how to be entrepreneurial in a large company. The session was recorded at Nordic Business Forum Stockholm in 2019
2021-11-1227 min
Career Interrupted[Episode 98] Sahar Hashemi, co-founder of Coffee Republic, on why women make incredible entrepreneursIf you’ve ever spent a weekend baffled by Ikea’s assembly instructions 😵, you’ll know that some things in life are unnecessarily complicated. Take a critical path analysis. Sahar Hashemi and her brother used it to bring the New York-style coffee bar to the UK and turn a nation of tea drinkers into a country unable to start its day without a skinny latte or caramel macchiato to go. As Sahar explains in this week’s incredible episode of the Sparkle and Thrive podcast, a critical path analysis is just a fancy term for a to-do lis...
2021-08-0429 min
Insight with HReSourceTake the Leap with Sahar HashemiDuring this lively conversation Sahar shares her experiences, highs and lows and fabulous insights including;
The journey from a dream of being a successful lawyer….to launching and growing a ground-breaking brand.
The importance of just "doing it yourself" for new entrepreneurs launching a start-up
“Anyone Can Do It” Challenging accepted views of the DNA make-up of entrepreneurs.
Impact of the pandemic on the mindset and enthusiasm of those wanting to start a business.
Critical need to remember why a business was formed and it’s ongoing relationship with its customers.
How listeners best engage with "Buy Women Built" th...
2021-07-2248 min
OutsideVoices with Mark BidwellChris Yeh: Blitzscaling and Lifelong LearningChris Yeh is an entrepreneur, investor and author of several books, including two with the founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman, the most recent of which is called "Blitzscaling." Today we cover the fascinating topic of blitzscaling - how to scale a business in record time, how to take advantage of significant market opportunities that are in front of you, how to focus on distribution, and leverage network effects. Whether you're a founder, a CEO, an investor in early stage companies, a developer, or leading a business unit or a function in a large organisation which might be...
2021-07-1351 minSecond CurversChallenging yet magical journey of an entrepreneur with Sahar HashemiI am beyond excited to welcome Sahar Hashemi, my first entrepreneur guest who successfully built a coffee company. She started as a lawyer, but soon she and her brother founded the Coffee Republic, the first UK chain of coffee bars. After scaling and successfully selling it some years ago, she identified the new market segment - sugar-free sweets and founded Skinny Candy. She is a claimed author of two books - a bestseller "Anyone can do it" translated into multiple languages, and her latest "Startup forever." She is also a renowned spea...
2021-05-2644 min
XL PodcastXL5: SAHAR HASHEMI - Coffee Outside the Comfort ZoneProduced by Pikkal & Co - Award-Winning Podcast Agency. In this episode, Graham talks with Sahar Hashemi, founder of Coffee Republic and confectionery brand Skinny Candy. Sahar opted out of her career as a lawyer to grow Coffee Republic which she later helped float on the stock market. Sahar Hashemi was named in Management Today in "Top 35 Women in British business under 35” and Independent on Sunday in "The 20 most powerful women in Britain”.
2021-05-0119 min
Nordic Business Forum AudioSahar Hashemi - Starting a Company: The Importance of a Startup Mindset, and Exit StrategiesThis episode features Sahar Hashemi, the co-founder of the coffee chain Coffee Republic and confectionery brand Skinny Candy talking about starting a company, the importance of a startup mindset, and exit strategies.
2021-03-2514 min
Sound Advice: Entrepreneurs UnfilteredSahar Hashemi: Write a small business plan that worksLatte habit out of control? Blame Sahar Hashemi, founder of Coffee Republic. The UK's coffee craze started with the former lawyer and a super smart business plan that slowly smashed through suppliers’ and banks’ countless rejections.
2021-02-2259 min
Finding Founders#54 To Live and Learn | Failure as an Engine on the Road to Success: Omar Zenhom - $100MBA & Webinar NinjaWhat failures have shaped you into the person you are now?
It’s an easy question to ask, but a hard one to answer. Yet for Omar Zenhom, it’s the question behind all of his successes today.
In this episode, we sit down with Omar Zenhom, founder of Webinar Ninja, an online platform that expedites the configuration of large-scale webinars, and host of the award-winning $100 MBA Podcast, which provides aspiring entrepreneurs with free, daily doses of real-world business advice. While Omar may seem like he’s already learned all he needed to succeed, there was a...
2021-01-1454 min
Female Founder Squad PodcastEpisode 1: Jacqueline de Rojas, CBE & Sahar Hashemi OBE on Diversity, Inclusion & Much More!An in depth chat with Jacqueline de Rojas CBE, President of Tech UK & Sahar Hashemi OBE talking about their pioneering careers in tech and entrepreneurship and the importance of diversity and inclusion.
2020-12-2850 minFemale Founder Squad PodcastEpisode 1: Jacqueline de Rojas, CBE & Sahar Hashemi OBE on Diversity, Inclusion & Much More!An in depth chat with Jacqueline de Rojas CBE, President of Tech UK & Sahar Hashemi OBE talking about their pioneering careers in tech and entrepreneurship and the importance of diversity and inclusion.
2020-12-2850 min
The Business of Food - with Asma KhanSahar Hashemi (Coffee Republic, Skinny Candy) talks to Amanda Thomson of drinks brand Thomson & ScottSerial entrepreneur Sahar Hashemi (Coffee Republic, Skinny Candy) talks to Amanda Thomson, of Thomson & Scott, about creating a unique drinks brand.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-12-221h 08
OutsideVoices with Mark BidwellAnyone Can Do It: Sahar's Remarkable Entrepreneurial JourneySahar Hashemi OBE is best known as the founder of Coffee Republic, as well as a confectionery brand Skinny Candy. She is active in the world of entrepreneurialism and charity, and is an accomplished author, having written "Anyone can do it" about her journey from corporate lawyer to founding a successful chain of coffee shops, and a more recent book titled "Start Up Forever" helping large companies innovate. In this conversation, we cover all topics related to being an entrepreneur, building a business, and what it means from a personal development point of view. We discuss some...
2020-12-0156 min
Positive Personal Power'Anyone Can Do It'- Sahar Hashemi OBE: Entrepreneurial Success Secrets For Serious Business People!Joined by Sahar Hashemi OBE co-founder of the coffee chain Coffee Republic and confectionery brand Skinny Candy, since selling both businesses she has authored two books 'Anyone Can Do It' and 'Switched On: You Have It In You.'
Nadya Rousseau and I discuss Sahar's ethos, maintaining the 'Startup Forever' Mindset and realising anyone can do it, you can do it! Just go and make it happen, start it today!!
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2020-08-2145 min
The G&T SessionsGraham Brown, Founder of Pikkal, Public speaker, Podcast host and Entrepreneur.Graham is a published author on the subject of The Digital Transformation of Communication, works including "The Human Communication Playbook", “The Mobile Youth: Voices of the Connected Generation” – documenting the rise of mobile culture in the early 2000s in Japan, China, Africa and India and “Brand Love – How to Build a Brand Worth Talking About”.
Graham also is the founder of Pikkal & Co – an AI Powered, Data Driven B2B Podcast and Webinar Agency. He also hosts The Be More Human Podcast, Asia Tech Podcast and The Pitchdeck Asia show. He has published over 1,000 podcast episodes.
Guests include...
2020-08-051h 08
The Workplace Evolution PodcastCoffee Republic Founder Sahar Hashemi OBE - Start-Up Culture & Bootstraping for the New NormalWarm welcome back to this ‘caffeine charged’ episode of the Workplace Evolution podcast this time with entrepreneur Sahar Hashemi After a trip to New York Sahar began her incredible journey of turning a moment of inspiration in to something incredible – the highly successful UK coffee chain Coffee Republic. This didn’t come easy and her journey includes heart break, rejection and triumph.
Sahar not only changed how we start our day every morning on our way to work, but she’s also clear that anyone can be an entrepreneur– and that’s good news because as we face huge unknowns many of us will...
2020-07-2447 min
Spirit-Centered Business™11 What is Your Signature Truth - Helena Cavan on Spirit-Centered BusinessHelena Cavan is a creative entrepreneur. She trained as a classical musical composer at the Royal Academy of Music and went on to teach piano privately, and write music to commission. When her husband Jonathan came down with a rare degenerative eye disease that caused their world to turn upside-down, Helena started her first company, The Milestone Detox (TMD), running residential juice and raw food detox retreats from their beautiful home in the Cotswolds of England. The unique TMD protocol and all-inclusive pricing model was quickly noticed by national press and won awards, becoming known as the best residential UK...
2020-03-191h 10
She Rebel RadioLouisa Hirst Founder of Oriela Jewellery: Why for Women Intuition is Our Golden AssetLousia Hirst is the founder of Orelia, a boutique jewelry brand that was born from her love of travel and a desire to source beautiful, ethical jewelry at an accessible price point. After leaving her prestigious job as a jewelry buyer at the high street jewelry chain, Accessorize, Louisa took a sabbatical to travel before taking the plunge into entrepreneurship. As a mother, Louisa juggles family life with her new roles of public speaking, coaching, and mentoring entrepreneurs. Today Louisa shares how being involved in a terrifying natural disaster gave her the final push to l...
2019-10-1836 minConversations of InspirationS6: 51. The Congregation Of Inspiration 2019 LIVE SpecialThis week’s episode is a LIVE special podcast from The Congregation of Inspiration 2019. The 12 hour day condensed into one podcast, with tips, advice, lessons and laughs from all our speakers on the day - including Fearne Cotton, Sahar Hashemi OBE, Charlie Gladstone, Freddie Harrel & Emily Coxhead. Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, Edward Perry, Pip Murray, Dave Buonaguidi and of course, Holly Tucker herself.
Covering topics from being brave in business, building a brand doing good, to pursuing happiness and what it really means to build an immersive brand, this episode is a snapshot of an extraordinary day. Throughout the episode yo...
2019-09-301h 07
The Future of WorkFOW8: Sahar Hashemi - Coffee Outside the Comfort ZoneIn this episode, Graham Brown talks with Sahar Hashemi, founder of Coffee Republic and confectionery brand Skinny Candy. The pair sit down to discuss her qualifying as a lawyer and how she transitioned into an entrepreneur, how she dealt with initial self-doubt, and why she rarely listens to other people's advice.
Sahar then dives into how she stared Coffee Republic, how she increased in confidence and certainty, and why ideas never start off great and need time to develop. She also discusses the importance of thinking "what's next?", and why entrepreneurs need to consistently put themselves in their customer's shoes...
2019-09-1318 min
Future Forecast with Isabelle Ringnes#17 Sahar Hashemi: Bringing Entrepreneurial Spirit to Big BusinessWe're joined by Sahar Hashemi, a commended start-up entrepreneur and author, who shared her insights on the importance of entrepreneurial mindset in large companies. Sahar calls herself an accidental entrepreneur because she randomly fell into running a business after a trip to New York. She was amazed by the choice and variety of coffee there, so she and her brother decided to bring the coffee-bar concept over the pond. That’s how Coffee Republic, one of the U.K.’s major coffee bars, was born. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
2019-06-0527 min
Corporate UnpluggedStartup Forever. 100% of Yourself at WorkSahar Hashemi is a keynote speaker, author, entrepreneur, and powerful authority on innovation. She is the co-founder of Coffee Republic, the first UK coffee bar chain, and she created Skinny Candy, the guilt-free confectionery brand. Today Sahar talks about her new book “Startup Forever,” abandoning institutionalized corporate culture, bringing 100% of yourself to your work, transformational points in her life, a company’s purpose, how bureaucracy is holding companies back, and daring as a leader.On today’s podcast:Sahar’s new book “Startup Forever”Abandoning institutionalized corporate cultureBringing 100% of yourself to your workTransforma...
2019-05-2823 minConversations of InspirationS4: Breaking new ground in business, with Sahar Hashemi OBE, co-founder of Coffee RepublicThis week Holly talks to the incredible Sahar Hashemi OBE, founder of Coffee Republic.
Launched in 1995, Sahar co-founded Coffee Republic alongside her brother Bobby, becoming the UK's first coffee bar. Scaling her business up to 110 coffee shops within 5 years, Sahar’s success was astounding.
After struggling to get investment because the bank managers stated that Britain was a nation of tea drinkers, Sahar's determination paid off and saw Coffee Republic at the forefront of coffee culture, changing the way Britain’s consume forever.
In this enlightening founder to founder conversation, Sahar shares her experiences of s...
2019-05-271h 06
New Thinking: LeadersBusiness Leaders - Sahar HashemiSahar Hashemi is the co-founder of Coffee Republic, the first chain of American-style coffee bars in the UK. She left behind a promising legal career in 1995 to launch the business from her mother’s kitchen table. When it sold six years later, it had 110 stores and a turnover of £30 million. She has since founded confectionery brand Skinny Candy, and her latest venture, Change Please, is a social project which trains and hires homeless people to run coffee carts. In this in-depth interview, she describes how businesses can succeed by encouraging staff to think like entrepreneurs, argues that success isn’t abo...
2018-11-2843 min
Speaking Business podcast29 Showreel SpecialToday Maria's guest is Neil Armstrong. Neil has been making films and TV programmes for over 33 years. He started his career as a Film Assistant at the BBC and worked his way up to become a highly respected and sought-after Series Producer and Director. Neil's credits include 'Alter Ego' with Jon Culshaw, 'Renford Rejects', 'The Miners "Location, Location, Location", "House Doctor" for C5), and the "Teletubbies". Neil has filmed all over the world writing, producing and directing for a great range of brands from Astra Zeneca, Barclays and UBS right through to L'Oreal, John Lewis, M...
2018-10-0420 minSpeaking Business podcastBONUS Podcast - Showreels with Neil ArmstrongThis is a special Bonus episode, a little extra treat especially for any speakers out there listening. It is taken from a video chat I had with Neil Armstrong about Speaker Showreels - my go to expert on the subject. Neil Armstrong has been making films and TV programmes for over 33 years. He started his career as a Film Assistant at the BBC and worked his way up to become a highly respected and sought-after Series Producer and Director. Neil's credits include 'Alter Ego' with Jon Culshaw, 'Renford Rejects', 'The Miners "Location, Location, L...
2018-06-1218 min
2018-06-0200 min
Athena Media - Podcast DirectoryO2 Women Mean Business Conference and Awards 2009 - The SpeakersThe annual Women Mean Business Conference and Awards ceremony was held in September 2009 in the Shelbourne Hotel. Athena Media produced three short videos on the event. This second video concentrates on the three international speakers at the event, Sarah Newman, founder of needahotel.com, Michael O Doherty, co-founder of plexus Bio-Energy and Sahar Hashemi, co-founder of Coffee Republic.. To find out more visit www.womenmeanbusiness.com and www.athenamedia.ie
2009-10-2200 min
creation podcasts: radiYOHow to grasp the opportunity!Simon Woodroffe is the founder of YO! Sushi, YOTEL and we're proud to say is now on the RadiYO! It's a chance for one of the UK's most successful businessmen to find out what makes some of the people who are his heroes tick. His guests are Benjamin Cohen who started the website So Jewish and Sahar Hashemi who built up the chain Coffee Republic. The theme of this edition is “grasping the opportunity”. The programme was recorded on Simon's houseboat Trafalgar moored on the Thames. The next monthly edition is a...
2006-05-2326 min