The Fireside Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Fireside Podcast educates, & sparks the fire of inspiration in those brave enough to believe in the positive contribution of their ideas. From entrepreneurs to writers, authors, artists and creatives, the fireside presents a behind the scenes of how people just like you have gotten from idea to launch and then success.
If you are curious or have an idea and are wondering if it's valid or if you are just a positively driven individual, this is the podcast for you.
Content Creator, Author and Lawyer, those are just some of the words that describe what Yasmin Zeinab does. The Sundays in Paris Instagram account creator decided a few years ago after moving to Paris, to document her discoveries on what to do in the City of Light on a more quiet day of the week like Sunday. A few years later, Yasmin is the proud author of two travel books and one on the way. In this episode she speaks to us about the inspiration to start Sundays in Paris, her productivity hacks for everything she does and what we can expect to see next.
After the birth of her 1st child, Deborah realised she couldn't find well suited baby milestone cards that catered to her son's heritage. That gap planted the initial seeds of the idea for Colour Celebrations - a luxury baby gifting company. After selling out her first batch of milestone cards in a very short time, Colour Celebrations was born. In this episode we speak to Deborah about building the company, various types of funding available to new entrepreneurs and future plans for the Colour Celebration brand.
In this episode, we speak to Eshita Kabra Davies, the founder of ByRotation, the UK’s first luxury fashion rental app. She talks to us about how the idea for ByRotation came while on her honeymoon in beautiful Rajasthan. Inspired by the amount of textile waste she observed whilst on Holiday, Eshita came back to the UK determined to build something to help solve our waste problem. This episode was recorded in August 2020. Happy Listening.
In our inaugural episode, we sit with Whitney as she takes us through her journey of conceiving FlowerBx. Whitney always loved beautiful floral arrangements but could never really find something that satisfied what she was looking for or fit occasions like hosting friends at a dinner party at home. She’d have to go to the flower market each time she wanted a beautiful bunch of flowers so after 20 years working for Tom Ford, her interest in bringing convenience to ordering a bunch of single stem flowers online led her to launch FlowerBx. In this episode, we speak to Whitney Bromberg Hawkings, Founder and CEO of FlowerBx.
There are so many nuggets from this conversation- chief of which is if you are scared of an idea, that’s exactly the reason why you should go for it. We hope you enjoy listening.