In this Top Tips episode, Amy and Becky reflect on Janine Matho's top tip to entrepreneurs, to stay human as you grow, and share your human stories.We talk about:Crafting your identity and narrative as a founder of a new businessThe shift from

Janine Matho: for women, career drop off happens right away, in the first 2 - 3 years of work

Nov 11th, 2022 1h 8m

McKinsey's Women in the Workforce 2022 report confirms that the "broken rung" of the career ladder for women remains at the first step up to manager. For every 100 men promoted to their first manager role, only 87 women are promoted, and only

Vic Forrest's Top Tip: Take a break; be kind to yourself.

Nov 5th, 2022 24m 20s

On this Top Tip, Amy and Becky reflect on Vic Forrest's powerful top tip to take a break and be kind to ourselves. We reconnect and remind ourselves of:The importance of making space for ourselves, in order to help ourselves to keep going, to b

Victoria Forrest: Remaining fascinated by the world calms me

Oct 28th, 2022 53m 1s

Self-described dyslexic bibliophile, design geek, entrepreneur, and mother, Victoria Forrest is an award-winning graphic designer specialising in book, brand and XR design for The Arts. As founder of VIKA Books, Victoria works at the cutting ed

Nithya's Top Tip: "If your goals are important enough on a spiritual level, the rest are just details."

Oct 24th, 2022 20m 11s

In this week's Top Tip episode, Becky and Amy reflect on Nithya Prabu's recommendation for entrepreneurs and leaders to: Be really clear of your values, purpose and goals;Make sure your goals track directly back to your purpose and values; and

Nithya Prabu: There's always opportunity out there, even in the most dreadful times.

Oct 14th, 2022 1h 2m

Nithya Prabu is the founder and Managing Director of Lurnable, a data-driven education technology company focused on delivering bespoke international student services.Nithya describes herself as a misfit and a rebel, who has always been an entr

End of Year Special Part Two: How do you know when to walk away? Dr Becky Sage's graceful landing

Dec 28th, 2021 33m 51s

In part two of our MindStyling End of Year Special, Amy chats with Becky about her decision to leave Interactive Scientific in 2019. We reflect on:The gifts and challenges of being a start-up CEOThe unsustainable frenzy of a constant sprintSay

End of Year Special Part One: Happy Endings and New Beginnings with Nathalie Alpi

Dec 27th, 2021 36m 53s

As 2021 draws to a close, MindStyling enjoys two end-of-year special podcasts, reflecting on the gifts in endings.In part one, Amy Armstrong and Dr Becky Sage catch up with Nathalie Alpi to reflect on the acquisition of Cookies HQ. We discuss:

Kerstyn and Suzi's top tip: Don’t kitchen-sink: keep it simple. Start with the problem - it's all about that.

Jul 29th, 2021 19m 13s

In today's Top Tips episode, Amy and Becky reflect on Kerstyn and Suzi's warning:"Don't kitchen-sink it: keep it simple. It's all about the problem."We muse how easy it is as entrepreneurs and instinctive innovators, to try to do everything, an

Kerstyn Comley & Suzi Godson: MeeToo makes it easy to talk about difficult things

Jul 22nd, 2021 1h

Kerstyn Comley PhD and Suzi Godson, soon to be PhD are co-founders of MeeToo, an app that allows people to talk anonymously about difficult things with other people of a similar age or experience. The MeeToo mission is to provide mental help to

Heather's Top Tip: Hire really good people

Jul 16th, 2021 14m 37s

In this episode Becky and Amy reflect on the criticality of Heather Lyons' Top Tip: "Hire really good people."No business leader would dispute the value of this; for founders, great hires are particularly important. We muse on the common pitfa

Heather Lyons: Because these are such unprecedented times, this was an amazing opportunity to get some feedback

Jul 11th, 2021 1h 8m

Heather Lyons is the co-founder of Blue Shift Coding, a company on a mission to empower young people to be more than tech consumers, to be digital creators!Heather originally trained as an architect, but had always worked in technology as a use

Kate Dimbleby's Top Tip: Ask yourself questions because you'll find some really interesting answers. Ask is that true?

Jul 2nd, 2021 17m 27s

In this week's Top Tips episode, Becky and Amy celebrate Kate Dimbleby's Top Tip:"Ask yourself questions. Keep talking to yourself because you'll find some really interesting answers. Ask is that true?"As business leaders, an ability to step

Kate Dimbleby: It's about the creative process - that is what's driving it

Jun 25th, 2021 1h 9m

Kate Dimbleby, co-founder of Stornaway.io has been working for 25 years as a producer, performer, singer, songwriter, teacher and facilitator. She has recorded 6 albums and has toured the world with theatrical music shows, working with world-cl

Alison's Top Tip: Add "in your opinion" to any advice you are given. It is not a fact. You get to collate these opinions and decide what to do with them.

Jun 17th, 2021 15m 13s

In this week's Top Tip episode, Becky and Amy reflect on Alison Wood's Top Tip to add "in your opinion" to any advice you are given. She urges us to remember opinions are not facts. You get to collate opinions and decide what to do with them.

Sam's Top Tip: Don't ever underestimate your unique perspective. If you're lucky enough to have an idea, don't let it go. Give it a go.

Jun 10th, 2021 17m 4s

In today's episode, Amy and Becky reflect on Sam Woodham's top tip, to never underestimate your unique perspective. "If you're lucky enough to have an idea, don't let it go. Give it a go."We discuss the challenges of how to stick with an idea,

Alison Wood: School girls were exchanging sex for sanitary products

Jun 10th, 2021 1h 12m

Alison Wood is the founder of Lilypads, a social venture which aims to ensure menstruation is not a barrier to education through the sale of affordable reusable sanitary pads and provision of menstrual health education. She created Lilypads aft

Samantha Woodham, The Divorce Surgery - I never liked conflict for conflict's sake. Deep in my core I felt there had to be something better.

May 27th, 2021 40m 2s

Samantha Woodham is an award winning family law barrister. With Harry Gates she co-founded The Divorce Surgery, which turns the traditional model of bitter adversarial legal proceedings on its head. Their unique model offers one lawyer for one

Deborah’s Top Tip: Do not assume where you are is where you should be - consider doubling or tripling your day rate at least!

May 20th, 2021 27m 53s

In her interview with MindStyling, Deborah Coughlin, founder of Method X gives a rallying call to women, challenging us all to value ourselves professionally at a higher rate.In this episode, Amy and Becky recognise the gender pay gap is as cri

Deborah Coughlin - There is tonnes of money out there - people are looking for great ideas that have data to back them up

May 15th, 2021 1h 2m

Deborah Coughlin is the founder of Method X, an organisation that is creating scalable prevention of poor mental health for the mass market. Her mission is to democratise good mental health, and end the mental health poverty gap. Deborah is a

Helena's Top Tip: There is no silver bullet - it's all about consistent force in one direction

May 6th, 2021 22m 32s

Helena's Top Tip is that there is no silver bullet out there. Rather success is all about consistent force in one direction.In today's episode, Amy and Becky reflect on the importance of this insight, and how:Searching for your silver bullet c

Helena Hills Part 2: We felt suffocated

May 4th, 2021 40m 25s

In the second part of our interview with Helena Hills from TrueStart Coffee. We dug deep into how the TrueStart team invested every penny they had to rebrand and ensure that the visual representation of the brand was truly reflective of the val

Helena Hills Part 1: It’s never been more important to drive positive energy and emotion

Apr 30th, 2021 34m 19s

Helena Hills is the founder of True Start Coffee, we talked about so much that we decided to split this episode in two.....Next episode coming soon. In this episode we focused on the value of positive energy and ADHD. In part two we discuss re

Keri's Top Tips: Do what comes from the heart and do it well - and remember, you are not your circumstance

Apr 26th, 2021 34m 33s

This week, Amy and Becky sit down to share stories and ponder on the challenges and wonders of finding and doing what comes from the heart. First though, we start with the complexities behind Keri's rallying cry - 'you are not your circumstanc

Keri Andriana: I could just design to my heart's content

Apr 22nd, 2021 1h 10m

Keri Andriana is a multi award winning handbag designer, CEO & Founder of UK affordable luxury handbag brand Amschela. Following the loss of her 15 year legal career, Keri also experienced a relationship breakdown which resulted in the loss of