Beyonce might have belted out Run The World (Girls) way back in 2011, but more than 10 years on, and we’re still scratching our heads at the progress being made. Because in the UK today, less than 2.9% of venture capital (VC) investment goes to women. If that wasn’t bad enough, less than 0.2% of…
You know the saying ‘not all superheroes wear capes’? We think this sums up every social entrepreneur out there, including our very own CEO, Joy Foster. They’re the peeps who spot a social problem and then go out and create a business to solve it. 👊 Their mission is fuelled by a passion for making…
Before you do anything else today, go and listen to Brenė Brown talking about Theodore Roosevelt’s The Man in the Arena speech. 🏃♀️ (Don’t worry, we’ll wait ‘til you’re done.) Got you thinking? You’re not the only one. This talk inspired the name of the company run by our guest on the Sparkle and Thrive…
Does it make the boat go faster? 🚣 That’s that the quote Addie Pinkster has on the wall of her investment business. It’s inspired by the question the men’s Olympic gold medal-winning rowing eight asked themselves ahead of the Sydney Olympics: ‘Will it make the boat go faster?’ If the answer was ‘yes’, they carried…