Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Welcome to the second half of our interview with CBD gin founder Sally Wynter.In this episode, we talk a bit more about Sally's personal side of things- the things that make her tick,  the experiences which have formed her worldview and what she has in store next.You can catch the first episode on Youtube or on our website at https://www.jobsofthefuture.co/episodes Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You may have noticed there is going to be a new Prime Minister in the coming weeks. I am delighted to announce that Jimmy's Jobs is hosting the Conservative Leader Hustings in Eastbourne this Friday, where we will interview both candidates about their views on the economy and the jobs of the future. And we want to hear from YOU! Send us the questions you want the two candidates to answer by signing up for our notebook and emailing us. We will select the best ones and ask them directly to the candidates in our interviews. You can sign up for the notebook here: https://www.jobsofthefuture.co/notebookWe will also be releasing the interviews as special episodes on the podcast as part of our series finale in the next few weeks. Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is the amazing story of how a young female entrepreneur turned an idea on the beach into a ground-breaking reality. Sally Wynter founded the UK's first CBD-infused Gin company, MUHU Spirits,  and bootstrapped her way into one of the most inspiring entrepreneurial stories of the last few years.This is Sally's first-ever interview about how she did it and it's a really heartfelt discussion about the trials and tribulations of being an entrepreneur. This is the first episode of the interview with a second episode due next week where we get to know the more personal side of Sally. In this episode we discuss: How she started where most entrepreneurs hope to end: on the beach. How Sally came up with the name. What CBD is and why it made for such a great product. The lightbulb moment. Cobbling together her first £1000. Having to google the definition of an entrepreneur! How class plays into entrepreneurship. How she found mentors through events. How winning a competition put her in the path of huge business leaders. Why having a media background helped the launch of the product. How she leveraged social media starting from scratch. Where Sally turned to for advice. Why Sally never hired anyone to help her on the business. How she went about raising money. The challenge of first investor meetings. How Sally responded to rejection. Learning about sweat equity. The exit of the business and signing an acquisition deal. Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of my favourite things about doing this podcast is that we get to profile entrepreneurs at all stages of their journey.From the likes of Sarah Wood who exited Unruly a few years ago to the likes of Herman Narula, who raised a mega-round of £500m for his company Improbable. Today's guest is right at the start of that journey - so much so that this is their first-ever podcast.Patrick Pinto is the co-founder of Really Clever, a company that is looking to make sustainable materials out of fungi, and has just raised 750k from angels and VCs including Hoxton ventures.They are currently taking on the leather industry, an industry the size of Portugal's GDP- but their plans don't stop there...In this episode we talk about: The name of the company- and why they changed it. What makes the company Really Clever? Why they chose their base in Nottingham. Meeting his co-founder aged just 14 and how they split the roles of a co-founder. The process of raising £750,000 and their plans for the future. The TAM/SAM of the leather industry- and escaping the term ‘vegan’. Why it's important to make alternative leather truly accessible- and not just focus on high-fashion items.  Patrick’s top marketing tips through TikTok. The jobs they will be hiring in the next 5 years.  How Patrick’s background as a bodybuilder led to their first business idea.  How people can learn more about the fungi powering our world. The content that inspires Patrick the most.  Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today’s episode is really special- we were invited to record a live episode of Jimmy’s Jobs at the Conservative Home Future Jobs conference, held at the RSA in Embankment where we interviewed the amazing Justine Greening. Justine is perhaps best known for being the Secretary of State for Education, Transport and International Development in past governments, as well as being the MP for Putney until 2019.She is now running the Social Mobility Pledge, campaigning to improve social mobility and equality for opportunity, working with huge businesses from Tesco to PWC to universities across the country.You could even say she has quit politics to do even more policy.Thank you to Conservative Home for hosting us and organising such an inspiring event. You can find them at https://conservativehome.com/In this episode we talk about: The Purpose Coalition and driving levelling up. The changing interaction between politics, academia and businesses.  The relationship between net-zero and levelling up. What businesses can do to be more socially mobile.  How the Department of Education can identify the skills young people need.  Her advice for young people on how to build their resilient skillset. How PWC shaped her career and her decision to an executive MBA. Justine’s accidental entrance into politics. Why she decided to leave the Cabinet. Why next elections will be decided by a levelling up agenda. Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Veganism has grown by 40% in the last couple of years. In 2019, even The Economist declared it the year of the vegan.Veganism is big business.That's why we sat down with JP from all plants on my podcast to talk through his journey and why the future is vegan. JP founded allplants alongside his brother to target the flexitarian eater- a market worth £10bn in the UK alone. As veganism continues to increase, they've raised £40 million from people who've backed the likes of Cazoo, Trustpilot and Revolut.It's a fascinating conversation, looking at the way that we eat food and the way that that is changing in a convenience-driven economy.We talk about JP's family history and what led him to become an entrepreneur and he spoke about how he took a year out to find his true calling.In this episode we talk about: Jonathan’s first job at the age of 13. The impact of those first jobs on his career. Jonathan’s dream jobs when he was a child. Why looking for a job can seem like one . The family food that inspired the founding of a food company. The journey of founding a company with his brother. The cultural shift towards veganism. Convincing people with delicious food over science- and how that led to their first product. The experience of setting up the business with his brother.  Raising money when family businesses are seen as a risk - and their long-term plans with the capital. allplants' best-selling dish. The most inspiring piece of content on Jonathan’s journey. Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The biggest question facing a lot of businesses right now is- what is the future of my office?We are asked by lots of people what the future of the office will look like- it’s a problem largely unresolved with businesses of all scales struggling to motivate people to come into the office in the first place or make sure they have a nice time when they do.Overall,  it’s hard to think of a sector more disrupted than office real estate in the past 2 years.Today’s guest could well be the answer to all that. Lucy Minton is the co-founder of Kitt Offices, a company that designs custom workspaces that match unique business needs.We talk to Lucy about how businesses are wanting to use the office space, what that looks like in reality and how to design a workspace for this new paradigm of work. This episode is a subject we have wanted to cover for a long time and we finally found the perfect guest to talk to us about it- after all, who’s better to talk about a disrupted sector than the startup doing the disrupting?In this episode we discuss: Where did the name Kitt come from? The founding of the business. What it was like building an office business when COVID hit. What’s the purpose of the office going to be? And what does the future of the office actually look like? How often do businesses move offices? Why jobs of the future will be focused around the customer- and why real estate is one of the last to do so. The long-term goals of Kitt and the tipping point of the industry. How Lucy has found raising money as a female founder and during the pandemic. The piece of content Lucy has found inspiring on her journey. The importance of transparency in motivating a team. If Lucy could go back in time and tell herself one thing, what would it be? How did a Maths degree help in the business world? Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It feels amazing to say we are planning our first ever live show - though like all good live acts we're starting off in small South-West London locations before selling out the O2 or the Nou Camp...We'll be revealing all the details on our notebook in the coming weeks so make sure you sign up there at https://www.jobsofthefuture.co/notebookWe've also been nominated for the British Podcast Awards in the Bullseye category - podcasts serving niche and underrepresented audiences. This feels like an amazing achievement and thank you to all our listeners for getting us there along the way. These events have really given me pause to think and reflect- recording in my bedroom whilst a newborn sleeps at my feet feels like a very long time ago...Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You might think running a startup is tough. But it pales in significance when compared to today’s guest who used to be a war correspondent. But what does it take to turn someone from a job like that into an entrepreneur?Jeffrey Kofman is an Emmy award-winning journalist and now the CEO and founder of Trint, a speech-to-text platform that aims to solve the colossal problem of transcribing for audio, video and text productions. Believe us when we say it’s a hassle. It's now grown into something much more, as you'll hear about in the episode. Given what is going on in Ukraine at present, this is a fascinating job to learn about- how do you get into it? What does it take? How has the job of war journalism changed with technology over the years?Jimmy even learns a thing or two about interview technique!In this episode we discuss: Jumping from being an Emmy award war correspondent to being a startup founder. Where did the name Trint come from? How to raise capital and being a non-stereotypical founder. Why Trint is more than just transcription. What does the future of the job of a Journalist look like? How can writers get in front of the right people? Why podcasts are an antidote to superficial media. His thoughts on Ukraine and how technology is transforming journalism. Does he miss being a reporter? What’s the one thing he wishes he could tell himself when he first founded Trint? Jeff’s interview tips for Jimmy. The best content Jeffrey has consumed that he found impactful. Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You may have a stereotypical image of a tech founder. Chances are it’s someone from East London, with a Hipster beard who lives in something like a houseboat…But as we’ve seen before, founders come in all shapes and sizes. We’ve previously had Anne Boden on, who founded the billion-dollar company Starling in her 50s.And that is what today’s guest is all about. Lyndsey Simpson is the founder of 55 Redefined and it’s all about finding purpose later in life.Lyndsey was suggested to us after we made a call out for more diverse guests after International Women’s Day earlier this year and I couldn’t think of a better guest suggestion to reflect this. Thank you to our partners The Octopus Group for making this show possible. The Octopus Group is a collection of 8 entrepreneurially minded businesses that look to back the people, ideas and industries that will change the world.Get in touch with us at hello@jobsofthefuture.coIn this episode we talk about: Where did the name come from. How her entrepreneurial experience has lead to constant consumer feedback loops . The importance of the personal touch. Her journey into the world of work- including work in her dad’s butchers and post office. Why first hires reflected her weaknesses. How to persuade someone to take the jump with you- and why transparency is key. What jobs she is hiring for in this round of growth. Why Instagram is key to reaching older generations. The misconceptions about over 50s . ‘Returnships’ from retirement. The culture of a company with older demographics in mind. Where to find careers at 55 Redefined. Why they went completely remote working. How to maximise in-person time. The sectors Lyndsey is going to disrupt next. Lyndsey’s most inspiring content- a TV show, a book and a newsletter. Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices