Strathclyde Inspire Podplistic

For this year’s International Women’s Day, Katie Woods, our Ecosystem Development Executive, spoke with Sarah Jardine, a Strathclyde alum and the Chief Executive Officer at retinal imaging company epipole. She tells us about what inspired her to pursue a career in Manufacturing, her journey, and the importance of representation for improving diversity within STEM. She also touches on her time as COO at the National Manufacturing Institute of Scotland, why she has acted as a mentor for young girls, future plans, and key lessons learned along the way.

For this year’s International Women’s Day, Katie Woods, our Ecosystem Development Executive, spoke with Sarah Jardine, a Strathclyde alum and the Chief Executive Officer at retinal imaging company epipole. She tells us about what inspired her to pursue a career in Manufacturing, her journey, and the importance of representation for improving diversity within STEM. She also touches on her time as COO at the National Manufacturing Institute of Scotland, why she has acted as a mentor for young girls, future plans, and key lessons learned along the way.

In this audio only episode of 'Let's Talk Entrepreneurship', Dr Caroline Whitfield, a doctoral researcher at the Strathclyde Business School, chats to Noel Mathias – Founding and Managing Director of WEvolution UK – about entrepreneurship in two areas; the East End of Glasgow and the most deprived areas of Mumbai in India, where he grew up. They reflect on how the two cultures differ in terms of participation in entrepreneurship and community development initiatives, and explore barriers that women face in getting involved, including how these could be overcome.

Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mxSu6yNNwmmXogr4OdQo7yKFRYtVyiBfL2IQp9I3460/edit?usp=sharing

In this episode of Inspiring Conversations, John Anderson, Director of Growth at University of Strathclyde's Business School, spoke to Daniel Rae, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer at social media agency We Are Hydrogen about his career journey, going viral on TikTok, the stereotype of what an entrepreneur looks like, why he decided to exit the company, and he offers some advice for founders.

In this episode of Inspiring Conversations, John Anderson, Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the University of Strathclyde, sat down with Strathclyde Inspire supporter and international business expert, Neil McDonald. Neil spoke about his career journey and shared his thoughts on leadership styles, the definition of an entrepreneur, fear of failure, and sustainability in this engaging discussion.

In this episode, we continue to dive into the amazing world of female entrepreneurs. Caroline Whitfield from the Strathclyde Business School chat to Ruba Eltigani, a Strathclyde MBA graduate from the Abu Dhabi campus. Discover her journey into entrepreneurship, her personal measures of success, how she balances motherhood with work, and her exciting upcoming ventures. We also explore how Ruba’s story aligns with research showing that women often become entrepreneurs because they are unhappy with the professional choices available to them, and want to create a positive social impact through their work.