For the change-makers, explorers and entrepreneurs by heart or practice, Hyper Curious podcast is a celebration of what’s best in human beings: OUR CURIOSITY. Get ready to change your perception of what it means to be an 'overnight success'. Here you will listen to the most intriguing U-turns and A-ha moments of our guests, and how embracing changes (rather than fearing it) keeps them curious and evolving. Your host is Beta Lucca, a successful BAFTA-winning entrepreneur and Forbes Top 50 Wom ...
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Tackling Polarisation Within Our Culture and Society with Jess Butcher
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Today’s guest is naturally hyper curious - as a technology entrepreneur, angel investor and business advisor, Jess Butcher MBE has many strings to her bow. As the co-founder and CMO of Blippar from 2011-2015, Jess was at the helm during its ascent to become one of the global tech pioneers in the field of Augmented Reality. Today, as one of the four…
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Breaking Up with a Co-Founder & Why We Need Fulfilling Work with Dominic Jackson
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When we spend over ⅓ of our week working, we need to be alive in what we do and do something that matters to us. Which is why Dominic Jackson founded Escape The City in 2010, with his former co-founder Rob Symington. “It's out there for everyone and it's never been more accessible. There's really not much excuse these days to work for a cause that …
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How to Build High-Performing Teams by Staying Hungry to Succeed with Lara Morgan
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Today’s hyper curious guest is a British entrepreneur, investor in wellbeing products and philanthropist with an amazing track record of delivering accelerated growth: Lara Morgan. Lara is a self-described straight talking, no-nonsense entrepreneur. “I want to lead a full life, which means that ultimately, I'm curious about everything and I'm const…
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eSports: The Next Frontier Of Traditional Sports with Robel Efrem
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“twitch.tv is twice the size of the biggest sports channel in the world, ESPN. There are about 2.4 billion people gaming on a regular basis.” If you are curious about eSports, then you don’t want to miss this week’s episode of Hyper Curious with Challengermode CEO and co-founder, Robel Efrem, a curious, determined, funny, kind guy, who’s also very …
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How To Create a No-BS DTC Brand with Hugh Thomas
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“We got this idea of the ugly truth and built a brand around no fake marketing promises, no BS, no calories, no sugar, no sweeteners, you can just drink it ugly, have no guilt with it at all. It replaces that soda moment.” Hugh Thomas is the founder of Ugly Drinks, a challenger brand founded in 2015 in the UK, before launching in the US in 2018. Ug…
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Being an Eco Warrior, exploring life post Rolling Stones and Aliens with Jo Wood
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“I am a loving mother and grandmother. I've got 10 grandchildren. I'm an eco warrior. I'm a life adventurer.” Jo Wood is so full of life. It’s hard to imagine she was once considered ‘just’ the wife of one of the most iconic rock and roll figures in history, Rolling Stones frontman, Ronnie Wood. But today Jo is on a mission to be invisible no more.…
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Why The Future Of Work Is Kindness & What We Can Learn From The Woods with Pip Jamieson
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Pip Jamieson is a disruptive, creative, dynamic entrepreneur who embodies curiosity and has not only put social purpose and values at the heart of her tech business, The Dots, the professional network of the future loved by creatives and dubbed by Forbes as the next LinkedIn, she’s also fascinated by what we can learn from trees. “There’s a web of …
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What Happens When An Entrepreneur Experiences Life to the Fullest with Sam Harris
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The places our curiosity takes us are fascinating. Take today’s guest, the annoyingly positive (his words) and endlessly curious entrepreneur and adventurer, Sam Harris. “I have always been a relentlessly curious person that can't help seeing what's on the other side of things. And whether that's my fears, or something else, I can't not know.” Sam …
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How to Create a Positive Workplace Culture and Embrace Vulnerability with Anouk Agussol
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If you’re curious about how to improve your workplace culture, don’t miss this fantastic masterclass in everything about people and culture as we talk today with Anouk Agussol, founder and CEO of Unleashed. “I'm a big believer in just going for it. You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” Unleashed is not your average consultancy. In t…
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The Power of Purposeful Curiosity with Costas Andriopoulos
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“People have to learn how they can use their curiosity better for their own benefit, the benefit of their organisations, the benefit of their communities, or the benefit of the planet.” Today we’re going meta as we explore the topic of curiosity with the expert himself - Costas Andriopoulos. Costas is a curious innovation and entrepreneurship resea…
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The Curious Power Of Lifelong Learning with Tom Vanderbilt
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For all of us who are hyper curious, who are motivated to learn new things in our lives, today’s guest, Tom Vanderbilt, is an inspiration. “One of the greatest ways to kickstart a desire to stay curious, to stay intellectually humble, to admit that you don't know everything that's out there, is to take up a new skill in which you have no background…
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Leading a startup to become the world's best childcare service with Rachel Carrell
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If you’re a parent, you’ll know what a minefield childcare is, not to mention how inaccessible and unaffordable it can be. Which is why we’re super excited to talk to Rachel Carrell, an incredible and highly accomplished entrepreneur, who is on a mission to build the world's best childcare service. Rachel is the founder and CEO of Koru Kids, a fast…
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How To Get A Healthy Mind Through Nutrition with Dan Murray-Serter
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Dan Murray-Serter is a spiritually curious serial entrepreneur who loves animals. “I'm not afraid to try something and shut it down. I've had eight companies, I've had to shut down five of them. So I failed a bunch of times.” Dan’s also the host of the UK’s number one business podcast, Secret Leaders, co-founder of Founders, a private network of in…
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Why Success Isn’t Linear & How To Be Authentically You with Viv Groskop
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We are super thrilled to have the incredible multi-hyphenate, Viv Groskop, on Hyper Curious. “I always think there's something in our culture that tells us we should be focused on one thing, and not to have a butterfly mind.” Viv Groskop is a writer, critic, broadcaster and standup comedian. She's the author of How To Own The Room, which is also a …
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How to stay focused on what matters to you and become indistractable with Nir Eyal
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Do you find yourself endlessly distracted? Do you struggle to get traction with things you need to prioritize? Welcome back to Season two of Hyper Curious. Kicking things off is Nir Eyal, the author of two best selling and the most impactful books every founder must read - Hooked and Indistractable. “Understanding the essence of why we do things th…
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A Finale Experiment - The Game of Life Ft. Olivia and All Guests' Best Advice
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This is the final episode of Season One of Hyper Curious - we can’t believe it’s come to a close so soon - the last 7 weeks have flown by. In that time we’ve had our curiosity piqued in myriad ways by truly inspiring guests as they’ve opened up and allowed themselves to be vulnerable and share their curiosities. “As Brendon Burchard says: ‘high nec…
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How To Reach Gen Z With Fanbytes Founder Timo Armoo
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What had you achieved by the age of 24? Today’s guest, Timo Armoo, founder and CEO of Fanbytes, is already onto his third company. There is literally no stopping this Gen Z-er. Fanbytes helps companies like Warner Music, Deliveroo, Apple Music, McDonald’s, boohoo and even the UK government to reach Gen Z through TiKToK, Snapchat and Instagram influ…
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From Marketer to CEO, Making Beautiful Games at ustwo with Maria Sayans
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If you’re wondering if it’s too late in life to change vocation, today’s guest will show you it isn't. “I'm somebody who came to the games industry a little bit late. Even though I've been in it now for 20 years, I've always felt a little bit like an outsider looking in.” Maria Sayans has been helping games companies succeed in the digital space, b…
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Surviving The Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster with Nick Telson
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From L’Oreal to DesignMyNight.com to Horseplay Ventures, Nick Telson has had quite the career to date, and he’s just getting started. Nick embodies what Hyper Curious is all about. Realising that a career trajectory at L’Oreal wasn’t for him, he was curious about following a different path and after a night out in New York City with his DMN co-foun…
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Why It’s About Damn Time For A Disruptive Investor with Arlan Hamilton
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What throws two fingers up at the establishment more than an LGBTQ, black, woman investor? Meet Arlan Hamilton, Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital. Arlan’s a catalyst and a powerful soul seeking to make not just waves, but actual change in a very male dominated industry. Just 5 years ago, Arlan started a venture capital fund in the U…
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The equation of happiness and the importance of being present in the “now” with Mo Gawdat
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If you made it to the dizzy heights of Chief Business Officer of Google [X], you’d likely think you made it and be happy with your lot. Not Mo Gawdat. Mo IS former Chief Business Officer of Google [X], serial entrepreneur and author of “Solve for Happy: Engineering Your Path to Joy”, and he’s a seeker. He realised there is more to life to discover …
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Going After The Life You Want with Amy Landino
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Do you have a deep self-awareness of who you are? Do you respect your boundaries? Do you know what makes you productive? What makes you happy? What makes you be the best you can be on a day to day basis? On today’s episode is Amy Landino, content creator, YouTuber, founder of multiple media companies and author of two books. Amy is on a mission to …
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Creating Your Story And Becoming a Serial Entrepreneur with Sharmadean Reid
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Welcome to Hyper Curious, a place where we celebrate making change happen by following your curiosity. If you want to learn how leaders in multiple industries, including authors, founders and artists got to where they are, this is the podcast for you. In this inaugural episode we meet serial entrepreneur and founder of Beautystack, Sharmadean Reid …
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Introducing Hyper Curious, launching July 2020. For more information, visit: http://hypercurious.fmBy Roberta Lucca
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