Sidney Neuhaus is the co-founder of Kimai, the lab-grown diamond jewellery brand. Sidney joins Elliot to share how she's disrupting an industry that for hundreds of years has created a huge environmental and social cost.
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Ahti Heinla: Co-founder and developer of Skype
Ahti Heinla is the co-founder and developer of Skype, the internet communication platform, And co-founder of Starship Technologies, a robot delivery business. Ahti joins Elliot to talk about revolutions - how he changed the world of communication and is now reshaping delivery with a fleet of over 2,000 "much loved" robots.
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Gary Crosby OBE & Janine Irons OBE: Founders of Tomorrow's Warriors
Kicking off the new season of Jazz Shapers and recorded live at Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2025, Elliot Moss is joined by Gary Crosby and Janine Irons, Founders of Tomorrow’s Warriors, the creative producer and talent development agency, increasing opportunity, diversity and excellence in and through jazz.
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Joe McDonald: Co-founder and CEO of tem
Joe McDonald is the co-founder and CEO of tem, a clean energy company changing the way renewable energy is bought, sold and powered. Joe joins Elliot - for the final Jazz Shapers of the season - to chat about disrupting the stagnant energy market, and the myths around renewable energy that hold back its potential.
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David Abrahamovitch: Founder and CEO of coffee brand Grind
David Abrahamovitch is the Founder and CEO of coffee brand Grind. David joins Elliot to talk about turning his late Father's mobile phone shop into a side-hustle coffee store, that he's since grown into a chain of “café by day, cocktail bar by night” venues and a thriving Direct-to-Consumer and grocery business.
Jazz Shapers features interviews with founders - business shapers – who, like the shapers of jazz, soul and blues have defied convention, broken the mould and gone on to achieve great success. In each episode host Elliot Moss persuades a business pioneer to reveal their motivations, their character and how they deal with challenges and opportunities. A Jazz FM production.
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