Maria Sze of Make Lemonade on Making AI Visibility Practical, Measurable and Human

Maria Sze is the founder of Make Lemonade, a brand communications business that helps luxury travel and hospitality brands understand how AI is changing the way people discover, evaluate and choose them. Their proprietary intelligence framework, SIGNAL NOIR®, measures how brands are represented in AI-generated answers and turns the

Cass Schmidt of Catalyst Energy Consulting on Getting Renewable Projects Across the Finish Line

Renewable energy projects don’t always need more people from start to finish. Sometimes, they need an experienced person at just the right moment. That’s where Catalyst Energy Consulting comes in. Founded by Cass Schmidt in 2025, the company offers a flexible approach to project support, and Cass is

ACE-XL

ACE-XL ACE-XL is a finance automation consultancy for scale-ups. We turn finance from a bottleneck to a growth engine; building for confidence, control and capacity. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lara-manton-c-micb-ab051032/ Preferred contact email: media@ace-xl.co.uk Visit ACE-XL

Sofia Roberts Colmenero of ReelPlans on Turning Saved Reels Into Real Travel Plans

Sofia Roberts Colmenero is the 17-year-old founder of ReelPlans, a travel-tech app that helps people turn places discovered on social media into organized boards and real plans. A U.S. and Spanish citizen who grew up in Mallorca, Spain, she has travelled to more than 60 countries

Noor Al-Henedy of ELMA on Building a Legacy and Creating Opportunities Instead of Waiting for Them

Noor Al-Henedy is the founder of ELMA, a business built around speaking, facilitation, training and strategic advisory work, and named after her two children, Elyas and Maryam. She launched it after nearly two decades across government, nonprofits and community leadership, where she built a career around connecting people and

Gina Sicilia of Gina's Skinny Italian on Turning a Pandemic Cooking Outlet Into Grocery Shelves

Gina Sicilia is the founder of Gina's Skinny Italian, a Nashville-based packaged-food company built around better-for-you Italian food. Its low-carb penne is sold online, and its sauces have reached Publix and Kroger shelves. Before starting the company, Gina spent 20 years as an

Amira de Vera of Project Four PR on Building an Agency by Accident and Championing Canadian Talent

Amira de Vera is the founder of Project Four PR, a Toronto-based entertainment PR agency she started in 2017 after years of working inside the industry. She never set out to run her own business. After walking away from a toxic workplace with no plan, a chance meeting with

Esther Ijewere of Women of Rubies on Turning Women's Stories Into Visibility That Opens Doors

Esther Ijewere is a media and communications strategist, facilitator and speaker, and the Founder of Women of Rubies, a media platform and communications business that began as a newspaper column and has grown into a global platform over ten years. Through Women of Rubies and her work with Guardian Woman,

Seung Earm of Ibex Compliance on Why Regulation Is a Foundation, Not an Afterthought

Seung Earm is the co-founder of Ibex Compliance, a financial compliance advisory firm that gives smaller and growing firms access to senior, practical expertise. After nearly three decades in compliance, including time at Goldman Sachs and BNP Paribas and roles as an FCA-registered Chief Compliance Officer and Money

Judy Henry of Beast Relief on Why It Is Never Too Late to Start Something New

Judy Henry is the founder of Beast Relief and Sacred Body Botanicals. She smoked her first cigarette as a teenager and spent decades caught in the cycle of nicotine addiction, until the consequences caught up with her in the form of lung cancer. After surviving it, she set out to

Vidavii

Michal Cohen-Sagi is a Longevity Architect, co-founder and protocols curator of Vidavii, a London-based brain, body and mind longevity ecosystem. Drawing on her background at Microsoft and nearly two decades in wellbeing, she brings together technology, specialist expertise and personalised guidance to make longevity practical and accessible.

The Cost of Being “On” All the Time: What Entrepreneurship Can Do to Your Desire

Entrepreneurship can be a lot. There’s always something to do.