What Lies Behind, with Little Black Door

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina interviewed the beautiful Poppy Cross. Poppy is a London-based transformational life coach working with accomplished clients to facilitate their ultimate fulfillment in every area of life. Poppy uses a blend of transformational coaching techniques, positive psychology and happiness research to enable her clients to recognize their professional and personal blind spots, limiting beliefs,...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina interviewed Flavia de Pfyffer. She is Head Of Business Development at Agora, a new beauty mobile app based in London. AGORA is home to a community of Gen Z users who create shoppable video content (reviews, tutorials, tips, etc) tagged to their favourite products, earn virtual coins through specific actions, and spend their coins to purchase dropped products. In this episode, Marina and...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina interviewed Lisa Winning. Lisa is a Tech entrepreneur. Previously founder of a digital startup HeTexted, taking it from idea to an audience of 5 million Millennials. HeTexted was a platform that provided relationship answers and one-on-one advice specific to each user. How INCREDIBLE! She has a wealth of knowledge on relationships but also an expertise in digital growth strategy. She is...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina interviewed Gavin Rajah, a man who wears many hats. UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador, award-winning Fashion Designer, and Concept Event Specialist. He also founded The White Light Movement, a project that empowers women and creates sustainable employment. In this episode, we discussed 1. The projects he is working on 2. How he is adapting his business during this pandemic 3. What...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina interviewed Stella Bettany, Co-Founder Azura Retreats. Stella and her husband Christopher Bettany, founded Azura Retreats in 2007 with a vision of providing luxury accommodation in Mozambique while supporting the local community and environment. Completely private and removed from the rest of the world. Azura offers some of Africa’s ultimate private luxury hideaways for just a...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina interviewed Amy Sturgis, who has not only one but TWO businesses. Cinta The Label is a ready to wear fashion brand aiming to bridge the gap between the contemporary and luxury market with price point. Amy Sturgis Consulting is a boutique consulting agency that helps brands and people achieve their place in the international market. In this interview Marina and & Amy discussed 1....

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Tara Kangarlou interviewed Marina as part of her Covid Recovery Series. Tara Kangarlou is an award-winning American journalist who has produced, written and reported for international news outlets such as CNN, Al Jazeera & TIME; and is the author of her forthcoming book, The Heartbeat Of Iran. As a global Mental Health advocate Tara is also the founder and president of Art Of Hope, the first...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina interviewed Rachael Lindsay from Glass Door. Glass Door is Homeless Charity, supporting women and men around London. Their vision is a world where no one has to sleep on the streets of London. About 170 individuals sleep in a Glass Door shelter every night in winter, making Glass Door London’s largest emergency winter night shelter network. Glass Door is able to do this thanks to...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina interviewed Steph Abrishamchi. A Lover of Beauty and Wellness, Steph strongly advocates that beauty is generated within, journeying her discoveries on how to achieve this in her entertaining blog, The Conscious Glow. Alongside of this, she juggles the daily realities of being a mama, business owner and tech investor. (or could say angel investor) In this episode, we discussed 1. The...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina interviewed Hannah Tovey, author of The Education of Ivy Edwards. Hannah is from South Wales, but grew up in Hong Kong. She graduated from Faber Academy in 2018, after completing the Writing a Novel course under tutor Richard Skinner, where she finished The Education of Ivy Edwards. Hannah lives in Bow, East London and is working on the sequel, out summer 2021. What is The Education of...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina interviewed Asif Qasim, founder & CEO of MedShr and, is a leading consultant cardiologist and NHS Clinical Director. Medshr is a global network and technology platform developed to promote shared knowledge and peer-to-peer learning to improve healthcare and save lives. Launched in 2015 MedShr now has over 800,000 members in 190 countries. Asif has created not one, but two initiatives to...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina interviewed Delphine Brenninkmeijer Braas from 64Facets. Delphine is a London-based Belgian entrepreneur passionate about growing businesses. She runs the International and online operations for 64Facets. 64Facets is a fast-growing fine jewelry company specializing in Rose Cut, Old European Cut and Pave Diamond jewelry. The name 64Facets has its roots in Indian mythology in which it is...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina interviewed Romain Reglade, Visual Creator. Born in Paris, he studied a Modern Languages BA at Oxford University, followed by a two-year Business Masters at LSE. In parallel to academia, Romain developed a passion for visual arts. He started shooting during Fashion Weeks and Film Festivals around the world. He has now traveled over 35 countries, speaks 5 languages and is at the head of a...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina spoke with Andrew Leal, founder of Waggel a Pet Insurance platform. Pet insurance can suck, so Waggel was created to change it for the better. Where traditional insurers seem happy to keep customers at arm's length, Waggel wants to forge a more collaborative relationship with their members. Andrew comes from an entrepreneurial family, where his family business distributed credit card...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina spoke with Souraya Chalhoub, founder of SOURAYA. Formed in 2018 in London, SOURAYA is a ready to wear brand accessible online that specialises in statement pieces. In this inspiring episode Souraya discusses: 1. Her brand, and why she launched Souraya. 2. The creative process she goes through when designing collections. 3. Her sustainability agenda. 4. The best way to market and scale...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina spoke with Nick Knuppe, founder of Verifive. Nick is Ex Tencent Marketing and Booking.com Innovation, working in both a B2B and B2C product and growth teams launching multiple mobile and SaaS products in Sub-Saharan African and EMEA regions. Verifive is a Digital media consultancy helping start-ups and early growth stage products and services identify, engage and convert online leads...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina spoke with Adora Mba, founder of The Afropolitan Collector. An art advisory platform that specializes in the acquisition, cultivation, and promotion of Contemporary Art and Design from Africa and its global diasporas. She works with a range of clients and art organizations from government and non-profit, to auction houses, museums, galleries, brands, and independent artists. In this...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina spoke with Diana Pengilly, founder of Diane Paris. Diana wanted to design clothes for herself that suited her lifestyle but could not find anything and so started designing clothes for herself. Very quickly friends asked for her to make some for them and voila, Diane Paris was formed in 2017. A Ready to wear women's brand rooted in Parisian femininity that is effortlessly chic and...

THE LBD DAILY. Providing raw, authentic content from the intertwining worlds of fashion and tech. Marina spoke with George Hintzen, founder of TOAD.AI. TOAD.AI is a data-driven outdoor advertising agency powered by technology. We were fortunate to speak to George as he premiered on Dragon's Den last Sunday and managed to receive funding from Tej Lalvani. In this episode we find out: 1. What inspired him to create toad.ai. 2. His former career. 3. What has been the best way to scale and...