Interviews
The Download: Georgia Devon-Shelley On Affirmations, Algorithms & The Rise of Mother.fm
Georgia Devon-Shelley isn’t just building another wellness brand; she’s engineering a new category altogether. Her platform mother.fm sits at the intersection of neuroscience, community and the often-overlooked emotional architecture of early motherhood. “When I gave birth to my son last January,” she tells The Modems, “I realised that many of the coaching-techniques I’d shared in…
Read MoreThe Download: Shivani Pau On Mindset, Metrics & The Tech Behind ‘A Millennial Mind’
If productivity had a personality, it might look a lot like Shivani Pau: warm, methodical, quietly radical. A former management consultant who traded decks for dialogue, Pau is the voice behind the chart-topping podcast A Millennial Mind, where she dismantles hustle culture with empathy – and a very good calendar system. “I didn’t start out…
Read MoreBiohacking Beauty: Jessica Clarke On Mushrooms, Mother Made & The Future Of Functional Wellness
If biohacking once conjured images of Silicon Valley execs tracking their fitness data their way through meetings, Jessica Clarke is rewriting the narrative – with mushrooms, not machines, at the centre of it. A former fashion insider who became the first New Zealander to walk for Victoria’s Secret, Clarke spent over a decade operating at…
Read MoreThe Download: Daisy Knatchbull On Tailoring & The Tech Powering Savile Row
If Savile Row has long been shorthand for old-world tradition, Daisy Knatchbull is the woman quietly – and elegantly – rewriting its rules. Founder and CEO of Knatchbull, Daisy has carved out a place for women on one of fashion’s most historically male streets, blending centuries-old craftsmanship with modern design thinking, technology and an unapologetically…
Read MoreThe Download: Brynn O’Connell, Founder of Dauntless
If hosiery has ever made you question your life choices before 9am, Brynn O’Connell feels your pain – and decided to do something radically practical about it. The founder of Dauntless isn’t a fashion insider by trade, but a former data analyst and fintech founder who brought spreadsheets, research and systems thinking to one of…
Read MoreThe Download: Hayley Sullivan, Founder and CEO of The Styled by Collective
Before launching The Styled by Collective a tech-forward personal styling company that’s quietly redefining how women dress – former Palantir employee Hayley Sullivan spent ten years working in cybersecurity. It’s the kind of unexpected career pivot that makes perfect sense in retrospect: precision, systems thinking, and a deep understanding of digital ecosystems are all baked…
Read MoreBiohacking Beauty: Fjör Founder Natalie Enslöw on Microbiomes, Hydrolytic Enzymes And Skincare’s New Era
Beauty is moving from bathroom shelves to biology labs, and Natalie Enslöw is helping to lead the charge. The Nordic founder of fjör, a science-backed microbiome skincare brand, is redefining how we think about beauty. “fjör was built on one simple belief: if you restore what makes your skin alive, it can rebuild itself,” Natalie…
Read MoreThe Download: Phoebe Gates on Building Phia, AI, And The Future Of Shopping
Phoebe Gates is bringing Silicon Valley smarts to your shopping cart. As co-founder of Phia, the AI-powered app shaking up how we browse, buy, and budget, she’s determined to fix fashion’s broken system. “The people who are closest to the problem are best positioned to solve it,” Phoebe tells The Modems. “Sophia, my co-founder, and…
Read MoreBiohacking Beauty: Skn To Skn Founder Sara Stokes on Pregnancy-Safe Skincare, Peptides, and the Power of Whoop
When Sara Stokes became pregnant with her first daughter in 2020, she expected the usual side effects – cravings, fatigue, perhaps a touch of morning sickness. What she didn’t anticipate was her skin turning on her. “From the first trimester, I developed hormonal acne and intense sensitivity,” she tells The Modems. “I ended up with…
Read MoreThe Download: Riser Founders Lamees Butt and Suz Bannister on Rewriting the Rules of Recruitment
If LinkedIn is the conference meeting of corporate recruitment, then Riser is the speed-dating cocktail party that actually leads to a second date. Founded by tech veteran Lamees Butt and experiential marketing powerhouse Suz Bannister, Riser is using video – and a dash of AI – to bring human connection back into hiring. “The truth…
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