Coffee & Oysters: The London Business Babe Podcast
Best business & lifestyle podcast for & by London’s Business Babes. We’re ungatekeeping your next move & life in the city. In each episode, London’s Business Babes share unfiltered chats about everything from their inspiring careers and tech stacks to their favourite coworking spots and cafés in London. We celebrate diverse perspectives without gatekeeping: ✨ Real conversations with London female founders - wins, struggles & move-the-needle networking strategies ✨ Anti-burnout advice to elevate your work-life balance with vetted productivity tips & tech tools ✨ Curated guide to London's best places to eat, work & network Whether you're a woman navigating startup/business culture in London or seeking ca...
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Her 200-Woman London Arts Collective, AI Ethics & Cancer at 26 | Miriam Fearon | Muses in the City
<p>How do you build a 200-woman collective from a single dinner table? Are AI and the arts actually in conflict? And what does a cancer diagnosis at 26 teach you about saying no?</p><p>London founder Miriam Fearon, co-founder of Muses in the City, joins host and Notion consultant Frances Odera Matthews with business tips on AI transformation, protecting your energy in a demanding city job, and building a community that went from nine women around a dinner table to over 200.</p><p>Miriam breaks down what an aggressive cancer diagnosis at 26 taught her about boundaries, why "no is...
Your Dream Clients Are One AI Search Away | Gala Jackson-Coombs | Glint Marketing | Postpartum London Founder
<p>How do you start an agency four months postpartum? Can AI actually find your business?</p><p>London founder Gala Jackson-Coombs, the woman behind Glint Marketing, joins host and Notion consultant Frances Odera Matthews with business tips on AI search visibility, building a B2B service business around a baby’s nap schedule, and why betting on herself felt safer than staying in an agency.</p><p>Gala spent 13 years managing £1m+ budgets for Coca-Cola, Toyota and Accor before launching Glint at four months postpartum. She breaks down her Glint Visibility Architecture: Retrievability (can AI even find you), Extractability (can...
You Don't Need to Go Viral to Make Six Figures | Jess Bruno | Content, AI & Chronic Illness
<p>How do you build a six-figure business with under 5K Instagram followers? How do you grow a personal brand when you’re the face of your business? And how do you run it all sustainably while living with a chronic illness?</p><p>London content strategist Jess Bruno, the woman behind Ne’Twerking and some of your favourite personal brands joins Coffee & Oysters with business tips on building a small but loyal community, turning followers into paying clients, and why you don’t need to go viral to grow.</p><p>Jess breaks down how she went from leaving her co...
How to Grow a Sea Moss Brand With No Paid Ads | Moss & Glow | Oyinka Yusuff & Jessica Richards
<p>Can sea moss really clear your skin? How do you turn a home remedy into a real wellness brand? </p><p>London founders Oyinka Yusuff and Jessica Richards, the duo behind Moss & Glow sea moss gel, join Coffee & Oysters with business tips on building a health and wellness brand from scratch, growing through word of mouth, and scaling a side hustle as a two-woman team.</p><p>Oyinka and Jessica break down how a casual sea moss recommendation at a hair show became a business, after it cleared the scalp psoriasis Oyinka had battled since she was 18. They get...
She left BlackRock to build an AI startup in London | Sofia Hamilton | Souk
<p>Why would you leave BlackRock as an investor to become a startup founder? What does it actually take to find co-founders at an accelerator? And which AI tools should every early-stage founder have permanently open on their desktop?</p><p>London founder Sofia Hamilton, COO and co-founder of Souk — the world's first AI partner development manager — joins Coffee & Oysters with business tips on leaving a prestigious finance career to build, fundraising as a female founder, and turning B2B partnerships into a real growth channel. Sofia breaks down how she went from marketing to BlackRock active equities to building a VC...
Surviving Corporate London as a Gen Z Woman | Wesleigh-Jane | Sisters Protect
<p>How do you survive corporate as a Gen Z woman? How do you build a community while working a 9-to-5? And what are the best workwear brands for tall girls in London?</p><p>London founder Wesleigh-Jane, the woman behind Sisters Protect, joins Coffee & Oysters with business tips on building a community for early-careers women in corporate, navigating office politics, and balancing a finance career with a thriving side hustle.</p><p>Wesleigh-Jane breaks down how she turned her own workplace hurdles into a community-led business spanning strategy circles, a Corporate Survival Journal, and one-to-one consultancy. She shares advice...
Predicting 2026 food & drink trends with Coachella | Grace Bryan | London CPG Expert
<p>London food & drink development expert Grace Bryan, co-founder of CPG agency Juicy Brick, joins Coffee & Oysters with business tips on trend forecasting, founder lifestyle, and building innovative food & drink brands.</p><p>Grace breaks down how she spots trends by tracking repeated signals across CPG, pop culture, fashion, and TikTok, and discusses Gen Z’s changing relationship with alcohol. She compares UK vs US CPG scale and consumer behaviour, offers advice for UK brands entering the US, highlights “pinch me” moments like McDonald’s reaching out, and shares London favourites plus personal boundaries and tools like Dropbox, Canva, and LinkedIn...
Anti-hustle LinkedIn vs Instagram strategies that sell | Meg Hutson – Human Marketing Expert
<p>Meet Meg Hutson, a Human Marketing Strategist for service-based businesses, as she breaks down LinkedIn marketing strategy, personal branding and how to build a business you actually love.</p><p>Meg Hutson left school at 16, started a shop with her mum, and built a freelance marketing business the hard way. She breaks down why being too vague cost her early opportunities, how she now helps bold service business owners ditch messy marketing through her framework of purpose, audience, offers, messaging and content, and why making marketing human matters more than ever.</p><p>We also dig into how to...
This London LinkedIn influencer shares personal brand habits of the top 1% creators | Kamya Marwah
<p>Kamya Marwah is a London-based, top 1% LinkedIn creator, and Marketing & Content Manager at CRM startup Jely. She shares London lifestyle tips, London cafés + food market favourites, plus a super practical LinkedIn personal branding playbook (without the cringe).</p><p>In this episode, Kamya breaks down how she moved from Delhi to London at 19 for UCL, the reality of being the first (and only) full-time marketing hire at an early-stage startup (twice!), and what it really takes to build a consistent content engine alongside a 9 to 5.</p><p>We also get into networking (including the resilience behind 800+ rejections), how t...
Quality over growth? Why luxury beauty founder Anju Rupal said no to LVMH investment | Interview
<p>London/Swiss female founder & luxury beauty entrepreneur Anju Rupal shares lifestyle tips, best London restaurant picks & wellness secrets on Coffee & Oysters: The London Business Babe Podcast. The Abhati Suisse founder blends Indian heritage rituals with Swiss biotech for performance-driven scalp and hair health, charting her path from social work to building a brand. We also hear about turning down LVMH, crowdfunding her first product, and sourcing high-altitude botanicals from the Himalayas and Swiss Alps.</p><p>Topics covered: slow-growth brand building, hospitality partnerships, favourite London spots (Liberty, Dishoom), fashion trends & style inspiration, European tech alternatives, entrepreneurship tips, health and...
