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How do you know when it’s time to make your next big career move? With International Women’s Day around the corner, we are excited to feature Avni Patel Thompson, Founder and CEO of Milo. Avni is building technology that directly supports the often overlooked emotional and logistical labor that falls on parents—especially women. Milo is an AI assistant designed to help families manage that invisible load more efficiently. In this episode, Avni shares her journey from studying chemistry to holding leadership roles at global brands like Adidas and Starbucks, to launching her own ventures. She discusses how she approaches career transitions, the importance of unpleasant experiences, and why she’s focused on making everyday life easier for parents. [01:26] Avni's University Days and Early Career [04:36] Non-Linear Career Paths [05:16] Pursuing Steep Learning Curves [11:51] Entrepreneurship and Safety Nets [15:22] Lived Experiences and Milo [19:55] Avni’s In Her Ellement Moment [20:03] Reflections Links: Avni Patel Thompson on LinkedIn Suchi Srinivasan on LinkedIn Kamila Rakhimova on LinkedIn Ipsos report on the future of parenting About In Her Ellement: In Her Ellement highlights the women and allies leading the charge in digital, business, and technology innovation. Through engaging conversations, the podcast explores their journeys—celebrating successes and acknowledging the balance between work and family. Most importantly, it asks: when was the moment you realized you hadn’t just arrived—you were truly in your element? About The Hosts: Suchi Srinivasan is an expert in AI and digital transformation. Originally from India, her career includes roles at trailblazing organizations like Bell Labs and Microsoft. In 2011, she co-founded the Cleanweb Hackathon, a global initiative driving IT-powered climate solutions with over 10,000 members across 25+ countries. She also advises Women in Cloud, aiming to create $1B in economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs by 2030. Kamila Rakhimova is a fintech leader whose journey took her from Tajikistan to the U.S., where she built a career on her own terms. Leveraging her English proficiency and international relations expertise, she discovered the power of microfinance and moved to the U.S., eventually leading Amazon's Alexa Fund to support underrepresented founders. Subscribe to In Her Ellement on your podcast app of choice to hear meaningful conversations with women in digital, business, and technology.…
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Marching On is the podcast from Marches Growth Hub, where BBC Radio and commercial radio presenter Ed Nell talks to business owners in Shropshire who have grown and adapted as a result of the pandemic.Ed talks to entrepreneurs from all walks of Shropshire life, from coffee roasters to worm farmers, about the barriers that they've jumped and the opportunities they've embraced. One thing shines through more than anything in this series: business owners in Shropshire are passionate, they're dri ...
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Bridget and Paul are The Shropshire Microfarm… They produce micro-greens, which are small veg packed full of flavour and nutritional value. They're modest and humble entrepreneurs, who are in business for exactly the right reasons - they want to build a life that works for them, and they get joy from the daily activities of their business - it's no…
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Martin & Jones is a marketing consultancy company, proudly based in Shropshire and working with small businesses across the region. Ruth is the Martin in Martin & Jones - and her Mum, Janet, is the Jones. In this conversation, Ruth talks about this interesting business dynamic and how starting the business came at the right time for them both. Ruth…
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Gill and Pete are husband and wife, and have both spent their careers working within technology sales for a big well-known corporate. They are now applying the skills they've learned to help businesses closer to home, working with the agricultural sector to tackle issues of farm security, lone working and crop monitoring using technological solutio…
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In this conversation, Dave and Lee-Ann from J A Milton Upholstery in Oswestry talk to Ed Nell about a business that has been established for a long time, but has recently had to deal with the loss of its founder, a woman who was so loved by the staff that Dave actually bought the business to keep it alive and the staff employed. Dave has ended up o…
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If you hear a few thuds and bangs in this episode, it's because Kev's coffee roasters were getting set up for the day - and from looking at everything that was going on in the background on Zoom, there's definitely more to it than flicking on a switch! Kev Burrow's passion for coffee started as a young boy in Wolverhampton, and it was whilst he was…
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Caroline Bailey loves to share her love of baking, and has some big plans for Hunkington House Kitchen. Caroline talks to Ed about how the business was forced to change and adapt as a result of the pandemic, and how it has helped to set a new path for its future. But she hasn't always been in the kitchen... In fact she spent a lot of her career in …
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Jenna Blair loves yoga - and it was her huge personal passion for yoga that inspired her to renovate a space and set up a full-time yoga studio. Of course, the pandemic hit businesses like Jenna's like a ton of bricks - suddenly she couldn't invite people to her studio for classes, and instead had to quickly work out how to do this online. She didn…
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Joe Lockley is creating a business with heart - Bright Star Boxing is a not-for-profit with big ambitions. Joe talks about how his experiences growing up shaped his vision for the organisation, and how it benefits local communities. In this conversation, he also talks about how the support he offered had to change as a result of COVID, but also abo…
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Tom and Anna are Alexa and Bud - the business that likes to have a good time. They're our first couple who we will be interviewing as part of this podcast series, two people who've decided to work together as well as be together in a relationship, and they talk about the dynamics of their partnership and separating work from home. This is a busines…
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Luke Boxall is a worm farmer who sells worm poo in his business, Worm Soil. Vermicast is worm poo's official name, and it's an agricultural product with huge potential - and as you will hear, Luke has got big ambitions for his new business which was a brainchild of lockdown. Most importantly, Luke has never been happier - taking the leap and starti…
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Marching On is the podcast from Marches Growth Hub, where BBC Radio and commercial radio presenter Ed Nell talks to business owners in Shropshire who have grown and adapted as a result of the pandemic. Ed talks to entrepreneurs from all walks of Shropshire life, from coffee roasters to worm farmers, about the barriers that they've jumped and the op…
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