Author Archives: Joseph Ajilore

About Joseph Ajilore

Apparently, I'm far more interesting in person. Co-founder of YHP and many other things.

Why Alice quit her job at a private equity firm to start LUX FIX Entrepreneurship

Alice is the co-founder of LUX FIX, an online platform that does two jobs – (1) It’s new way of engaging with fashion enthusiasts, offering members super-curated luxury deals. (2) It helps Read More...

The journey so far: How Basekit was born – Interview with Simon Best Entrepreneurship

It’s becoming more easier and faster to build websites online and one platform making sure of that is BaseKit. I caught up with the company’s CTO and co-founder, Simon Best. The full inter Read More...

Building Zeffa: James Robinson talks about his 4 year old company Entrepreneurship

James tells me that as a young child he wanted to be a teacher and as a result loved going to school – but all of that changed when his parents got a divorce when he was 15. After seeing &hellip Read More...

Ex-VC, founder and former editor of TechCrunch France and co-founder of Appsfire – Ouriel Ohayon Entrepreneurship

You could easily get carried away trying to write down the amount of projects Ouriel Ohayon is currently involved in. As he says at the start of our interview below “So I have been in the startu Read More...

How we saved a failing society, entrepreneurship and East & Lester – with Samuel Aderounmu Entrepreneurship

East and Lester has come a long way since showcasing their garments at a business show in Earls Court. I caught up with one of the co-founders of the company, Samuel Aderounmu to learn more about his Read More...

What makes an angel investor tick? – Interview with Dan Somers of Boundary Capital Entrepreneurship

It’s certainly not the easiest of tasks raising money for a start-up nor is it easy to meet investors – most of the time you will probably need a warm intro from a colleague that has raise Read More...

A dot-com story: How Simon Mansell built TBG Digital into an advertising powerhouse Entrepreneurship

Why does Simon Mansell decide to start a business during the dot-com crash? Simon tells me about the early days of TBG, getting their first client onboard and some of the key things he’s learnt Read More...

Ex-Google employee cashes out stock to start QuBit – Interview with Graham Cooke Entrepreneurship

Why does Graham Cooke decide he wants to leave his position in one of the biggest companies in the world to start his own business? I spoke to Graham Cooke, an ex-Google employee about his latest star Read More...

Dressipi: Interview with female serial entrepreneur – Sarah Mcvittie Entrepreneurship

After profiling Sarah April last year, We finally got the opportunity to sit down and discuss her start-up Dressipi. Sarah is currently the co-founder and CEO of Dressipi. Dressipi is an online stylin Read More...

Bootstrapping a mobile advertising agency into profitability – Interview with James Connelly of Fetch Media Entrepreneurship

It’s been a long journey for James so far but one that he knew would always lead him to the next big thing and the next big thing was mobile. From joining IPC media at age 18 selling classified Read More...

Interview with the co-founders of Wearegoat – Paul Attard and Alexey Golev Entrepreneurship

Wearegoat is a collaboration between two Graphic design students who started the company during their time in the university. I Invited the two co-founders on YHP to talk about how the inspiration for Read More...

How Umi Hotels was born – Interview with Steve Lowy Entrepreneurship

I invited Steve Lowy, founder and CEO of Umi Hotels on YHP to share the story behind starting his company and his journey so far building it into a successful business. Deciding to follow in his dad&# Read More...

[NEF Interview series] Introducing Alex Dixon Entrepreneurship

Alex Dixon is currently placed at HomeServe plc with the New Entrepreneurs Foundation. I spoke to Alex about how he got into entrepreneurship, previous businesses, running a start-up in the university Read More...

The Story Of A Mumpreneur – Denise Proctor Of The Baby Loft Entrepreneurship

After spending the last 15 years in different retail roles – When does a mumpreneur decide enough is enough and it’s time to start her own business? Today I interview Denise Proctor who af Read More...

You can now buy time online with Minutesforsale Entrepreneurship

Are you thinking about buying time or at least something close to it – Minutesforsale allows companies and individuals to buy time for every minute of the day. So basically this is how it works Read More...