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Sept. 24, 2025

No Imposter Syndrome at Yale, Just Vision: Raising $3.1M in just 14days

Ever feel like your background is holding you back from big dreams? In this episode of Low to Grow , Annie sits down with Nathaneo Johnson , co-founder of the Series app , to talk about how he transformed a challenging childh...

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Sept. 10, 2025

How One Founder Turned Suicidal Thoughts into a £Multi-Million Company

TRIGGER WARNING: suicide, debt Ever stood at your balcony contemplating your fall? Asim Amin did, and it nearly cost him everything. He opens up about hitting rock bottom after going into debt in Dubai, contemplating suicide,...

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Aug. 27, 2025

How a 19 YEAR OLD is Democratising quantum education: Elisa Torres Durney

Think you’re too young or too inexperienced to make a global impact? Meet Elisa Torres-Durney , a 19-year-old Chilean student, UNESCO Advisor, and the visionary behind Girls in Quantum , a UN recognised global initiative maki...

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Aug. 13, 2025

From Breakouts to Beauty Tech Breakthroughs: Building Clear (YC) with Ahana Banerjee

Feeling like you need to have it all figured out before starting something big?

Think again.

In this episode, Annie sits down with fellow Forbes U30, Times Young Powerlist and Y-Combinator alumna Ahana Banerjee, to unpack her path from her childhood physics student to founder of the award-winning beauty tech app Clear.

Born from her personal experience with cystic acne, Clear isn’t just a skincare app, it’s a mission. Ahana shares what it really takes to build somethi…

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