Lightning-50 Podcast

Samanah Duran is a British fashion designer and retail entrepreneur that launched a clothing label and founded a media company – all before turning 30.

At 22, Duran launched fashion brand Critics Clothing, and recently made Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list. In support of International Women’s Day, Samanah’s sits down with Caroline to talk through why passion – and timing – is so essential to success for female entrepreneurs.

Sara Arthrell is the CMO at Brightpearl, and on this special bumper episode of the podcast, she joins us to share valuable insights from the 2022 Lightning 50 league table geared towards aiding the growth of E-Commerce stores, including strategies, technology and partnerships that will support and increase huge growth scale.

Furthermore, as this week marks International Women’s Day, Sara provides a glimpse into her own experiences and challenges as a female leader in a typically male-dominated technology industry.

Today we are releasing a special bonus edition of the Lightning 50 in support of International Women’s Day, and we speak to none other than Dr Cameka Smith, founder of The BOSS Network.

In this episode, Cameka and Caroline talk through how the BOSS Network came about, the prominence of female-led businesses in last year’s Lightning 50 league table, and they identify what these entrepreneurs are doing that is leading to such success, and what can others take from this.