{"podcast":{"title":"The CEO Retort with Tim El-Sheikh","slug":"the-ceo-retort-with-tim-el-sheikh-7053049","podcast_index_feed_id":7053049,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f711e3e0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://ceoretort.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/41351448/41351448-1774183064160-f01334226310f.jpg","author":"Athmetric","episode_count":61,"summary":"Bringing real experts and forward-thinkers out of the clickbait shadows for greater knowledge, purpose, and performance. The CEO Retort is a thought-provoking podcast that features leading experts, entrepreneurs, authors, journalists, and thinkers scrutinising how science, business, health, politics, technology, and AI influence our lives. Hosted by Tim El-Sheikh — a serial deeptech and AI entrepreneur since 2002, one of the first-generation AI pioneers at Google Campus London, a biomedical scientist, and ex-pro athlete. He is currently at the frontier of human-centric Augmented Intelligence.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ceo-retort-with-tim-el-sheikh-7053049"},"episode":{"title":"Responsible entrepreneurs and investors are the only hope for a better future","slug":"responsible-entrepreneurs-and-investors-are-the-only-hope-for-a-better-future","published_at":"2025-11-10T11:49:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ceo-retort-with-tim-el-sheikh-7053049/responsible-entrepreneurs-and-investors-are-the-only-hope-for-a-better-future","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ceo-retort-with-tim-el-sheikh-7053049","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ceoretort/episodes/Responsible-entrepreneurs-and-investors-are-the-only-hope-for-a-better-future-e3anher","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f711e3e0/podcast/play/110920603/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-9%2F412148467-44100-2-afd5826ccc533.mp3","summary":"A pioneer of British streetwear and impact investing, Roger Wade founded Boxfresh in 1989 and launched the world’s first pop-up mall, BoxPark Shoreditch, in 2010, which has since expanded to Croydon and Wembley. After achieving successful exits from both businesses, Roger founded and became chairman of Boxfund VC, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage, purpose-driven consumer brands with a focus on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) values. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Preview (00:04:02) – The big problem with today's investors and VCs and their obsession with hype over longevity (00:13:13) – Why UK-based investors pushing for quick exits and selling to US corporations is a bad idea for sovereignty (00:18:21) – Can Europe challenge US investment dominance, especially under the Trump Administration? (00:21:00) – How is Brexit the real catalyst for the UK's economic chaos and empowered US vulture capitalists (00:23:32) – Why business sectors and professionals need to start understanding and scrutinising current geopolitics (00:36:00) – How our political leaders allowed major US corporations to destroy the British economy (00:46:00) – Roger Wade's remarkable story, from poverty and racial attacks, to one of the UK's most pioneering entrepreneurs and VCs (00:58:17) – The courage to challenge the status quo for business professionals, and why they must start speaking out now! (01:04:23) – How powerful US corporate lobbying groups have a dangerous influence on UK politics and business (01:11:50) – Have the current broken, divisive politics and the Middle East conflict exposed the weakness of the status quo (01:17:34) – Roger's hopeful view of the future: Are you a lover or a hater? Episode Notes & Citations: ⁠https://ceoretort.com/podcast/guest/2025/11/…","meta_description":"A pioneer of British streetwear and impact investing, Roger Wade founded Boxfresh in 1989 and launched the world’s first pop-up mall, BoxPark Shoreditch,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5043,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ceo-retort-with-tim-el-sheikh-7053049/episodes/responsible-entrepreneurs-and-investors-are-the-only-hope-for-a-better-future/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ceo-retort-with-tim-el-sheikh-7053049/responsible-entrepreneurs-and-investors-are-the-only-hope-for-a-better-future.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}