The June 13th edition of the Buckinghamshire Business First radio show highlighted the exploits of two of the county’s brightest young business talents, Richard Bateman of Westfourstreet and David Humpston of Viewpoint Videos.

Richard Bateman, Westfourstreet

Richard, who recently spoke to us about his journey as an entrepreneur, explained to Mix96’s Max Hailey how he went from teaching himself web development and going to night school to working for others and finally deciding to be his own boss. He described the journey from the “messy” first year getting to grips with taxes and regulations to his current position having just expanded the business and forming a team of seven.

He also delivered some tips for listeners and spoke about the benefits of being a part of Buckinghamshire Business First.

David Humpston, Viewpoint Videos

At 21 years of age, David has already enjoyed good success with Viewpoint Videos, who create videos that help capture and share people’s experiences of things like paintballing, karting and sky diving.

As David described to Max, he wasn’t sure what to study at University after completing his A-Levels so decided against it and instead enrolled at the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy, eventually pitching his business idea to Peter Jones himself and winning funding to help get his business up and running.

David, who can often be seen working at the Buckinghamshire Business First Saunderton Hub, gave Max an insight into the future plans for Viewpoint Videos and provided his own tips for young would-be entrepreneurs.

June 20th – Bucks Skills Show Special

The June 20th edition of the Buckinghamshire Business First radio show focused on the upcoming Bucks Skills Show, which you can find out more about here.

Guests on the show were Ketan Makwana, CEO of Enterprise Lab, and Sarah Wright, Director of Acquisitions at Sky, both of whom will at the Bucks Skills Show on July 2nd to speak to young people about their career prospects and life skills.

Ketan Makwana, Enterprise Lab

Ketan described how after losing his job during the recession he decided to go from unemployed to self-employed and set up his own business.

Frustrated with the life skills that he felt young people were lacking, the ramifications this had on their effectiveness in the workplace and the feeling that something needed to be done about it, Ketan co-founded Enterprise Lab to help inject life skills into young people and bridge the gap between education and employment. He also engaged industry as well so they could be part of the process.

Enterprise Lab has since gone international and more than 500,000 people have been supported by it.

Sarah Wright, Sky

Sarah, who is in charge of buying programmes from around the world for broadcast on Sky, will also be at the Bucks Skills Show to speak about the career prospects within the media and creative industries.

The Buckinghamshire Business First radio show is aired every Monday at 7pm on Mix96. The show is available as a podcast too.