Rodney Appiah is the Founder and Managing Partner of Cornerstone VC, a black led, $25m early stage fund focused on a ‘people first’ investment approach. Investing at pre-seed and seed, Cornerstone VC is focused on outlier UK tech companies led by diverse teams that seek to change the way we Live ("People + Planet"), Work ("Future of Work") and Play ("New Consumer"). Prior to founding Cornerstone VC, Rodney held roles at BGF, Foresight Group and Merrill Lynch and has more than 15 years of financial services, TMT and Consumer experience across UK and Europe. An experienced board director, Rodney serves as an NED for the UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA), the largest UK trade body for angel and early stage investing and is a committee member of Innovate UK (Innovation Loans).

Today’s a full circle moment. I’m back in social media agency land, but this time, it’s mine! I’m building a social-first social media marketing agency from scratch. I hired a team. I did the thing, bricking it, but moving forward anyway.So how did I get here? I cheated! (kinda)I went from 9-5 marketer in agency to full-time monetised content creator in just 6 months. By using everything I’ve learnt, and now I’m sharing it all here with you!Here’s the journey so far:2025 → Launched Social People Agency, built from 20 years of marketing obsession and creator growth experience.2024 → Built The Creator Project, a membership app and events for people building online.2021 → Quit my job after 8 years in agency life. Started YouTube. It changed everything.2015 → First marketing role. Loved it, but knew it could be done differently.2009 → Studied marketing. No backup plan, just cereal brand pitch decks and big dreams.2005 → Age 12, watching TV ads while everyone else watched MTV. Didn’t want to be famous, wanted to sell things.This moment feels like day one all over again.(but with a lot more receipts!)If you follow me, you’ll learn how to:Turn content into cash (without the guesswork)Grow your audience into a loyal communityCreator economy juicy insightsBuild systems that make social media work for you (not the other way around)And of course, I’ll be spilling all the BTS agency tea!This is just the start of my LinkedIn journey. If you got this far, welcome!For more free social media education, find me on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. Subscribe to my newsletter.

I specialise in end-to-end account management, producing creative campaigns for some of the world's largest brands. Maintaining relationships with stakeholders, strategy and creative, content management, social media analysis, and reporting. I have amassed a growing portfolio of viral social media campaigns that have reached people worldwide.

Insightful, passionate and engaging business leader with talent for delivering technology innovations to accelerate business growth. As a dynamic team player skilled at collaborating across business functions, I thrive in working with others to drive shared accountability for results and improve outcomes. As a leader, I excel at growing diverse teams and their capabilities through coaching and empathy. As a diverse leader who has a passion for customer success, I’m constantly looking for new ways to drive progression and growth.

Leading an awesome team of people around the world helping developers and publishers to have more success and strategic partnerships with Xbox.

Leo Olebe is widely recognized as a leader in the global games industry and is a frequent speaker and thought leader on the future of games and technology. He has launched multiple billion-dollar annual-revenue businesses for major technology companies and has marketed and released more than 100 games generating over $1B in combined revenue. With more than 25 years of experience, he has held leadership roles at Microsoft, YouTube, Google, Meta, Disney, and Electronic Arts.

Imani Artwell is an award-winning author, leader, visionary, and change-maker making waves in the fields of tech, access, and education. She leads with quiet confidence, transforms institutions, mentors FTSE CEOs, and is known for her servant-hearted leadership. A first-class graduate of the University of Cambridge, winner of The Sunday Times Rising Star Award (Women in Academia) (2018), and the Top 100 Powerful Media Future Leader Award (2017), Imani serves as a Senior User Experience Researcher at some of the UK’s best-loved brands. Over the last 6 years, she’s showcased a stellar track-record of seeding new propositions for those brands from discovery to delivery and sustained success, delighting businesses and their customers. Having led UX research as part of the team at Waitrose & Partners for 4 years, most recently seeding the Business’s flagship proposition of the year to success, Imani will now carry her notable insight, acumen, and expertise into the exciting world of FinTech and Banking, as she joins the team at J.P. Morgan Chase in November to lead research for the global finance firm’s newest ventures. With a spotless academic record, Imani is a passionate advocate of education and access. In 2020, she founded The ISLA Gift to tackle underrepresentation at Oxbridge and beyond. When only 15 Black men had been admitted to Cambridge out of 2,600 freshers in her year (2015), she created the Gift to support underrepresented students of Black heritage with a cash gift towards their study resources and/or a personal academic mentor, with the help of 50 friends who signed up to mentor and/or donate. The Gift is now entirely run by Churchill College, Cambridge University, and has offered nearly £10K in financial cash gifts, as well as personal mentorship support, to over 70 black students. The black student population at Churchill increased by 45% from 3.1% in 2020 to 4.5% by 2024, helped by the Gift towards a goal of 5% (representative of the national population aged 16-24). Imani transforms institutions and leads leaders with her quiet, unwavering, servant-hearted confidence. Whether she’s authoring books to empower others to excel, reverse-mentoring FTSE 100 CEOs such as Steve Rowe (M&S) directly leading to the creation of a Group Head of D&I role on the M&S C-Suite team, or leading a 50-strong team of mentors and donors for The ISLA Gift and partnering with leaders of renowned institutions like Cambridge University to bring about positive change for black students -- Imani is a trailblazer who embodies empathy, kindness, and a commitment to impact and excellence, without any need to be in the limelight.