29 Feb: Building a Brand talks. Plum Baby Food founder Susie Willis joins George Olver of Pendragon

Feb. 22, 2012 - PRLog -- Susie Willis was a mother before a businesswoman. Frustrated with the feeding options in the supermarket and by her own concoctions from organic ingredients being rejected, she initiated seismic changes in her life to found Plum Baby Food. The brand rapidly filled a niche and became the most trusted weening option for mothers. Plum Baby Food's reputation has been cemented by other initiatives for babies, such as Plum Vision, television designed to stimulate young minds. Susie is now moving on to build a British brand of make-up.

George Olver had a passion for film-making. His film Tenacity on the Tasman about Oliver Hicks' attempt to row through every ocean was the first independent documentary to be premiered in Leicester Square. George took this skill and founded Pendragon Productions. They make films telling stories about brands and products and then post them in the most intelligent places. So far, they are going great guns and their clients include Coca Cola, Google, Virgin, Royal Mail, Samsung, Aldi...

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The website, www.tomaxtalks.com, hosts all manner of content: a blog about past talks, video footage of the talks and, recently, documentary work around the subject of the talks.