Who are Zara Paul and Aaron Morris the founders of Choppity from Dragon’s Den?
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DRAGON'S Den is back on BBC One to showcase some of the best entrepreneurs hoping to gain an investment. Among them are Zara Paul and Aaron Morris who will appear on Dragon's Den on Thursday January 16 at 8pm. Zara Paul and Aaron Morris are the founders of a North East-based video editing platform called The Choppity.
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The two founders are a married couple who had a vision to simplify the video-editing process for podcasters and businesses. The Choppity is already used in production by companies such as ITN, Autotrader, Turtle Bay and Sonatype. On the official website the couple introduce themselves in a bio that reads: "Hey, we're Zara and Aaron (both 24), the co-founders of Choppity.
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"We've been together for five years (since 2019) and have been working together since day one. "We celebrated our second year wedding anniversary in 2024. We hope you like Choppity.". Paul is the first openly non-binary contestant on the show. Speaking to InsiderMedia they said: "The startup world, and the media more broadly, often feel bare of LGBTQ+ representation, especially for gender non-conforming and trans founders.
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"I hope this moment inspires others to pursue their ambitions and know they belong here too.". Prior to taking on the Dragon's of the BBC's popular hit business series Zara was self-employed for four years. According to LinkedIn both Zara and Paul have experience of working with virtual AI and they both graduated with a Bachelors degree in Computer Science.
