This week, we took over a festival where Erreflow, a dreamer aspiring to be a DJ, performed on a packed stage... Twice! We also interviewed Dodge Woodall, the festival's founder (Bournemouth 7s), whose vision made all of this possible.

SOCIAL CHANNELS: ERRE_FLOW

IG - https://www.instagram.com/erre_flowWebsite - https://erreflow.co.uk

SOCIAL CHANNELS: DODGE WOODALL

IG - https://www.instagram.com/dodge.woodallALL LINKS - https://linktr.ee/DodgeWoodall

FH SOCIAL CHANNELS:

TT - https://www.tiktok.com/@letsfreehumanityIG - https://www.instagram.com/letsfreehumanity/Snapchat - https://t.snapchat.com/zHHrgTjLX - https://twitter.com/FreeHumanity__Get help for free, get rewarded for helping at https://helpbnk.com

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Welcome to the Free Humanity podcast, where we delve deep into the process of turning dreams into reality. Join us as we share expert insights from the world's most successful entrepreneurs—for free...This week, we had the privilege of interviewing Tom Ross, a celebrated figure in the realm of entrepreneurship and digital marketing. As the founder and CEO of Design Cuts, a leading online marketplace for digital design assets, Tom has revolutionised the way designers access high-quality resources. Tom is a prolific speaker, educator, and mentor, dedicated to empowering creative professionals. With a keen understanding of the digital landscape and a passion for fostering community, Tom Ross has established himself as a visionary, consistently pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the creative industry. His journey is marked by a commitment to excellence, a deep-seated drive to inspire others, and a relentless pursuit of innovation.TOM ROSS SOCIAL CHANNELS:

Tom’s free community book: http://communitymanual.comGet help from Tom with your community: http://learn.communityIG - https://www.instagram.com/tomrossmedia/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomrossmedia/FH SOCIAL CHANNELS:TT - https://www.tiktok.com/@letsfreehumanityIG - https://www.instagram.com/letsfreehumanity/Snapchat - https://t.snapchat.com/zHHrgTjLX - https://twitter.com/FreeHumanity__Get help for free, get rewarded for helping at https://helpbnk.com

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Welcome to the Free Humanity podcast, where we delve deep into the process of turning dreams into reality. Join us as we share expert insights from the world's most successful entrepreneurs—for free...This week, we had the privilege of interviewing Piers Linney, a British entrepreneur, investor, and media personality, renowned for his extensive work in the technology and communications sectors. He gained widespread recognition through his role as a "dragon" on the BBC television series "Dragons' Den," where he invested in and mentored aspiring entrepreneurs...PIERS LINNEY SOCIAL CHANNELS:IG - https://www.instagram.com/pierslinneyYT - https://www.youtube.com/@PiersLinneyTVFH SOCIAL CHANNELS:TT - https://www.tiktok.com/@letsfreehumanityIG - https://www.instagram.com/letsfreehumanity/Snapchat - https://t.snapchat.com/zHHrgTjLX - https://twitter.com/FreeHumanity__Get help for free, get rewarded for helping at https://helpbnk.com

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Welcome to the Free Humanity podcast, where we delve deep into the process of turning dreams into reality. Join us as we share expert insights from the world's most successful entrepreneurs—for free...This week the HelpBnk team discuss our trip to Dubai and sit down with social media megastar Mo Vlogs, who has 10m+ subscribers on YouTube, to discuss all things content...FH SOCIAL CHANNELS:TT - https://www.tiktok.com/@letsfreehumanityIG - https://www.instagram.com/letsfreehumanity/Snapchat - https://t.snapchat.com/zHHrgTjLX - https://twitter.com/FreeHumanity__Get help for free, get rewarded for helping at https://helpbnk.com

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Welcome to the Free Humanity podcast, where we delve deep into the process of turning dreams into reality. Join us as we share expert insights from the world's most successful entrepreneurs—for free...This week, we had the privilege of interviewing James Blackwell, a visionary entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. As the founder and CEO of multiple successful startups, James has earned a reputation for his innovative approach to business and his ability to identify and capitalize on emerging trends. James is also actively involved in mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs and is dedicated to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in the next generation...James Blackwell's SOCIAL CHANNELS:YT - https://www.youtube.com/@UCmpoGTKBv56LZO-qA1Me15g IG - https://www.instagram.com/jamesblackwellTT - https://www.tiktok.com/@jamesblackwellofficialFH SOCIAL CHANNELS:TT - https://www.tiktok.com/@letsfreehumanityIG - https://www.instagram.com/letsfreehumanity/Snapchat - https://t.snapchat.com/zHHrgTjLX - https://twitter.com/FreeHumanity__Get help for free, get rewarded for helping at https://helpbnk.com

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Welcome to the Free Humanity podcast, where we delve deep into the process of turning dreams into reality. Join us as we share expert insights from the world's most successful entrepreneurs—for free...This week, we had the privilege of interviewing Charlie Morgan on his first ever podcast, who transformed from a college dropout into the owner of a 7-figure agency business. Today, he generously shares his wealth of experience and knowledge through his social channels, which you can find linked below. Charlie's journey is truly inspiring, and his insights can provide valuable guidance for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to make their mark in the business world.Charlie Morgan's SOCIAL CHANNELS:

YT - https://www.youtube.com/@charliemofficialIG - https://www.instagram.com/charliemorganbiz

TT - https://www.tiktok.com/@charliemorganbiz

FH SOCIAL CHANNELS:TT - https://www.tiktok.com/@letsfreehumanityIG - https://www.instagram.com/letsfreehumanity/Snapchat - https://t.snapchat.com/zHHrgTjLX - https://twitter.com/FreeHumanity__Get help for free, get rewarded for helping at https://helpbnk.com

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Welcome to the the Free Humanity podcast where we will be giving an in-depth look on how we turn dreams into reality and will be sharing expert analysis from the worlds most successful entrepreneurs... for free.This week we interviewed Josh White, Co-founder of CanO Water. Having sold over 50,000,000 cans of water on a mission to reduce single use plastic and having received celebrity investment from Ricky Gervais we had one question... how?CanO water:https://canowater.comhttps://www.instagram.com/canowaterhttps://www.tiktok.com/@canowaterFH SOCIAL CHANNELS:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@letsfreehumanityInstagram & FB - https://www.instagram.com/letsfreehumanity/Snapchat - https://t.snapchat.com/zHHrgTjLX - https://twitter.com/FreeHumanity__Get help for free, get rewarded for helping at https://helpbnk.com

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Welcome to the the Free Humanity podcast where we will be giving an in-depth look on how we turn dreams into reality and will be sharing expert analysis from the worlds most successful entrepreneurs... for free.This week we interviewed BOTH Sam Sulek and Danny Aarons to find out how and why they do what they do...FH SOCIAL CHANNELS:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@letsfreehumanityInstagram & FB - https://www.instagram.com/letsfreehumanity/Snapchat - https://t.snapchat.com/zHHrgTjLX - https://twitter.com/FreeHumanity__Get help for free, get rewarded for helping at https://helpbnk.com

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Welcome to the the Free Humanity podcast where we will be giving an in-depth look on how we turn dreams into reality and will be sharing expert analysis from the worlds most successful entrepreneurs... for free.This week we sit down with Yat Siu. Co-founder of Animoca Brands, Entrepreneur and Angel investor.X - https://twitter.com/ysiuTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@yatsiu.ethAnimoca Brands - https://www.animocabrands.com/FH SOCIAL CHANNELS:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@letsfreehumanityInstagram & FB - https://www.instagram.com/letsfreehumanity/Snapchat - https://t.snapchat.com/zHHrgTjLX - https://twitter.com/FreeHumanity__Get help for free, get rewarded for helping at https://helpbnk.com

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Welcome to the the Free Humanity podcast where we will be giving an in-depth look on how we turn dreams into reality and will be sharing expert analysis from the worlds most successful entrepreneurs... for free.This week the team sits down to discuss conspiracy theories, Simon's addiction, how to get a mentor and steps to find your purpose...FH SOCIAL CHANNELS:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@letsfreehumanityInstagram & FB - https://www.instagram.com/letsfreehumanity/Snapchat - https://t.snapchat.com/zHHrgTjLX - https://twitter.com/FreeHumanity__Get help for free, get rewarded for helping at https://helpbnk.com

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Welcome to the the Free Humanity podcast where we will be giving an in-depth look on how we turn dreams into reality and will be sharing expert analysis from the worlds most successful entrepreneurs... for free.This week we sit down with Dodge Woodall. Entrepreneur, Festival Owner, Podcaster & YouTuber.Founder: @Bournemouth7sHost: @Eventful.Lives.PodcastHost: @HarryRedknapp PodcastFounder: @WeareEventCrowdFH SOCIAL CHANNELS:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@letsfreehumanityInstagram & FB - https://www.instagram.com/letsfreehumanity/Snapchat - https://t.snapchat.com/zHHrgTjLX - https://twitter.com/FreeHumanity__Get help for free, get rewarded for helping at https://helpbnk.com

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The Free Humanity podcast hosted by Simon Squibb and the HelpBnk team who will be providing an in-depth look on how we turn dreams into reality and will be sharing expert analysis from the worlds most successful entrepreneurs... for free.

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In this episode, we delve into the mind of Philip Belamant, the visionary Co-Founder and CEO of Zilch, a groundbreaking fintech company revolutionizing the way we think about and interact with finance.

Zilch has become the fastest European company EVER to reach double unicorn status, and in this episode, Simon and Philip go deep into the core values and mission that enabled Zilch to reach this huge level of success so quickly.

We also explore the origins of Zilch, the personal experiences that inspired Philip to create this unique platform, and how it's transforming the landscape of digital finance.

Zilch: http://bit.ly/3KeMwhr

Philip: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-belamant/

For more help start here: http://go.simonsquibb.com/

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I had the opportunity to interview John Caudwell LIVE on stage at Ideas Fest 2022. John founded Caudwell Group, the telco company which included Phones 4U, the UK’s largest independent mobile phone retailer with over 600 stores across the country. When he sold Caudwell Group in 2006, the business was selling 26 phones a minute!

But after all of his success, John says that “Nothing gives him the same feeling as helping people”. Living a life of purpose is what makes John feel complete, and while remaining active in the business world, he devotes most of his time to his lifelong philanthropic ambitions, pledging to donate 70% of his wealth to charitable causes!

John's site:

https://johncaudwell.com/

Buy John's autobiography:

https://amzn.to/3SIsA87

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James Watt, the co-founder of BrewDog, one of the fastest-growing craft beer companies in the world. James shares the truth behind the controversy surrounding his brand, as well as his revealing his marketing secrets.

We explore James's unique leadership style and the company's unconventional approach to business, including their plans to use beer to save the planet. James also admits why he chose to give away £100m of his shares in the business, while his co-founder did not.

Whether you're a craft beer enthusiast, an entrepreneur, or just interested in hearing from an incredible billion-dollar-founder, we know you’ll love this one. So grab a cold one and join us for a lively conversation with James Watt of BrewDog!

Follow James on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-watt

Follow James on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brewdogjames/?hl=en

Watch James on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JamesWattBrewDogCEO

Brewdog’s Website: https://www.brewdog.com/uk

Table Yeti: https://www.brewdog.com/uk

For more help start here: http://go.simonsquibb.com

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Patrick Tsang is Chairman of Tsangs Group, a fourth-generation China-focused Single Family Office from Hong Kong. Patrick invests in various companies with a positive influence and positive impact. Born and raised in the United Kingdom with deeply-rooted Chinese heritage, he has a robust global network as a seasoned investor.

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Sach is a serial entrepreneur, non-executive director, chairman, board advisor and angel investor. He launched his first start up, SecretSales.com at the age of 22 and over a period of 10 years, raised £18m through leading Venture Capital Institutions and drove annual sales of £47m. He eventually sold the business to a London based Private Equity firm in 2017. Sach’s current interest lies with Residently, a disruptive Property Tech platform alongside a new D2C business launching in Q2 2022 that allows you to invest in gold. In addition, Sach is Chairman to vintage furniture business Rehaus, and NED to a number of other consumer facing businesses.

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Alexia Inge is singularly committed to curating a ‘Beauty Hall of Fame’, featuring only the best hero products from across the globe, Alexia Inge co-founded Cult Beauty with a lifelong passion for beauty and a mission to become the most trusted beauty retailer in the world.

Under Alexia’s leadership since 2014, Cult Beauty has become the place to go for beauty discovery and incubating trends – from the latest scientific wellbeing discoveries to centuries-old remedies that have never been bettered. It has fast become home to some the biggest names and need-to-know burgeoning brands: from being the first independent e-tailer to stock Anastasia Beverly Hills to bringing Milk Makeup across the pond and herding Drunk Elephant into the EU.

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Ali is a British-Iranian healthcare entrepreneur and engineer. He’s the founder and CEO of Babylon, the revolutionary AI and digital health company. Babylon’s mission is to put an accessible and affordable health service in the hands of every person on earth.

Dr Parsa was listed in The Times 100 people to watch. He was featured in the Maserati 100, a list that recognises game-changing entrepreneurs. He was formerly a UK Cabinet Office Ambassador for Mutuals and the Chair of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Tech Forum. He has a PhD in Engineering Physic.

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Dan is a multi-award winning serial entrepreneur, who talks openly about failure, mental health, mental performance, and 'braincare' - which includes his journey using science to build habits, cultivating a positive mindset & nutrition for optimizing his brain's health. Having started (and failed) the UK's #1 fashion app, Grabble, he is now back building his new company, Heights. In his spare time, he podcasts with both the Braincare podcast for Heights, and Secret Leaders, one of the UK's top business podcasts.

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William is CEO of fast growth technology business Goodlord, a role he's held since 2018. Alongside this, he's non-Exec Chairman of Nutmeg and non-Exec Director at Dunelm PLC. William is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded Fletcher Research, LOVEFiLM.com, and Secret Escapes. He is also an experienced angel investor.

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Simon talks to Nick Jenkins. After graduation, Nick spent eight years trading sugar in Moscow for Glencore. In 1998 he returned to the UK to study for an MBA at Cranfield, after which he started Moonpig.com, the personalised greeting card retailer. By 2011 the business had over 5 million customers and Nick sold a majority of his holding to Photobox. Nick now divides his time between the charity sector and investing in early stage businesses which led to him joining the panel of BBC2 Dragons’ Den in 2015 and 2016. He now has a portfolio of 19 angel investments, mostly in ed-tech, med tech and e-commerce.

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Tom Mercer is the Founder of MOMA Foods, a London oat brand. Frustrated with the lack of quality breakfast on the market Tom decided to leave his job in the City and do something about it. MOMA was a genuine grassroots start-up – the first kitchen was under a railway arch in South London and the first retail outlet was a stall (made from a converted filing cabinet) in Waterloo station. MOMA is now the go-to premium porridge brand in the UK, the #1 bircher muesli brand, and a fast-growing player in the burgeoning oat milk market

Tom is from a farming family in Staffordshire, read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, and prior to MOMA worked as a management consultant for Bain & Co. In his personal life, Tom is a proud husband and dad.

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Caroline Revell is an SEO specialist at GoDaddy, whose speciality and passions are link building, ranking, URLs, outreach, finding hidden opportunities competitors have missed, and building and managing teams. Caroline believes that the alternate untapped verticals are where quality customers are hiding, and she is cautious about apparent easy wins by auto-suggestions.

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, which is a set of practices designed to improve the appearance and positioning of web pages in organic search results. Because organic search is the most prominent way for people to discover and access online content, a good SEO strategy is essential for improving the quality and quantity of traffic to your website.

In this episode, Caroline and Simon discuss the truth behind successful SEO, how to get your website noticed on the internet, and how SEO can supercharge your business when done correctly.

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Ben Law is a keen entrepreneur and is an advocate and mentor for micro-businesses. Before joining GoDaddy, he started a successful lifestyle e-commerce business, Liberty Grace, which he led for over 3 years. Running his own business allowed Ben to hone skills in creativity, innovation, design, and leadership, all of which enable him to hold a unique combination of expertise, centred around his passion for helping entrepreneurs succeed online.

There are 5.3 million microbusinesses in the UK, making up 96% of all businesses. Following the changes and disruptions we’ve all experienced since the start of the pandemic, a new breed of everyday entrepreneurs is starting to emerge. The shift to e-commerce when people couldn’t physically open their businesses, and the opportunities presented by the second digital revolution, mean that more people than ever are starting a business of their own.

Everyone can be an entrepreneur, and with so many new businesses emerging across the world, GoDaddy takes pride in providing a simple and easy way to start and grow your company online. In today’s episode, Simon and Ben discuss what it takes to become a successful leader, what mistakes you should avoid when starting a business, and how to make your brand more trustworthy.

Topics

Ben’s entrepreneurial history
Ben’s advice for business owners
How to encourage failure within a business
Common mistakes from entrepreneurs
Venture Forward Study

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Catherine Sweet is a self-taught visual artist from London who created BobCat Gallery to sell her own work and showcase beautiful, affordable and original artwork on a small scale and give emerging artists a positive selling experience. Catherine creates small-scale abstract pieces inspired by music and the natural world that people can easily find space for in their homes.

BobCat Gallery focuses on small-scale, original and affordable artwork. They also host pop-up exhibitions across London, as well as heading to affordable art fairs to showcase work from their portfolio of international artists. The name for the gallery is inspired by Catherine's friend Robert Miller (known as Bob), who passed away in 2010. Bob was an incredibly talented artist himself, and Catherine (often known as Cat) wanted to honour his memory.

In this episode, Catherine and Simon dive into the topic of fear. Something that we all feel in very different ways, fear can actually be a sign that you are on the right path. No matter what business you want to start, it’s very normal to feel a sense of fear, and this podcast will help you use fear to your advantage.

“Sometimes fear can be a blocker in a major way. You don’t know if it’s going to work, you have to try it! The worst thing I can think of is the regret that you haven’t tried at all.”

Topics

Catherine + her business
The benefits of collaboration
The power of fear
Overcoming fear
NFTs

BobCat Gallery:

https://bobcatgallery.co.uk/

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When DJ and music producer, Omar Meho, was just starting out, he struggled to find a tutor in the industry. So, he pledged to become good enough to be one himself. Today, he helps aspirational musicians get a foothold in the music scene and achieve their goals, from performing on the radio to getting their first DJ residencies. With over 34,000 students in over 150 countries, Oscar is the proud founder of Music Workflow Academy. He has recently been nominated for Forbes 30 Under 30, Europe, Entertainment.

Before the pandemic hit, Omar Meho was touring around the world. But when this was made impossible due to COVID-19, he saw the perfect opportunity for others to learn more about himself and grow his personal brand. For Oscar, inspiration comes from the desire to help others and make the world a better place.

Music Workflow Academy promises to provide a roadmap to success and offer support every step of the way. The business is about helping others, whatever their skill level or background, to achieve their dreams, secure their future in the music industry and find a connection with a community that has no bounds.

“Put your head down for six months and never give up. Results come from consistent actions over time. Actually follow your dreams and not what other people tell you. Learn from the best, avoid gatekeepers and negativity, and put more work in than anybody else.”

Topics:

How did you find your purpose?
How did you attract your students?
The future of the music industry?
Mindset

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Former single mum Hayley Steere began Free My Meal during Lockdown in 2020, after having a brainwave while seeing how much extra food she had cooked that she wouldn’t eat. She knew lots of people would LOVE to receive a good meal in these tough times, so she set out to create a platform that would allow people to give their spare food to those who need it. That same evening, Free My Meal was born.

Free My Meal is a simple and easy exchange, based on trust and goodwill. Using social media, people sign up to private Free My Meal groups as a ‘recipient’ or a ‘cook’, or in some cases, both. Free My Meal does not provide meals, it simply forms connections enabling people to find one.

Free My Meal currently has 70+ UK and international groups, and they have 27,000+ group members which continue to grow in numbers every day. To support her family while growing her organisation, Hayley juggles numerous jobs and side-hustles at the same time as focusing on Free My Meal. In this episode, Simon and Hayley discuss how you can pursue a life that you love despite the challenges you may face.

“The world’s not going to give you a living, you’ve got to go and make that yourself. Nobody is going to pluck you out of obscurity and give you your lovely life.”

Topics:

How Free My Meal Began
How Free My Meal Works
How do you manage to juggle everything?
Work/Life balance
Mindset and drive

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Wizz is the founder of WIZZ&CO, a brand and retail strategy agency that helps brands scale and stand out in a crowded market. They work with established brands, global retailers and indie brands. Previously Wizz headed up beauty buying at Selfridges and was a buyer for accessories and lifestyle, she has an instinct for trends, how to build a disruptive brand and customer behaviour.

20 years in the retail industry means Wizz is in the unique position to have worked with thousands of brands and retail-focused businesses. Put simply, she knows what works. She loves helping business leaders combine innovation, creativity and commerciality to get results.

In this episode, Simon and Wizz discuss what it truly takes to make your business stand out, as well as what makes a successful brand.

Topics:

Bad Luck Is Good Luck
How To Build Your Own Personal Brand
Pivoting And Evolving
Key Marketing Tips/Trends For Your Business
The 6-Step Sales Journey
How To Stand Out

Wizz&Co:

https://www.wizzandco.com

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In this episode, Simon talks to Adam Kamani. Adam is an award-winning property entrepreneur, start-up investor, mentor and CEO of Kamani Property Group, KM Capital and YourNxtDoor. He is also the founder of the next-gen property app called Move Streets.

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Max McCann is a young entrepreneur, Founder of Meals with Max, Measy, VanishVeg and previously Calm Recovery which he sold. Max has built a community of over 2 Million followers across TikTok, YouTube and Instagram. He uses this platform to promote healthy living and shows healthy eating doesn’t have to be boring.

Roughly 18 months ago Max was made redundant from his job. In an optimistic and entrepreneurial fashion, he then set himself the goal of building his social media platform to a point that he could be self-employed doing what he loves by the end of his 1-month redundancy pay. This turned out to be just the push Max needed to kick-start Meals WIth Max.

Max has a passion for business and strives to make the world a better place. All of his business's missions align in the fact they are all built to better lives. Whether that be improving physical health, mental health or general everyday life. In this episode, Simon and Max take a deep dive into how Max was able to build such a large brand and business in such a short amount of time, so you have the tools you need to do the same.

“Being made redundant was the push that I needed to make the change. I’d always done side businesses while working full time, but I never properly pushed myself and went for it. One big thing is not being scared to make mistakes or start over again.”

Topics:

How did you build your audience?
Getting started on TikTok
Building a business by giving for free
Is TikTok organic growth over?
Max’s content strategy
Max’s parents/childhood
How Max manages his relationships

Max McCann:

https://mealswithmax.com/

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Chris Hannaway founded Infinite Session with his brother Tom in 2018. They set out with a goal of creating an alcohol-free beer that actually tastes like beer, just like you'd find in your local craft brewery. Infinite beers sell worldwide, predominantly in UK and US supermarkets and have won several World Beer Awards, including when judged against alcoholic beers!

Unlike alcohol-free beers of the past, Infinite Session is unrestrained. Infinite Session stands for more when alcohol-free beer has always been defined by restriction. They believe that beer is bigger than booze: no more covering labels or whispering orders at the bar. Drinking should be on your terms because the flavour is more important than ABV.

In this episode, Simon and Chris discuss how to go about starting a business you love, working with family and much more.

Topics

Chris’ background and how Infinite Session was born
How to get into entrepreneurship
The importance of market research
Working with family
If you had to start again, what would you do differently?

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Ryan and his Co-founder Josie have a combined 20 years of experience working for consumer goods brands, from Ecover and Method and Ella’s Kitchen to PepsiCo and Starbucks. Having both worked for larger cleaning brands for several years, we were aware of the fact that cleaning products are often 90% water and packaged in single-use plastic. Globally, homecare generates around 29.5 billion bottles each year, and in the UK less than one-third of plastic is recycled, according to Euromonitor.

Ryan believes that the planet and people deserve a better option and felt that with their experience they could build something that would have a real impact on the industry. So they set out on a mission to reimagine clean. To create cleaning products that would be a real sustainable step change with no single-use plastic and no more unnecessary water.

In this episode, Simon and Ryan discuss why putting yourself in the shoes of your consumer is so important, sustainability in business and much more. If you enjoy this podcast send it to a friend so you can level up together!

Topics

How Neat. started and their mission
Putting yourself in the shoes of the consumer
How Ryan funded Neat.
Distribution, eCommerce and Retail
B2B vs B2C
Sustainability In Business

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Hannah Russell is the founder and CEO of a podcast company called Mags Creative. We make shows that reach millions of people every month. Mags Creative work with top-tier brands like Facebook, Google and Puffin to make branded content that people actually listen to and they produce shows exclusively for the likes of Spotify and Amazon. They also create Mags Creative Originals which are Mags’ own shows, developed and built by themselves.

Hannah started the business with her sister and business partner Faith in 2018 and they have grown to be one of the largest independent podcast companies in the UK. They don’t come from radio backgrounds – but instead marketing, talent and press – so they always focus on finding and developing an audience for their shows.

Mags have never raised investment and have built the business over the last 4 years through revenue. In this podcast, Simon and Hannah discuss how to start a successful podcast, how Hannah built her success, and if there is even space for new podcasts to become successful in 2022.

“There is a lot of competition in the podcast space, but I wouldn’t be put off by that. Podcasting is still a huge industry and a great opportunity for people to find their audience.”

Topics:

How Hanah got into podcasting
Is there still room for new podcasts in 2022?
Company vs personal podcasts
How to get a sponsor
Patience
Tips to grow a podcast
Paid advertising

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Richard Chambers got the idea for his company ‘Get A Drip’ after he found himself in intensive care in 2010 suffering complications from his Type 1 Diabetes. Following this admission, Richard was continually in and out of hospital for 7 years due to issues related to a reduced immune system, where often as part of the treatment he would be hooked up to an IV Drip.

Feeling the rejuvenating benefits, Richard decided that drips should be accessible to the general public, not just in hospitals or to the super-wealthy. After 7 years of researching the benefits of Drips and studying the work of Dr. John Myers (the vitamin drip pioneer), Get A Drip finally came to fruition in October 2017.

Get A Drip is now the UK’s leading Vitamin Drip provider and Richard's aim is to allow everyone to take control of their health, no matter their background as he single-handedly is making optimum nutrition accessible to the masses. In this episode, Richard shows us how he made his unique business idea a reality, as well as what characteristics are essential to becoming successful.

Topics:

How Get A Drip STarted
Lessons From raising Money
Idea Resistance
Why Build A Franchise?
Trademarks
If You Had To Start Again, What Would You Do Differently?
What Characteristics Have Helped You Become Successful

Get a drip:

https://getadrip.com/

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Manchester-born, Anna Priadka is a make-up artist and founder of Fiils, a luxe hair and body line offering custom refillable, designed to overhaul bathrooms of single use plastic and waste. Anna has been in the beauty industry for over 15 years, working as a makeup artist for some of the largest direct-to-consumer brands such as MAC/Bobbi Brown, and assisting some of the industry’s biggest talents.

After being on the front line Anna progressed into a global role with NARS, where she assisted with new product development, artistry, and events direction. It was here that she discovered she had a passion for not just the creative, but the business side – she’d always said that she would like to own her own business and took the chance in 2018, leaving her corporate role to start her first brand in the lip category.

The lessons Anna learned from this venture as an entrepreneur were invaluable and although the business was successful in the very short term, she realised it wasn’t sustainable.Anna’s current company, fiils, was born out of her mission to contribute positively to the industry by reducing consumption, as well as a personal need to reduce waste in her own routine.

“If you enjoy creating things, creating a brand is actually quite easy. The hardest part is what do you do afterwards? There’s so much more that goes into launching a product and running a business. That was a real struggle for me, but I wouldn’t change anything about my journey.”

Topics

Becoming an entrepreneur
Failure
Accelerators
Rebranding + building a brand
If you could do anything different, what would you do?

Fiils Website:

www.fiils.co

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Aarti Parmar is the owner of AP Brand Communications, which helps businesses develop meaningful, authentic brands through consultancy, coaching and design. She helps business owners work on their brand from the inside out, empowering them to discover the true purpose, vision and values behind their brand.

Aarti started her business by taking the leap to leave her full-time job after feeling restricted by the boundaries that her job placed on her. She knew she could help more people by running a business of her own, so she proceeded to take her passion and expertise to the market.

In this podcast, Simon and Aarti discuss the importance of branding and purpose when building your business. If you enjoy this episode, please feel free to leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! It really helps our mission to help 10 million people start and grow their businesses.

“A Brand is an identity. A brand is a created perception, and it is those perceptions that form beliefs in peoples’ minds about your brand. So you need to create that emotional connection with your audience so that they think about you in the way you’d like them to think about you.”

Topics:

Rejection (How Aarti started her business)
Building a team (internal vs external)
What is branding?
Working from the inside out
Performance = Purpose

Aarti Parmar

https://www.aartiparmar.com/

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Andy Hooper, CEO of Global E-Commerce Experts, has been successfully expanding businesses into new markets for over 15 years. An accomplished specialist in e-commerce, Andy now works with companies around the world providing comprehensive gateways and solutions to new markets, especially US-based organisations transitioning into the EU.

Starting from the ground up, Andy, with sleeves rolled up attitude has carved out a unique industry inspired by his own experience and success of growing organisations profits through e-commerce.

As a keen fitness enthusiast with an infectious energy for success, Andy leads a team of professionals in all aspects of e-commerce. With fulfilment centres in the UK & EU, the Global E-Commerce team provide hassle-free end to end solutions that have helped 1000’s of sellers capitalise on the multi-billion dollar UK & EU markets.

In this episode, Andy walks us through the key steps to success in e-commerce, as well as revealing his biggest secrets for making huge £ online consistently for so many years.

Topics:

Intro
How Andy Became An Entrepreneur
Global E-commerce Experts
Acquiring Your First Customer
7 Steps To Success In E-commerce
Should You Sell Through A Website Or Marketplace?
Working With A Co-founder
What Would You Tell Your Younger Self?

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Yali Saar is the CEO and Co-Founder of Tailor Brands, a revolutionary online logo and brand design platform that uses machine learning to fuel innovation. Tailor Brands is currently used by over 30 million businesses across the world. Prior to his work at Tailor Brands, Yali founded Raising the Bar, a worldwide initiative aimed at making education a part of popular culture by creating one-of-a-kind, knowledge-driven events in unusual locations in NYC, SF, Hong-Kong and Sydney.

Yali’s background comes from the intersection of creative marketing and media. He started his way as a conflict correspondent in the Middle East for three years, where he spent time as a spokesperson for key political figures and served on different creative teams for ad-giant BBDO. Today, Yali leads Tailor Brands as it helps over 700,000 new customers every month.

In this episode, Yali and Simon discuss how Yali stumbled into the world of entrepreneurship by accident after trying to be an actor, and they also dive into the importance of failure, as Yali tells his story of failing his way to success, building Tailor Brands into what it is today.

“Everyone fails. Eventually, everyone has to fail. Every organisation in order to succeed has to develop a system that allows it to remain flexible and learn from these failures and find paths to success.”

Topics:

What are Tailor brands
The journey to starting Tailor Brands
Getting Tailor Brands off the ground
Reverse engineering your business
Why failure is essential for success

Yali Saar:

https://bit.ly/366od3i

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Connor Ball is famously known for being part of The Vamps, and recently starred in ITV’s Dancing On Ice. He is also an avid gamer and YouTube content creator, and is taking his passion for gaming to the world of business where he can support E-sports brand LDN UTD be a force for good on their mission to combat social issues such as mental health, racism, knife crime, diversity, and loneliness.

LDN UTD was co-founded by Oliver Weingarten in 2018, as an esports org that unites professional esports and grassroots gaming with healthy lifestyle and social issues. The brand has previously held physical and online campaigns around racism, knife crime, diversity, nutrition, loneliness and education, working with stakeholders including the Mayor of London, the Rio Ferdinand Foundation, Bloomsbury Football, Matchroom Sport, and charities including Street League.

LDN UTD also develops incredible players from all backgrounds and offers them a platform to play at their best, whilst using professional rosters to amplify and raise awareness around the most important issues in the world today. In this episode, Simon talks with Connor and Oliver about the future of esports, metal health, and how to hack luck.

Connor: “People aren't stupid, people see through a lot of stuff. If someone sees something that isn’t genuine then they know it’s not genuine. That’s the same for business as well, people can tell if a strategy isn’t genuine. Being open and honest on social media is the way, and that’s how it’s always been for me.”

Topics:

Who are Connor and Oliver?
How LDN UTD got started
Metaverse + NFTs
How did you get into gaming?
Lucky experiences and how they come about
Investing in LDN UTD
Mental Health + Social impact
Building community
The luckiest moments we've had

LDN United:

https://ldnutd.gg/

Connor Ball

https://www.instagram.com/connorball/?hl=en

Oliver Weingarten

https://twitter.com/oweingarten

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Jamelia Donaldson is the founder and CEO of TreasureTress — a monthly product subscription service for girls and women with kinky-curly hair and also the co-creator of The Teen Experience, a monthly workshop series that offers young black women to attend a series of personal development workshops, network with other like-minded individuals and be inspired by mature and successful women.

TreasureTress is Europe’s first and largest natural hair product discovery box, where sisterhood connects over kinks and curls. As experts in the natural hair and beauty space, TreasureTress takes a bespoke and forward-thinking approach to serve the natural hair community, by building relationships with their communities and your favourite hair and beauty brands, and ships their global tribe the exclusives, inclusive of educational and practical steps for managing and styling your tresses on a monthly basis.

Jamelia launched Treasure Tress whilst working in her full-time role, waking up at 5am and not going back to sleep until 1am to ensure that she invested enough time in the concept and was able to get the work done that was required from her job. Jamelia left her role just 5 months after launching Treasure Tress to take it full time and now has an incredible team of women working with her on the business daily. In this episode, Simon and Jamelia discuss what purpose actually is, how you can find it, and how you can turn your purpose into a profitable business that you love.

“An entrepreneur is someone who lives a life of service to create solutions for other people to make their lives better”

Topics:

How Jamelia quit her job to start Treasure Tress
the Teen Experience - Personal Development Workshops
Purpose
Have you ever considered quitting?

Jamelia Donaldson

https://www.treasuretress.co.uk/

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Sarah is one of Europe’s most prominent entrepreneurs, investors and consumer experts, working mainly in the hospitality and lifestyle sectors. She is a proud mum of four and believes that parenthood and business can exist simultaneously, without sacrificing the quality of each other.

Sarah is also a recognised TV personality, appearing as a judge on Raymond Blanc’s ‘The Restaurant’ and sitting alongside Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Nick Jenkins and Touker Suleyman as an investor on BBC’s ‘Dragon’s Den’.

In her twenties, Sarah led the international expansion of Pizza Express and Planet Hollywood before going it alone to buy Bombay Bicycle Club, turning it into the UK’s largest chain of Indian restaurants.

These successes helped establish her as a leading figure within the restaurant industry, and Sarah recently took her new company ‘Nightcap’ public within 1 year of launching the business.

Today we find out the business secrets that she lives by.

“I define success in any business as when I’ve made myself redundant. So I start anything and try and make myself redundant from day one. Sometimes that can take years, sometimes you can do it really quickly, but I always strive to make myself redundant.“

Topics:

Sarah’s Journey
Making yourself redundant
How to raise investment
Playing to your strengths
Understanding your weaknesses
The different types of entrepreneur
Work/Life balance
Working with your partner
How to approach finding investment
Be the rhino nobody expects

Watch on YouTube

https://youtu.be/evlG-bevoZE

Sarah Willingham:

https://www.instagram.com/sarahwillingham/

https://www.sarahwillingham.com

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Alex co-founded Champions Life Academy, a sales and marketing organisation that gave students with job experience fundraising for charity, before starting his own business. He spent three months giving daily presentations to university students as part of his job.

The chance to develop and organise TEDxClapham, a public speaking community event in South London, presented itself. He accomplished this in conjunction with Champions Life Academy until 2016, when Alex and his colleagues decided to close the firm. He organised a public speaking session for Google Startups Campus, a group of entrepreneurs that come to Google for events, guidance, and mentorship. Following that, 10 individuals signed up for his trial public speaking programme, launching his company.

What makes a successful public speaker, according to Alex, can be summed up in one word: empathy. "It has nothing to do with whether you're introverted or extroverted; it's all about empathy and being tuned in to your audience." Simon and Alex examine what it takes to be a world-class speaker in this episode, as well as why purpose comes first in the company.

“Don’t let yourself get in the way of the opportunities that get thrown at you, because you never know who’s going to be watching.”

Topics:

Getting into public speaking
Does scale matter?
Working with family, good or bad?
Public speaking advice:
Audience advice
How to start public speaking
The title of your speech
The beginning + end of the speech

Alex Merry: https://alexmerry.com/

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Andy Evans is an investor, mentor and serial entrepreneur who has sold 3 companies. Andy was weaned on marketing as a child by his father who was a marketing manager and he was given his first computer in 1981 for Christmas, which his mother said was the first toy he ever had that he didn’t take apart. In 1985, Andy started his first business aged 15, selling concert tickets and trips. In 1999, He founded one of the UK's first digital publishing businesses & first vertical ad-network in the UK, Net Communities, and in 2015 sold it to Future plc. He also founded the UK's first Podcast production company in 2005.

Frustrated with ad quality, transparency and brand safety online, Andy co-founded award-winning viewability technology provider OnScroll in 2013, which after tremendous growth, they sold to Sovrn Holdings, Inc. in April 2016, where he worked as CMO until May 2019. Today, Andy now uses the knowledge he has gained to advise, mentor and invest in all kinds of digital businesses from aviation to kids entertainment and of course marketing, martech & adtech.

In this episode, Andy and Simon lay out all the essential tips and secrets of finding investment for your company, and how to sell it for the highest amount possible.

Topics

Andy’s process when investing in businesses
How to approach an investor
Andy’s first business
Giving away equity
Map out your investment/equity plan
Timing in business
How to sell your business
Who should you sell to?
How to sell your business for more

Connect with Andy:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyevans/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=uk

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David Abrahamovitch is the CEO and Founder of Grind. Grind has expanded across London with cafés and a coffee roastery since its inception in Shoreditch in 2011. David took Grind online when he was forced to close his cafés due to lockdown and since then, hundreds of thousands of people have used Grind to make better, more sustainable coffee at home.

Grind creates compostable Nespresso coffee pods that decompose faster than a banana peel in your compost or food waste bin. They use organic and ethically sourced coffee from around the world. Despite going to a school that pushed its students to aim for a career working for somebody else, David knew he was capable of more and now wants to help other young entrepreneurs do the same.

In this episode, David explains his story of starting a coffee brand before anybody knew what a ‘flat white’ was, and he shows us how he has built a business that is now taking on the huge coffee brands around the world.

“What you have to do as the organisation grows is be responsible for the culture. You have to be responsible for making big decisions, and you have to be able to get all of the experts that work for you to point in the same direction. That’s not always easy.”

Topics:

David’s background
How Grind started
Hiring people who are better than you
How Grind survived the pandemic
How to take on the big brands

Grind:

https://grind.co.uk/

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At just 23 years old, Curtis Tilbury has worked with massive brands such as Red Bull, grown a following of over 10 million people online with his father Mark, and amassed over 100 million views on videos that he has created. What’s more, Curtis has an impressive investment portfolio of over £100k.

Curtis started out as a freelance videographer, traveling the world and working with clients for free in the beginning to gain experience and expertise. Before long, Curtis was working with huge brands and running a successful videography business. Out of nowhere in 2020, the world was hit with Covid and Curtis’ business was put on pause.

Instead of seeing this as a setback, Curtis used the opportunity to merge his and his father’s expertise as they began to create personal finance content across YouTube and social media. Within just 12 months of launch, the father and son duo managed to grow to over 1 million YouTube subscribers, and become the biggest finance page on TikTok! Today Curtis continues to grow the Mark Tilbury channels, as well as running their podcast ‘Like Father Like Son’, and helping other brands and creators out with his content consultancy company.

In this episode, Curtis gives us the secrets to growing and monetising social media channels fast, tips to master the YouTube and TikTok algorithms, and he tells us what it takes to become a 7-figure business owner in your 20s.

Topics

Curtis’ background and rise to success
Why niching down is key
How to find your niche
Engagement and growth tips
How to create viral content
How much does YouTube pay?
Why hiring a team is essential
The power of personal brands
What advice would you give to your younger self?

Watch on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/RMgWQgYA_z8

Follow Curtis:

https://www.instagram.com/curtistilbury/

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Tiwalola Ogunlesi is a globally recognised and qualified life coach, international speaker, Positive Psychology Specialist, Master Neuro-Linguistic Practitioner and founder of Confident and Killing It. After struggling with low-self esteem throughout her teenage years, she’s now on a mission to transform the lives of women and girls all over the world. Tiwalola founded Confident and Killing It in 2017 as a response to the generation cycle of low self-esteem amongst women and girls.

Tiwa has made it her mission to champion a social movement that inspires women to love and believe in their whole self. Tiwalola has been praised for her valuable insights and thoughtful content on topics such as becoming confident, overcoming fear and insecurities, dealing with imposter syndrome, mental health, wellbeing and entrepreneurship. She is known as a captivating speaker who understands how to infuse self-development and positive psychology with fun and inspiring stories that relate to millennials.

Recently she has delivered interactive experiences for organisations such as Youtube, Morgan Stanley, Facebook and Google. So far, she’s equipped over 3000 women in London, Lagos, New York, Kigali and Johannesburg at The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy For Girls with the tools and knowledge they need to be confident. In this episode, Tiwalola and Simon go deep on how to escape imposter syndrome and feel more confidence, and neuroplasticity and Tiwalola explains the 5 pillars of wellbeing.

Topics

How did you ‘wake up’?
Neuroplasticity
Imposter Syndrome
5 Pillars of Wellbeing
Fear

Tiwalola Ogunlesi:

Monthly Wins Tracker: This is a free tool to help the girls track their wins and get better at celebrating themselves

Find out more about The Confidence Game Plan Course and Academy

Pre-order Tiwalola's book Confident and Killing It.

Instagram: Confident and Killing It

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Ade Hassan knew she was onto something with Nubian Skin lingerie when she posted the first product photo on social media and gained one-thousand new followers in a week. It was 2014 and the photo went on to garner over thirty-five thousand notes on Tumblr and over twenty thousand followers on Instagram, in less than a month. The UK-born, London-based founder created the brand to satisfy her own need but the internet’s response let her know that she’d struck a chord.

After graduate school, Ade went into a career in finance but couldn’t find suitable skin-tone lingerie and hosiery to go with her wardrobe. If she was experiencing this problem, she imagined that other women of colour had the same need. What she didn’t realise was how immediate the need was.

Nubian Skin has had an out-sized influence on the fashion industry, with many other parts of the industry realising the need to be more inclusive. In 2017 Ade was awarded an MBE at Buckingham Palace for services to fashion. The award was made to recognise Ade’s commitment to her mission to redefine nude, and the impact she has consequently made on the fashion industry. In this episode, Ade tells us about the sacrifice that must be made in entrepreneurship, how she found her purpose, how she was awarded an MBE and much more.

Topics

Getting a MBE
Sacrifice In Entrepreneurship
How Did You Find Purpose?
Advice To Those Who Dream Of Quitting Their Job*
Having A Support System Around You

Ade Hassan:

https://www.instagram.com/itsadehassan/?hl=en

Nubian Skin:

https://www.nubianskin.com/

Ade’s TEDx Talk:

https://www.ted.com/talks/ade_hassan_the_reality_of_reaching_your_goal

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From a young age Timothy has been heavily influenced by business and technology starting his first company, Alpha Tutoring at 14 and his second EntrepreneurXpress at 17 which he ended up selling 11 months later.

In his second year of university studying Computer Science, Timothy started Fanbytes after seeing how marketing to Gen Z was broken.

Fast forward 4 Years, Fanbytes is a 65 person company helping brands like the Government, Deliveroo, McDonalds and Nike to win the hearts of Gen Z.

Timothy is an internally renowned speaker on the topic of marketing sharing the stage with Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix and Ogilvy’s Rory Sutherland to name a few as well as a guest columnist for The Guardian, The Drum and Campaign Magazine.

Timothy has also used his influence for good, building the Fanbytes fund which invests and funds influencer campaigns for black businesses aiming to erode the cycle of a lack of support and funding for black owned businesses.

In this episode, Timothy and Simon discuss how you build a sellable company, how to become successful at a young age, and what it takes to build a team of over 60 people.

Topics:

Building A Business To Exit
Your Economic Moat
Building A Brand Of Value
Getting Investors On Board
What’s Next For Timothy

Timothy Armoo:

https://www.timothyarmoo.com/

Fanbytes:

https://fanbytes.co.uk/

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If you run a charity or a business that helps others there seems to be a problem that people think those who runs these organisations should not be well paid. This is a major problem in my bow and let’s talk about it today.

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There are two things in history that have recently happened. If we don't acknowledge the change that it has had on our society and start to readjust, the whole fabric of humanity will fall apart and anarchy will follow. If it hasn't already begun. And to trace these two changes back, you have to look at the history of the last 100.

First of all the history of education, how education was formalized 150 years ago. And how that formation of a formalized education left people no longer working within an instinct. Within their purpose within a structure of necessity, real-life skills, doing real-life things. We got sidetracked into what I can only describe as a factory to make factory workers.

We were trained to obey, to listen, to authority that getting an a and memorizing things and doing labours tasks was the most important thing we need to get back to the original reason. That we self-educate to fit within an ecosystem that needs the skills that we have. The second thing that has dramatically changed is the way we're no longer tribal.

We're not tribal in the way that we are meant to be original. When we were working together in open fields, where we all built homes together or caves, we all had a role to play. We would help each other. No one would sleep outside. There was no such thing as homeless. We've gone back in. When homelessness is part of the vocabulary, how has this happened?

Well, I basically put it down to the beginnings of banking. When the banks were invented when they were being created by the very people that across this problem, they wanted the banks to lend lots of money and almost make people work for the banks and the institutions that created them. And part of that structure was a mortgage.

It was almost like your destiny to buy a home suddenly, and that you should get into debt and buy that washing machine that you don't need, or that car that shows your status, and suddenly the image of what was important, shifted from community and friendship and connection to what we have social media, isn't actually to blame for this social.

Media's just a product, an outcome of some of the steps that were taken in the early days of banking. Now we all live in separate homes. We have our stuff. We're no longer thinking about the person at the end of our street that's homeless that has no food. We're thinking I want to make sure I'm okay.

And therein lies, the two biggest problems created in recent history. If we don't address, first of all, the need to be back to our tribal instincts and help each other and learn to reimagine education, to not control us, but to free us, financial literacy, understanding how the financial system works, thinking about how it's possible to give people purpose, teach people what purpose is, teach people that taking a risk and going out and hunting is the fun piece of life. Not waiting in the cave for someone to bring you a fish. And when you want another fish, Begging them to give you one and they'll review you in three months and let you know, if you will, you are in control of your own destiny.

We need to unplug people from the system that has been engineered. Even money itself has been created as the holy grail in modern society of success. When of course anyone that's successful will tell you money. Doesn't buy you happiness, in fact, it only makes you happy if you're already happy. So how do you get happy?

We go back to our basic instincts. We care about each other. We start realizing that we have a purpose and we're not meant to chase an immaterial, pointless product, like money.

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Tony was born in Beirut, Lebanon, during a violent civil war, and was lucky enough to travel to France at the age of seventeen to study for a computer sciences degree, then attended the IMD Business School in Switzerland.

After graduating, Tony founded Nexmo, a pioneer in the Communications Platform as a Service (“CPaaS”) category. Nexmo made it easy for software developers to add essential communications capabilities (like sending messages between ride-sharing drivers and passengers) to their applications, on a global scale. Nexmo went public via a merger with Vonage in 2016.

After the Nexmo exit, Tony took some time off to consider what to do next. He began to invest in “platform models that can change the world”, Tony’s investments include Pento, Truelayer, Dialpad, Hopin, and Claap.

That other talented individuals in emerging economies should enjoy similar career opportunities, without the need for geographic displacement, is a persona, passion and the ideological cornerstone of Tony’s career. It is where the idea of Oyster was born.

For most people in emerging economies, career fulfilment means moving to another country. Tony believes this necessity to be in the office sets up unassailable inequalities for many people in emerging economies. Why should they have to move halfway around the world, away from their community and support system, to have a successful career?

Tony created Oyster to remove the remaining barriers to successful remote work, including hiring, compensating and managing team members who are physically far away from the office.

In this episode, Tony reveals the secrets that helped him scale Oyster to 1$ Billion valuations, as well as his unique journey to success. Simon and Tony also go deep on how to get investment, purpose and Web3.

Topics

How Tony Became An Entrepreneur
Getting Investment
Choosing The Right Investor
How Tony Came Up With The Idea Of Oyster
Building Oyster From Scratch
Connecting World Labour
Being Purpose-Driven
Web3
Are Entrepreneurs Born Or Bred?

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Suneera Madhani is a payments innovator who has disrupted the industry with her unicorn company Stax. After seeing the need for a better payment experience for merchants, her entrepreneurial spirit took hold and she decided to solve the problem herself. She built Stax from the ground up, providing a sophisticated and business-friendly platform

Stax is a subscription-based payments processor that charges merchants a flat subscription fee rather than a percentage of sales for in-person and digital transactions. Over the past eight years, the 300-person company has processed $23 billion in payments for more than 20,000 customers across retail, professional services, and health care.

On top of being CEO at Stax, Suneera also runs CEO school, a platform which empowers women to understand the power they have to change their lives, shift their legacy, and alter the course of history. In this episode, Suneera reveals the 3 steps to building a billion-dollar business, the TRUTH about why less than 2% of female founders make it to $1 Million, and much more.

“Most successful CEOs start off with making the business about YOU. But as you scale and grow it has to become less and less about you, and more and more about the impact.”

Topics

What makes the perfect co-founder
Shareholder agreements
Are you having fun?
The tough task of raising investment as a woman
Are accelerators worth the hype?
Rebranding Stax
Keeping your ego in check
Culture building
“You have it”
Are entrepreneurs born or bred?

Suneera’s Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/suneeramadhani/

CEO School:

https://theceoschool.co/

Stax:

https://staxpayments.com/

FOR MORE HELP START HERE: https://purposefulproject.com

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Tony Fadell is the creator of the iPod, co-creator of the iPhone, and founder of Nest Labs, which was acquired by Google for $3.2 Billion. Named as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2014, Tony believes that instead of building artificial platforms like the Metaverse, we need to focus on building products that fix and improve the real world.

Tony’s first job out of college was such a disaster that it killed all new development in consumer-oriented personal computers for a decade. The next products he built were commercial failures, then he started his own company – a year before the .com bubble burst. But after 10 years he learned – with every team, every product, every disaster – how to design, manufacture, market and sell something people actually wanted.

In this podcast, Tony goes deep on why failure is good, the problems with the metaverse, and the key to work/life balance and he also tells us his biggest regret. We’re so excited to bring you this interview with such an incredible entrepreneur and Unicorn. We know you’ll love this one, if you enjoy the episode all we ask is that you share it online so that we can help more people start and grow a business of their own. Enjoy!

“You only fail if you give up. If you don’t give up and you learn from your mistakes, that’s a normal cycle of learning and it’s okay! Failure sounds like such a harsh word but I don’t see it that way. You only learn what you love to do by doing a lot of things that you don’t like doing.”

Topics

Reinventing yourself
Failure
Overcoming fear
When to quit
How to find balance
Working with family
How to find a co-founder
Naming the book
"Fuck the metaverse"
Device Addiction
Steve Jobs deleted Tony's number
Device moderation
Do you have any regrets?
What do you want to learn?
If you could interview anyone, who would it be?

Get Tony’s Book ‘Build’:

https://tonyfadell.com/

https://amzn.to/3sP4s8V

📚 FOR MORE HELP START HERE: https://purposefulproject.com

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Chris Barton is a well-respected entrepreneur and one of the masterminds behind the music recognition app, Shazam. Shazam was created in London over 20years ago and caught the interest of Apple who went on to purchase the technology for a speculated $400 million in 2017. The app is now among the most popular apps on both iPhone and Android with over 1 billion downloads to date.

Chris’ career also includes companies such as Google where he worked for 8 years and Dropbox, where he held the position of head of mobile operators' business development. He has collected a wealth of knowledge and experience through his journey to make him a leading entrepreneur within the digital field and more specifically, mobile applications. He is now embarking on creating a new startup focused on machine learning and computer vision.

In today’s special episode of The Unicorn Podcast, Chris tells his story of building software that was so ahead of it’s time, as well as giving you all the highs and lows of his career, so you have the knowledge you need to replicate his success for yourself.

"Things take longer than you expect. You hit different hurdles and unknown things happen. Early revenue in your business is like oxygen. Make revenue for your business a priority from day one. If I had realised how important that was, even if it meant delaying my main vision, it would have been a better route to take."

Topics:

How Chris became an entrepreneur

Chris’ unconventional start-up approach

Shazam - How it went from an idea to a reality

Shazam - Finding an engineer to ‘invent’ the technology

Shazam - The four co-founders and their partnership dynamic

Shazam - Allocating job roles

Shazam - Raising funding

Persistence + Timing

Hiring CEO’s + getting out of your own way

Chris’ new company ‘Guard’

Apple’s acquisition of Shazam

What is it like after selling a company?

Why Guard?

One piece of advice to your younger self

Chris Barton:

https://chrisjbarton.com/

📚 FOR MORE HELP START HERE: https://purposefulproject.com

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John Roberts is the Founder and CEO of AO World, the online retailer specialising in household appliances and electricals. AO operates following John’s two personal mottos of ‘treat every customer like your gran’ and ‘make your mum proud’, which has allowed the company to attain more 5* reviews than any other electrical retailer.

John started AO in 2000 after a friend bet him £1 to set up a business. He had previously been working as a kitchen salesman, and the internet was just reaching mainstream utility, so he decided to set up a company that would sell appliances online. In 2014, Roberts led AO World’s listing on the London Stock Exchange, valued at the time at £1.2 billion.

John has also supported Bolton Lads and Girls Club for 25 years, he’s a chairman at OnSide Youth Zones and a councillor at OneYoungWorld. Each of these organisations supports young people and aligns with John’s mission to leave the world a better place. In this episode, John gives us an in-depth insight into his life and career, as well as what it takes to build a billion-dollar company.

“Be really clear about what it is that you’re going to do, and be awesome at it. Obsess about being awesome, and be clear on what problems you’re solving because If you’re going to be average at it… Well, there's a lot of average in the graveyard.”

Topics:

John’s early life
The importance of learning
Relationships and treating people fairly
The £1 bet
Why being interesting is everything
Taking AO public
The Metaverse/Web 3.0

John Roberts: https://twitter.com/johnrobertsao

AO: https://twitter.com/ao

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Anne Boden is the Founder and CEO of Starling Bank, a modern British bank that brings new technology to the forefront, delivering a more engaging experience for customers than traditional high-street banks. Since 2014, Anne’s vision has served more than 2.5 million customers as Starling continues to grow into one of the UK’s leading banks.

In January of 2014, Anne decided to quit her job to pursue her vision of creating a better bank, defying all stereotypes of women in their 50s with a corporate background. Starting a bank is one of the most challenging businesses to launch, and people thought she was crazy, but Anne was determined to make it work.

“I felt silly, I felt people would laugh at me for having this audacious goal. I didn’t just want to create a new bank, I wanted to create one that had the very best technology right from scratch, treating customers very fairly, with a new way of doing things and engaging with customers. Nobody believed me. Nobody thought it was possible.”

Topics:

Starling’s first steps
Raising money + building a team
Being a sole founder
Building the technology
‘Banking on it’ - Book
Securing the $48m investment
Crypto
What success looks like for Anne
Work/life balance
Are entrepreneurs born or bred?
Luck
Advice to her younger self

Anne:

https://www.instagram.com/anneboden/

https://twitter.com/anneboden

Anne's book:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BANKING-How-I-Disrupted-Industry-ebook/dp/B084H6N2GS

Starling Bank:

https://www.starlingbank.com/

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In Episode 036, Simon talks to Ed Reeves. Ed co-founded Moneypenny in 2000 with the vision of creating a telephone answering service staffed by people who you know and trust. Following investment from ECI two years ago, Ed remains a Director of the company with a particular interest in innovation.

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In episode 35, Simon talks to Rushina Shah. Rushina is the co-founder of Insane Grain - an INSANELY delicious, INSANELY nutritious snack made from the ancient super grain sorghum. Before taking the leap to start her own business, Rushina was responsible for the growth of some of the biggest global brands at Procter & Gamble and Reckitt Benckiser. After five years in Brand Management, she decided to escape corporate life and co-founded Insane Grain with Nigel Parrott after identifying a white space opportunity for a genuinely healthy yet affordable snacking range. Insane Grain is disrupting the snacking market and is available in 3 flavours across a number of stores including T.K.Maxx, Holland & Barrett, Wholefoods, Selfridges, John Lewis Food Hall and launched into the Sainsbury’s Future Brands Bay last month. More recently, Insane Grain has been chosen as part of The Good Food Fund as the ideal snack to appeal to lower income households with the aim of helping to tackle childhood obesity across the UK. Rushina has been through a number of funding rounds raising close to half a million pounds. She is just about to announce a major investment partner which will take Insane Grain to the next level!

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In episode 34, Simon talks to Andrew Bloch. Andrew is a non-executive director at Frank, the PR agency he founded in 2000. In May 2020, Bloch stepped down from his day-to-day role as managing partner of the agency to become a non-executive director. Andrew is also a board advisor to a number of high growth tech start-ups. He is an advisor to leading M&A company, PCB Partners helping holding groups and management consultancies identify suitable acquisitions in the marketing services sector. Andrew has also acted as official spokesperson and PR advisor to Lord Sugar for over 20 years. Andrew is listed in the ‘PR Week Power Book' – 'The Definitive Guide To The Most Influential People in PR’ and is ranked as the most influential PR person on Twitter (@AndrewBloch). In 2021, Bloch was named as one of the Top Ten most Influential PR people in the world by Buzz Sumo.

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In episode 033, Simon talks to Ben Seaward. Ben Seward is a user experience developer and founder of Altitude Studio. He has experience working on websites for fashion brands such as In The Style, Nicole Farhi, Isabella Oliver and many more. Now he's focused on sharing his startup journey as a content creator on TikTok.

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In Episode 32 Simon talks to Mohan Belani. Mohan is the Co-founder and CEO of e27, a startup and tech ecosystem platform focused on helping startup founders build and grow their companies. He believes that startups can make the world a better place, and in order for Southeast Asia's tech ecosystem to be relevant, it needs to be driven by sustainable and impactful companies solving problems at scale.

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In episode 31, Simon talks to Ramon Goni. For nearly a decade I worked as a multimedia reporter for BBC News which helped me set high standards for visual storytelling. Since 2010, multiple collaborations as a cinematographer with fashion and entertainment photographers also helped me find a niche and a safe space for creativity, fiction and art. I now help others turn their ideas into motion pictures.

Over the last few years I've directed and filmed the promotional campaigns for some of the most awarded international TV shows such as Netflix’s “The Crown”, “Narcos”, or Amazon’s "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and StarZ “Vida". What better way to learn how to tell stories than helping others promote and tell theirs. VANITY FAIR’s first-ever Hollywood Portfolio short film, went viral online and was featured as part of the official selection of several international fashion film festivals (London, Milan, Berlin) winning the fashion short of the year award at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (2015).

As a director, a cinematographer and a former journalist I'm constantly curious about everything that unfolds before his eyes; from the little unnoticed stories that flood our everyday lives to the big narratives that drive our existence. Film is ultimately about human emotions. If somebody sees the world differently after watching a film - no matter how they see it - and feel something about it - no matter how intensely - mission accomplished!

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will step down from his role later this year, following his epic run growing the company from nothing into a $1.6 trillion technology behemoth. In this episode, Simon shares what we can learn from Jeff leaving.

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In episode 30, Simon talks to Tersha Willis. Tersha is the co-founder of Terrible Merch. She has a background in private equity and fashion. Tersha has also been named on the AIM Altpower 100 Music List & has talked at BBC Introducing Live, MIL & AIM connected. She has been featured on the BBC and C4 as well as in Wallpaper Magazine, Vox and MusicAlly for her progressive views on merchandise and her uniquely artist focused work. She was a finalist in the Creative Industries Entrepreneur of year in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2019 and won both The Disruptive Innovation Award and The Pitch in 2020

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Clubhouse is an exclusive, invite-only audio app where participants can move around virtual rooms discussing arts and culture. In this special episode, Simon talks about all the tips and tricks you need to know about Clubhouse!

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In episode 29, Simon talks to Joanne Ooi. Joanne is the founder of the EA Festival, a new festival in East Anglia. She is a cultural entrepreneur bringing together the worlds of art, culture, technology, fashion, luxury and environmentalism, in many of her projects. Best known for turning around Chinese lifestyle brand, Shanghai Tang, she also founded the environmental NGO Clean Air Network and disruptive fine jewelry brand, Plukka. She moved to the UK in 2016 and now resides on the border of Essex and Suffolk

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In Episode 028, Simon talks to Graham Mack. Graham has presented radio shows on BBC London 94.9, BBC Radio Merseyside, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Radio Oxford, BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Radio York, BBC Radio Derby, BBC Radio Kent and 106 Jack FM. He hass also done a lot of TV work presenting commercials and corporate videos in Australia, and in the UK. Such as Ready Steady Cook”, “Monkey Business” on Animal Planet and “Big Brother” & “Big Brother’s Little Brother” with Russell Brand.

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In episode 26, Simon talks to Jillian Godsill. In June, Jillian was awarded the 2020 Blockchain Journalist by Uptrennd.com (largest blockchain social platform). In September, she was named in the UK Crypto Curry 101 list of women in Blockchain and in October was on the long list of Rising Women in Crypto Power by Wirex and The Fintech Times. In 2019 Jillian was nominated for the national IMRO radio awards for her EastCoastFM Saturday morning show and was awarded the 2019 AI and Blockchain Journalist of the Year at the CC Forum in London. She is a passionate advocate for blockchain, a seasoned professional in fintech and internationally recognised champion for equality – whether in homelessness, gender or the law.

Jillian has held senior positions with global PR companies in Sydney, Singapore, London and Dublin. She was PRO of Iona Technologies (Ireland’s first company to float on NASDAQ). She changed the law in Ireland in 2014 and is a former European Parliamentary candidate (as an independent).

She is a co founder and journalist in the Blockleaders.io. She freelances for Irish Tech News, Irish Central, The Irish Independent, VOICE and The Irish Times. She has her own radio shows on DublinCityFM and EastCoastFM – she was nominated for a national radio award, the IMRO, in 2019. Her first job after graduating from Trinity College was as a systems analyst with JP Morgan.

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In episode 26, Simon talks to John Stapleton. John is the 'Authentic Entrepreneur' with over 30 years’ experience in pioneering new FMCG categories and establishing and growing consumer-led businesses in both the UK and the USA. In 1987 John co-founded The New Covent Garden Soup Co Ltd., which pioneered and grew the fresh soup category in the UK. On reaching over £20m revenue, New Covent Garden Soup Co was sold in 1998. John then co-founded Glencoe Foods Inc., designed to bring the fresh soup concept to the US. On returning to Europe, John established a consumer branded food consultancy and worked with a number of corporate and early-stage growth businesses across the FMCG sector in the UK, US and continental Europe.

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In episode 25, Simon talks to Ray Rudowski. Ray is the Managing Director of Epic Communications Limited, a firm I founded in July 2018 to focus exclusively on bringing specialized training and planning experience to clients. Another reason I created Epic Communications Ltd was to exclusively mentor clients with a specialized approach to delivering communications trainings and C-Suite Counsel.

I bring 20 years of solid experience in gained through working with most of Asia’s biggest brands and across a wide range of industry sectors. I’ve been widely quoted in international media including CNN, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg TV, Campaign Asia and others.

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In episode 24, Simon talks to Carolyn Cowan. Carolyn is a London-based yoga teacher and psychosexual and relationship therapist. Prior to her career as a therapist, she was a fashion designer and photographer. During the 1980s, she earned acclaim as a makeup artist in the pop music video industry.

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In episode 23 Simon talks to Darryll Amoako. Poetry befell London-based performance poet Suli Breaks. An opinionated, expressive wordsmith, the artform embraced him while he was pursuing his Law degree in University.He connected more to the street-level aesthetic of spoken words, than he did to the straitjacket requisites of an academic setting.

He connected more to the street-level aesthetic of spoken words, than he did to the straitjacket requisites of an academic setting.

Suli gained wider appeal via the Why I Hate School but Love Education that went viral, garnering 2 million views within a 3-day span. This led to speaking engagement at various institutions worldwide, dining with OGs like Will Smith, doing work with noteworthy brands like NASA, Microsoft, Google and more.

The year 2016 saw the poet, who was influenced by the triple threat of LDN’s gully mindset, Michael Jordan’s on-court antics, as well as Jigga’s live-on-the-mic bar swinging, headline his own Not A Role Model show in 2016, a feat he aims to repeat come 2019.

The poet has also penned a joint on Kasabian’s fifth studio album, the number 1-charting 48.13.

When it’s all said and done; when all the bars have been exhausted and all the word structures re-arranged into a million pieces, Suli Breaks would love it if he’s managed to inspire a generation of kids to aspire towards greater heights, despite of personal circumstance.

For now, he’s busy imagining, sketching and realizing his dream to revolutionize poetry, and to create a universally recognizable brand in the process.

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In episode 022, Simon talks to Vidya. Vidya has studied, practiced and taught yoga since 1976. In 2000 Vidya created her own style of Vinyasa Flow Yoga known as Frog Lotus Yoga and began training teachers in this style in an intensive retreat format. She has taught around the world for the last 20 years. In 2011 Vidya opened Suryalila Retreat Centre in southern Spain, where she currently teaches and resides. She is also CEO of Danyadara, a non-profit permaculture project and more recently she has created a 1000 Suns online, a platform for Wellness Summits and Courses.

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In episode 20, Simon talks to Liam. Liam Cavanagh is an online fitness coach, content creator and more recently a first time founder. Having discovered the world of personal development, in his final year at university, he decided to steer clear of the well trodden path of finding a graduate job, and instead to pursue his dream of owning his own business. He's now getting ready to launch the world's first online fitness coach matching service, connecting people with their ideal online coach, through his company Bel. Liam's goal is to make being a fully independent online coach more attainable, but also to change the culture of the fitness industry. Bel stands for Better in Everyday Life, and that's exactly what he feels fitness can help people to become. It's not about how much you weigh or what you look like, it's about being comfortable in your own skin, carrying home your weekly shop without breaking a sweat, and feeling more energised throughout the day."

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In Episode 019, Simon talks to James Giancotti. James is a former investment banker and strategist who has worked at Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Deloitte Consulting. Previously, I co-founded and exited 2 successful start-ups in Australia and was a partner at Bigcolors Ventures. I have a tremendous passion for start-ups and innovation and helping find the next superstars in technology across the Asia Pacific.

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In episode 018, Simon talks to Adam Marx. Adam is a networking & branding consultant, tech founder, journalist, and music entrepreneur.

Formerly the founder & CEO of music-tech startup Glipple, Inc., and as a writer appearing in Crunchbase News, Startup Grind, Mattermark, among others, Adam draws on more than a decade of experience in the music and tech industries to teach others how to cultivate powerful relationships using strategies of patience, consistency, authenticity, and value creation.

As a networking & branding consultant and speaker, Adam is a co-founder of the video-branding tool Branded Background and works with clients to develop mission-driven narratives helping them open doors to long-term, magnetic relationships.

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In Episode 017, Simon talks to Lisa Christensen. Lisa is a purpose-driven and visionary entrepreneur dedicated to problem-solving for more than 20 years, Lisa has been working with hundreds of multinational companies in an effort to transform some of the worlds’ greatest environmental challenges.

Lisa is highly skilled in developing brands, content, marketing, and events with success in bringing myriad stakeholders together in an efficient and meaningful way. Proven track record of successfully leading major change, driving innovation, and building teams to deliver performance.

Lisa is the brainchild of several social enterprises over the past two decades, and now also consults companies on ways to improve their triple bottom line, aligning people, planet, and purpose with profit.

She founded Hong Kong’s first beach cleanup organization in 2000, which grew into the region's largest environmental event, The Cleanup Challenge, empowering more than 500,000 individuals from thousands of companies and schools to clean up millions of kilos of trash off some of the worlds’ most beautiful beaches. She also founded and ran a multimedia organization with several titles, and verticals across print, and digital - all of which serve to ignite human potential and help people live a more sustainable life, with a healthy mind, body, and soul.

Lisa has been recognized as an ‘Earth Champion’, 'Eco Hero' 'Asia Expat of the Year', ‘The Spirit of Hong Kong’, and most recently had the great honor of being presented with the 2019 Medal of Honor from The Hong Kong Government. Frequently invited to speak and deliver keynotes at global conferences, Lisa has also done a TEDx talk, entitled Inspiring a Purposeful Life.

Lisa believes that we all share a common purpose; to learn and grow in the school of life. And her dream is to co-create a community of like-minded leaders and company’s who want to improve themselves, and the world through conscious collaboration.

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In episode 016, Simon talks to Mike Southon. Mike built and sold his own company in the 80s and worked with seventeen different start-ups in the 90s. Two of these companies later went public, while three went broke! Mike is co-author of several best-selling business books, including The Beermat Entrepreneur and Sales on a Beermat. He is also a very experienced entrepreneur mentor, having provided face-to-face mentoring for over 1,000 people in the last 10 years.

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In episode 015, Simon talks to David. Dave has recently founded NMD+ a specialist creative and technology consultancy that is entirely focused on the Financial Services industry. We are on a mission to make digital banking better by being relevant useful and truly customer-focused.

Dave Wallace is a true digital native with over 25 years of experience, having started his career by helping Yellow Pages get online in the mid-'90s. He worked to get Yellow Pages online and helped launch Yell.com.

Through-out his career, Dave has been obsessed about ensuring that Brands can connect effectively with their customers through digital channels. His focus on the end customer and really understanding their behaviours and motivations has been instrumental in ensuring true success in developing and implementing digital strategies that are customer and content first in their approach.

Dave was one of the first User Experience experts in the UK. He has consulted to and worked with numerous global organisations as part of their digital transformation journeys, including HSBC, Nokia, Unilever and Nestle. He recently teamed up with Mediacom to help develop content strategies for Lloyds Bank.

Dave's passion for the customer experience led him to found HeathWallace a specialist agency, that helped Banks and other large Blue-Chip clients to deliver customer-friendly digital services to their customers. He grew HeathWallace internationally, with offices in the US, Asia, and Australia.

In 2008, Dave sold HeathWallace to WPP. He remained the CEO of HeathWallace, but also headed up Digital for J Walter Thompson in London, and became part of the WPP digital board. In 2014, he became a founder of Mirum and its global COO. Mirum has become WPP's only Global Digital Network.

Before HeathWallace, Dave was on the executive board of Entranet, one of the first e-commerce consultancies in the UK. At Entranet he helped Zurich through Eagle Star deliver the first direct online insurance platform in 1997 and launched internet banking for the Co-Operative Bank.

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In episode 015, Simon talks to Iancu. A philosopher by night and corporate vigilante by day, Iancu covers the extractives industries and supports the development of low-carbon investments as part of the stewardship team at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM). Iancu joined LGIM in 2017 after working several years in communications and investor outreach for the Carbon Tracker Initiative, a leading think-tank investigating climate risk in energy markets. He graduated from the London School of Economics and holds degrees in philosophy and public policy.

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In episode 013, Simon talks to Stefan. As an entrepreneur and founder of various tech companies, Stefan Rust is a multilingual mover and shaker turning cutting-edge technology into commercial success.

Navigating regulations competing against the national telecom operator, Stefan helped change the mobile landscape in China. He then moved on to Sun Microsystems where he worked to create an ecosystem that brought content and apps to mobile with Java. He has also advised tech giants like Qualcomm, Red Hat, Sony, Siemens, Limelight Studios, and many others.

Stefan most recently was the CEO of Bitcoin.com. After having bought his first Bitcoin in April 2012 and using it to pay developers directly, he realized the staggering potential of this global decentralized currency.

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In Episode 012, Simon talks to Spencer Matthews. He is the Founder & CEO of The Clean Liquor Co and keen investor in start-ups and early growth companies. The development of The Clean Liquor Co. has been a long and personal journey. CleanGin - their first product, represents everything they stand for, a complex and beautifully produced liquid in a stunning bottle that will stand the test of time as a classic drink. Why Clean? Spencer felt that describing what they offer as “Clean” was a more positive approach than the often negative connotation surrounding No & Low alcohol. It makes for an easier bar call and more sense for people like me who drink less, or not at all as part of a cleaner lifestyle. They strive to create the most authentic products in this exciting new category and will continue to experiment across other key spirits and more.

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My guest today is Tom Cheesewright and he shares his story and how he believes the 3 c’s are the answer to what we need to stay relevant in the world’s work force. Entrepreneurs need to hear this! Barbara from Remote Bob joins us half way through the podcast to talk about her startup!

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In episode 010, Simon talks to Jamaal. Barbadian-born serial entrepreneur residing in Manchester, UK. Passionate about: start-ups, entrepreneurship, diversity & inclusion, aviation, social enterprises, cloud technology, human capital, starting and globally scaling innovate business ideas and above all...., creating a more joyful, healthy & happy world. Jobseekrs® is the brainchild of Jamaal Brathwaite of which he is the Founder & CEO. Jobseekrs® – the world’s first video interactive job-site that uses psychometric culture-fit and mitigates the unconscious bias out of the hiring process when matching great candidates to suitable roles. In March 2019, Jobseekrs® successfully graduated from the first GCHQ Wayra Engineering Accelerator in Manchester.

Jamaal's life's purpose is to create sustainable value in this world while inspiring others to do the same thing. He and his team's vision is to build Jobseekrs® into a place that champions inclusive work culture, equality & fairness for all. It is a platform to both hire and find a job in the most unbiased way. At Jobseekrs®, we believe in a totally novel way of screening candidates, starting with the culture a company desires and working backward from there. As a result, the Jobseekrs® version of human resources mitigates unconscious bias and gives a selection of the most qualified candidates, regardless of their personal details.

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Want to know what to do in the future?! You must listen to today's podcast with me, David Hanby and Anne Skare Nielsen to find out!

My take away's from today's podcast...

You can always panic later!
Trauma is good for you long term often. PTG happens.
Follow the bunny hole
Soul is what you believe, you can update your soul!
Russians love their children too!
Work-gasim is a real word!

Full podcast via https://lnkd.in/dBWbQRg + Spotify + via www.simonsquibb.com

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Anne Skare Nielsen - BIO

If you’ve ever felt confused about which direction you should choose for your future, then you have definitely found the right person. Anne is both a tornado that can lift you up and expand your horizon, as well as the calm eye of the storm that brings focus and peace of mind.

Anne works with both small, local, and large multi-national organizations and is frequently active in the media. She has had her own science program on national television, and is a former member of The Ethical Council. Anne is in high demand all over the world as a speaker and provocateur. But her heart lies with those who “can & will”: People who are passionate about what they do, and believe that dedicated work will make all the difference. “Smart has plans, stupid has stories, " is one of her favorite quotes.

She is the co-founder of 2 companies: Universal Futurist and Future Navigator. Anne’s vision is to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and her crowning achievements will include transforming journalism, politics, and education.

She is the mother of four wild boys and married to the love of her life. Anne was born in Denmark in 1971, is a graduate in biology and political science, an alumnus from Wharton and Columbia. She has a penchant for science fiction movies, in-depth conversations with both nerds and visionary leaders, and champagne.

At 3:30pm: David Handy, CEO at The Guild Limited

BIO

"When David left school at age 13 he'd already started coding. As a young entrepreneur he coded websites as well as marketing technology for clients, and built several small web businesses of his own.

At 25 years old, having always had a passion for psychology, David changed tracks and decided to move to London and train professionally in psychology. Through some fortunate relationships with amazing mentors David went on to a career in executive performance psychology. For several years he designed and delivered training programmes for business leaders.

Now, at age 32 (as of today! happy birthday...!) David's experience has lead him to form a new deep synthesis of technology and human development in his new company, The Guild Ltd, which is a brand new platform that connects mentors and mentees, provides training for how to be a great mentor and mentee, and helps make the mentoring process as effective as possible through the support of smart technology. They've JUST launched version 1.0 of the app and corporate portal.

David knows from experience how life changing having a mentor can be, and advises everyone to have more than one! He also encourages more people to be a mentor to someone who could benefit from a listening ear and a little supportive advice.”

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In podcast new to the game entrepreneurs share their business idea and explain their concerns and issues and we try to help them.

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In episode 008, Simon talks to Daniel. Daniel Loftus is from the small coastal town Newport, Co. Mayo on the west coast of Ireland and currently lives in Dublin.After university Daniel spend a number of years working as a software developer and data scientist. He co-founded his first software start-up in the live entertainment space, which flopped.

Between that and pivoting UrbanFox he developed high frequency trading algorithms and worked as a data science consultant. After a chance introduction to a founder who had gone from idea to a multi-billion dollar exit in the fraud and KYC space, Daniel became fascinated with the networks and techniques professional fraudster’s use and pivoted UrbanFox to fraud detection and prevention.

In early 2020 he was featured in the Irish Independent’s 30 Under 30 List and also in the Sunday Business Post’s 100 Hottest Startups. UrbanFox was also accepted onto Barclay’s Accelerator powered by Techstar’s in London.

He is an avid scuba diver and has been diving since he was 13.

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In episode 007, Simon talks to William Bao Bean. William is a General Partner at SOSV - The Accelerator VC - the #2 most active angel and seed stage investor in the world 2019 with US$700m under management. At SOSV he is the Managing Director of Chinaccelerator the first accelerator to launch in Asia and the only accelerator in Asia to have a unicorn come through its program – Bitmex the #1 crypto exchange in the world by trading volume enabling anyone with a smartphone to access financial products and opening up investment to the unbanked. He is also Founder and Managing Director of MOX - the Mobile Only Accelerator - providing startups with free user acquisition to the 70m smartphone users on the platform.

William joined SOSV from SingTel Innov8 Ventures where he was a founding Managing Director supporting China investments. Prior to that William was a Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings, a venture capital firm backed by Softbank and Cisco, leading investments in China and South East Asia. Previously, William spent 11 years as an equity research analyst most recently with Deutsche Bank where he was a top ranked analyst for Asia Internet and China Tech, Media and Telecom and worked on IPOs for Alibaba, Kingsoft and eLong (Expedia China).

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In Episode 006, Simon talks to Joe Wong & Kenneth Kwok. Joe Wong has over 20-years of professional and start-up experiences panning investment banking, e-commerce, logistics, fintech and information technology and has successfully advised on and executed business strategies for start-ups to multi-nationals spanning a wide range of industries including finance, technology, shipping & logistics, manufacturing, e-commerce, airlines, gaming, energy, as well as governments and the public sector. In his professional career, Joe has spent around 15 years in Investment Banking and Finance spanning corporate finance, sales and trading, private wealth, and institutional banking.For the last 5 years, he has worked on developing his own e-commerce solution based business (Go Logistics& Storage-GOLS) in Hong Kong focused on servicing corporates and e-commerce platforms globally manage their distribution and fulfilment processes.

Kenneth Kwok is the Founder and CEO of Global Citizen Capital, an impact-oriented healthcare, biotech, logistics, technology and education focused multi-family office investment venture based out of Hong Kong. Kenneth has worked 15 years in the finance industry, serving as the CIO to a large Chinese listed conglomerate as well as a financial professional at UBS AG and Deutsche Bank in the investment banking and equities divisions, mostly in the ECM, Greater China Coverage and Corporate Finance teams. He has a cum laude dual degree from University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton School of Business, speaks fluent English, Mandarin, Cantonese and conversational French. He has lived in Hong Kong, Taipei, Beijing, Tokyo, Vancouver, Philadelphia, New York and London.

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In Episode 005, Simon talks to Kingsley Abrokwah. He is an entrepreneur with a passion for innovation, carved out of a need to excel and make an impact. He’s been actively involved in the technology space for over the past 11 years, working with great teams and incredible professionals across various industry verticals. His niche is in developing marketing strategies, and creating impact oriented brands, thereby contributing his quota to the business, and social landscape he finds himself. Software development is his cradle, has been privileged to learn, and work alongside the best brains in software development and startup super stars. Kingsley believes in mentorship, and in building businesses focused on institutions, and not on personalities. His goal is to build as many businesses as possible, and to watch them grow with the penchant to impact society with love and positivity. His current business KudiGO epitomises how technology can impact Africa if developed within an African context for an Africa audience and with African resources.

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In Episode 004, Simon talks to Hedi & Kalle. Hedi is the company’s CEO, is a business leader with more than 15 years of international management experience in banking, IT, communication and marketing and information management. Most of her career Hedi has worked internationally and led teams in Europe and Scandinavia. Her passion is data & person-centric approach in designing services that people use on a daily basis. She has worked with and consulted many other start-ups and is passionate about educating society on how to be smarter and benefit more from their data. In May, Hedi was named by Sifted as a Female founder to watch in 2020.

Kalle, was the youngest elected member of the Estonian Parliament, being elected when he was 21 and having spent more than 12 years in the Estonian Parliament. He has served as a Chairman of the European Union Affairs Committee, Vice-Chair of the Environment Committee and a member of the Economic Committee. While being a member of the Estonian Parliament, he was active in advancing innovation and green energy legislation as well as regulatory frameworks for the development of the digital and gig-economy, where he was advocating and developing a law that regulates ride-hailing companies like Uber and Bolt to operate in Estonia.

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In episode 003, Simon talks to Jennifer Tam. She is an experienced brand strategist who worked with diverse clientele from SMEs to listed companies in both local and international market. She is now working at Chicks – a 67 years old Hong Kong apparel brand specialises in quality inner-wear for all ages. As the 4th generation, she is continuing the brand’s legacy as well as enhancing all touch points from supply chain to brand experience for people who share the same believes - The best for the family.

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In episode 002, Simon talks to Andy Chaleff. Andy is an American author born in Burbank, California. In 1990, Chaleff left the U.S. to escape the pain of his mother's death, who was killed by a drunk driver when he was 18-years-old. In 2018 Chaleff came out with his first book, "The Last Letter," which won several awards and was noted by Kirkus Reviews: "It's rare that a book succeeds at relating such an intimate, personal story while also clearly discussing psychological topics, such as projection, self-destruction, addiction, self-acceptance, and vulnerability." In his book, he chronicles his journey of healing after his mother's death and invites readers to write a "last letter" to someone special in their lives. The book gets its name from a letter that Chaleff wrote his mother that she received hours before her death. The book and his subsequent 3-month tour of the U.S. was covered widely in the news and media. In 2020, Chaleff released "The Wounded Healer," which is the story of his 3-month journey through the U.S. with a specific focus on uncovering radical self love. In this book he asks people to name the thing that is hardest to say and follow it with the stem "...and it's fu*king great!" He pays special attention to archetypes that are easy to relate with, from the perfectionist to the victimised. Chaleff is currently the Director of the Amsterdam's Welvaren training center and mentor and advisor to several non-profits, paying special attention to education and parenting.

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Things we talk about in this podcast:How to come up with an idea or refine the one you have Business setup Generational and enhancement Steps to build a new business Funding for your new company Brand building and tips / tricks + trademark Marketing 101 What is purpose and why does it matter Health over wealth review QA

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I go live and talk to 100 people about business. They ask me questions and I answer them. Oh and my guest does not turn up as WiFi let’s him down and I am left holding the bag and working hard to make this podcast interesting!

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In episode 001, Simons talks to George Christofis. George is an entrepreneur with a purpose driven eco friendly mindset. He retrained in his 30's after a successful career in media sales that did not drive him and moved him to a more meaningful work in the practice of permaculture. He partners with organic farms, homesteads and eco-villages to promote sustainable living.

George's disillusion with media stemmed from a strong belief that current economic models reliant on ever expansive growth were outdated and discredited, and is committed to creating a world that respects people's past, cares for the present and protects the future.

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