The Cellar Room Sessions: Recent Episodes
The Cellar Room Sessions
The ultimate podcast for aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners.
Thought provoking conversation on business, entrepreneurship, and the one thing that really matters. Hear from business leaders who share their journey’s with key moments of change that will get you thinking and taking action.
Joining Doug for our FINAL episode of Season 1 is the incredibly talented creative and MD of Social Allies; Jess Tucker.
They talk about:
✨Struggling at school and failing exams
✨Not being able to get into her college of choice and turning to a business course
✨Studying Business at Uni and moving into a Marketing Degree
✨Moving through a number of different marketing roles in her career and learning everything she knows along the way
✨Starting Social Allies and going alone
and much more
✨ This episode features an advertisement gifted to COCO Charity. ✨
COCO Charity is an incredible charity that provides sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalised communities, particularly in East Africa. To donate £10, Text CRS to 70460 Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting to hear more from COCO Charity.
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Joining Doug this week is General Manager of Utilita Arena, Caroline Ginnane!
They chat about early life, taking a gap year to New Zealand and going from waitress to restaurant owner, moving back to the UK after 6 years and the exciting plans for new ASM Global venue; The Sage.
✨ This episode features an advertisement gifted to COCO Charity. ✨
COCO Charity is an incredible charity that provides sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalised communities, particularly in East Africa. To donate £10, Text CRS to 70460 Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting to hear more from COCO Charity.
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Joining Doug this week is Aesthetics Business Academy MD and Business, Sales and Mindset Coach; Rebecca Patterson.
They talk about:
✨Starting a business at the age of 17
✨Completing a Degree quicker than the expected 3-4 years
✨Running a business as a Mother
✨Working in an industry that is still very male-dominated
✨ This episode features an advertisement gifted to COCO Charity. ✨
COCO Charity is an incredible charity that provides sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalised communities, particularly in East Africa.
To donate £10, Text CRS to 70460 Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting to hear more from COCO Charity. If you would like to donate but don’t wish to hear more from the Coco Charity, please text CRSNOINFO after donating
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Joining Doug this week is Director of the North East Community Interest Company, Pimms and Needles; Charlotte Pyrah
They chat about:
✨Studying Textiles at Huddersfield Uni and teaching textile workshops
✨Starting her own business and selling one of her designs to Zara in the first few months
✨Starting her first group with Pimms and Needles and growing to over 2000 members across the North East
✨Adapting during COVID and still running activities
✨ This episode features an advertisement gifted to COCO Charity. ✨
COCO Charity is an incredible charity that provides sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalised communities, particularly in East Africa.
To donate £10, Text CRS to 70460 Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting to hear more from COCO Charity. If you would like to donate but don’t wish to hear more from the Coco Charity, please text CRSNOINFO after donating
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Joining Doug this week is Kieron Goldsborough, CEO of marketing geniuses Different Narrative.
They chat about:
Growing his agency originally known as “Narrative”
His passion for design and how he still uses it today
The future of Different Narrative
Setting new goals every 6 months
✨ This episode features an advertisement gifted to COCO Charity. ✨
COCO Charity is an incredible charity that provides sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalised communities, particularly in East Africa.
To donate £10, Text CRS to 70460 Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting to hear more from COCO Charity. If you would like to donate but don’t wish to hear more from the Coco Charity, please text CRSNOINFO after donating
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Talking all things networking this week is Founder & Networking Strategist at NetKno, Jeni Smith.
Jeni and Doug chat about:
🫱🫲 Meeting 8 years ago at the North-Easts networking hub; The Mussel Club
🎓 How Jeni fell into networking unexpectedly whilst volunteering at University in Liverpool
👩🏫 Teaching networking full time
👩🏻💼 Launching NetKno in January 2020, right before a global pandemic and lockdown
and much more
✨ This episode features an advertisement gifted to COCO Charity. ✨
COCO Charity is an incredible charity that provides sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalised communities, particularly in East Africa.
To donate £10, Text CRS to 70460 Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting to hear more from COCO Charity. If you would like to donate but don’t wish to hear more from the Coco Charity, please text CRSNOINFO after donating
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Joining Doug this week is the inspirational entrepreneur, author and mentor; Tom Smyth.
They chat about living in Dubai and how he noticed an opportunity in the Serviced Apartment industry when moving back to Belfast, getting his very first "yes", mindset and how important this is to him, and mentoring others to be the best version of themselves, putting positivity out into the universe and manifestation, his book 'Fear Less' and writing this during lockdown and much more.
✨This episode features an advertisement gifted to COCO Charity. ✨
COCO Charity is an incredible charity that provides sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalised communities, particularly in East Africa.
To donate £10, Text CRS to 70460 Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting to hear more from COCO Charity. If you would like to donate but don’t wish to hear more from the Coco Charity, please text CRSNOINFO after donating
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Joining Doug this week is the Founder and CEO of TrendBible; Jo Feeley.
They sit down in the cellar room to chat about trend forecasting, what exactly it is, how it works and her passion for it, her journey through business with a young child and much more.
✨This episode features an advertisement gifted to COCO Charity. ✨
COCO Charity is an incredible charity that provides sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalised communities, particularly in East Africa.
To donate £10, Text CRS to 70460 Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting to hear more from COCO Charity. If you would like to donate but don’t wish to hear more from the Coco Charity, please text CRSNOINFO after donating
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Joining Doug this week is Kathy Barrett, Strategy Manager at White Digital.
✨They talk early life and rebelling in school, Kathy's journey in business, running her own freelance business, her goal to be MD and going off-grid! ✨
✨This episode features an advertisement gifted to COCO Charity. ✨
COCO Charity is an incredible charity that provides sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalised communities, particularly in East Africa. To donate £10, Text CRS to 70460
- Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting to hear more from COCO Charity.
- If you would like to donate but don’t wish to hear more from the Coco Charity, please text CRSNOINFO after donating
Follow us on social media!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecellarroomsessions
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-cellar-room-sessions
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdAlce0wypTShe2KyovGFwQ
Joining Doug this week is the amazing, incredibly talented force behind Brownless Cleaning Specialists; Francesca Brownless.
✨They talk all about the journey to where Brownless Cleaning is now, from starting with a Law Degree and qualifying with the Citizens Advice Bureau, getting a job as an Assistant Director with the aim to learn more about running a business and how training to be a carpet cleaner and a woman with a chenille rug changed everything. ✨
✨This episode features an advertisement gifted to COCO Charity. ✨
COCO Charity is an incredible charity that provides sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalised communities, particularly in East Africa. To donate £10, Text CRS to 70460
- Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting to hear more from COCO Charity.
- If you would like to donate but don’t wish to hear more from the Coco Charity, please text CRSNOINFO after donating
Follow us on social media!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecellarroomsessions
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-cellar-room-sessions
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecellarroomsessions
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdAlce0wypTShe2KyovGFwQ
Joining Doug this week is Managing Director of Agilico, Warren Colby.
They talk all things business; from Warren's start as a chef and moving into retail sales which really kicked off his interaction with clients, the change and evolution of technology over the years and how this affected business and how the Covid-19 pandemic affected revenue on a ginormous scale.
✨This episode features an advertisement gifted to COCO Charity. ✨
COCO Charity is an incredible charity that provides sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalised communities, particularly in East Africa. To donate £10, Text CRS to 70460
- Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting to hear more from COCO Charity.
- If you would like to donate but don’t wish to hear more from the Coco Charity, please text CRSNOINFO after donating
Follow us on social media!
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-cellar-room-sessions
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdAlce0wypTShe2KyovGFwQ
Joining Doug this week is Managing Director of McGovern & Co; Andrew Pickersgill.
They talk about how he started work from an early age; working in a bakery before school, his love of horror books, how the London life wasn't for him, his plans to build an academy and so much more.
This week, CEO of COCO Charity, Lucy Philipson joins our host Doug Dinwiddie to chat about life at boarding school in the Lake District, how volunteering at a safari park in Zimbabwe was a turning point for her and joining the COCO Charity, family and the fantastic programmes and help they provide to kids and communities in East Africa.
✨COCO Charity, is an incredible charity and Doug will be hiking Machu Picchu this September to raise funds. ⛰️ To donate, simply text DOUG to 70460 and donate £10 ✨
*If you would like to donate an amount other than £10 then just put the number after DOUG, e.g. DOUG 20
*Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting to hear more from COCO Charity.
Joining Doug is Ashleigh King, a creative entrepreneur and fellow podcaster. They chat about Ashleigh's childhood in South Africa and school life after relocating to the UK, her journey to helping people share their stories and creating her own creative space; Flamingo Heights Studio in Newcastle.
Join us on the 1st of September for our pilot episode!
Joining Doug is Ashleigh King, a creative entrepreneur and fellow podcaster. They chat about Ashleigh's childhood in South Africa and school life after relocating to the UK, her journey to helping people share their stories and creating her own creative space; Flamingo Heights Studio in Newcastle.