The 2 to 1 Podcast - Interviews with Start Up Survivors: Recent Episodes
Orion Abbot-Davies
Photographer Orion Abbot-Davies and guest hosts, including Web Developer Daniel Warren, interview fellow start up survivors, getting honest stories about the trials and tribulations of setting up and running their small businesses. The ups, the downs, the traumas and the successes.
In this 14th episode in the 2TO1 Podcast series, Orion and Lizzie interview Tamas Konya, who describes himself as a Strategic Life Coach, EFT Practitioner and Motivational Speaker. Tamas is originally from Hungary and has helped a lot of people deal with a whole range of traumas, bad habits and addictions to anything from alcohol and drugs to compulsive nail biting!
Tamas himself has battled with his own challenges including alcoholism and a painful divorce but has been sober for over 2 years now and is using the lessons he’s learnt along the way to help others overcome their challenges. Also Tamas only learnt English in his mid twenties and amongst his other challenges managed to conquer a serious fear of driving...
For more information about the services that Tamas provides visit Tamas Coaching.
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In this 13th episode in the 2TO1 Podcast series, Orion and Lizzie interview Rachael Willoughby, Founder of CasaGees Pizza and Squareone Software.
Rachael created Squareone Software 20 years ago and it was very successful until the pandemic came along, and with it a 50% decrease in their revenue! A lot of business owners might have thrown in the towel at this point but Rachael, in true Start Up Survivor style, pivoted to a business making Pizzas with her partner Elliott from their home kitchen! They named it CasaGee's and the business grew so quickly that they decided to run courses and provide free business resources to show other people how to make a healthy income from home.
Rachel’s Godfather also happens to be none other than Kevin Godley of Godley and Cream. Their song “Cry” and the ground-breaking video that went with it was a huge hit all over the world and Rachael tells us all about how her father and Kevin's friendship began.
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In this 12th episode in the 2TO1 Podcast series, Orion and Lizzie interview Zsike Peter, Founder of Vampire Digital.
Vampire Digital is a boutique content and authority marketing consultancy, working with select clients. Specialising in authority marketing, personal branding and organic social media on LinkedIn to establish brand credibility, build personal brands, and thought leadership platforms.
Born in Transylvania, the largest province of Romania, Zsike has had to overcome huge challenges in her life. From suddenly finding herself in the middle of a bloody revolution at the age of 6 to securing a place on a scholarship by going undercover in a brothel to write about the harsh realities faced by the women working there. Zsike is an amazing Start Up Survivor and shares with us her fascinating path from being a student Chess champion two years in a row to founding a successful social media business with clients all over the world.
For more information about Vampire Digital visit Vampiredigital.biz.
Check out Zsike's amazing art here at Zsikepeter.com.
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In this 11th episode in the 2TO1 Podcast series, Orion and Lizzie interview Bhupinder Sidhu who runs Business Butler UK.
Sid is the founder and Managing Director of Business Butler who describe themselves as an On Demand platform connecting buyers with a panel of vetted experts. They have over 1200 members who network through Business Butler for free and have access to events, and buy digital services and trade via their internal directory. Expert members also get to use their platform which gives them access to thousands of buyers.
Sid also used to be Chief Operating Officer for the company at the centre of the controversial BBC program "The Call Centre" that was one of the most talked about programs ever and shares with us what it was like living and working with two film crews from 8am to 8pm for a year!
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In this tenth episode in the 2TO1 Podcast series, Orion and Lizzie interview Carolyn Taylor who runs Carolyn Taylor Hypnotherapy.
Carolyn is a qualified hypnotherapist with over twenty years’ experience of helping people overcome emotional eating and other uncomfortable relationships with food. She is trained in an amazing array of things including analytical hypnotherapy, counselling practice, clinical hypnotherapy, ericksonian hypnotherapy, regression therapy, rapid transformational therapy and timeline therapy. She's an NLP practitioner, a Reiki master teacher, a life coach and adult education tutor and also happens to be a fully licenced paranormal investigator, so basically a ghost hunter!Carolyn shares with us her fascinating, zigzagging path to success and goes through some of her greatest challenges, including going to university and getting divorced at the same time. She has visited some of the most haunted places in the UK and has some interesting insights about her supernatural investigations. I know who I'm going to call if there's ever something strange in my neighbourhood!
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In this ninth episode in the 2 to 1 Podcast series, Orion and Lizzie interview Ed Palmer who runs 212 Radio.
Ed's fascinating career has included being a comedy writer for the BBC and lots of other amazing production companies. He’s actually written, produced and performed Sony award winning radio comedy and presented on Heart Breakfast in Bristol and the West Country on a very popular show called Ed, Troy and Paulina. Now he runs 212 radio who bring professional broadcasting standards to corporate communications .
This is genuinely one of the funniest interviews we've done but Ed's honesty about his adventures also comes through with some really valuable tips for anyone thinking of starting a business or well into their journey.
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In this eighth episode in the 2 to 1 Podcast series, Orion and Lizzie interview Felix Spender, a former soldier turned professional peacemaker, who runs a business that specialises in conflict resolution called North Light Solutions.
He is also the co-founder of Springboard to the Future, who support businesses now coming out of the pandemic and help managers “tune their misfiring teams”.
In his past Felix has had some truly unique experiences, for example, working in the international maritime industry where he helped companies deal with hijacked vessels and set up their crisis management teams,advising them on negotiations with pirates so that they would release their hostages. In this episode Felix shares his insights about what it takes to keep your business ticking no matter how many obstacles get in your way.
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In this seventh episode in the 2 to 1 Podcast series, Orion and Ben interview Dan Warren, who runs Free Range Web, a successful website design, management and hosting business. He also runs Lounge Art, a contemporary art gallery and shop operating both online and through a walk-in gallery in Portishead.
As our early listeners will recall, Dan was our first guest host and really helped get the whole podcast up and running. He’s an incredibly talented web developer, and technical wiz with all things internet and just an all-round top chap. He’s been through some really tough challenges and in this episode, shares his wisdom and tells us all about how he developed his own winning formula, not only to survive but actually to thrive in the often unpredictable world of the start-up business.
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In this sixth episode in the 2 to 1 Podcast series, Orion and Ben interview Chris Kenber, who runs Chris Kenber Coaching.
Chris shares some fascinating highlights with us from a career that spans well over 30 years. He has run a variety of businesses during that time, culminating in becoming a highly respected and effective business coach. He’s also an Oxford University graduate who volunteered as a coach for The NHS, The Prince’s Trust, Young Enterprise UK and many others. He’s run businesses in the Healthcare and even the Dating industry. During this time he has learnt many important life lessons. One of these lessons (that led to a hospital visit and busted knee!) was that you shouldn't put your name down for a "friendly" game of football between guests and staff at a hotel you're staying in before checking out the level of "visible resentment" the staff have towards the guests...
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In this fifth episode in the 2 to 1 Podcast series, Orion and Ben interview Gareth Sanders, Owner of Bailey Dean Consulting and previous Owner of Sparkle Cleaning.
Gareth shares with us his incredible start-up adventures. From starting a business by literally buying a bucket and some cleaning products and just getting on with it, to achieving the Guinness World Record for Marathon Ironing in an astonishing 100 hour session. Gareth has faced incredible challenges, both personally and in his business life, and tells us all about them in a very honest interview that is hilarious at times but also emotional and heart-warming.
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In this fourth episode in the 2 to 1 Podcast series, Orion and Ben interview Matt Sims, Managing Director of The Motorhome Holiday Company, Host of The Motorhome Matt Podcast and owner of ThatLeisureShop.com.
Matt tells us about his startup adventures, from creating a car wash and cake business at the age of 9 and later in life buying his first business for just 2 pounds! With fascinating insights into the ups and downs of running a variety of businesses, this is a must listen for anyone either already running or thinking of starting up their own business. Matt shares his honest, unvarnished and at times startling account of what it takes to be a startup survivor.
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In this third episode in the 2 to 1 Podcast series, Orion and Dan interview Stephen Thatcher, who set up his one man mortgage and protection business some time ago and has weathered some very difficult challenges over the years but come back fighting every time. He also owns a full size Dalek, was a Morris Dancer and was once called “Ridiculous” by Jeremy Paxman.
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In this second episode in the 2 to 1 Podcast series, Orion and Dan interview Published Author & Award-winning Graphic Designer Ben Mears.
Ben runs a Graphic Design business called The Dream Loft and is also the author of the fascinating Banyard & Mingle series. He talks to us about his trials and tribulations, getting his graphic design business off the ground and about his brilliant latest book - The Seraph of the Sallow Grove.
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In this first episode in the 2 to 1 Podcast series, Orion and Dan interview Clovis Rondet, a brilliant French pastry chef based in Clevedon. He is the owner of Chouxfayre who deliver delicious baked goods all over the Southwest of England. Starting with less than £5 in his pocket a few years ago, he tells us all about his fascinating startup adventure including the ups, the downs and everything in between.
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