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The Small Business Brunch Show is a twice weekly, news, views, feature and spotlight for small business owners wanting to get their first, next or best six figures in business.
At the start of 2022 there were over 5.5 million small businesses in the UK which accounts for 99.9% of the business population and SMEs account for three fifths of the employment and around 50% of turnover in the UK private sector...and yet there is no mainstream media show for news, views and entertainment.
With guests from all over the world, we’re here to inform, challenge and entertain the Small Business Owners so they get the business their hard work truly deserves...
On today's Middle Aged Man Podcast, we have a guest, gentlemen…and she’s been a long time coming…hopefully just like you.
Yes, I’m going to get the gags out the way now, we might be middle-aged, but dam it’s good to be childish sometimes…it’s taken me weeks to get our guest on the show…she kept me waiting for ages…and it was great!
And if you don’t want to know about the fantastic benefits of tantric to your life and your sex life, well my friend you can come later…
Today’s guest is here to tell us, middle-aged fellas, that Tantra is not just about shagging, hands-on sexual servicing, a dating hook-up, a swinging lifestyle, a place for f**k buddies or a religion; but she is here to show us how empowering and freeing it is, a journey to self-love and actualisation in relationships and business and an orgasmic way to manifest wealth….
…she's worked with the people from Playboy, Amber Rose’s Slutwalk…yes that’s an actual thing and The Strategist…a registered nurse, trauma-informed master coach and a certified Tantra healer…all the way from the other side of the Atlantic…and all I can say is…she’s been worth waiting for…I give you Dominique D’Vita…..
Welcome to The Middle-Aged Man Podcast; the only over 40's men's podcast that knows "10 Minutes of affirmations a day won't make you a millionaire" and "having diet coke will not get rid of that 3stone extra you're carrying around".
In this episode, Marc looks at the 8 possible habits that are wrecking your life and holding you back from success and happiness.
Now, before you click off this podcast because you think I might be full of it, and this is just another clichéd, self-centred, sanctimonious sermon, I’m here to tell you my friend, I’ve been in the shitter. And his life still isn’t perfect, but he's made much progress.
So hang tight, relax and give him just a few minutes of your time.
Links:
Instagram: @middleagedmanpodcast
⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ What we will be talking about may well be very uncomfortable for some guys listening, but I thought for many men, it is a subject that has been long buried inside of them or that some men know someone that’s been through a similar ordeal and don’t fully understand why that person reacts or acts a certain way.
Today’s guest was told she was a failure as a child, the girl going nowhere & had a juvenile delinquent badge slapped on her when she was 13 by her psychiatrist.
Being labelled at an early age came with difficulties, leading to most people believing she would be dead or in prison by the time she was 20 – although for many the resultant mental trauma from child sex abuse is prison enough.
Our guest has organically become a Child Sex Abuse Activist, Speaker, Presenter, and Author on this subject.
Her debut book, Don’t Hold Back is a motivational self-help book, published in 2018.
Its purpose is to encourage readers to find their voice, give thought, and help them to process the difficulties of child sex abuse, rejection & abandonment – the book is based on her personal and difficult story.
Don’t Hold Back highlights how she changed her life to become the successful person she is today.
Her charity, Project 90/10 is a powerful mission and vehicle for influential attitude and action change through education and awareness campaigns in the area of child sexual abuse.
Today’s guest on The Middle-Aged Man Podcast is Emma-Jane Taylor…
Emma-Jane's Links:
https://www.emmajanetaylor.com/
https://www.facebook.com/project9010/about
Welcome to the middle-aged man podcast!
The only men's podcast that tries hard not to say “back in my day…” or “why can’t I get the TV to do what I want it to, and yet we still want to be the best we can be.
Today's guest is a man that has the dedication to live his truth and the fullness of who is and what he is. But that's not been a straightforward journey. Like many, he got lost looking for an improved version of himself, out there in the world, in places it could never be found. In the career, the accolades, possessions, parties, etc…
As he studied psychology he 'stumbled' into teaching adults in organisations about their thoughts, emotions and interactions. What served them and their truth and what didn't? This set a path for him and as he shared his work, it became the perfect mirror to look at himself. He learned the long way around to find out who he really is…and today he’s here to share his insights into being the best version of you, you can be…
Gentlemen, today’s guest on the Middle-Aged Man Podcast is Mr Glenn Bracey….
On this podcast we talk about:
- "Who the hell am I?"
- Marc puts himself through two exercises...
- Two Versions of Yourself...
- Self Sabotage...
So as you probably know, by now, on my podcast, The Middle -Aged Man Podcast we primarily focus on improving your overall life, mindset and relevancy as we are getting older.
Some of you have already worked out that last year…probably the worst year of my adult life so far, I actually learned some real Brutal Truths that I wanted to share with you…
Welcome to the middle-aged man podcast!
Today's guest is a man that is a therapist and coach, a guide to take you by the hand and help you on your Journey Back to You.
He draws upon his 10+ years of experience in mindfulness, Childhood Trauma work, and Complex PTSD and 3+ years of working with Gaia Pollini (therapist and co-author of the FUCK IT books). His approach focuses heavily on the NOW and very little on the past; he’s only ever interested in the question "What happened to you?" rather than "What's wrong with you?"
He also looks at the personal lies you tell yourself every day and what adaptive/coping strategies you learned from an early age that you drag around with you like a big, heavy backpack.
Plus I also know we’re going to talk about something that every middle-aged man dreads and how it’s affected a man that should have every tool in the toolbox to deal with it.
Gentlemen, today’s guest on the Middle-Aged Man Podcast is Mr Jon Imondi….
In today's podcast we talk about:
- Working with the creators of 'Fuck It'
- Why we tell ourselves lies
- And how one thing last year has changed his life forever...
Link to Jon's "Diary of a Cancer Survivor" Website: https://diaryofacancersurvivor.com/
So as you probably know, by now, on my podcast, The Middle-Aged Man Podcast we primarily focus on improving your overall life, mindset and relevancy as we are getting older.
But I thought I’d address a general lifestyle topic that concerns specifically the slightly older demographic of men and one that I’m having to get used to for a second time in my 40s.
And with that said, today I thought it might be kind of interesting to explore a topic that a lot of men are going through and dealing with right now.
And that's the topic of living alone for the first time in many, many years. And of course, a lot of guys live alone by choice, and that's totally fine. But there's also a large segment of guys who maybe left a long-term relationship, got a divorce or I hate to mention this, even been widowed....
Welcome to the middle-aged man podcast!
Todays guest is a man that aims inspire fellas of a similar age to be more adventurous and that life doesn't need to tail off when you hit 40, as people used to tell him in the gym.
So much so he went off on a ski mountaineering expedition when he hit 40 and nearly lost his toes. and that was quite some time ago now…and now he’s upped the ante!
A coach, an adventurer, a practitioner of adventure and extreme pursuits, and has undertaken a BASE jump in the name of science; he was part of the first UK Tandem BASE jump; a Chartered Psychologist and a cognitive neuroscientist and an award-winning photographer…who the hell says life doesn’t begin at 40?
Gentlemen I give you todays guest on The Middle-Aged Man Podcast, Mr David Gallagher…
Things we discuss on today's podcast:
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Arctic Adventures
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Low points
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Base jumping whilst depressed
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Community and Finding Your Tribe
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Sailing with ready-made G&T
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Pushing your boundaries
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The wild is good
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Finding a purpose
Today's guest is a man that is in his second marriage — spent more than half of his life abroad.
A child of baby boomers, who were able to sneak into the lower middle classes and moved abroad as a kid briefly but it left him feeling like an outsider in virtually all circles but with a thirst for knowledge and humour as a defence mechanism.
His parents were also the people who told him the world would be at his feet if he went to university. It wasn't true. And now he gives us the gift of laughter with their own podcast the ‘Blackmilkshake Comedy Pubcast’, Gentlemen, I give you Mr Jorma Kirkko….
In this podcast we discuss:
- How he left comedy and got a 'real job'
- How the kids of today are encouraged to do what they want and they’ll succeed but, but also encourage kids to become the victim of their own story
- Lessons from a relationship and marriage breakdown (Respectfully)
- The Blackmilk Comedy Pubcast
- How anger stopped depression
- Not turning into your Dad
Welcome to the middle-aged man podcast!
The only mens podcast that tries hard to act its age, openly uses Just for Men, doesn’t have a back-catalogue of Playboy and Loaded Magazines and yet we still want to be the best we can be.
Today's guest is an expert clinical hypnotherapist and performance coach, based both in Southampton and London's Harley Street, he specialises in working with a cross-section of society who genuinely wish to change aspects of their personal and professional lives.
With a highly successful 27 years of military background in leading and managing people, coupled with expertise in increasing training effectiveness he helps people succeed - he assists people to become the person they desire to be, to discover or recover the normality of life, and to achieve their personal and professional goals….
Gentlemen, I give you Dr Iain Lightfoot….
Welcome to the middle-aged man podcast!
The only men's podcast that tries hard to act its age, openly uses Just for Men, doesn’t have a back-catalogue of Haines’ manuals and yet we still want to be the best we can be.
Today's guest is an unusual collection of things and his intro might sound like the beginning of a joke at Butlins… What do you get if you get a driving instructor, a kickboxing expert and a vicar with tattoos…you get the Reverend Richard Wooton…
Subjects touched on in this podcast:
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Why men don't know their place in 21st Century Britain
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Toxic Masculinity in 2023
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Child Death
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Spirituality in 2023
The link for the video that Rich talks about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsBhvSMQUk4
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What is a middle-aged man? According to the Collins dictionary: If you describe someone as middle-aged, you mean that they are neither young nor old and are between the ages of 40 and 60 to be usually considered middle-aged.
I’d go as far as saying we are probably all of the above, but also a bloke that in 2023 has probably had more hopes, dreams and career landscapes ripped up and put on the bonfire called ‘experience’.
We’ve hit more emotional, physical, technological and cultural buffers than a web page on a dial-up internet connection.
In our dark times, we reach for books and magazines that have pictures of blokes with abs you could mark on an ordinance survey map or guru’s that have made millions of dollars from wearing white linen trousers on a beach or got you to release the beast within…
…which in some circumstances has got them arrested for public indecency.
And in today’s world, he’s probably becoming the most misunderstood and undervalued section of society, because quite simply so much has changed that he doesn’t know how to be a man anymore let alone a middle-aged one…
I’m Marc Ford and this podcast is going to follow my journey as a fully-fledged, card-carrying, painfully newly single, career break and life-weary middle-aged man with experts, comedians and the odd famous person, from all over the world that can help me, you and your mate down the pub (or cocktail bar of choice), on how to be the very best middle-aged man we can be without the need to pull our punches, watch our “P’s and Q’s”, feel guilty about not being ‘OK’, embarrassed at things that grow unexpectedly, (or those that don’t), as well as a nostalgic look back at the things that the kids of today call ‘vintage’, when in truth we were having the best of times and laying the foundations for the stuff that they think they invented.
It’s the Middle Aged Man Podcast…. and Gentlemen…listen to it here or on other reputable podcast platforms and it will arrive in a loud, glossy red soft top sports car, a Harley Davison or one of those Electric sensible cars… very soon!
Welcome to The Small Business Brunch Show, the twice weekly show dedicated to bringing you real stories, real features, real people and a real spotlight to small business owners like you!
This show is here to help you every Tuesday and Friday from 11am UK time, to make your first, your next or even your best ever six figures in business and beyond…
On today’s show we look at…
- A warning on entrepreneurs working too hard
- And Small Business Saturday is BACk, bigger than ever and on tour near you
- Plus…todays special guest Riley Jarvis, The Sleep CEO, helping you tap into your own biology and make more money in your business, plus he’ll be celebrating his mentor and his own round of Trading Estate Tunes…
Get in touch with the show…
Drop Marc an email at marc@marcford.uk or use the contact form HERE
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Welcome to The Small Business Brunch Show, the twice weekly show dedicated to bringing you real stories, real features, real people and a real spotlight to small business owners like you!
This show is here to help you every Tuesday and Friday from 11am UK time, to make your first, your next or even your best ever six figures in business and beyond…
On today’s show we look at…
- A stark warning from the FSB and the High Street
- And who are the real business people are that are succeeding, growing and smashing it out of the park in the current climate
Plus…todays special guest Gareth Howells, recently described as “Performer to Author” on how he created something outa nothing and becoming an Amazon Best Selling Author whilst changing the way we should view other people and ourselves, plus he’ll be celebrating his mentor and his own round of Trading Estate Tunes…
Get in touch with the show…
Drop Marc an email at marc@marcford.uk or use the contact form HERE
Follow the latest from Marc and the show…
On Twitter 🐦
On Instagram 📸
On Facebook 📱
Our Trading Estate Tunes Playlist...
On Spotify
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HUNSNET Website 💻
Welcome to The Small Business Brunch Show, the twice weekly show dedicated to bringing you real stories, real features, real people and a real spotlight to small business owners like you!
This show will be helping small businesses every Tuesday and Friday from 11am UK time, make your first, your next or even your best ever six figures.
On today’s show...
- We talk about things that will get you through a recession
- A top tip from Paul Horne at CoolGoldfish Designs
- Who is the best bank for small Business
- Plus…todays special guest Alan Price, CEO of Bright HR. He started out as a small business himself now helps hundreds of thousands of small businesses and their owners with difficult people decisions every day and he’s going to talk to us about his real story of graft, sweat and tears, celebrating his mentor and his own round of Trading Estate Tunes…
Get in touch with the show…
Drop Marc an email at marc@marcford.uk or use the contact form HERE
Follow the latest from Marc and the show… twitter.com/SmallBizBrunch
Follow Alan:
Website
The Small Business Brunch Playlist: Is HERE
Welcome to The Small Business Brunch Show, the twice weekly show dedicated to bringing you real stories, real features, real people and a real spotlight to small business owners like you!
This show will be helping small businesses every Tuesday and Friday from 11am UK time, make your first, your next or even your best ever six figures.
On today’s show...
- We talk about family businesses and the pitfalls facing them…
- A brand new set of Awards set up by local business people because Awards should mean something rather than being paid for…
- And the shocking stats that Small Businesses are really losing more money than they think they are
- Plus…todays special guest Paul Owen, Sales Trainer extraordinaire, Amazon Best Selling Author on what most people are getting wrong if they sell anything along with how luck…you know? That thing that famous entrepreneurs don’t talk about…gave him the chance to fall in love with something and someone…
- Plus another round of Trading Estate Tunes…
Get in touch with the show…
Drop Marc an email at marc@marcford.uk or use the contact form HERE
Follow the latest from Marc and the show… twitter.com/SmallBizBrunch
Follow Paul:
Website
The Tim Roth Clip: (Not for kids) HERE
The Small Business Brunch Playlist: Is HERE
The Ethical Awards, find out more: HERE
Welcome to The Small Business Brunch Show, the twice weekly show dedicated to bringing you real stories, real features, real people and a real spotlight to small business owners like you!
This show will be helping small business owners like you, every Tuesday and Friday from 11am UK time, make your first, your next or your best six figures in your small business.
On today’s show we talk about
- the 5 questions you should ask yourself if you want to start a business from home
- and why 2million…yes 2million small businesses don’t think cutting their carbon will effect climate change.
- Plus…direct from New York City, we have a superstar of a guest, Vinnie Potestivo, who will get you discovered, stay discovered and take the right action at the right time having worked with people like the Osbournes, Jessica Simpson, Ashton Kutcher and someone called Beyonce…
Anyone…? No…me neither…
Plus the real story and the real learnings behind Vinnie's mentor in business
Plus another round of Trading Estate Tunes…
Get in touch with the show…
Drop Marc an email at marc@marcford.uk or use the contact form HERE
Follow the latest from Marc and the show… twitter.com/SmallBizBrunch
Follow Vinnie:
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Website
The Small Business Brunch Playlist: Is HERE
It doesn’t matter wether it’s your first six figures in business, or your next, both bring different challenges (lets not call them problems!) I’m Marc Ford, and let’s get you the 6 figure business your hard work deserves. And that’s the simple premise of the podcast.
A simple, easy to listen to business podcast that understands everyone is making this s### up as we go along, and we’d like you to be given the ideas of what to do, how to do it and why you should do it as you build your first or next six figure business.
Learning from others mistakes, successes and stories and giving you the business your hard work deserves and the rewards that go with it.
In this episode Marc talks to Alexis Kingsbury, an award-winning entrepreneur, with over 10 years of experience, currently running two Software as a Service Businesses (AirManual and Spidergap) with a remote & global team, and supports others as a board member or consultant including well known companies like Sony PlayStation. In the last few years, Alexis has worked with 100’s of business leaders to help save them 1,000s of hours of their time each year and unlock their business' growth. He's been sharing his findings, and it's had a huge impact on many businesses.
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In this episode we discuss the first stepping stones of getting you time back to grow your six figure business.
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And a brand new segment called 'Trading Estate Tunes' - a bit like Dessert Island Discs, but with more shrink wrap, pallet wood and less sand.
Follow Marc Ford MBA:
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It doesn’t matter wether it’s your first six figures in business, or your next, both bring different challenges (lets not call them problems!) I’m Marc Ford, and let’s get you the 6 figure business your hard work deserves.
And that’s the simple premise of the podcast. A simple, easy to watch business podcast that understands everyone is making this s### up as we go along, and we’d like you to be given the ideas of what to do, how to do it and why you should do it as you build your first or next six figure business.
On this episode of the Next Six Figure podcast we have a wonderful special guest and someone who has been there, done that, got the tee-shirt and the duty free…we also tackle one of the biggest problems that comes up time and time again as business owners which is employing staff. Not just that…employing the right staff.
Danielle Mulvey is a former flight attendant-turned-entrepreneur who has cracked the code on recruiting and retaining what she refers to as “5-Star Employees”: game-changing, dedicated, hardworking people who make big plays and get real, consistent results.
Danielle has scaled her several companies to over $50 million in annual revenue while spending less than 10 hours each week overseeing their operations. Danielle’s own team of trusted 5-Star Employees provides her with the freedom to spend the rest of her workweek guiding other entrepreneurs through podcasting, workshops, and community curating.
In addition to running her companies and assisting other entrepreneurs, Danielle is the Chief Curator of The ALL IN Company Community, which strategically advises other entrepreneurs on attracting and hiring 5-Star Employees. She has been developing, testing, and sharing these ideas for more than 10 years now, with a staggering 90% success rate! Ladies and Gentlemen…Danielle Mulvey…
On todays show discuss:
- What is a 5-Star Employee?
- If I pay someone more will that motivate them to do more or perform at a higher level?
- What is the biggest mistake entrepreneurs make when making their first few significant hires?
- Why you shouldn’t hire a ‘Rainbow, Sparkly Unicorn’
- 11 Traits of 5-Star Employees
- How to hire a 5-Star Employee
Follow Danielle at
🖱Website: https://theallincompany.com
🎯 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theallinonecompany/
💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-all-in-company/about/
Grab a FREE 6 Figure Roadmap HERE: http://www.sixfigureroadmap.co.uk/download
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Outside the 9-5, Lessons Learned on the Road to a Business Earned
It doesn’t matter wether it’s your first six figures in business, or your next, both bring different challenges (lets not call them problems!) I’m Marc Ford, and let’s get you the 6 figure business your hard work deserves. And that’s the simple premise of the podcast.
A simple, easy to listen to business podcast that understands everyone is making this s### up as we go along, and we’d like you to be given the ideas of what to do, how to do it and why you should do it as you build your first or next six figure business.
Learning from others mistakes, successes and stories and giving you the business your hard work deserves and the rewards that go with it.
In this episode I discuss the lessons learned outside of the 9-5 to a business of 6 figures and beyond with Coach, Author and Podcaster , Anna Lundberg.
Anna is the founder of One Step Outside, where she helps experienced professionals around the world design the career, the business and the lifestyle that brings them more freedom, flexibility, and fulfilment – outside of the conventional 9 to 5. She is the host of the Reimagining Success podcast and author of Leaving the Corporate 9 to 5.
🖱Your Next Six Figures Roadmap: http://www.sixfigureroadmap.co.uk/download
Follow Anna Lundberg:
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🖱Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/50KHivGaI2KJxspFgI8AqE
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It doesn’t matter wether it’s your first six figures in business, or your next, both bring different challenges (lets not call them problems!)
I’m Marc Ford, and let’s get you the 6 figure business your hard work deserves. And that’s the simple premise of the podcast.
A simple, easy to listen to business podcast that understands everyone is making this s### up as we go along, and we’d like you to be given the ideas of what to do, how to do it and why you should do it as you build your first or next six figure business.
Learning from others mistakes, successes and stories and giving you the business your hard work deserves and the rewards that go with it.
In this episode we discuss the first stepping stone of a real six figure business - your brand and branding.
Follow Marc Ford MBA:
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In this episode of the 'Your Next Figures Podcast' we talk to special guest Johnny Ball about his brand new book, Podfluence.
Your host, business coach, consultant and author, Marc Ford MBA, talks to Johnny about how podcasting is revolutionising the way businesses and their owners influence their ideal customers and clients, how to get one started and everything you need to do to get involved in the growing medium that is podcasting.
Filmed in Valencia and Leicester, we take a deep dive into Johnny's skill set and how it can help you get your next six figures.
Follow Johnny here:
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnaball/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speakinginfluence/
Get Your First Six Figures Roadmap Here: http://www.sixfigureroadmap.co.uk/download
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