Brain Fuel Podcast: Recent Episodes
Grant Maccusker
Where I, Grant MacCusker the Host, talk to guests about the good, bad and the ugly of life and business.
Today's podcast I chat with Rich Wilson CEO and Co Founder of Gigged Ai, the platform that matches tech freelancers with companies looking to hire for freelance projects. We find out what life was like for him growing up and how he ended up selling American soldiers cars before embarking on a recruitment career for COVID brought him and his co founder to starting Gigged Ai.
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Instagram: @giggedai
Website: www.gigged.ai
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Today's podcast is with Chris Thomas CEO of incovo the global telecommunications, office printers solutions company. Chris at the age of 18 was the CEO of this company after his father suddenly passed away at the age of 45 meaning Chris inherited the company and suddenly had to learn the ropes. Chris had been working in various jobs prior to this and was three months into a new job before this tragic event happened. We hear how at 20 year old he was hosting board meetings, dealing with big global brand clients and still finding time for his passion DJ'n. It is a very sad but inspiring story.
Chris can be reached on various social media platforms and his company is https://incovo.com/
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Today’s podcast is with Scott Fairgrieve. Scott shares his story of leaving school becoming a joiner growing into being a boss at a young age. Going into business himself, enjoying the good times and learning from the bad. From £80 a week to a £10 million net worth in his peak we hear the good the bad and the ugly.
We hear about his new venture in Fair Bro with a Billion pound target.
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Today's podcast is with Calum MacLeod. Calum left his full time job as a electrical engineer that he had went to university for, to take up running his business full time with only one months salary to make it happen. We also chat about why he now see's the sense with Grant Cardone and we find out about how four months into business he won the best glamping site in Scotland award.
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Today's podcast is with The Apprentice candidate in 2013 Zee Shah. We chat about how he grew up between the UK and Pakistan. How selling dogs at a young age lead him to University to study economics. Organising the student nights at the union to setting up in property. He applied and got onto The Apprentice in 2013 and got FIRED by Lord Sugar. Leaving the show he found out he had lost his clients and was ready to give up but decided to get going with business again and is now smashing the property game in four different countries. Please help us reach a greater audience, leave a review and share the podcast with friends and family.
You can connect with me on Instagram @grantmaccusker Reach the podcast @brainfuelpodcast Connect with Zee on Instagram @zee
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Today's podcast guest is Andrew Johnson. Andrew left education and had various jobs before finding his why in life in his early 30's. He first ventured into hypnotherapy and found other areas to specialise in. He has the smoothest Scottish voice out there and has done many speaking gigs on podcasts, mp3's and cd's before the now a days app downloads. He has had over 12 million app downloads and has visions to go further. We could have spoken for hours and its a great listen.
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Andrew is contactable via his website: https://andrewjohnson.co.uk/
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Today on the podcast i chat with David Gold - Co-founder of Gold & Gray Soccer Academy. We chat about life as a professional first team footballer at Hibs, taking up various jobs before taking my old job as a life guard. Goldie is a humble guy who seen a gap in the market for coaching and together with his business partner Ross Gray, masterminded the inspiring Gold & Gray Soccer Academy. Creating a new wave of players, getting kids active and also working closely with community groups to give a positive meaning to some kids lives.
You can connect with the academy on socials https://goldandgraysocceracademy.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/GoldandGraySA https://www.facebook.com/goldandgraysocceracademy/ https://www.instagram.com/goldandgraysocceracademy/
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Delighted to have on the podcast, Colin MacLachlan. Colin joined The Royal Scots at the age of 15 and has done a number of military tours around the world before joining the SAS at the age of 23. Colin tells us his part he played in the team who raided Saddam Hussein's palace. We hear how it was inside. He also shares a grueling story of what it was like to be held captive in war with a enemy weapon at your head hoping someone would find and rescue you. He shares his story of where he went after the military and the amazing work his charity 'who dares cares' is doing to help veterans and blue light service personnel through troubled times. He gives us some tips on how to stay strong during lockdown and how you can get involved in the charity work with no military experience at all. You can follow me on Instagram @grantmaccusker The show on socials - @brainfuelpodcast
And you can reach out to Colin on socials - @colinmaclachlan22 and his charity - https://who-dares-cares.com/ Socials - https://www.facebook.com/wdw22 https://twitter.com/WDCAdmin https://www.instagram.com/whodarescares/
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Today on the podcast I chat with Jay Fairgrieve who left his job as a joiner to become a manager of Ryze the trampoline boom. He shares his story of weight loss and how his mindset got him to where he is now. We find out what books he is reading and what is in store for life after lock down for his latest venture Fairbros 4. Remember to leave a review and share the podcast with friends and family. You can get me direct on socials: Instagram: @grantmaccusker Twitter: @grantmaccusker Linkedin: @grantmaccusker
Connect with Jay: Linkedin: @jayfairgrieve Fairbros: Youtube, Linkedin & Instagram: @fairbros
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Today's podcast i chat with Richard Heslop who was once a semi professional football got injured and feel in love with the fitness side and became a personal trainer. Setting up his own gym at the age of 18/19. We chat the obstacles he faced in doing this and how he has grew into the industry he is now in. We find out how lock-down has effected his business and how he has managed to adapt his model. We chat about how he has found a new love for property developing and how he is growing his portfolio. Please remember to subscribe and leave a review.
You can connect with Richard on socials - @richardheslop
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I chat life and business with George Sinclair of Nimbus Beds. George is a entrepreneur who runs at 100mph with life and business. He has been into business since a very young age selling antique furniture at the age of 6. George now owns and manages Nimbus Beds a worldwide bed and furniture business that manufactures its own beds for each customer. We chat about COVID-19 and how that has effected his business and what other businesses he has got himself into. Its a great listen and some great tips to take away.
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@georgesinclair on socials
https://nimbusbeds.co.uk/
https://greenhuskycbd.com/
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I give you an introduction to Brain Fuel Podcast and myself. Letting you know briefly my journey in business and what you can expect from my chats with guests. I look forward to this journey with you all and make sure to subscribe for free and share the word.
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A short intro to Brain Fuel Podcast.
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