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Chris Taylor is an International authority on all things Social Selling, Marketing & Lead Generation. With an online network of over 150,000 contacts, Chris specialises in helping business generate leads by connecting their social media activity to a system that nurtures through to conversion.

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Chris Taylor is an International authority on all things Social Selling, Marketing & Lead Generation. With an online network of over 150,000 contacts, Chris specialises in helping business generate leads by connecting their social media activity to a system that nurtures through to conversion.

He has helped his clients generate over £168m and 4m followers through his and his teams campaigns. As COO of the Social Selling Suite & Pipeline 44 Group, he inspires Consultants, Serviced Based Businesses and Entrepreneurs to grab the attention of their IDEAL clients and build sustainable pipelines through Social Selling.

Social Selling | www.socialselling.co.uk

Pipeline 44 Group | www.pipeline44.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christaylor-p44/

Timestamps:

[2:00] What’s your background Chris? It’s weird and wonderful!

[4:00] What’s the quickest tip you can share without giving away your secret sauce?

[14:00] What are some of the highlights or lowlights when things went horribly wrong, real howlers!

[22:30] When is your new site live and the launch?

[24:30] Where are you taking the business now?

[27:40] If your business had a personality or character who would it be?

[29:10] What do you think your destiny is?

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Carmen is a business and marketing professional, with over two decades of experience across a multinational enterprise. Although quite an introvert, Carmen discovered a love of acting at an early age before formally training at Monash University completing a Bachelor of Performing Arts with Honours. About 6 years ago, she combined her business experience and acting training to found Illuminated Story and has never looked back since. Carmen absolutely LOVES coaching experts like you so that your message is not only heard but felt by your audience and you can leave your mark on the world.

Timestamps:

[2:00]How does one go about the business being a storyteller?

[5:45] How do you explain being an introvert but being comfortable talking in front of thousands of people?

[7:40] What sectors do you work with?

[13:40] Where you start helping people structure their story?

[19:00] How did you find your clients?

[32:00] If your business had a character or personality who would it be? And what is your destiny with the business?

https://illuminatedstory.com.au/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/public-speaking-coach-presentation-skills/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/illuminatedstory

https://www.instagram.com/illuminatedstory/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyNYLjN-FCMDfYRARLz-TAQ

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Love Entrepreneurs is a community designed to support, mentor and above all inspire entrepreneurs from all walks of life to achieve beyond their wildest dreams. It was founded by two people who have made business building their passion and who have come together to help other entrepreneurs share their experience, strength and hope with each other so that they can be supported and nurtured to become better and more effective entrepreneurs. The only requirement for membership is a desire to be an entrepreneur and to help others become better entrepreneurs.

Eleri’s passion is the creation of something from nothing and the challenges that go along with that. By profession, she is a highly proficient international oil and gas lawyer, is fluent in 5 languages with a diversity of business building skills, legal and negotiating skills and sales & marketing experience spanning 15 years.

Timestamps:

[4:00] How did your bumpy ride into entreneurship happen?

[9:30] The gift of sobriety and the aftermath of incarceration!

[10:30] The realisations that happened being in prison after being a millionaire

[13:00] Passing on the gift of entrepreneurship to the less fortunate

[14:10] All about the Ponzi scheme

[20:00] How did you keep your sanity as these things unfolded?

[22:40] How does the Love Fellowship community work?

[26:00] The AA process and how it helps us have a better apology behaviour

[30:15] Where are you taking Love Entrepreneurs?

[32:00] If your business had a personality or character who would it be?

[32:40] What is your destiny at this moment in time?

http://love-entrepreneurs.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elericosslett/

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Kelly West has a fascination with people and alongside her husband James, has built an online business networking community (ONLE Networking), that comprises of 24 regional groups across the UK and the US. Networking has brought so much to her, not only from a business perspective but also from a personal angle that she teaches people how they can best utilise networking to enhance their own lives and business success. Brimming with positivity and energy, Kelly shares her story of why networking is such a big part of it.

Website: www.theonle.network

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-west-onle-networking/

Timestamps:

[1:25] What is ONLE, and what does it do in the business world?

[6:45] What did you do before starting ONLE?

[11:50] How did your daughter get involved in the business?

[16:50] Where are you taking the business? Exclusive look!

[22:30] The importance of what goes into franchising

[24:00] Why building a brand is so important!

[29:00] What’s up with 4 hours a week? And how can they join your network?

[30:20] If your business had a character or personality who would it be? And what is your destiny with the business?

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Natasha Panetta is the Female Founder and Mumpreneur of Busy Goddess Marketing Co, providing marketing and mediasolutions with a difference.

As the founder, designer, creative director, website developer and social content creator - it’s all covered personally by Natasha to provide consistency in approach, continuity or care and exceptional results in a market that is overrun withagencies that choose to outsource and reduce quality over profit and quantity!

Timestamps:

[2:05] How did the name and business Busy Goddess come to be?

[6:00] Tell us about going full time with Busy Goddess without side roles in the corporate world?

[9:00] What sort of clients do you work with?

[15:50] The three pillars of marketing, what are they?

[19:00] What have you learned about yourself since you went full time?

[24:04] Are you on your own in the business or are there others involved?

[26:10] How do you think AI is going to impact marketing?

[35:58] If your business had a character or personality who would it be? And what is your destiny with the business?

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There’s a huge volume of poor advice and misinformation, leading people in business astray. Nick is furious about the daily stories of people spending thousands on courses, masterminds and programmes that don't work.

Together with his business partners Chris Taylor and Sam Rathling, they are on a mission to challenge this bad advice and ineffective action with evidence-based method and technology that drives sustainable growth.

It's led him to invest over £1m in their latest venture, building a Social Selling ecosystem, software platform, training, community and events proposition to disrupt the market and actually help people. And they’re charging £50 a month - because they can.

Timestamps:

[0:30] What is Pipeline 44? What does it do? Who is it for?

[7:30] When you work for yourself, how do you avoid doing nothing all day when you can do?

[10:40] How music influenced Nick’s business life

[13:55] Social selling explained for micro-businesses and SMEs

[23:00] Changing mindsets

[25:30] Consistency

[29:10] What have you learned from all of your work overseas?

[35:00] Building a business has to serve us, and how is that achieved?

[39:20] If your business had a personality or character who would it be?

[41:30] What is your destiny at this moment in time?

www.pipeline44.com

www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasjonesceo

http://www.youtube.com/@nicholasjonesceo

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Peak behind the curtain at Tricres. Rebecca and Nick founded Tricres back in 2018. They've trained nearly 100 coaches in their Kick A** Culture Coach & Consultant Methodology.

Find out what makes them tick.

Discover what they think of AI.

Learn what they're up to at the weekend and what it's really like being a business coach and consultant.

Learn more at www.tricres.com

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In an interesting turn of events, Oliver Marcelle interviewed Rebecca Bonnington for his Love Entrepreneurs Live Show.

Find out how it all began, what makes Rebecca tick and what she believes thousands of business coaches are getting wrong.

Discover the secrets of building a truly successful business coaching business.

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Amy Weinland Daughters is a keynote speaker, letter writer, satirist, sports journalist, and the award-winning author of two books: Dear Dana: That time I went crazy and wrote all 580 of my Facebook friends a handwritten letter and You Cannot Mess This Up: A true story that never happened. She is absolutely convinced that when human beings connect individually in a meaningful way that nothing can separate them.

Website: www.amydaughters.com

Instagram: @smokinhotamys

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amyweinlanddaughtersauthor

Timestamps:

[1:00] You’re a storyteller, how did that come about after a degree in business?

[4:10] Where do you draw your inspiration from with writing?

[9:30] Hear the incredible story of a friendship from 35 years ago that was rekindled in a unique yet heartbreaking way

[17:45] Have you met up with your friend since your lightning bolt moment and letter-writing frenzy?

[19:00] What sort of response did you get from sending letters to each of your 580 Facebook friends?

[26:20] Where are you taking it?

[28:00] When you run the workshops do you have a range of ages?

[31:30] What’s your purpose or destiny?

[32:00] If your business had a personality or character who would it be?

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Gill is an award-winning ICF-certified business coach, writer, speaker, and host of the Heads Together podcast. Gill works with freedom-seeking, risk-taking female founders around the world to help them grow phenomenal businesses, doing the work that matters to them. She helps her clients go ALL IN to bring the full-fat version of their dream business to life. Gill believes that when you’re brave enough to do things your way and you’re outstanding at what you do, you deserve a life of infinite possibilities.

Website: https://www.gillmoakes.com

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillmoakes/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gillmoakes/

Fix Your Money Mindset guide: https://www.gillmoakes.com/fix-your-money-mindset

Timestamps:

[1:00] Tell us about the sign behind you ‘Don’t Be A Dick’

[3:00] What do you do?

[4:30] How was life before you started your business?

[8:30] Had you considered changing career before your life-changing event?

[10:30] How did you feel coming out of the corporate world?

[13:10} What was it like when you left and had no more ‘magic money’ appearing in your account every month with a secure job?

[16:00] How did you transition to a business coach?

[19:30] Who do you coach and how does it work?

[23:00] Advice from Aunt Sissy!

[25:00] Tell us about the retreats

[29:00] If your business had a personality or character who would it be?

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Blake is a private client wealth adviser, helping individuals, families, business owners, and companies achieve their financial goals and objectives.

He provides advice on:

► Retirement planning to secure the future you want

► Tax efficient saving/investing ensuring you don’t pay more tax than you need to

► Inheritance tax planning streamlining continuity across generations

► Maximising the opportunity from a lump sum of money such as a redundancy payment or an inheritance

► Helping you transition through life changes, such as starting a family, getting divorced or if you’ve been widowed

Blake began advising private clients on their investment portfolios in 2012 after graduating from Cass Business School in London with a Masters in Banking and International Finance as a Sir Stelios Scholar (founder of easyJet).

Previously he founded a financial services firm in Mayfair, London and a travel technology company which shared the “easy” branding typically associated with easyJet which was later named a UK Top 100 Startup.

If you would like further details about the services and expertise Blake provides, please message/connect with him on LinkedIn.

Timestamps:

[1:30] Am I wealthy enough to be a part of wealth management planning? Great question!

[3:35] How did your business get started and come about?

[5:30] How did stepping out of finance give you do you think, in terms of your perspective on business?

[9:15] Your LinkedIn post relating to investing from the minute you start earning…can you talk about dividends reporting related to the FTSE100?

[13:00] If someone was investing regularly, what sort of tips would you give?

[14:00] Is it ever to late to start investing do you think?

[17:10] How is your business going?

[20:00] What’s your opinion on cryptocurrency?

[23:00] Is crypto all about the dark web today?

[24:20] Where are you taking your business?

[27:45] Are you looking to maintain culture was businesses are overtaken?

[30:25] If your business had a personality or character who would it be?

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Ashley Leeds is the unstoppable 15-Minute Guy! With over 30 years in sales, he has also specialised in assisting Accountants & Bookkeepers for over 16 years. As a business coach, Ashley empowers business owners to become sales and marketing savvy. His expertise on LinkedIn led to the creation of the renowned LinkedIn Daily Habit Workshop. With 38 cohorts under his belt, he teaches LinkedIn on stage, through webinars, YouTube, and podcasts. From free resources to 1:1 VIP services, Ashley helps users excel on this professional platform. Energetic and engaging, he'll unveil LinkedIn's value whenever you talk to him leaving you with key takeaways for profile and LinkedIn improvement.

Timestamps:

[1:45] What do you do for people in just 15 minutes Ashley?

[4:00] How did you go from being a mortgage advisor to advising on social media?

[8:00] Are you on your own or have you got help now?

[11:30] What process do you go through before you prepare your posts on LI? What are you doing consistently?

[16:45] Rebecca admits she gets nerves interviewing other podcasters…what is your podcast all about?

[20:45] What is your book all about? Making LinkedIn content posting made easy…

[23:00] What’s your advice on where to start with social media as a new business? Which platform?

[28:20] Contributing to articles on LinkedIn…is it worth it? Here’s the conspiracy theory!

[31:15] Getting kicked off of LinkedIn!

[37:00] If your business had a character or personality who would it be? And what is your destiny with the business?

[40:45] Find out where to get a free LI profile review from Ashley

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So we put people and the planet at the heart of everything we do.

The traditional marketing agency model is broken.

Peep under the monochrome and you will find many burnt-out creatives and toxic cultures.

We don’t operate like that. Instead, we build our teams based on the needs of your projects. You’ll get access to the most brilliant brains in the industry for a fraction of the cost of traditional agencies.

Sophie helps BOLD founders show up and shine by becoming really f***ing good at communicating in a way that feels authentic to you.

As an award-winning NCTJ-qualified journalist and brand strategist, Sophie takes a story-first approach to brand communications.

She has grown huge organisations by keeping them at the forefront of industry conversations and help to ELECTRIFY visions, turning founders into super attractors so they can feel fulfilled, JOYfilled and fully themselves in business.

Timestamp:

[1:05] How did you come about the name for your storytelling agency for clients?

[5:00] When did you have to squash yourself into a shape or form in work that wasn’t for you?

[10:05] When did you start the business and how did you get on?

[12:12] How are you now with substances that you formerly abused today?

[14:14] Tell us about how you are a storyteller for you clients?

[15:30] You were a journalist in Shanghai before, and then what happened?

[17:50] Where do you begin with your clients? And who do you work with and help?

[24:00] Where is storytelling heading?

[28:30] Feminine energy

[34:50] If your business was a personality or character, who would it be or what would it like?

www.electricpeach.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/electricpeachstudios/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/electricpeach/

https://www.instagram.com/electricpeachstudios/%20

https://twitter.com/ElectricPeachUK

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I'm a digital marketing expert, Author and Photographer. I have a strong track record in content writing, campaign strategy, social media management, email marketing, paid social marketing, and growing and managing successful online communities.

As an independent artist, both my written and visual work have been published in online and print magazines, and my conceptual photo project has been curated in solo and group exhibitions worldwide.

My debut novel, The Returnees was published on 6 August 2020 by Hodder & Stoughton.

Timestamps:

[1:35] Where does all of this creativity come from?

[5:55] Did you get any training with photography?

[8:25] Boudoir photograhy!

[14:00] Tell us about your exhibition about women during lockdown

[18:45] What was the response to the exhibition in London?

[21:00] Artistic output during/after lockdown

[22:00] Tell us about your book ’The Marker of a Generation’

[24:10] What’s on the horizon?

[28:10] Where do you want to take the business?

[29:55] If your business was a personality of character, who would it be or what would it look like?

[31:50] What is your destiny?

https://elizabethokoh.com/

https://twitter.com/LizeOkoh

https://www.facebook.com/lizeokoh

http://instagram.com/LizeOkoh

https://www.youtube.com/user/SewaFolie

http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/12636901

hello@elizabethokoh.com

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James Mawhinney is passionate about building businesses at scale that address real-world problems. Currently, he is focused on launching a global initiative aimed at solving misinformation with his new site launching soon: medial.com.

Find out about his fascinating, yet somewhat troubling, journey to where he is today after a rollercoaster ride you have to hear about to believe in business.

Pre-register on the site now!

Timestamps:

[1:00] What does Media.com do and solve? What is the backstory?

[7:25] Fact-checking - what is going on here?

[13:45] How Media.com was conceived

[18:35] Verified profiles and how media.com works, the key four features you need to know about this brilliant site.

[20:20] What significance do these features offer?

[25:00] Where do you see media.com heading?

[27:00] Pre-registration and subscription info

[31:30] Is it worthwhile for smaller businesses to use?

[34:00] If your business had a personality or character, who would it be/how would you describe it?

www.medial.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmawhinney1/

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Meander crafts sustainable, versatile and timeless clothing to take you from the city to the mountains. Driven by a passion for nature and sustainability, Meander is co-founded by Jill and Steve Henry. The brand is dedicated to creating, functional outdoor clothing with a minimalist style from premium performance fabrics.

With a commitment to making a positive impact, sustainability is at the core of the brand, from the fabrics they use, to the suppliers they work with and the packaging the clothes arrive in. The range is designed from recycled, organic, or low impact materials and manufactured in ethical Scottish and European factories. As members of 1% For the Planet, Meander donates at least 1% of their annual sales to environmental organizations.

Their flagship store and headquarters is based in Edinburgh and they have a 2nd store in Covent Garden, London.

Jill started Meander after over working in the fashion industry for over a decade, managing product and the supply chain for brands including House of Holland & French Connection. She has a Degree in Clothing Design and Manufacture from Heriot Watt University and is a keen outdoor lover. She Took part in Virgin Strive Challenge in 2018 cycling over 400k and kayaking 20k in Sardinia with Sir Richard Branson and family

Timestamps:

[2:30] When did you start Meander?

[6:00] All about The Borders

[9:00] Is the fashion industry as horrific as The Devil Wears Prada portrays?

[12:25] When did you launch your first retail outlet?

[21:50} What’s it like working with your husband?

[25:45] Where are you taking the business?

[28:10] Rebecca’s challenge…

[29:40] What is your destiny with this business?

[32:00] If your business had a personality or character, what would it look like?

https://meanderapparel.com/

https://facebook.com/MeanderApparel/

https://www.instagram.com/meanderapparel/

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The brand eteaket was started in 2008 when ex-lawyer and founder, Erica Moore, had a moment of clarity and realised she wanted to do something more fulfilling with her life.

It was founded on a belief that we were all born to chase our dreams and find our passion.

Erica had a passion for the power of proper leaf tea to make the everyday better through allowing people to connect and create moments.

We believe that life's all about recognising and appreciating those brief moments of joy and happiness.

In every part of the world, tea has the ability to create a gentle yet vibrant atmosphere that brings people together and inspires them to live their best life seeking health and happiness.

Timestamps:

[1:00] How were you at the start before the business was very different than it its today?

[5:15] Where did the inspiration for ‘pause’ come from?

[7:35] You started off as a big, shiny corporate lawyer in London. How did you segue into tea?

[9:25] Chinese elements and deciding to close the tea room

[18:00] Is it flexible space?

[20:00] Tell us about your product

[23:45] You reshaped your business to fit and work for you

[28:10] What is your destiny or purpose?

[30:00] If your business had a character or personality who would it be?

https://www.eteaket.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/eteaket

https://www.instagram.com/eteaket/

https://twitter.com/eteaket

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Cindy Eggleton, Co-Founder and CEO of Brilliant Cities (formerly Brilliant Detroit), has a long history of working “with, for, and by” families to build a Detroit where children and families realize what is possible. Today, she leads Brilliant Detroit, which coordinates existing evidence-based programming through houses in the middle of neighbourhoods to ensure that families with young children have what they need to be school-ready, healthy, and stable.

During the first four years of her time as CEO, Cindy grew Brilliant Detroit to serve 16,000 children and caregivers with more than 120 organizational partners operating out of 18hubs. Her work has earned her numerous recognitions, including Crain’s 2018 Notable Women in Nonprofits , AARP’s 2020 Purpose Prize and 2023 Elevate Prize. She sees this as the work of her life and is committed to growing this impact to affect population-level change in Detroit.

Timestamps:

[1:15] How was Brilliant Cities formed?

[4:45] Do you have some examples of the differences you've made? The secret sauce.

[8:00] Where did it all begin and what was the spark?

[14:30] Another example of their high impact on the community.

[16:00] Their model: The listening exercise

[19:00] After 8 years of growth what other countries are you going to? How do you get your funding?

[23:40] From pregnancy to 8 yo are key growth years and set foundations for behaviour and education. The caregiver is a key component.

[27:10] Government funding, has it worked?

[33:10] If your business had a personality or character what would it look like?

https://brilliantdetroit.org/

https://www.facebook.com/BrilliantDetroit/

https://twitter.com/brilliantd313

https://www.instagram.com/BrilliantDetroit/

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Kallum with a K is a leader in marketing, sales and growth for small business. He is the Founder and Chief UNpreneurship Officer of UNpreneur. In less than 3 years, UNpreneur has become the UK’s largest provider of Student Enterprise training for universities in the UK, working with 31 institutions across all four UK countries.

The company also provides straight-talking business support to help business owners stuck at £40k-£70k revenue per year package and systemise their expertise, to go from UNcertainty, frustration and stagnant sales to predictable growth. Kallum brings more than 12 years of experience of working with startups.

He is a multi-award winning businesses owner, and was included in the prestigious Sunday Times Maserati 100 List, which recognises innovators in the business world. Outside of work, Kallum describes himself as an UNapologetic foodie. He also loves travelling, is learning German, and is obsessed with music (especially Billy idol, Metallica and Duran Duran). Timestamps:

[0:45] What does Unpreneur do? [5:10] Where does this passion come from?

[7:15] Where did Unpreneur come from and what does it mean?

[11:25] What’s the vibe or sense of the university students you work with? [19:30] What are the future plans for Unpreneur?

[24:30] What advice would you give those micro-businesses struggling to get to £100k?

[31:00] If your business had a personality or a character what or who would it be?

https://www.unpreneur.com

https://www.instagram.com/unpreneur/

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Kallum with a K

Kallum with a K is a leader in marketing, sales and growth for small businesses. He is the Founder and Chief UNpreneurship Officer of UNpreneur. In less than 3 years, UNpreneur has become the UK’s largest provider of Student Enterprise training for universities in the UK, working with 31 institutions across all four UK countries. The company also provides straight-talking business support to help business owners stuck at £40k-£70k revenue per year package and systemise their expertise, to go from UNcertainty, frustration and stagnant sales to predictable growth. Outside of work, Kallum describes himself as an UNapologetic foodie. He also loves travelling, is learning German, and is obsessed with music (especially Billy idol, Metallica and Duran Duran).

Kallum's Website

@unpreneur on Instagram

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kallumwithak/

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Elizabeth Willetts

Elizabeth is an experienced Recruiter with over 17 years of experience – both in-house at one of the Big 4 and at one of the UK’s largest recruitment agencies. And she is the proud Founder of the Investing in Women job board and community.Elizabeth is mum to two daughters – Emily and Annabelle (and a Labradoodle called Dougal).She is wildly passionate about the power of part-time and flexible work—and a strong, empowered female community—to close the gender pay gap.Her hope? Investing in Women helps YOU land your dream job—one that lets you shine at work WITHOUT sacrificing time with family, pets, hobbies, or living your best life!Why? Because you’re too talented for your skills to go to waste!

Elizabeth's Website

Elizabeth's Facebook page

@investinginwomencareers on Instagram

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/investinginwomen/

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Anthony Marks

Anthony's Website

Anthony started his career at Manchester United FC, spending five years developing club branded product before moving into toys for the next 10 years where he worked on many pre-school brands from Disney to Bob the Builder, it was during this period where he spent a large proportion of the year in the Far East working with manufacturers. He left an industry he enjoyed to start his own company from his spare bedroom. Fast forward to 2024, the Fanattik pop culture brand has become a fan favourite, a licensing partner for many of the global entertainment studios both film and video game, the company designs and manufactures gifts and collectibles which are then sold to retailers worldwide.

Anthony's Facebook page

Anthony on YouTube

@wearefanattik on Instagram

@WeAreFanattik on Twitter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-marks-fanattik/?originalSubdomain=uk

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Lauren Jones, Founder and CEO of Boudica (formerly Box Creative), is an Accredited Brand Architect, Strategist and Specialist, MA and BA (Hons), NLP Master Practitioner (and certified yoga instructor!).She’s designed everything from retail interiors to global brand activations, bespoke furniture to award-winning digital customer experiences, and now helps impact-focused leaders and female founders grow their organisations using the power of brand, storytelling and design.Her agency has unearthed hundreds of brands across the globe and helped leaders meaningfully show up and stand out.

A few things about Lauren…

1. I trained as a furniture designer, and have showcased my work at Stockholm Furniture Fair, Levi’s Paris flagship store, The Big Chill Bar London and Topshop Boutique.
2. I live by the sea with my boyfriend and dog, Roo. She has way more Insta followers than me… @roodog_theborderterrier.
3. I’m obsessed with plants and my garden. 100% certified crazy plant lady.
4. I’m a twin. And yes, we can read each other’s minds… and yes, we’re best friends!
5. I once went on a “6 month” trip around the world… and returned 3 years later. It was the best decision of my life.]

Lauren's Website

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/-laurenjones/

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Claire Ladkin founded All About The Cooks after 2020 when she realised there were a lot of people around who loved to cook, had the talent, and perhaps needed some extra money. She set up the software that allowed people to monetise their home cooking locally with an ordering and payment system that simplified the process of getting to market. Hear all about her story here!Also watch Claire appear on Morning Live (starts at 24 minute mark!): https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001rsq2/morning-live-series-5-26102023

Timestamps:

[1:25] How did you come up with the idea?

[6:15] Where in the UK do you have the service?

[10:30] Winning the Innovation Award

[12:20] Delightful doorstep interactions

[17:30] Investors, advisory board, and collaboration

[18:50] Demographics and exits

[20:00] Personality of the business if it were a real person or character?

@allaboutthecooks on Instagram

@aboutthecooks on Twitter

Claire's Website

LI : https://www.linkedin.com/in/claireladkin

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Becky started out with her first entrepreneurial journey at age 16 with horse models. In time, she grew Utterly Horses to become the largest horse model company in Europe and had her own manufacturing set up in China as well as overseeing design. After exiting the business by selling to a company in the USA, Becky spent time in the corporate world before staring up her own branding company The Brand Artisan, helping to exponentially grow businesses, and making things happen.

Becky's Website

Becky's Facebook page

@thebrandartisanuk on Instagram

https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybenfieldhumberstone/

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Lucy Eden is the visionary force, and Founder, of Be in Your Element, an extraordinary business that offers tailored well-being experiences to both individuals and organisations.

For Lucy, promoting health, happiness, and unlocking human potential is a lifelong passion. In 2021, she made her dream a reality with the launch of Be in Your Element. Lucy is a qualified reiki healer, mindfulness, and meditation teacher, and has an in-depth understanding of the mind-body connection.

Whether she is leading meditation sessions or mindfulness workshops, Lucy is committed to guiding individuals on a journey of self-discovery and inner peace. Her ultimate goal is to empower people to achieve a sense of calm and presence in their daily lives.

Timestamps:

[start] Intro to how it all started

[4:50] Macrame Army! What platform got you to 1000 followers

[7:30] Out of the wellness community, what's the most unusual session you've given?

[11:45] What changes have you seen in yourself as you've embarked on this journey with clients?

[14:20] When you get businesses in, do you notice that business shift and change after the employee experience?

[21:00] Do you ever get hardened cynics and how do you deal with them? NHS story here folks...

[26:00] Sound baths and vibration!

[27:40] Where are you taking the business?

[31:00] If your business was a character or personality, who or what would it look like?

@_beinyourelement_ on Instagram

Lucy's Website

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Kelly Cartwright

Kelly Cartwright is the Owner & Director of Core Recruiter Ltd a multi-award-winning specialist construction recruitment agency, providing recruitment services to the building and construction industry. I have a simple approach to recruitment. Don’t overcomplicate things. In the recruitment sector, our job is simple - to supply good quality temporary and permanent workers to clients within our area of operation regardless of time of day. And we want to deliver for those clients in new ways. By having that focus, it is clear what my team and I need to do to succeed.

Timestamps:

[2:00] Starting out as a woman in the construction recruitment industry

[5:10] What was it like Day 1 owning your own company - age 23?

[7:45] Your website and humour

[11:20] First member of staff?

[14:20] Any grand visions for the company?

[17:25] What balances things out for you outside of work?

[23:00] Biggest lesson learned so far in the last 8 years of running your business?

[29:00] If your business had a personality or character, what would it look like?

Kelly 's Facebook page

@corerecruiter on Instagram

@corerecltd on Twitter

Kelly 's Website

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Clare is dedicated to helping busy women create a life Powered by Calm by guiding them to transcend stress, anxiety, and overwhelm without the addition of tools, techniques or trawling through the past. As a qualified 3 Principles Life and Business Mentor, she guides them to reveal their true potential, create purposeful lives and experience profound transformation. Take a transformative journey with Clare from her home in Yorkshire or her trusty motorhome, Trevor, and unlock the life you were meant to live.

Clare's Website

Clare's Facebook page

@clarequeenofcalm on Instagram

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Holly Hull is a dedicated and accomplished entrepreneur in the field of destination events, with a strong focus on the M.I.C.E industry (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Events). As the Founder and CEO of Corporate Peaks Group, Holly passionately delivers exceptional events worldwide, providing motivation and incentives for businesses across the globe. With a commitment to breaking the mould, Corporate Peaks, Corporate Peaks DMC & CP Conferencing offers specialist fully hosted events that turn ideas into reality, aligned with the specific business objectives of their clients.

Holly's journey in the industry began with a decision to forgo traditional university education and instead immerse herself in the business world, gaining first-hand experience and developing her skills. Drawing from her background in marketing, tourism, and travel, she worked her way up and identified a gap in the market, which led her to venture into entrepreneurship alongside her business partner Benjamin Newman.

Holly has been shortlisted for the Great British Entrepreneur of the Year - Scale Up Award, showcasing her dedication and contributions to the industry and credits her success to her passion for life, drive, and perseverance.

Timestamps:

[1:00] Tell everybody what you do Holly?

[5:30] What kind of clients do you work with?

[9:40] Where did the mountain thing come from?

[14:45] Award nominations and exciting other news.

[18:00] How does fun and family as values factor into your client experience?

[21:00] Are you seeing an increased demand with remote working?

[22:30] What did you do during COVID?

[25:50] Where are you taking the business?

[30:30] If your business had a character or personality what would it be?

Holly's Website

Holly's Facebook page

@corporatepeaks on Instagram

@skicorppeaks on Twitter

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Josh embarked on a remarkable journey, bootstrapping a company from scratch. After several years of hard work and determination, he founded Zencastr, a groundbreaking company in the podcasting industry. Zencastr revolutionized the world of podcasting by providing an innovative platform that enables users to easily capture, post-produce, and distribute top-notch audio and video content.

Josh’s entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to his vision have been truly inspiring. He faced numerous challenges and obstacles along the way but remained committed to his goal. Despite the initial struggles, Zencastr gained traction, and the demand for the platform grew rapidly.

Over time, Zencastr attracted a diverse community of podcasters from all around the world. The platform’s impact was felt by podcasters and content creators, making their work more accessible and efficient. Zencastr became a game-changer for podcasters like Ginger Weisman, David Saltzman, and many others, allowing them to record high-quality audio, even with remote guests.

In the podcasting industry, Zencastr became synonymous with innovation and quality. The platform’s success and widespread adoption were testaments to Josh’s dedication, vision, and the incredible team he assembled along the way. The story of Josh’s journey with Zencastr is a testament to the power of determination, innovation, and the impact one person can have on an entire industry.

Timestamps:

[1:10] What brought you to the podcasting world?

[8:20] Onto small businesses and why podcasts are now so popular?

[13:00] How do you get started with a podcast, best practices?

[21:00] How is the business going at present?

[26:00] What is the future of the business?

[29:45] Being client led

[33:00] If you business had a personality or character what would it be?

Josh's Website

@joshontheweb on Twitter

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Claire Munday, Mother of 2 and Creator and Founder of Tappy Toes dance, has been dancing since the age of three.

Claire trained at Laine Theatre Arts, Epsom, Surrey, on a three year musical theatre course. She gained Distinctions in Ballet, Modern and Tap ISTD Teaching Associates, and an Anatomy Diploma, and has been teaching dance since she was 16 years old.

A professional dancer from 1998- 2010, she performed with major pop artists including Destiny’s Child, KT Tunstall and Katherine Jenkins. In west end venues, the Royal Albert Hall and the London Palladium, and in countless hair and fashion shows for companies including Marks and Spencer, Levis, Clarks, Wella and L’Oreal. She appeared on Top of the Pop’s, MTV, the Brit Awards, a series for ITV1, and a cinema and TV campaign for Lynx.

She is now an accomplished choreographer having worked on adverts for the Olympics 2012, Moshi Monsters and Lumi Jewellery, and on TV shows including CBeebies, Nuzzle and Scratch, ITV1s Wedding Dances and a Teachers TV series.

With over 15 years of teaching experience behind her, Claire created Tappy Toes baby and toddler dance classes in order to develop imagination, build confidence, improve coordination and inspire creativity in your youngsters, and to provide a fun but controlled environment for parent/carer and toddler to bond. The classes became so popular the decision was made to franchise the classes so that more children could enjoy them! During the Coronavirus pandemic, Claire decided to take all Tappy Toes classes live online, so that every child could experience the magic of DANCE even during social distancing and isolation. Classes are now available in studios across the UK.

Timestamps:

[1:40] What is Tappy Toes?

[3:00] Professional dance career and getting into teaching

[10:05] When did you start your first franchise?

[18:00] Where are you heading with franchising?

[20:50] Are you expanding to the USA?

[22:00] Did you children attend your classes? And how does it help with child development?

[24:00] How did lockdown affect the children in your classes?

[28:30] If your business had a personality or character, what would it be like?

Claire's Facebook page

@tappytoes on Twitter

@tappytoesdance on Instagram

Claire's Website

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Tara Lynch is the founder of Dogs In Motion.

Dogs In Motion is a small business which offers many different pet services. Tara came up with the idea of Dogs In Motion towards the end of lockdown when she couldn’t find work anywhere, so decided to make her own work and started her entrepreneurial journey.

Dogs In Motion grew to become one of the top three pet services in the area! She ran this business alone, so was up early every morning working out her schedule for that day, going around and picking up dogs for day care, walks, doing training sessions and pet pop-ins.

Tara then also had to dedicate time in the evenings and weekends to do all the admin work, so it was a lot, but she wouldn’t change it for the world! After recently relocating to Norwich to be with her partner, Dogs In Motion has had to go on hold, but hopefully with the opportunity of the GBEA, it could be up and running sooner than she thought!

Timestamps:

[0:50] How did your business begin?

[6:50] What was it that made you start a business?

[11:10] GBEA nominations and moving to Norwich

[16:00] Coming out the other side

[18:45] Would you franchise it?

[20:35] How far away is the warehouse and funding?

[21:45] If your business was a personality or character, what would it be?

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Robert Simpson is the brains behind the re-invention of the door security chain. This door security device when applied IF attacked automatically sounds an alarm to alert neighbours and passers-by but at the same time sprays the attackers with a UV-based forensically identifiable marking fluid that stains skin and clothes for weeks allowing police an extended window of opportunity to identify those who attempt to force entry into your home. Currently working with Innovate UK Edge to enable R&D regarding a newly designed electronic version that once manufactured here in the UK can be globally commercialised.

“Forensic Chain of Evidence” is installed at an entry point around your home and when in use, if an unlawful attempt is made to force entry through the door it will automatically sound a high decibel alarm to alert neighbours and passers-by but at the same time spray the attacker with a TOTALLY NON-TOXIC UV based forensic marking fluid. This stain remains on clothes and skin for weeks and is easily identified by police using simple UV (CSI) torches.

Police forces nationally have utilised his idea in a number of safeguarding settings including domestic violence, repeat burglaries, witness protection, race and hate crimes so to ease the fear of crime and with no recorded offences being perpetrated at any of the target hardened addresses where the device is installed and police have commended its crime reduction capabilities.

Timestamps:

[1:20] How did you get started?

[3:30] Star Trek? And then see the invention!

[7:30] Did you always have ideas brewing before your accident and your current invention idea?

[10:40] Superb product - how is it getting out to market?

[15:30] How is it progressing?

[21:10] GBEA finalist nomination

[26:55] The Dragon's Den

[29:00] Any other ideas planned as an inventor?

[32:00] If your business had a personality or character, what would it look like?

Links to RDS Innovations:

Website: https://www.rdsi.co.uk/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robsimpson01/

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Prior to Blackcircles.com, Michael started his 1st online tyre business in 1995 in Liverpool, England, he was 17, he sold that business to UK fast fit chain KwikFit who hired him as the head of e-commerce prior to Ford's £1 billion acquisition in 99, after which he spent time in the US assisting Ford.

In 2019 Michael launched Tirescanner.com, a US tire retail marketplace. Tirescanner is the first tire retailer to provide a true concierge service, providing tire installation scheduled online through a network of accredited mobile van and shop partners from 24 hours after purchase.

In 2021 Tirescanner merged with Tirebuyer.com to create one of America’s largest online tire retailers with over 11,000 installers across the USA. Bringing together Tirescanner’s strategy & expertise with TireBuyer’s scale the aim is to create the countries leading online tire experience.

Timestamps:

[1:10] How did you end up in Miami and how did it all begin? Fascinating from start to finish. [

7:30] What happened after The Prince's Trust?

[10:00] How did you deal with everything happening so quickly?

[13:00] What was your vision?

[16:30] When did you set up Blackcircles and how did it take off?

[28:55] Did you always think you were going to sell?

[30:40] What happens after the mega-deal is done? It's not necessarily what you think.

[35:50] When did you set up Tirebuyer?

Find out more about Michael Welch here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blackcircles/

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Prior to Blackcircles.com, Michael started his 1st online tyre business in 1995 in Liverpool, England, he was 17, he sold that business to UK fast fit chain KwikFit who hired him as the head of e-commerce prior to Ford's £1 billion acquisition in 99, after which he spent time in the US assisting Ford.

In 2019 Michael launched Tirescanner.com, a US tire retail marketplace. Tirescanner is the first tire retailer to provide a true concierge service, providing tire installation scheduled online through a network of accredited mobile van and shop partners from 24 hours after purchase.

In 2021 Tirescanner merged with Tirebuyer.com to create one of America’s largest online tire retailers with over 11,000 installers across the USA. Bringing together Tirescanner’s strategy & expertise with TireBuyer’s scale the aim is to create the countries leading online tire experience.

Timestamps:

[1:10] How did you end up in Miami and how did it all begin? Fascinating from start to finish. [

7:30] What happened after The Prince's Trust?

[10:00] How did you deal with everything happening so quickly?

[13:00] What was your vision?

[16:30] When did you set up Blackcircles and how did it take off?

[28:55] Did you always think you were going to sell?

[30:40] What happens after the mega-deal is done? It's not necessarily what you think.

[35:50] When did you set up Tirebuyer?

Find out more about Michael Welch here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blackcircles/

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This week Rebecca meets Colin Sevens, a former U.S.A. Division 1 basketball player and senior year team captain at Coastal Carolina University. After spending years working in the banking industry, he left the 9-5 to embark on the entrepreneurial journey and start his own business. He has since created two brands in the basketball development industry that have thrived for over a decade.

Over the past five years, Colin has worked as a life strategist and performance coach. He's been hired by professional athletes, business executives and entrepreneurs to help them maximize their potential. He uses a deeply engaging and unique approach to enhance decision making, personal growth, and emotional intelligence - leveraging his sports background and personal development expertise to guide individuals towards success.

Colin is the published author of two books, COACHABLE available HERE, and his most recent book with raving reviews, Make Your Mark available HERE.

He is a sought-after speaker and trainer for various companies, motivating and empowering others to reach their full potential.

With an unwavering commitment to excellence, Colin continues to inspire and uplift those around him.

Timestamps:

[0:55] Let's hear about your NBA coaching skill story, getting started, and where it has taken you

[3:25] Where does the interest in pushing people to succeed come from? We talk about closing the gap.

[8:55] Building the Academy in the basketball landscape of 2010

[11:20] How has the business pushed you? (And do we need a whole day to talk about it! :-D) How to present the authentic you to elite clients?

[17:10] How did you transition to life/business/relationship coaching with Pro N.B.A. players to be 'better humans'?

[20:00] Character building: caring for your personal life and not just business and success

[ 22:30] When discipline and grounding affects results in sport

[27:00] Where are you taking your business? It's not just athletes anymore. And why communication and mentoring men is key.

[32:25] If your business had a character or personality what would it be like?

Find more details on Colin Stevens here at his website: https://thecolinstevens.com/

Find his podcast here: Colin Stevens Podcast

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This week Rebecca meets Colin Sevens, a former U.S.A. Division 1 basketball player and senior year team captain at Coastal Carolina University. After spending years working in the banking industry, he left the 9-5 to embark on the entrepreneurial journey and start his own business. He has since created two brands in the basketball development industry that have thrived for over a decade.

Over the past five years, Colin has worked as a life strategist and performance coach. He's been hired by professional athletes, business executives and entrepreneurs to help them maximize their potential. He uses a deeply engaging and unique approach to enhance decision making, personal growth, and emotional intelligence - leveraging his sports background and personal development expertise to guide individuals towards success.

Colin is the published author of two books, COACHABLE available HERE, and his most recent book with raving reviews, Make Your Mark available HERE.

He is a sought-after speaker and trainer for various companies, motivating and empowering others to reach their full potential.

With an unwavering commitment to excellence, Colin continues to inspire and uplift those around him.

Timestamps:

[0:55] Let's hear about your NBA coaching skill story, getting started, and where it has taken you

[3:25] Where does the interest in pushing people to succeed come from? We talk about closing the gap.

[8:55] Building the Academy in the basketball landscape of 2010

[11:20] How has the business pushed you? (And do we need a whole day to talk about it! :-D) How to present the authentic you to elite clients?

[17:10] How did you transition to life/business/relationship coaching with Pro N.B.A. players to be 'better humans'?

[20:00] Character building: caring for your personal life and not just business and success

[ 22:30] When discipline and grounding affects results in sport

[27:00] Where are you taking your business? It's not just athletes anymore. And why communication and mentoring men is key.

[32:25] If your business had a character or personality what would it be like?

Find more details on Colin Stevens here at his website: https://thecolinstevens.com/

Find his podcast here: Colin Stevens Podcast

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Tynah Matembe is a financial inclusion expert and CEO of MoneyMatiX, which aims to improve under-represented communities' financial capability and well-being. She hosts the Grow Your Money podcast and programs that empower youth and underserved people to improve their financial capability and realise their potential.

A lawyer by training, Tynah's career has spanned from working with the UN on poverty alleviation to financial services in East Africa and the UK. She founded MoneyMatiX based on her family's experience of migrating to the UK, giving her a unique perspective on the challenges faced by underserved communities.

Tynah's impressive track record and commitment to empowering communities has seen her recognised as Scotland's Most Inspirational Fintech Leader (2019), selected as a founder of the Scottish Government's prestigious Unlocking Ambition, and featured in several publications for her outstanding contribution to financial empowerment. Her expertise and leadership in the financial education sector make her a valuable asset to the industry.

Timestamps:

[0:50] What do you do and who do you serve?

[2:43]The move from Uganda to the UK and the challenges of suddenly being financially vulnerable despite being a banker

[7:55] How has the business evolved since 2018, where has it been and where is it now?

[14:50] How young are the kids you work so hard to educate on money matters?

[18:00] Has running your own business changed your own relationship with money?

[23:25] Mindset shifts about wealth

[24:40] What is your plan for the future of MoneyMatiX?

Find out more about Tynah and MoneyMatiX using these links:

Here are all the places Grow Your Money Podcast is at: https://linktr.ee/growyourmoneypodcast

https://www.instagram.com/moneymatix/

https://www.facebook.com/moneymatix/

https://www.tiktok.com/@moneymatix

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Tynah Matembe is a financial inclusion expert and CEO of MoneyMatiX, which aims to improve under-represented communities' financial capability and well-being. She hosts the Grow Your Money podcast and programs that empower youth and underserved people to improve their financial capability and realise their potential.

A lawyer by training, Tynah's career has spanned from working with the UN on poverty alleviation to financial services in East Africa and the UK. She founded MoneyMatiX based on her family's experience of migrating to the UK, giving her a unique perspective on the challenges faced by underserved communities.

Tynah's impressive track record and commitment to empowering communities has seen her recognised as Scotland's Most Inspirational Fintech Leader (2019), selected as a founder of the Scottish Government's prestigious Unlocking Ambition, and featured in several publications for her outstanding contribution to financial empowerment. Her expertise and leadership in the financial education sector make her a valuable asset to the industry.

Timestamps:

[0:50] What do you do and who do you serve?

[2:43]The move from Uganda to the UK and the challenges of suddenly being financially vulnerable despite being a banker

[7:55] How has the business evolved since 2018, where has it been and where is it now?

[14:50] How young are the kids you work so hard to educate on money matters?

[18:00] Has running your own business changed your own relationship with money?

[23:25] Mindset shifts about wealth

[24:40] What is your plan for the future of MoneyMatiX?

Find out more about Tynah and MoneyMatiX using these links:

Here are all the places Grow Your Money Podcast is at: https://linktr.ee/growyourmoneypodcast

https://www.instagram.com/moneymatix/

https://www.facebook.com/moneymatix/

https://www.tiktok.com/@moneymatix

Want to join us for our next Escape 9 to 5 Live Event? Find out more and sign up for our free event here: https://tricres.ac-page.com/9-to-5

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If you missed Part One, we highly recommend you check it out here for audio only:

Donna Wallace Part 1

Or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JKQzAjLPAsg

And tune into this latest podcast video to see what happens when Rebecca gets her own energy and aura reading...

Timestamps:

[0:45] What colours are surrounding Rebecca?

[3:00]Clarity of insight

[12:20] Rebecca translates the reading to her own experiences

[17:45] Trying on gemstones for fit

Find Donna's website and Social Links here:

Website | Instagram | Facebook

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If you missed Part One, we highly recommend you check it out here for audio only:

Donna Wallace Part 1

Or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JKQzAjLPAsg

And tune into this latest podcast video to see what happens when Rebecca gets her own energy and aura reading...

Timestamps:

[0:45] What colours are surrounding Rebecca?

[3:00]Clarity of insight

[12:20] Rebecca translates the reading to her own experiences

[17:45] Trying on gemstones for fit

Find Donna's website and Social Links here:

Website | Instagram | Facebook

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Donna Wallace, based in Australia, is the founder and CEO of the House of Orion.

Having studied horticulture in university, she felt like something huge was missing in her post educational life and knew there was more to come.

After a corporate stint, she got into energy healing and had 15 years of a successful service-based business under her belt.

One could say a divine intervention stepped in and led her to starting a product-based business that she never imagined would be her calling.

Listen to find out more about Donna's fascinating journey into her House of Orion jewelry business and energetically tuning your soul to connect with your intuition and best self.

Timestamps:

[3:20] How did you get into this?

[8:00] What is a divine download?

[11:05] Treating the business as an entity

[15:00] What happens with the jewelry? Tell us about your product

[18:45] What sort of transformations have you seen in your customers?

[25:05] How did Donna find Rebecca? Listen to Donna's version of going down the rabbit hole

[29:30] If your business had a character or personality what would it be?

Find Donna's online links here:

Website | Instagram | Facebook

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Donna Wallace, based in Australia, is the founder and CEO of the House of Orion.

Having studied horticulture in university, she felt like something huge was missing in her post educational life and knew there was more to come.

After a corporate stint, she got into energy healing and had 15 years of a successful service-based business under her belt.

One could say a divine intervention stepped in and led her to starting a product-based business that she never imagined would be her calling.

Listen to find out more about Donna's fascinating journey into her House of Orion jewelry business and energetically tuning your soul to connect with your intuition and best self.

Timestamps:

[3:20] How did you get into this?

[8:00] What is a divine download?

[11:05] Treating the business as an entity

[15:00] What happens with the jewelry? Tell us about your product

[18:45] What sort of transformations have you seen in your customers?

[25:05] How did Donna find Rebecca? Listen to Donna's version of going down the rabbit hole

[29:30] If your business had a character or personality what would it be?

Find Donna's online links here:

Website | Instagram | Facebook

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Gloria Battini is a dedicated woman on a profound mission. She endeavours to heal and empower humanity to transcend their perceptual confines :

• To connect with the things we can’t see
• Empower people to live their life in a different way
• All through coaching, medium expertise, and as an energy healer

A certified Life and Personal Performance Coach, trained Medium and Energy Healer, Gloria has also triumphed over the trials of narcissistic abuse. Her journey has been one of guiding countless women on their paths to healing their hearts, minds, and spirits, with a particular focus on stress and anxiety management, recovery from toxic relationships spanning the romantic, familial, occupational, and platonic spheres, and the establishment of healthy life boundaries.

Her distinctive approach seamlessly blends coaching with Mediumship, Astrology and Energy Work, facilitating transformative experiences that transcend the boundaries of the mind and resonate deep within the heart and soul.

Time Stamps:

(2:15) How does mediumship work in coaching and how did you get started?

(8:43) When you train to become a medium, how do you learn it?

(14:30) Can you do this online and how does that work?

(19:30) Big corporations use mediums too

(21:12) This is Gloria’s reason for being a woman on a mission

(24:20) Gloria shows Rebecca how she is using psychic abilities herself every day

(33:00) Rebecca’s birth chart results as a self discovery tool

(36:00) Where can listeners find Gloria?

Website: https://stan.store/GloriaBattini

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gloriabattini/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Lzf1AT9bSdbL8EB3LGQFg

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Gloria Battini is a dedicated woman on a profound mission. She endeavours to heal and empower humanity to transcend their perceptual confines :

• To connect with the things we can’t see
• Empower people to live their life in a different way
• All through coaching, medium expertise, and as an energy healer

A certified Life and Personal Performance Coach, trained Medium and Energy Healer, Gloria has also triumphed over the trials of narcissistic abuse. Her journey has been one of guiding countless women on their paths to healing their hearts, minds, and spirits, with a particular focus on stress and anxiety management, recovery from toxic relationships spanning the romantic, familial, occupational, and platonic spheres, and the establishment of healthy life boundaries.

Her distinctive approach seamlessly blends coaching with Mediumship, Astrology and Energy Work, facilitating transformative experiences that transcend the boundaries of the mind and resonate deep within the heart and soul.

Time Stamps:

(2:15) How does mediumship work in coaching and how did you get started?

(8:43) When you train to become a medium, how do you learn it?

(14:30) Can you do this online and how does that work?

(19:30) Big corporations use mediums too

(21:12) This is Gloria’s reason for being a woman on a mission

(24:20) Gloria shows Rebecca how she is using psychic abilities herself every day

(33:00) Rebecca’s birth chart results as a self discovery tool

(36:00) Where can listeners find Gloria?

Website: https://stan.store/GloriaBattini

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gloriabattini/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Lzf1AT9bSdbL8EB3LGQFg

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1. Meet Barbara Kerr who tranforms body & mind.

With an exciting career portfolio spanning Arts & Events Management & Marketing to Lifestyle & Wellbeing coaching and retreats, she is well versed in people, creativity, business strategy and communications. With an educational background of Psychology and Transformational Coaching they support her professional experience of leadership and team building.

Barbara has delivered:

• Overseas retreats

• Organised festivals for the British Army in Germany

• Programmed and managed the entertainment for 1m visitors to the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race

• Coached hundreds of people in personal and professional growth incorporating mindset, fitness and nutrition

• As a feature in The Times as "A woman I could learn something from"

• Writing for newspapers, blogged and a lifestyle magbook

In her own words:

"Amongst other fun things like dancing with Pascha from Strictly, having a teeny appearance in the next series of BBC's Virgil .... run 1000's of miles including an ultra marathon ..... oh and I'm a fully trained fitness pro and sports massage therapist!"

Listen to her fascinating podcast

https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-kerr-edinburgh/?originalSubdomain=uk

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1. Meet Barbara Kerr who tranforms body & mind.

With an exciting career portfolio spanning Arts & Events Management & Marketing to Lifestyle & Wellbeing coaching and retreats, she is well versed in people, creativity, business strategy and communications. With an educational background of Psychology and Transformational Coaching they support her professional experience of leadership and team building.

Barbara has delivered:

• Overseas retreats

• Organised festivals for the British Army in Germany

• Programmed and managed the entertainment for 1m visitors to the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race

• Coached hundreds of people in personal and professional growth incorporating mindset, fitness and nutrition

• As a feature in The Times as "A woman I could learn something from"

• Writing for newspapers, blogged and a lifestyle magbook

In her own words:

"Amongst other fun things like dancing with Pascha from Strictly, having a teeny appearance in the next series of BBC's Virgil .... run 1000's of miles including an ultra marathon ..... oh and I'm a fully trained fitness pro and sports massage therapist!"

Listen to her fascinating podcast

https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-kerr-edinburgh/?originalSubdomain=uk

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It's episode 161 of the The Entrepreneurial Journey Podcast!

Meet Cienna Kopischke, a business coach and podcast host. She is a a 3x multi six-figure business coach who teaches women how to scale and grow their businesses using potent marketing and sales tactics while also removing limiting beliefs holding them back.

Cienna has a B.A Degree in Communication from The University of North Florida and has had a career in Advertising for 8 years, aiming to birth wealthy women from her coaching containers.

The Mommy Agency was her pivot to business coaching after what can only be described as an exceptionally difficult first pregnancy.

Timestamps:

(3:00) Starting over

(8:20) The Mommy Agency - about the business

(11:30) What clients do you work with?

(14:00) Where do you take your clients?

(19:20) Where are your clients?

(24:30) Where is The Mommy Agency going?

(27:00) What personality/character would your business be?

Here is the link to follow Cienna:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cienna-kopischke-378648a6/

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It's episode 161 of the The Entrepreneurial Journey Podcast!

Meet Cienna Kopischke, a business coach and podcast host. She is a a 3x multi six-figure business coach who teaches women how to scale and grow their businesses using potent marketing and sales tactics while also removing limiting beliefs holding them back.

Cienna has a B.A Degree in Communication from The University of North Florida and has had a career in Advertising for 8 years, aiming to birth wealthy women from her coaching containers.

The Mommy Agency was her pivot to business coaching after what can only be described as an exceptionally difficult first pregnancy.

Timestamps:

(3:00) Starting over

(8:20) The Mommy Agency - about the business

(11:30) What clients do you work with?

(14:00) Where do you take your clients?

(19:20) Where are your clients?

(24:30) Where is The Mommy Agency going?

(27:00) What personality/character would your business be?

Here is the link to follow Cienna:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cienna-kopischke-378648a6/

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This week Rebecca meets Stacey McNabney, founder of not one but two businesses including Boss Girls Academy and The Social Coach.

Boss Girls Academy is a networking group for women in business & The Social Coach provides accredited training courses for Social media managers and aspiring SMM's. By starting both of these businesses through following her passion and doing what she loves Stacey is now able to work self-employed full-time, while being a mum of two.

She has built up an online community of over 47k people and worked with businesses from estate agents to dog groomers. Coming from a sales and marketing background she uses the power of human connection to grow her businesses while helping other flourish.

Timestamps:

(2:00) What holds coaches back?

(6:30) How did it build organically?

(10:00) What platform is best for businesses?

(12:15) The psychology of TikTok and what achieves likes

(16:50) Why consistency is key

(18:00) The start of The Social Coach

(22:00) The first few weeks/months and how to keep going

(25:00) Where is The Social Coach heading?

Find out more about Stacey and her businesses here:

Boss Girls Academy

Stacey the Social Coach LinkedIn

Note: The Social Coach website is currently under construction

Want to be a part of the next Tricres Escape 9 to 5 Event? Find out the details HERE...

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This week Rebecca meets Stacey McNabney, founder of not one but two businesses including Boss Girls Academy and The Social Coach.

Boss Girls Academy is a networking group for women in business & The Social Coach provides accredited training courses for Social media managers and aspiring SMM's. By starting both of these businesses through following her passion and doing what she loves Stacey is now able to work self-employed full-time, while being a mum of two.

She has built up an online community of over 47k people and worked with businesses from estate agents to dog groomers. Coming from a sales and marketing background she uses the power of human connection to grow her businesses while helping other flourish.

Timestamps:

(2:00) What holds coaches back?

(6:30) How did it build organically?

(10:00) What platform is best for businesses?

(12:15) The psychology of TikTok and what achieves likes

(16:50) Why consistency is key

(18:00) The start of The Social Coach

(22:00) The first few weeks/months and how to keep going

(25:00) Where is The Social Coach heading?

Find out more about Stacey and her businesses here:

Boss Girls Academy

Stacey the Social Coach LinkedIn

Note: The Social Coach website is currently under construction

Want to be a part of the next Tricres Escape 9 to 5 Event? Find out the details HERE...

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Elliot and Dominic, two entrepreneurial brothers, have taken the business world by storm over the last few years.

Together they have built a group of successful agencies across the UK and the US through a combination of growth and strategic acquisitions. The agencies operate under Chapman Capital and include a B2B growth agency that has worked with some of the world’s largest tech brands, a podcast booking agency that has booked guests in over 2,200 podcast episodes with 700+ hosts, a TV ad agency in London, and a full-service marketing agency.

It only made sense to get them onto our Podcast to talk about their lead generation agency and all things podcast!

The brothers don't have individual titles on purpose but feel their skill sets complement each other and they innately know their roles, removing hierarchy and egos.

Hear why they didn't want any employees and then had to hire after just 6 months.

Then listen to how the value of podcasting is so lucrative for providing a new content arm that keeps on giving.

Elliot and Dom are firm believers in getting comfortable with being uncomfortable and building real relationships in person. Discover what has made Social Chaps such a success on this latest episode.

Timestamps:

(7:55) The beginning of Social Chaps

(19:30) Podcasting value and commercial benefits

(25:00) Why ordinary guests are better than celebrities

(27:00) Where is their business going?

Follow the Social Chaps on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliotchapman/

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Elliot and Dominic, two entrepreneurial brothers, have taken the business world by storm over the last few years.

Together they have built a group of successful agencies across the UK and the US through a combination of growth and strategic acquisitions. The agencies operate under Chapman Capital and include a B2B growth agency that has worked with some of the world’s largest tech brands, a podcast booking agency that has booked guests in over 2,200 podcast episodes with 700+ hosts, a TV ad agency in London, and a full-service marketing agency.

It only made sense to get them onto our Podcast to talk about their lead generation agency and all things podcast!

The brothers don't have individual titles on purpose but feel their skill sets complement each other and they innately know their roles, removing hierarchy and egos.

Hear why they didn't want any employees and then had to hire after just 6 months.

Then listen to how the value of podcasting is so lucrative for providing a new content arm that keeps on giving.

Elliot and Dom are firm believers in getting comfortable with being uncomfortable and building real relationships in person. Discover what has made Social Chaps such a success on this latest episode.

Timestamps:

(7:55) The beginning of Social Chaps

(19:30) Podcasting value and commercial benefits

(25:00) Why ordinary guests are better than celebrities

(27:00) Where is their business going?

Follow the Social Chaps on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliotchapman/

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Ken Davies is the Co-Founder and Manging Director of GSE Media. Launched in 2013, GSE Media Ltd has rapidly developed to create and produce a portfolio of successful and innovative technology based events. With a strong track record of attracting the very best exhibitors, high numbers of visitors and curating award-winning speaker agendas, GSE Media are the perfect partner within B2B events. They also develop and run Podcasts that attracted over 500k downloads last year.

Some of their podcats, which Davies produces and narrates, include The Mysterious Case of Fred the Head, The Mysterious Case of the Gentleman of Heligoland, and The Battery Technology Podcast.

The Mysterious Case of Fred the Head has over 300k downloads - 5 on Apple and 5 on Spotify - It follows a real time investigation into a 50 year old murder - They say that in the case of a mysterious death the first 48 hours are critical. If investigators don't get a break in this time - the chances of solving the crime are greatly diminished. But what if you don't get a break in 48 hours, or 48 days - What if you don't get a break for 48 years.....

You can find more about GSE Media here: https://www.gsemedialtd.com/

You can find episodes of The Mysterious Case of Fred the Head here: https://fredtheheadpodcast.podbean.com/

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Tim Allen CBE is a former army officer and qualified tank commander who spent ten years in the military after attending Sandhurst University.

Following his service, he worked at Buckingham Palace, which provided him with valuable insights and helped him refine his rough edges.

At the age of 32, Tim left the armed forces to pursue opportunities in private banking.

Embracing Challenges and Overcoming Struggles: Tim Allen's Entrepreneurial Journey Discover how Tim Allen CBE's personal journey mirrors the transformation of the city of Dundee. From a struggling past to a thriving future, this episode explores the resilience and determination required for entrepreneurial success.

Tim shares insights from his experience in the armed forces, private banking, and community activism, outlining how his diverse background shaped his entrepreneurial mindset.

Leadership Lessons: Armed Forces and the Civilian Sector In this segment, Tim Allen CBE draws fascinating parallels between military leadership and its potential impact on the civilian sector.

He emphasises the importance of active engagement, listening, and understanding employee needs, which he witnessed firsthand during his military service.

Tim puts forward his argument for why these qualities are vital for effective leadership in any business setting, urging entrepreneurs to prioritise human connection and empathy as they navigate their entrepreneurial endeavors.

Striving for Growth, Overcoming Comfort: The Entrepreneurial Mindset Reflecting on the stark cultural differences between the UK and the US concerning entrepreneurial leadership, Tim Allen CBE sheds light on the distinctions between settling for success and constantly seeking maximum value.

Delve into the challenges faced by British entrepreneurs, including the struggle to resist comfortable offers and embrace future opportunities for growth.

He'll also offer his insights into how entrepreneurs can leverage their experiences, networks, and community engagement to not only fuel their own success but also contribute to the betterment of their surroundings.

You can find more about Tim Allen CBE here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-allan-cbe-a1243117/

http://www.unicornpropertygroup.com/

Timestamped summary of this episode: 00:01:59 Tim's childhood, military career, time at Buckingham Palace and private banking! 00:06:31 Military personnel and their value in business 00:09:56 Failure of civilian leadership 00:12:29 Tim's 'worthy' work 00:18:49 Dundee developments 00:28:46 Scotland and its educational assets and skilled workforce 00:32:47 The entrepreneurial differences between Brits and Americans

If you enjoy listening to Tim share his thoughts on overcoming the challenges of the pandemic, you might enjoy this one too!

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Elaine Van Der Berg is a dynamic, high achieving, commercially astute and customer obsessed executive with over 25 years’ experience in driving rapid business turnaround and growth across many varied technology offerings, product and service portfolios, continents and cultures. Elaine has strong demonstrable strategic, commercial and operational leadership qualities with evidenced success in driving significant transformation

Elaine joined Pufferfish as CEO and Board Director in 2022. Pufferfish are global specialists in creating impactful messaging, transforming data into captivating visual narratives, delivering impactful experiences, and crafting stories that stay in the minds of audiences. With their expertise, they’ll bridge the gap and foster genuine connections that transcend mere communication.

You can find more about Elaine and Pufferfish here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elaine-van-der-berg-b0b680/?originalSubdomain=uk

https://pufferfishdisplays.com/

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Shaun Hayes was the cofounder and former CEO of Allegiant Bancorp, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. A Russell 2000 company, it was one of the largest publicly held bank holding companies then. Shaun started multiple successful businesses, was involved in the casino business, and bought, owned, and sold hundreds of residential and commercial properties. He is an entrepreneur, an author, a speaker, and a felon.

After starting his first business at age 16, Shaun went on to open several other companies while in college. He was head of corporate banking for a large St. Louis bank by 26, bought his first bank at 29, and was CEO of a bank at 32. Shaun ran a public company at 35 and sold his company at age 44 for half a billion dollars. He had effectively risen to the top of the business world through hard work and innovative thinking, but his story didn’t end there.

Five years after selling his company for an enormous profit, Shaun committed a felony. He was incarcerated for his crime eight years later. Shaun now shares what he learned from his rise and his fall—hard-won lessons that can benefit individuals, groups, and businesses.

Shaun earned his BA/BS in finance from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and a graduate degree in banking from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Delaware. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri, where he enjoys reading, exercising, and watching sports.

You can find Shaun here:

https://shaunhayes.com/

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Colin Hewitt has a passion for business, developing people, and leadership. He thrives on working on difficult problems within in a team context and believes business leaders have a responsibility for putting people ahead of profits and a little humility goes along way in any organisation.

With this in mind, he created Float. Float is an online cash management and forecasting tool that helps you manage your business, keep on top of your cash, and make decisions with confidence. Their mission is to put cash flow at the heart of every business. That sentiment guides everything they do.

Since 2011, Float has grown from humble beginnings as a complicated spreadsheet to a growing team that helps businesses across the world make informed decisions about their cash. Over the past decade, they’ve integrated with FreeAgent, Xero, and QuickBooks Online. There have been multiple awards, like Xero’s Emerging Add-On, a Software Excellence award for Best Forecasting, and an ICB LUCA Award for Cash Flow Software of the Year.

You can find out more about Colin and Float here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinphewitt/

Float Website: https://floatapp.com/

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Maria Anderson, originally from Newcastle now living in Inverness, Scotland, who has supported thousands of women and is a huge advocate for women’s health, is celebrating having gone full circle from midwifery to menopause with the launch of her new podcast - ‘HRT is not the ONLY solution’ - which is flying up the charts, already having reached number 14 on the international apple podcasts charts in the in Self Improvement category and number 39 in the Education category, overtaking TV host, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, Marie Forleo, named by Oprah as a thought leader for the next generation and Marisa Peers, a world-renowned Rapid Transformational Therapy trainer. '

Created as part of her mission to reach millions more people globally with her menopause message; ‘HRT is not the ONLY solution’ is a podcast to empower midlife women. Maria, who is now known as ‘The Straight Talking Menopause Coach’, spent the last 38 years working as a nurse, midwife and lecturer within the NHS, and retired early to set up her own coaching business, after suffering at the hands of menopause symptoms herself. She is now determined to help others see menopause through new eyes, so they don’t fall into the traps she did.

You can find Maria here;

Website: https://go.mariaandersoncoaching.com/UnleashyourmenopauseJOY?r_done=1

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hrt-is-not-the-only-solution/id1694476955

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Matt Haycox built his empire up as a hungry 20 something year old in the mid 2000’s and lost it all in spectacular fashion in 2008. He had a new born daughter to feed and wasn’t cut out for a life of poverty so he had no choice but to ignore the advice of the ‘experts’ who told him he was finished and would never work again. He started back from scratch and came back bigger and stronger!

Having learnt from his mistakes, he now spends his time ensuring his customers and the businesses he invests in & run can learn from his experiences and don’t have to suffer the same pitfalls, getting to where they want to be faster and smoother!

There is no such thing as ‘self made’! We all need mentors, advisors, partners and usually funders. And when it comes to funding, he really has funded it all! From factory machinery to desktop computers, new buildings to liquidated stock. From football clubs to other lenders, music festivals to haulage companies. As well as finance, his group now includes interest in luxury fashion retail, e-commerce, EPOS systems, property, banking platforms & events.

Matt now splits his time between Dubai, Spain, and the UK.

You can find out more about Matt here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthaycox/

Funding Guru: https://www.fundingguru.com/

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Sheila Hogan was inspired to start Biscuit Tin following the death of her parents. They had a Biscuit Tin full of papers, notes and photos but finding everything she needed was difficult and stressful. Her mission was simple: find a solution to remove hassle and stress when someone close passes away. Sheila was sure there had to be a way to ease the burden of paperwork, endless decisions and uncertainty that had weighed heavy on her shoulders. As the idea formed, Sheila built a strong team around her and gained early interest from investors and the media alike. In a world where there are digital tools to simplify almost every area of our lives, not having one to close them down seems like a glaring omission.

You can connect with Sheila in the following ways:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheila-hogan/

Biscuit Tin: https://biscuittin.co.uk/

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Paul Wilson is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. He is skilled in Customer Acquisition, Sales Operations, Equity Release, Retirement Planning, and Estate Planning. He is a strong business development professional with extensive experience in PE backed investments and a passion for growing and developing people and companies.

You can connect with Paul in the following ways:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-wilson-4072793/

Nomena: https://nomena.co.uk/

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Jo Stone is a Co-founder of Puddle Ducks. Puddle Ducks offers swimming classes for babies, toddlers and school children in franchises across the UK.

They are an award-winning franchisor accredited by the British Franchise Association (BFA). Ethical franchising is really important to her and being awarded the WorkBuzz Five Star Franchisee Satisfaction for every one of the last seven years is proof that they live and breathe their ethics and values.

Franchising has provided her with the opportunities and choices to balance being a mum, enjoy a healthy lifestyle and be an effective business leader. Encouraging other women to do the same via Encouraging Women In Franchising (EWIF) remains close to her heart. She has a strong background in leadership, business strategy and franchisng. In May 2019, she was very proud to be awarded the EWIF Overall Women in Franchising Award.

You can find Jo here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jostone1/

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Nicki Mawby is the owner of HR Your Business Matters, a people consultancy providing business owners with support covering HR, Recruitment and Leadership development.

Her background covers both operations and HR, where she managed teams of 80+ people within operations turning over more than 10 million a year, before starting her own business in 2015.

Nicki believes her success comes from understanding the true needs of business owners and leaders within small businesses, especially those working operationally in their business, struggling to build a high performing team that allows them to step away from the day to day and work on their business instead of in it.

Nicki explains that it’s more than just providing clients with frameworks, processes, policies, training and ensuring legal compliance. We know all of our clients, to the extent we become a natural extension to their business and team. We know their aspirations, goals and pain points and work with them to ensure they achieve these aspirations through their teams.

Nicki champions authenticity within business and freely admits that the services provided by her, and the team are not typical of what people’s perception of HR is. That’s why HRYBM has seen huge growth over the last 8 years and now supports hundreds of businesses in both regulated and unregulated industries across Cambridgeshire and surrounding regions.

Alongside the business, Nicki also teaches CIPD and Leadership qualifications alongside the operational people management training provided by HRYBM.

In 2023 Nicki launched the People Academy Community on Facebook, a place for leaders to learn in a relaxed and social environment surrounded by support.

Nicki is also a passionate supporter and Trustee for Evolve, a counselling charity based in Cambridgeshire that provides affordable counselling services to those in need.

Nicki values the balance that having a great team in place can achieve. Currently living in Cambridgeshire, with offices in Lincolnshire, Nicki loves travelling across the UK and abroad with her children and taking time out for her own professional and personal development.

You can reach Nicki and the HRYBM team in the following ways:

Telephone: 01733 739660

Email: admin@hr-yourbusinessmatters.co.uk

Website: www.hr-yourbusinessmatters.co.uk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicki-mawby/

People Academy Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/382723905526876

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Belinda Clemmensen co-created Paddle to a Cure in 2000. This women-led series of sea kayaking expeditions for people living with breast cancer taught her that there are different ways to build and lead organizations and that women working together do things differently. Almost 20 years later, Belinda founded the Women’s Leadership Intensive with the mission to inspire, empower, support, and equip women to lead the change the world needs. Today she serves as CEO of the organization, a Certified B Corp.

These two formative experiences drew Belinda to work with women in leadership. Her passion is for the potential for positive change when women lead at scale. Belinda loves her work and feels honoured to coach and mentor amazing women who make a difference daily through their leadership.

Belinda has received the gold Canada Award for Excellence in training and is a certified professional coach, training provider, and member of the International Coaching Federation. She is also a SheEO (Coralus) Activator and member of the Equal Futures Network and the Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce. Belinda qualified as a finalist for the Canadian Association of Women Executives and Entrepreneurs’ Extraordinary Woman of the Year Award. She’s published articles in the Journal of Experiential Education, Adventure Kayak Magazine, and Kanawa magazine and was a finalist in the National Flare Magazine Volunteer Awards. She is a regular presenter at conferences around the world.

Belinda earned her bachelor of science in biology from the University of Waterloo and her master of education in workplace learning and change from the University of Toronto.

Any place that takes her to the peace and beauty of nature is Belinda’s happy place, especially when she is in her sea kayak, backcountry camping, or learning to sail. When she’s not in nature, she’s practicing yoga. Belinda lives in Ontario with her partner, Shane, and son, Gabe.

You can learn more about Belinda and her work at www.womensleadershipintensive.ca

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Having worked in various corporate roles for twenty years, Genna began to see first-hand the impact that stress and minimal down time was having on the people around her and eventually experienced this herself culminating in anxiety, headaches, digestive and hormone issues. This led her to embark on her own recovery journey and then on to studying with the College of Naturopathic Medicine specialising in Nutritional Therapy. After graduating in 2016, Genna began working in private practice.

Genna specialises in coaching female leaders who feel exhausted, burnt out, hormonal and overwhelmed with conflicting priorities. Her passion is helping women build resilience through bringing awareness to what is not working for them in their lives, how that is manifesting in their health and most importantly, what to do about it so that they have the energy and mental focus to deliver their impact with ease.

To unwind Genna devours podcasts, music, and audio books. She also enjoys walking in the local countryside of Perth & Kinross as well as getting to the gym regularly to strength train. Avid foodies, Genna and her partner Dave spend their weekends with friends enjoying home cooked meals and good wine while their cat Ollie watches on from a safe distance.

You can find Genna on Linked In here

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The life of your dreams shouldn't come at an unsustainable price. Becca Powers' book "Harness Your Inner CEO" illustrates her journey from a toxi work environment, trouble at home and emotional rock bottom to living a thriving prosperous life.

We chat about all of this and more.

You can find Becca Powers here https://www.beccapowers.com/

You can find her on LinkedIn here

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Peter Wood joined AllSaints as CFO in 2010, stepping up to the CEO role in 2018 in his first full year as CEO AllSaints delivered the best financial results in its history.

In 2020 he also became CEO of John Varvatos, the US-based alternative luxury menswear brand, leading a successful acquisition and turnaround of the business notwithstanding the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The combined AllSaints/John Varvatos group now has global revenues of more than £400m with a team of approximately 2,500 operating throughout the UK, Americas, Europe and Asia.

You can find Peter Wood on LinkedIn here

You can find AllSaints here https://www.allsaints.com

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Liz Hancock the EFT Coach is passionate about helping entrepreneurial women to release their money blocks so they can charge their worth (often doubling or even tripling their rates), and put an end to their limiting beliefs and self sabotage once and for all.

Liz also coaches separating and divorced women to heal and feel empowered after the trauma and toxic money wounds that are so often involved in the divorce process.

Liz is an expert in trauma, specifically in how it relates to money & relationships both from her training as well as her own personal experience which has lit a fire in her to reach, heal and empower as many people as possible.

Social Media Handles:

https://www.facebook.com/TheEFTCoach

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizhancocktheeftcoach

https://www.instagram.com/lizhancock_theeftcoach/

https://www.tiktok.com/@theeftcoach

www.theeftcoach.com

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Did you know nearly 40% of the UK population are thought to have a neurodiverse condition, and these are just the ones with a formal diagnosis? Despite neurodiversity awareness and support being on the rise, many employees still hide their condition from their employers, worried that someone will judge them or it may hinder their progression. Kirsty was one of those employees that suffered in silence. She didn’t apply for promotions as she was worried her employer would find out about her dyslexia. When she finally took on a management position, she realised she could not hide her dyslexia anymore and nor did she want to. She discovered that many others were struggling, just like she once was.

EXPERTISE: - Coaching - Neurodiversity - Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, ADD & Autism - Workplace wellbeing - Confidence and Mindset - Master NLP Practitioner

You can find Kirsty Heap on LinkedIn here

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If you're anything like Stripe's former manager of implementation consulting and now-CEO of payment integration firm Yeeld, Emily Tsitrian, you've had it with the management books and manuals written by the business leaders of the '80s that seem like they were written for another world altogether. After her first promotion to manager at Stripe, Emily had to get scrappy and creative to learn effective leadership through trial and error in the tech world. She decided to write her new book Make Me The Boss when she couldn't find the book that she needed after her first big promotion - something that would speak to tech managers living in the time of #BLM and #MeToo.

Find Emily Tsitrian on LinkedIn here

Find Emily's Website here

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Michelle ran an award winning marketing business and all was going swimmingly, until she found herself in the 2004 Tsunami that hit the countries around the Indian Ocean.

After multiple illnesses, Michelle decided to forge a new path.

She outgrew the behaviour tools she knew and created her own, she now uses these diagnostic tools to help businesses understand themselves and their teams at a deeper level.

She's the Membership Director for the Professional Speakers Association and incoming VP.

You can find Michelle's website here

You can find Michelle on LinkedIn here

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Paula Wingate is the Founder of The Coaches Lounge Influential Minds.

She coaches coaches, business owners and footballers to grow their business up to 7 figures without feeling overwhelmed.

She's also the Commercial Director of St Mirren WFC, and a Transworld Business Advisor.

We laughed a lot about her the unusual incentives she used to motivate her team whilst working in a bank!

You can find Paula on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/7figurebusinesscoach/

And her Influential Minds website here https://influentialminds.co.uk/strategy-call

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This episode delves into the importance of developing a strong mindset for growth. Andrew is a world renowned hypnotherapist. He works with corporates to teach stressed out execs how to be more resilient, relaxed and focused. You can find his excellent recordings at www.andrewjohnson.me

You can find Andrew Johnson on LinkedIn here

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For those people thinking about leaving a safe, well paid job to pursue their dream of creating a five star wellness destination. They’re thinking big and this is their story so far....

You can find PS Wellness here

You can find Pamela Griffen on LinkedIn here

You can find Lynsey McKenzie on LinkedIn here

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If you’ve experienced the hurt, stress and pain of having to close a business, you’ll relate to Lee’s story. His honesty and openness about his experience is humbling. His story has a happy ending as he describes how he’s leaving a world in a better place than he found it.

You can find Lee Fitzpatrick on Linked In here

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How one business owner turned his attitude around from can’t do to can do. Dan Campbell, founded Red Box tea & coffee solutions four years ago after realising his lifestyle and workaholic attitude wasn’t getting him anywhere he wanted to be.

You can find Red Box Coffee here

You can find Daniel Campbell on LinkedIn here

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Alexander Holt found a way to introduce entreprenership into government.

He took his six years of running a digital agency in London into the Scottish Government and created CivTech®️. This is a new way of procuring tech for the public sector and proved so useful other governments across the world adopted it.

He's now building the CivTech®️ Alliance, so let's see where that takes him.

You can find Alexander Holt on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderholt/

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Pillow Partners is an award winning business - Great British Entrepreneur of the Year, Entrepreneurial Spirit Award, Scotland and Northern Ireland 2020. Every entrepreneur faces setbacks, but being told you’re stupid and you’re never going to amount to anything did not put Scott Weir, CEO and founder of Pillow off. He’s created a hugely successful property management business and has built in a way to give back to vulnerable adults and children through his network. You can find out more about Pillow Partners here

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Gavin Neate is the CEO of Neatebox and creator of Welcome by Neatebox, the FREE app that gives people with disabilities smooth access to venues. It gives the customer service team at venues in house training and information on how to greet and serve their customers with disabilities best.

You can find Welcome Here

You can find Gavin Neate on Linked In here

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Founder and Creative Director of Author Interiors, Jane Adams tells us about her not so logical progression from dentistry to e-commerce in the bespoke interiors arena! Her scariest moments and where she draws her inspiration from

Find Author Interiors here

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An award winning business (Great British Entrepreneur Winners of Family Business Award Scotland and Northern Ireland 2020) in the business of promoting the global brand that is Scottish whisky, but how much do you know about it? Ian tells the story of a long family tradition in the whisky industry and how he’s come to the role of Finance Director in the worlds first SQA accredited independent whisky academy.

Find the Edinburgh Whisky Academy here

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Leah, like most entrepreneurs experienced a problem and couldn’t find a solution so she created the solution and built a business. This is a delightful interview which will keep you entertained. Leah is down to earth and tells it exactly how it is. She is totally hardcore!

www.appointedd.com

Leah Hutcheon on LinkedIn

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Seeing the old police box on Leith Walk in Edinburgh gave Monty an idea. She’s building a business for the community and reviving long lost heritage by bringing new life to a once rusty old police box.

www.leithwalkpolicebox.com

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Dawn Breslin, the founder and creator of Harmonizing - a sustainable way of living and working which is in tune with nature describes her incredible journey from Confidence Coach appearing on morning TV in the UK to losing it all. During this period of low energy and full adrenal fatigue, the seeds of an idea began to grow as she watched how nature recovers from depletion and moves into life after the winter. Her honesty and passion ooozes from this podcast. We can all learn to live in tune with the ebb and flow of our own natural cycles.

www.harmonizing.com

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The creative force behind The Whin is none other than Katie Bird. She describes her journey from Scout Jamboree to freelancing - not a natural path, but one we think you’ll find interesting. Find her on Instagram @TheWhinco

You can Katie Bird https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-goudie/

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Emma Thomas finds herself at the helm of a tech business after a decade of being a freelance strategic marketer. Her transition has been smooth, except for one thing. Find out more and why we discussed how to violently agree.

You can find Mapix here www.mapix.com

You can find Emma Thomas on LI here https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-l-thomas/

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Last year I interviewed Rob Begg and Richard Simpson separately about their individual entrepreneurial journeys.

This year, I brought them together because without Rob, Richard would not have been on the journey he's on. 

Rob and Richard discuss the nature of 'spirituality' in business and how opening up your heart can make a huge difference.

A lovely quote from Rob

"What appears physical in reality is just the shadow we cast based on what we put in front of the light....we're only ever seeing our own reflection."

You can find Rob here

https://robertbegg.com/

You can find Richard here

https://www.tayburn.co.uk/contact/

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Anna White, Owner and Founder of Scotlandshop.com

If you want to explore your Scottish heritage, create your own tartan and discover all things Scottish, then you've come to the right place.

Passionate about creating tartan clothing and interiors products in thousands of tartans woven in Scotland and delivered worldwide. Join the tartan clan to explore your heritage and celebrate your roots with pride. Use our tartan finder to peruse swatches and choose your favourite tartan by family or clan name, region or colour. Book an appointment in our Edinburgh store or Virtually via video call for help and advice with measuring and finding your dream tartan.

www.scotlandshop.com

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Mind Marvels was created by Karen Gibb in response to ever-increasing emotional wellbeing issues to provide practical strategies and calming tools for children. Sessions were increasingly in demand and Karen then set up her wellbeing franchise to support even more children; the Mind Marvels Franchise. As an experienced teacher and an anxious person herself, she now makes a direct, positive impact on young people and their emotional wellbeing through school and nursery sessions.

Here are the links you need to find out more about Mind Marvels

https://www.mindmarvels.com

https://www.facebook.com/mindmarvels

https://www.instagram.com/mindmarvels

https://www.twitter.com/mindmarvels

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mskarengibb/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindmarvels

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Jenny has a day job in a large corporate and to be fair I don't normally interview people in large corporates. 

I made an exception for Jenny because she has some interesting opinions that are different to my own.... or so we thought.....

Listen and find out how we're going to run as Prime Minister and fix everything.

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Neal is a legend and not just in his living room.

He's spent more time in radio and podcasting than is necessarily healthy. He knows what he's doing though and he's supporting many business owners to get their message out there.

He's also very funny. We had a giggle doing this one.

You can find Neal on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/nealveglio/

You can find Neal's Podknows website here https://www.podmastery.co/

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Jamie McBrearty is definitely a glass half full person. He's a coach who has trained in the Bob Proctor school of coaching.

He gets fantastic results with his work, grounded in the ethos that your thinking dictates your outcomes so if you want different outcomes, change your thinking.

He's possibly the most upbeat person I've ever interviewed!

Enjoy

You can find Jamie McBrearty on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-mcbrearty/

You can find Jamie's website here https://jamiemcbreartycoaching.com/

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Nutrition is not part of the medical cirriculum; therefore doctors are unaware of the impact that processed food has on the development of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, Alzheiner's dementia and obesity.

Estrelita van Rensburg is a qualified physician-pathologist who spent the first part of her career in academic medicine and later in the pharmaceutical industry. More recently her focus shifted to the field of nutrition and preventative medicine. She co-authored three books with business partner Issy Warrack.

Issy Warrack experienced major heart health issues requiring lifetime medication. Following on from Estrelita's extensive research and advice, she changed her diet with the result being off all meds, no brain fog, more energy, more creative, hugely improved physical and mental energy and feeling 20 years younger.

You can find both Issy and Estrelita at Wellness EQ here https://wellnesseq.net/

You can find their books here Eat Well Or Die Slowly https://bit.ly/EatWellorDieSlowly

Low Carb and Menopause blog https://wellnesseq.net/low-carb-diet-and-menopause/

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Fresh from his TedX Aberdeen talk, Eric is a bundle of energy. He's done an ultra marathon in the desert (twice) and he runs a networking group called the Breakfast Barrito.

He's not your average social seller because he retrains teams on shifting their mindset around selling on social media. It's not about popping up posts on your latest company award and Eric knows that.

You'll learn a lot from this interview, I know I did.

You can find Eric Doyle on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericdoylecrux/

You can find Eric's company, Consult Crux, here https://www.consultcrux.com/

Watch Eric's TedX Talk here https://youtu.be/FUSPIHHUrcs

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Daniel Apke is on a mission. He's a serial entrepreneur, real estate and land investor, educator and podcast host.

He's the CEO and Co-Founder of Apke Land and Land Investing Online.

Apke is kind enough to share his knowledge, experience, opinions and information about online businesses, investment and real estate topics through his You Tube channel which has thousands of subscribers.

He's been featured in Yahoo Finance, Seeking Alpha, The Wall Street Journal, Finazen.net, Morning Star and Benzinga.

You can find Daniel on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-apke-8030b791/

You can find Daniel's website here https://landinvestingonline.com/

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How do you build a global community? Many business owners struggle with this, but Spencer has done just that.

He's focused on dogs. It's strange, but true. You may not think this important to your business, but listen to the way he's built a growing community around people and dog welfare from nothing. Reboundog supports marginalised people and dogs together.

You can find Spencer B Hodgetts on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerbhodgetts/

You can find his organisation Reboundog here https://reboundog.com/

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Mark found himself without a job when his employer went out of business. Along with two other colleagues they started again and have made a huge success of their IT and cyber security business.

Listen to what makes Mark tick and why he'd prefer to be cycling!

You can find Mark Riddell on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/itsupportprovider/

You can find M3 Networks website here https://m3networks.co.uk/

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Rob Begg is an unusual entrepreneur. He leads from the heart.

His style of coaching is more spiritual and yet very practical.

He gets great results for his clients and their business'

Listen to learn more about how he came to do what he does.

You can find Rob on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkbegg/

You can find Rob's website here https://robertbegg.com/

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Sam Kennett likes to get you and your business noticed.

In a world where getting seen is harder and harder, Sam has it nailed.

Listen to her quirky styles and the initiative that's keeping d**k pics off Linked In and other platforms #chatupfines

Find Sam on Linked In here Sam Kennett

Find Sam's website here https://www.thesocialhandgrenade.co.uk/

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Tom is the CEo and Founder of one of the world's leading British international online schools, My Online Schooling.

He started his teaching career in Scotland before continuing as teacher Cirriculum Leader at the independent ACG Sunderland in Auckland, New Zealand.

He started by Online Schooling in 2016 with the view to provide an alternative pathway to education for young people across the globe. Built on the foundations of inclusion, acceptance and respect, My Online Schooling continues to be a thriving community of learners who are able to access a British education of excellence online.

My Online Schooling is an award winning international British online school with a passion for access to education through innovation. They aim to be the world's most inclusive online school and they are proud to educate over 1500 pupils from more than 90 nations globally across they're two bases in Edinburgh, UK and Perth, Western Australia.

Tom believes in access to education for all and allowing each young person to unleash their full potential through innovative 21st century learning.

You can find Tom on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-crombie-frsa-208901127/

You can find My Online Schooling here https://www.myonlineschooling.co.uk/

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Don't know whether to listen? Discover how this podast came about. If you're a business owner, you'll definitely want to know about the things we talk about.

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Tom is the CEO and founder of one of the world's leading British international online schools, My Online Schooling.

He stared his teaching career in Scotland before continuing as teacher Curriculum Leader at the independent ACG Sunderland in Auckland, New Zealand.

He started My Online Schooling in 2016 with the view to provide an alternative pathway to education for young people across the globe. Built on the foundations of inclusion, acceptance and respect, My Online Schooling continues to be a thriving community of learners who are able to access a British education of excellence online.

We are an award winning international British online school with a passion for access to education through innovation. We aim to be the worlds most inclusive online school and we are proud to educate over 1500 pupils from more than 90 nations globally across our two bases in Edinburgh, UK and Perth, Western Australia. Tom believes in access to education for all and allowing each young person to unleash their full potential through innovative 21st century learning.

You can find Tom on Linked In here

You can find My Online Schooling here

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Richard is the co-owner and Joint Managing Director of creative agency, Tayburn. During his time at Tayburn, the agency has won over 100 creative and effectiveness awards and has delivered high profile work such as: the first ever crowd sourced city brand, "People Make Glasgow;" a world class digital match day experience for Scottish Rugby; "The Gin on Everyone's Lips" campaign for House of Boë, featuring Paloma Faith and most recently, the launch of a reimagined 300 year old artisanal spirits brand, J.G. Thomson.

Throughout his career Richard has worked with brands of all shapes and sizes ranging from large multinational blue chips to smaller start-ups and everything in between. A regular speaker on brands and creativity, Richard believes in the power of enduring ideas that are grounded in truth, are distinctive, commercially tuned and are BOLD!

Outside of Tayburn, Richard is a sneakerhead, a CrossFitter and has been known to enjoy the odd malt whisky from time to time. You can find Tayburn here https://www.tayburn.co.uk/ You can find Richard Simpson on Linked In here

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Eoghan Colgan was born and raised in Northern Ireland and studied Medicine at Queens University in Belfast In 1998 he had a near-death experience whilst working on the Ivory Coast and life began to change. His ambitions to work in the developing world were stopped in their tracks because he was advised to avoid visiting underdeveloped nations after his brush with Malaria. He did however qualify in Medicine 2001 and moved to Glasgow where life took another twist and in 2004 he Won the O2 Undiscovered Music Award.  So, in 2007 Eoghan left medicine to pursue a career in music, which didn't go quite according to plan. In 2011 he got married and returned to Medicine, which is where you'd think the story ends.  But, Eoghan is a man with a vision and his experiences on the Ivory Coast had stayed with him.  He created the forerunner of Continulus - bringing world medical experts online to make medical training fair and accessible for all clinicians globally. In 2020 Continulous won a WeDO COVID award (best pivot) 2021 and won a best new business award at WeDO 2022.  Winning a Scottish edge award in 2022 and entering the EIE investor readiness programme meant Continulous were set to build on initial investment. Now, a globally renowned EdTech platform helping doctors and nurses all over the world to access expert knowledge fairly and easily, Continulous currently has 10,000 users across 138 countries, partnerships with numerous international organisations and they've just sold to their first university.  They've received an education grant from Medtronic - largest medtech company in the world.  They're also busy raising new funds to take the business even further. You can find Continulous here https://www.continulus.com/ You can find Eoghan Colgan on Linked In here Eoghan Colgan Linked In

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Former Speaker Bureau owner, Maria Franzoni has 25 years of speaking industry experience. She has held senior positions at CSA Celebrity Speakers and London Speaker Bureau. At London Speaker Bureau Maria played a major role in taking the bureau from one UK office to 25 offices globally and being recognised as the most international speaker bureau by the New York Times.  She ran her own international speaker bureau for 14 years, was a founding member and former co-chair of the European Association of Speaker Bureaus. More recently she founded Speaking Business Academy a training company teaching speakers how to apply the strategies and tactics of speaker bureaus to grow their businesses. Maria has worked with the great and the good of the speaking world, including first man on the moon Neil Armstrong; Body shop founder and environmentalist Anita Roddick; survival expert Bear Grylls; business magnate Richard Branson and F1 and NASCAR racing champion Jacques Villeneuve …. To name (drop) a few. You can find Speaking Business Academy here https://www.mariafranzoni.me/ You can find Maria Franzoni on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-franzoni/

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Every woman of a certain age needs Sarah (or at least someone like her). Sarah Mac is a certified menopause & wellness coach.  She provides evidence-based education, support and coaching to individuals and organisations to empower people to live healthier and happier lives during the perimenopause, menopause and beyond.  Learn more about Sarah by visiting her website:  https://sarahmac.co.uk/ To book a Menopause Solutions online coaching session with Sarah: Select a Date & Time - Calendly

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Following a 20 year career in the food manufacturing industry, Kelly decided to leave her high flying corporate job and open Edinburgh’s largest plastic free and ethical grocery store.  Frustrated with the slow pace of change in reducing and eliminating needless plastic in UK retail, Kelly created The Refillery to offer people an alternative to plastic riddled supermarkets.  “Our mission is to make plastic free shopping accessible to as many people as possible”  Now in their 4th year of trading and having navigated through unprecedented times, The Refillery now has locations in Newington and Waverley, alongside their first franchised shop in Corstorphine.  “The big plan now is to expand our franchise operation so to grow our voice and influence in the UK grocery retailing space. Our ambition is to have 50 franchises in the next 10 years, all independently owned and supported by The Refillery Franchise Community Link to The Refillery here, including franchise opportunities https://therefillery.co.uk/ Link to Kelly Wright on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-wright-23494847/

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Karen Somerville is co founder and director of Angels’ Share Glass & Co director of The Fife Whisky Festival. Angels’ Share Glass was founded in 2013 by Father & Daughter. Tom Young MBE was a world renowned glassblower and between them they came up with the idea to create Whisky filled Angels to represent the well known legend told in almost every distillery around the world. The Angels’ Share is the 2% of alcohol lost to evaporation during Scotch whisky’s maturation process. The hand blown angels hold a perfect amount of Scotch Whisky and then it is completely sealed in, not for drinking only The Angels’ Share! The process and story telling behind the manufacturing of these little angels has won both Karen and the Team award winning recognition in the business and Whisky community. The company also has grown its handmade glassware range to create a premium range of whisky and spirit glassware for the Whisky Connoisseur. Selling all over the world with distribution networks in 4 major continents.

Karen was awarded Entrepreneur of The Year 2015 and the Business has won many accolades such as Best Family Business by ASB in 2021 and Business Women Scotland , Chamber Awards and FSB national awards. Karen has grown the business from a small home business to a growing enterprise with state of the art glassblowing studio, 8 staff and seasonal employees, all are fully committed to the family business and its vision for growth. Karen’s passion for whisky also shines through with her running an annual Whisky Festival in Fife now in its fifth year.

Website: www.angelsshareglass.com Facebook | Twitter

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Fiona is the CEO and Co-Founder of Moment Company. After 20 years of living, working and travelling around the world as a global executive in the AdTech and Media industry for start-ups and media brands such as The Guardian, CNN and Warner Media in Europe, Australia, USA and Canada -  Fiona was burnt out!  Physically, she had to stop. It was at this time, in 2014, that she started to be curious about the connection between her mind, stress, and her body’s reaction.  She began exploring work by Brene Brown, Robin Sharma & Shawn Achor, practising yoga, mindfulness, gratitude journaling and Transcendental Meditation.  The effects were profound and life changing.   She re-trained as an NLP practitioner, mindfulness coach and Reiki Master.  An appreciation of the positive impact of her daily practice led her to join Alex and Charlie at MomentCo in 2020, and to deliver on their shared vision of making the benefits of mindful moments accessible for everyone.   They are passionate about wellbeing.   Fiona maintain non executive & advisory positions within the advertising & business world at Keynes Digital and The Project X Institute.  She continues to be an active speaker within the media community supporting conversations around diversity as well as the promotion of wellbeing in the workplace. Fiona is based in Hove and loves to be beside the seaside! You can find The Moment Company here https://momentcompany.co/ You can find Fiona on Linked In here

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Sheryl is passionate about tech and people.  It's probably fair to put that the other way round and say she's passionate about people and how they use tech to improve their businesses.

She started Appetite for Business with £1000 and has built it up to be a fantastic business employing 16 people.

Appetite for Business want to empower clunky, slow moving organisations to utilise the technology they have to start fighting back against their competitors.

They want to help that small start-up automate their processes so they can scale.

Sheryl wants the company to be the company that connects 2000 people across 18 different countries so they can come together to get the project done via Teams.

▪️No tech talk

▪️No guessing

▪️No theory

Appetite for Business have a focus in SME and high growth businesses particularly in the energy, renewables, and life sciences fields and have supported them to provide cost effective, pragmatic solutions to support growth.

If you would like to discuss any any current challenges that we could support you with in more detail please feel free message me on LinkedIn or contact me on:

You can find Sheryl on Linked In here

Website: appetiteforbusiness.com

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Belinda's career is wide ranging, interesting and dynamic, a bit like herself!

She studied languages at University and then entered the world of recruitment.  She set up her own training business which she sold and spent some time in the world of car sales focusing on their sales, customer service and management training.

In 2008, Belinda launched WeDo Scotland.  This peer-to-peer learning and support organisation for entrepreneurs and business leaders was formed in order to share ideas, knowledge and experiences for their growing businesses.

Belinda is a non-exec for various companies and is a regular speaker on the business circuit as well as being a 'go to' person for the media in all things business related.

She's been listed as one of the 20 most inspiring Scottish women too!

You can find Belinda on Linked In here 

You can find out more about WeDo Scotland here 

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Bin Sparkes is an independent, legal specialist recruiter, recruiting into private practice firms since 2005.

She set up Sparkes Recruitment ⚡️, as an agency specialising specifically in permanent recruitment with a headhunting offering.

Based in, but not limited to, God's own country - beautiful Yorkshire, Bin works with a wide range of clients from boutique, regional, national, and global companies.

From Newly Qualified Solicitors to Partners, she works in partnership with candidates and clients to help inform and develop long-term career goals and recruitment strategies respectively.

Bin is enthusiastic about many things including her family, LinkedIn, hot yoga, and eating cheese to name a few!

She strongly believe in integrity whilst providing offering a tailored and confidential service to both candidates and clients. Please see examples of her feedback below:

“I have dealt with Bin over the last few years, during which she has provided my business with an excellent service in finding candidates for interview and employment. She is always quick to gain our views on each candidate and once successful to see how they are progressing in their new role. Bin is always helpful, polite and a pleasure to deal with” - Managing Partner

"Bin is a breath of fresh air in the recruitment market. From the initial contact to her follow-up calls, Bin showed knowledge, real sensitivity and warmth of personality. It is clear she knows her stuff and has a wealth of experience in the market. I would not hesitate to recommend Bin"

CandidateSocial media links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/binsparkes/

Website: https://sparkesrecruitment.co.uk

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Bin Sparkes is an independent, legal specialist recruiter, recruiting into private practice firms since 2005. She set up Sparkes Recruitment ⚡️, as an agency specialising specifically in permanent recruitment with a headhunting offering.

Based in, but not limited to, God's own country - beautiful Yorkshire, Bin works with a wide range of clients from boutique, regional, national, and global companies.

From Newly Qualified Solicitors to Partners, she works in partnership with candidates and clients to help inform and develop long-term career goals and recruitment strategies respectively. Bin is enthusiastic about many things including her family, LinkedIn, hot yoga, and eating cheese to name a few!

She strongly believe in integrity whilst providing offering a tailored and confidential service to both candidates and clients. Please see examples of her feedback below:

“I have dealt with Bin over the last few years, during which she has provided my business with an excellent service in finding candidates for interview and employment. She is always quick to gain our views on each candidate and once successful to see how they are progressing in their new role. Bin is always helpful, polite and a pleasure to deal with” - Managing Partner

"Bin is a breath of fresh air in the recruitment market. From the initial contact to her follow-up calls, Bin showed knowledge, real sensitivity and warmth of personality. It is clear she knows her stuff and has a wealth of experience in the market. I would not hesitate to recommend Bin"

CandidateSocial media links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/binsparkes/

Website: https://sparkesrecruitment.co.uk

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Gerry Strain is the Owner of Document Solutions Group and a Director of Hamilton Academical Football Club.  He was once a footballer, but freely admits he wasn't good enough. He's part of a team who have a huge vision for the club and he's determined to put the community at the heart of that vision.

He's passionate about raising others up and part of his vision is to create six millionaires by finding talented people to run the six groups that now form his business.

Honesty, Integrity and Trust are his mantra and he spends a huge amount of time giving back to charities, has established a food bank and genuinely believes in supporting people to fulfil their potential.

You can find his business here https://documentsolutionsltd.co.uk/

You can find Gerry on Linked In here

You can find Hamilton Academical Football Club here https://hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk/

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Gerry Strain is the Owner of Document Solutions Group and a Director of Hamilton Academical Football Club.  He was once a footballer, but freely admits he wasn't good enough. He's part of a team who have a huge vision for the club and he's determined to put the community at the heart of that vision.

He's passionate about raising others up and part of his vision is to create six millionaires by finding talented people to run the six groups that now form his business.  

Honesty, Integrity and Trust are his mantra and he spends a huge amount of time giving back to charities, has established a food bank and genuinely believes in supporting people to fulfil their potential.

You can find his business here https://documentsolutionsltd.co.uk/

You can find Gerry on Linked In here

You can find Hamilton Academical Football Club here https://hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk/

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Alex grew up with learning difficulties while tackling racism throughout his time in school, however, that did not stop him from graduating with a 1:1 from Edinburgh Napier University, obtaining The University Medal, launching his own freelance business during university and then becoming Head of Digital at a unique building company that appeared on BBC's Dragons' Den.

Find him on Linked In here  Find Ogel World Here

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Jimmy is as passionate about seafood today at the age of 62 as he was when he went fishing as a boy off the NE Coast of Scotland. He spent forty years out at sea, fishing and realised early on in his family life that his two daughters had no interest in going out to sea to earn their living.  He took to the internet and has built an online fish company, supplying the finest seafood to the public, restaurants and bars across the UK. He tells a tall tale and is a man who clearly enjoys his work. You can find Amity Fish Company here https://www.amityfish.co.uk/ You can find Jimmy Buchan on Linked In here

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Jimmy is as passionate about seafood today at the age of 62 as he was when he went fishing as a boy off the NE Coast of Scotland.

He spent forty years out at sea, fishing and realised early on in his family life that his two daughters had no interest in going out to sea to earn their living.  He took to the internet and has built an online fish company, supplying the finest seafood to the public, restaurants and bars across the UK.

He tells a tall tale and is a man who clearly enjoys his work.

You can find Amity Fish Company here https://www.amityfish.co.uk/

You can find Jimmy Buchan on Linked In here

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Dean, Professor, Lawyer, Researcher - over 25 years experience in Higher Education Sector

This is how Prof Hardy describes himself on Linked In.  It's possibly the biggest understatement of achievements in the history of understatements ever!

He is in fact the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Politics and Business at the University of Hull Business School.  He was in private practice as a lawyer, then practised as a Barrister and finally ended up in academia.  He advises the UK Government on employment law, is often asked for expert opinion by institutions and has a view on pretty much everything to do with law, politics and business that are well worth listening to.

You can find Prof Hardy on Linked In here 

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Cara, a  Next-Gen Entrepreneur, grew up in her family business in Northern Ireland. At 8 she had her first business failure making jewellery and opened her first profitable business at 15 running buses to local nightclubs. With 15 years as Director of her family business, a multi-million healthcare & hospitality group which grew from 3 businesses with 250 staff to 7 businesses & 600 staff.

With a passion for Innovation & Scaling, Cara disrupted the Healthcare Industry creating Ireland’s 1st Lifestyle Care Home, cited by IoD Chair as a ’World Class’ concept. Her biggest decision was leaving the family business, believing her journey scaling 8-figure businesses & disrupting an industry could help other Next-Gen Family Entrepreneurs make a real positive impact.

In 2020 she launched her own business Caram, an innovative scaling system using proven methods from her journey. She founded Caram with one single goal in mind;

Helping Next-Gen Family Entrepreneurs Globally Innovate and Scale to Stay Ahead and Forge their Own Path.

You can find Cara on Linked In here

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Kirsty Mackenzie hails from Edinburgh and grew up amidst her family’s retail and insurance businesses. Having graduated from Edinburgh University with a Degree in Business, she spent the early part of her career in the recruitment industry, working for an international FTSE 250 company.

Seeing a gap in the market for a next-generation finance-focused recruitment agency, Kirsty created iMultiply. Since founding in 2012, iMultiply has grown significantly and become award-winning for its customer service and as ‘Best Employer’. Kirsty attributes this growth to her strong focus on company culture and people development. She has now exited from the day to day operations having hired a Managing Director in 2019 but is still involved in setting the direction and ensuring the business is maximising strategic opportunities. iMultiply will continue to expand geographically and remain focused on accountancy and finance appointments.

Additionally, Kirsty has considerable experience as a business mentor and Non-Exec Director. She enjoys sharing her business experiences and learnings at public speaking engagements and regularly contributes to BBC Radio Scotland’s discussions on business and employment.

A past winner of WeDo’s Young Entrepreneur Award, Kirsty has an impressive network, particularly with other business leaders and the entrepreneurial community.

Contact iMultiply here https://imultiplyresourcing.com/

Find Kirsty on Linked In here

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Robert Newry is the CEO and CoFounder of Arctic Shores.  He set up the business with his friend Dr. Safe Hammad eight years ago to find a better way of determining a candidate's potential and to level the playing field for those from a less privileged background.

Arctic Shores has now assessed 2.5 million candidates in over 50 countries for over 120 companies.

Prior to finding Arctic Shores, he founded a document assessment and analytics business which he sold to Xerox in 2011.  He has an MBA (Distinction) from Imperial College and a Bachelor's degree in Politics Philosophy and Economics from Oxford.

You can find Arctic Shores here 

You can find Robert Newry on Linked In here 

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Paul Haxell is deceptive.  Not in a bad way.  He's possibly the the funniest civil engineer and health & safety consultant on the planet.  His humour, different slant on life and experience of businesses both large and small make him perfectly placed to be one of our Tricres Partners. Listen to his take on tandem cycling holidays and building an amazing culture in your growing business. Enjoy. Find Paul on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulhaxell/ Contact Paul here https://tricres.com/partner/paul-haxell/

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Laura is the founder of Scotland’s only Matchmaking Service, Match Made in Scotland. Compelled to help get her friends out of the misery of online dating, Laura used her 10 years’ experience in recruitment to set up her matchmaking service in November 2020. She is on a mission to bring dating back into the real world and to help people find true love. Website: https://www.matchmadeinscotland.co.uk/ Laura on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurapsmyth/

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I first came across Maureen when she posted a picture of herself at Elton John's Oscar's Party in LA, looking amazing in her sparkly dress, strutting her stuff on the red carpet.

When I interviewed her, I discovered how she got there....

Maureen Kane, spent 20+ years at the top of her game in Sales & Marketing, she has been using LinkedIn for 19 years for herself & her clients to win more business.

She set up the LinkedIn Breakfast Club in 2019 (great timing) to help support other business owners on LinkedIn. She now have clubs running globally and guarantees to increase your visibility on LinkedIn in a matter of weeks.

Find the Linked In Breakfast Club here https://linkedinbreakfastclub.co.uk/

Find Maureen on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/lbreakfastclub/

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Lea Turner crashed onto LinkedIn in October 2019 with no prior knowledge of the platform, but her vibrant, personable, and uplifting posts quickly drove countless leads and over 10,000 followers in her direction.  She has gone on to grow a massive network of more than 130,000 people in under two years, and 18 months ago started her own LinkedIn training business which hit six figures within the first ten months. She now focuses her time on teaching others how to build their personal brands on LinkedIn and attract regular inbound leads for their businesses, while parenting her young son, and creating entertaining content across her various social channels. Website link(s): www.leaturner.co.uk LinkedIn: Lea Turner

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Michael Bergson speaks his mind.  A successful bar and restaurant owner, he has been very vocal on Linked In about the Scottish Government's puzzling restrictions in the hospitality and tourism sector during the last two years. Has this helped or hindered his business?  How has he dealt with the haters?  Listen and find out what Michael's take is on what the hospitality industry has experienced. He did genuinely want to own a bar when he was at school and has built a fantastic business in Glasgow. An honest, very open discussion about the future of business in the UK and thoughts on what's next for his Buck's Bar brand.

Bucks Bars - link Thundercat Pub and Diner - link Michael Bergson on Linked In

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Man Salceda (mansalceda.com) Informatics engineer by studies, entrepreneur by profession.   Author: "Do you want to be a millionaire? I will teach you." Available in Spanish for now.   Manuel has more than 20 years of experience creating and managing businesses.  He’s the creator of the first Love Hotels brand in Mexico (hoteleshot.com).   He also manages a construction company that builds apartment buildings in Mexico City (construlife.com.mx).  He is vicepresident of the Hotels Association in Mexico City, an avid reader, dedicated triathlete and proud father. He's pretty much good at most things.....

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It's great to hear what Dr Bandler has to say about the business of NLP, it's even better to see him in action.

Watch and enjoy.

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Dr Richard Bandler is the co-creator of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).  With a background in science, sound engineering and mathematics, Dr Bandler along with John Grinder created NLP over 50 years ago. NLP is NOT psychology, it's NOT therapy and it's NOT counselling.  So what is it exactly? Listen to our episode to discover what it really is and why, as a business leader you need to learn it.  Preferably from someone who is registered with The Society of NLP. You can find out about training with Dr Bandler here https://www.purenlp.com/

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Andy and Marta have something rather special.  They have bees.  With a growing demand for field to fork produce, Andy brought his grandfather's bee business from Poland to Edinburgh a few years ago (because it's nicer than London he says) and is about to double his production this summer. How do you take a business that simply sells honey at farmer's markets across the UK to a production line with demand outstripping supply? Listen to the story of raising bees, its rather lovely. Website: http://www.edinburghhoney.co.uk/ You can find Andy on Linked In here Instagram https://www.instagram.com/edinburghhoneyco/?hl=en

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Andrew Dobbie is the Founder & CEO of MadeBrave - an award-winning, global strategic brand agency based in Glasgow, Edinburgh & London. Launched in 2012, Andrew left his previous job with a newborn baby at home and just £1,000 of personal savings in the bank. Fast-forward a few years, and MadeBrave has grown to a team of nearly 50 people and a client roster including the likes of VELUX, KPMG, Diageo, Doritos, Edrington, Kandou, and First Group. Website link: www.madebrave.com Social Media Links @madebrave; @dobbieandrew; @justachatwith Andrew on Linked In

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Jo Watson is a freelance copywriter, editor and trainer hired by people who want personality in their project. She's a speaker, contributor, and someday author... if only she could get that book written! Despite having fancy letters after her name as a Chartered Manager, she remains a lover of swearing, sarcasm and puns. She also makes a lot of inappropriate jokes, which is one of the many reasons she "left a stable career in teaching" (her mother's words). Jo has an infant daughter, Lily, and is starting to feel the immense downside of raising a confident, independent female… You can connect with Jo on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-watson-agoodwriteup You can find Jo's website here https://agoodwriteup.com/

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A few have commented that Julie-Anne’s CV looks a bit strange as she started her first business at the age of 19. She’s been described by a Canadian colleague as a ‘grandmother spider’ – seemingly that’s what they call someone who likes to join the dots and connect people and projects.  Her career spans almost 40 years and includes time as a horse riding coach, in leadership roles in communications, education and 3rd sectors, and as a business and executive coach. For the past 2 years Julie-Anne has held the position of Director of Business Development for Equ-Scotia CIC (Community Interest Company) which was founded in February 2020.  The pandemic promoted a quick change of plan from providing experiential leadership development with horses to online training for established riding centres wanting to support mental health and wellbeing once they were able to re-open. 160+ coaches, educators and healthcare professionals have now been through the online training course and 26 students are currently working towards an SQA Quality assured Professional Diploma in Equine Facilitated Learning with Equi-Scotia. You can find Julie-Anne on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-anne-g-2459813/ https://www.facebook.com/EquiScotia You can find Equi Scotia here https://www.equi-scotia.com/

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When someone hands you a business card and their name appears as "Henry's Papa (Brian)" on it, it's time to get curious and find out what's going on. Brian McGregor started Henry's Coffee Company when his grandson Henry was born 7 years ago.  It's a two person business (Henry's Auntie now works in the business) serving well over 200 customers in the coffee supply business.  From Stonehaven to the Scottish Borders, Brian jumps in his van and visits each customer, taking time to understand their business and what they need their coffee beans to do for them to set them apart from the hundreds of other cafes, hotels and visitor attractions they compete for attention with. A gentle soul with a heart of gold, Brian is building his business the old fashioned way with strong personal relationships and is only now venturing into the world of consumer sales via a new website.  Watch this space... As for Henry, he's now 7 and is keeping a keen eye on his Papa's success! You can find Henry's Coffee Company here https://henryscoffeecompany.com/ and you can link in with Brian here https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-mcgregor-80a0686/

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Gary’s father, owned a small building company and as a child, I would often go to see him on the site, health and safety is a bit more ‘relaxed’ in 1970’s Britain. Gary can always remember him saying, “Son, there are only two basic problems in building… how to join the same shape up and down and side by side” - i.e. horizontal and vertical integration. The OGEL system was first brought to the drawing board back in 2015 when Gary saw refugees fleeing Syria to Macedonia. From the experience, Gary had with my Dad to witnessing current world problems Gary wanted to produce something that would not only solve one major problem but also ensure we were not contributing to another problem…the environment. Therefore, Gary came up with, a fully recyclable, cheap, and lightweight modular building system that solved my Dads’ conundrum and was great for the environment as it solved the issue with plastic waste! This turned into many uses such as home offices, garden offices, flood defences, homeless shelters, and more. We interviewed Gary Giles, founder of OGEL about a year ago and since then he's had a bit of a rollercoaster ride. He successfully secured investment from two of the Dragons in the BBC's Dragon's Den, but that wasn't the end of the story..... You'll have to listen to the podcast to find out what happened next.  It may surprise you. You can find Ogel here https://ogelworld.com/ And Gary Giles here https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-giles-56751014/

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Bryan Clayton is CEO and cofounder of GreenPal an online marketplace that connects homeowners with Local lawn care professionals. GreenPal has been called the “Uber for lawn care” by Entrepreneur magazine and has over 200,000 active users completing thousands of transactions per day.

Before starting GreenPal Bryan Clayton founded Peachtree Inc. one of the largest landscaping companies in the state of Tennessee growing it to over $10 million a year in annual revenue before it was acquired by Lusa holdings in 2013.

Bryan‘s interest and expertise are related to entrepreneurialism, small business growth, marketing and bootstrapping businesses from zero revenue to profitability and exit

https://www.yourgreenpal.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-clayton-a96b33214

https://twitter.com/bryanmclayton

https://instagram.com/bryanmclayton

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When you're thinking of a name for a marketing company, the word 'offended' doesn't necessarily spring to mind.....

Dan Kelsall is the Creative Director of Offended.marketing, a creative agency based in Manchester. He swears a lot, doesn't pull punches and his favourite hobby is winding old blokes up on LinkedIn (he sometimes gets banned for bad behaviour).

He's had a string of failures behind him and he's brutally honest about all of them.  This is a non nonsense approach to marketing and some of you may well be offended, but its well worth a listen.

You can find 

Dan Kelsall on Linked In

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We don't normally interview people who've 'made it' on our podcast because we like to keep things real.  When I met Sue though, I felt she was a great exception to the rule.  She keeps things very real indeed and is totally honest about why she decided to start, grow and sell a business. There's no smoke and mirrors in this podcast so if you're looking for some kind of secret sauce or get rich quick, move on..... Sue Nelson is an award-winning businesswoman, author, broadcaster and speaker recently named as one of the Top 20 Global Food & Agri Influencers and Thought Leaders. She is the founder and sole owner of the multiple award-winning Breakthrough Group, which she grew from a two-person operation in her conservatory in 2015 to a highly profitable multi-million pound business which she sold to EY (Ernst and Young) in 2020. In the process she was awarded the Kent Business Woman of the Year and the London and South East Director of the Year by the Institute of Directors. Sue has been a non-exec on a number of government bodies, a trustee of Lantra the land-based Sector Skills Council and a governor of the University of Creative Arts with Loyd Grossman. She is currently the Chair and a director of Produced in Kent. Sue has appeared as a guest on every national television and radio news programme in the UK from CNN, Sky News, Radio 5 Live and Radio 4’s Today Programme to The Culture Show, BBC Breakfast and The Food Programme and is the lead presenter of the weekly FoodTalk Radio Show which was named Food Radio Broadcaster of the Year by Lux Life in 2020. She is a member of the Guild of Food Writers and is the author of ten books including FoodTech UK and the Fine Food Lover’s Guide with Simon Rimmer. She has also been a food columnist for a variety of publications including Speciality Food magazine. She is a keen home cook and enjoys good wine and excellent company. The rest of her spare time is taken up with her grandchildren and pottering around her vegetable garden by the sea in Hythe.

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In 2020 Elena Manukyan quit two stable, well-paying jobs as a Solicitor, to pursue her own entrepreneurship dream. Whilst she never really wanted to have her own law firm, she was always fascinated by the idea of having her own business and being her own boss. The pandemic was a catalyst to making that happen, and had it not been for the numerous lockdowns we had to endure, Elena would not have set up my own business in 2020.

She launched The Injury Solicitor Ltd on the 1st of December 2020 and it has been the biggest challenge that she had ever set myself. It is a constant learning journey, and it has taken her outside of her comfort zone each and every day, but she wouldn’t have it any other way.

You can contact Elena in the following ways

The Injury Solicitor

Elena on Linked In

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Dave Stewart is the founder and Managing Director of The Fresh Air Leadership Company and is on a mission to help leaders and teams figure out who they are and what it is to lead well in their worlds. His passion for this type of work stems from earlier experiences and careers in a rock band, mountain rescue team, the British Army including the SAS, and a range of executive and non-executive roles in public, private, and not-for-profit organisations. Dave is a Chartered Director and holds an MBA and Masters of Organisational Change. He is an experienced consultant, facilitator, coach, and mountain leader. Likes?  Real conversations, laughter, and the outdoors. Fascinated by antique maps and the stories they tell. And fascinated by the stories people tell of lives fully lived. Favourite song? “Always look on the bright side of life” as sung by Eric Idle in the film Life of Brian and the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. Website link(s): https://freshairleadership.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/freshair-dave-stewart/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-fresh-air-learning-company https://www.instagram.com/freshairleadco/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/FreshAirLeadCo/ https://mobile.twitter.com/freshairleadco

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Brett Michener has not taken the straight route to where he is today.  He's also not your run of the mill financial advisor or physical therapist.  So, what is Brett and what can he do for the businesses he works with? It’s impossible to run your own practice and know everything there is to know. Owners end up doing it all, and not all of it will be very well managed. A student of the renowned School of Hard Knocks, Brett is able to share his expertise in these types of health fields with empathy and a uniquely qualified viewpoint. In a nutshell, Brett approaches his consulting and coaching work in a holistic way, considering the people and the business as having their own needs, wants and desires and helping the people within the business to align themselves to the business and vice versa. You need to listen to his words to understand how he achieves this in the real world. You can find Brett here https://tricres.com/our-partners/brett-michener/ or here https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-michener/

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After graduating from physiotherapy in Adelaide Australia, Kirsten moved to Edinburgh and in 1992 she founded then grew The Physio Centres, with city centre clinics in both Edinburgh & Glasgow. In 2010, Kirsten, a specialist MSK physiotherapist with over 30 years experience, founded PhysioMedics™ to create the PhysioWizard® platform. This was born from her frustration of treating patients who had been unable to find the right clinician and information early. The consequence of this was that many patients experienced persistent issues that became debilitating, despite their condition being manageable, treatable and often preventable. Kirsten wanted to change this, and her mission was to connect people to the best information and care possible, empowering them to improve their health and ultimately their lives. PhysioWizard® is a clinically validated digital assessment that patients complete online and provides onward care for MSK conditions. True to its goal, PhysioMedics™ is now working with healthcare companies such as Nuffield Health, and a range of high street Corporates, connecting thousands of people across the UK to the care they need. The comprehensive range of data captured is already building pictures to improve our understanding of the MSK landscape. https://www.physiowizard.com/ Social Media handle(s): @PhysioWizard

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Our entrepreneurial journeys are all very different.  Melody began hers in retail.  A high end, luxury women's clothing store in the smart West End of Edinburgh.  She quickly discovered that luxury didn't mean luxury for the business owner and after seeing the long established retail businesses around her go bust, realised she needed a rethink. Caring for the elderly in their homes was not a natural leap..... However, Melody has found her niche and is building a thriving business in this vocational sector.  She's not resting on her laurels though..... Melody Wishart on Linked In Edinburgh Homecare website

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An art degree doesn't necessarily lead naturally into a venture space, but that's exactly where Milosz Falinski found himself after graduating.  He learned the ropes amongst a team of software engineers and designed his way to success. A digital product is only as good as the user experience and that is only as good as the way its built and designed, then again, none of that counts unless you can find the sweet spot in terms of product market fit. Combining these elements seems to be a dark art, but Milosz and his co-founder (also his wife and CEO) have done exactly that and punch high above their weight in terms of client base. Check them out for yourself www.lumi.design Milosz Falinski on Linked In

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Lauren Jones has run her brand strategy and development agency for five years. In that time, she's built an international reputation for high quality, high impact brands that really stand out from the crowd.   Small businesses need a brand to grow into.  How on earth do they afford that though and where should they start? In this episode Lauren describes what CAN be done on a tiny budget and where to begin building your knock out brand. You can contact Lauren in the following ways Linked In Instagram Website https://box-creative.co.uk/

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You've got to love the name of Zoe Evans' new venture - the Female Founder Squad or FFS for short is purposefully direct and yes, Zoe does know what FFS also stands for in the real world.

Inspired by her experiences as a community manager for a tech start up hub, coupled with her deep dive into the world of "Brotopia" and "Invisible Women" great books - look them up, Zoe started her FFS community as a side hustle.  Like many entrepreneurial journeys, the side hustle turned into a full time business.

Zoe is the Founder of the Female Founder Squad, an impact driven startup supporting female founders through community and helping them tackle the inequities in tech by providing a solution-stacked platform with various features and tools such as the Investor Matching Tool which provides an alternative route to funding so that founders get the opportunities grow and scale their startups and participate in shaping our collective economies.

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https://www.instagram.com/femalefoundersquad/

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Change is constant.  Lisa, established Purpose HR back in 2014 and grew it to 7 staff with over 30 tech clients.  She never wanted to settle for another professional services company and when an opportunity arose in early 2021 to become part of a bigger UK wide group, she grabbed it with both hands. Lisa is experienced in establishing HR functions and people management and development frameworks within growing businesses, having over 10 years’ experience establishing and leading HR functions within growing SME businesses prior to establishing Purpose HR in 2014. She has achieved Chartered Membership of the Institute of Personnel and Development, is an alumni of the Entrepreneurial Scotland Saltire Fellowship programme, and is a qualified Executive business coach.  With experience in developing and implementing HR frameworks across a range of business environments, working closely with CEO's and management teams to design and tailor HR policy, toolkits and supporting processes she has expertise in understanding, interpreting and applying business growth strategies and translating these into effective, user-friendly and fit for purpose HR strategies and supporting frameworks tailored to client needs and a proven ability to work to tight deadlines and demanding schedules. You can find HR support here www.purposehr.co.uk You can find Purpose HR on Linked In here https://www.linkedin.com/company/purposehr

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Caroline Laurenson worked in a male dominated, macho world where she was told time and again to 'toughen up'. She realised this wasn't right and knows kindness brings us closer together, makes us happier and more productive.

As with all entrepreneurs, she's turned her kindness into a strength, even a superpower and created a business in conjunction with her husband which gives the elderly, vulnerable and everyone else who has ever felt lonely or down (who hasn't?) access to practical help via the Amazon Alexa.

Voice controlled help whenever you need it is literally a command away 'find kind space' is all you have to ask Alexa and you'll be treated to a friendly voice checking in on you....give it a go and see for yourself.

The business behind Kindspace is TL Tech, one to watch.

Caroline Laurenson is the Managing Director of TL Tech Smart Home Solutions and a Non Executive Director with Inspire PTL a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. Caroline and her team are the creators of Kindspace, a holistic wellbeing voice application for Amazon Alexa smart speakers, designed to alleviate loneliness. Caroline is a Chemical Engineer and Project Manager by background. She is also a STEM Ambassador and Fellow of the IChemE, in these roles she loves to share her knowledge and inspire others to excel in engineering and technology.

Kindspace on Amazon

TL Tech are transforming homes with tech, look them up www.tltechsmart.com

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HOKO, the homeowners architect is no accident.  In fact, Danny rejected the idea of working for a large architects firm in favour of going it alone.  You'll need to listen to find out where the accidents popped up!

Started in 2016 and founded by Danny Campbell, the business is on a mission to take the pain out of building extensions for the homeowners and the architects and be THE homeowners architect.

A much overlooked and unloved part of the industry, home extensions have been viewed as the poor relation in the architecture world.  HOKO are changing that.  As Danny's family grows (baby number three was due on the day we recorded!), so has his business and they now employ over 30 architects all over the UK.

They've done this through a sophisticated online platform. Their team of young, energetic individuals are starting to impact the sector with their innovative processes, technology, VR and client relationship management. They're now branching into small scale developments to further impact the built environment and strive towards their longterm goal: Architecture For Everyone.

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Nick has been an entrepreneurial thinker since he was a teenager. He started his first business when he was 19. This failed, but he has never stopped moving forward. He became an international trainer and speaker twelve years ago and has recently joined his younger sister in the founding of Tricres. His award winning training is utilised by global law firms and corporates. You can access it on the Tricres learning platform for £17 p/mth www.tricres.com. Enjoy and feel inspired.

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Originally from the South of France, Zakia moved to Scotland when she was 21 years old. For several years, she was Director of International Partner Development at the Homeless World Cup Foundation, a global network of street soccer projects. After her health took a bad turn and she had to fight bowel cancer, she decided to take a break to travel.

At the end of 2015, she spent time in Greece and volunteered in a refugee camp on Lesvos Island. It is when she returned that she decided to set-up her own social enterprise: Invisible Cities. Invisible Cities is a community interest company that trains people who have experienced homelessness to become walking tour guides of their own city and they offer off the beaten track, personal tours, highlighting stories of real people, while raising awareness about social justice.

You can find more information about them here www.invisible-cities.org It is while running Invisible Cities that she also worked in partnership with Social Bite, the Social Enterprise Academy or most recently the TedSummit. Since its start in 2016, Invisible Cities is now in 4 cities across the UK: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and York with plans to expand further. They have been featured on UNILAD, Huffington Post UK or BBC Stories amongst others.

www.invisible-cities.org

Twitter @InvCities

Twitter & Instagram: @invisiblecitiestours

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Nick Jones – Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer - Zumo Nick is a veteran of the tech start-up scene, having teamed up with fellow entrepreneur Paul Roach in 2018 to found Zumo, where he is currently CEO. Beginning his career at the height of the Dot Com boom in 2000 with the launch team of Goto.com (latterly Overture Service), Nick went to hold senior positions at Yahoo! following Overture’s acquisition in 2004. In 2006 Nick co-founded digital agency I Spy Marketing and led the business through to sale to Aegis Media in 2012. Nick also co-founded spin-out business Upcast Social, a leading Facebook Ad management platform. Between 2012 and 2018 Nick was a full time Angel Investor and held multiple Chairman, Non Executive and Advisory roles in the Tech space. You can find Zumo here You can find Nick Jones here

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Pinky Ghadiali has the best name in the world for mindset coaching.  If you ever wanted to change your mindset, get over imposter syndrome or negative beliefs and scale your career then you'd want someone called Pinky to help you on your way!

That's how I felt about Pinky, the first time I met her around four years ago.  I've been watching her progress ever since and been blown away by the audience she's grown over the past few years.  

Netwomen is now a truly international network of women and men who want to progress beyond those negative beliefs and fulfil their true potential.  Listen to how Pinky has achieved this and what really keeps her going when the going gets tough.

Pinky on Linked In

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Graham was until the end of August 2021, the Managing Director of Glencraft (Aberdeen) Ltd and Glencraft Luxury, having been appointed earlier in 2015. Glencraft were awarded the accolade of the Best Social Enterprise in the UK in 2015 as part of the UK Private Business Awards. A Corporate Banker by profession, he holds a BA (Hons) in Finance and is a Fellow of the CIOBS. He has over 35 years experience in all aspects of company management and business strategy within professional services and financial sectors. He has operated at Board level for a number of companies and is a former MD and founding director of an HR company. He is an avid story-teller and has a natural ability to deliver a message via his on-stage presentations. Key strengths are business development, change management and leadership skills. He was nominated for EY Entrepreneur of The Year in 2018 as recognition for the innovative changes brought to Glencraft. Graham is also Regional Director of the Year 2019 and 2020 for Aberdeen and Grampian, recognised by the Institute of Directors in consecutive years. He was a finalist for Director of the Year – International, again via the IoD for 2020. Glencraft have recently been awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the 2021 award lists. www.glencraft.luxury Graham on Linked In

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Sian Downes is a force of nature!  Her energy is infectious and her drive is too. Setting up an events company in 2019 after a successful career in the sector, was the logical next step for Sian.  She navigated the pandemic with her usual positive, enthusiasm and created an entirely new business out of it. She's back in the events world now, organising yoga festivals in Edinburgh and co-ordinating the events in England from her Liverpool office. Strap yourselves in for the ride..... Facebook Page Sian on Linked In Instagram www.strawberrylemonadeevents.com

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As founding Executive Director of the Elevate Prize Foundation, which identifies social heroes around the world, providing them with transformational resources to amplify their impact and elevate humanity by igniting a chain reaction of goodness.

Over the past two decades, García Jayaram has led national institutions and initiatives dedicated to enriching and shaping social-impact, philanthropic and cultural communities across the United States. She most recently served as CEO & President of the National YoungArts Foundation and, prior to that, as President & CEO of United States Artists, where she helped manage $25M in unrestricted awards to this country’s most accomplished artists and spearheaded a $20M operating endowment campaign.

García Jayaram was also Executive Director of the Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC). While there, she was a member of Mayor Rahm Emmanuel’s Cultural Advisory Council and was named “Chicagoan of the Year in the Arts” by the Chicago Tribune.

Her philanthropic work extends to serving on the Board of Directors for Guitars Over Guns, the Advisory Council for Ruth’s List Florida (which aims to elect progressive women to public office in Florida) and on the Latin American and LatinX Committee for the Perez Art Museum.

Garcia Jayaram received her JD (with honors) from the University of Miami School of Law, where she is now an Adjunct Professor as well as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Law School’s Art + Sports Law LLM program. She has also studied not-for-profit management at Harvard Business School.

In 2019, she delivered the commencement speech at Broward College and received an honorary degree for her commitment to community service and leadership.

Carolina Garcia Jayaram on Linked In

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Although the Co-Founder of Mhor Coffee hates the word 'pivot' we just had to go back to her and find out how things were going since she started her e-commerce coffee business 10 months ago.

Tricia's CEO of Volpa, a cunningly good marketing agency. Ten months ago, Tricia wasn't sure whether Volpa would survive the lockdowns, but now its back on track, leaner and more focused. Up for several industry awards, it's clear you can't keep a good brand down.

This is the first of our 're-visits' to find out how our interviewees are getting on.

More to follow….

Web Mhor Coffee: https://www.mhor.coffee/

Mhor on Instagram

Web Volpa: https://www.cunninglygood.com/

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One of the first things we learned about Marcelo when he joined us as a Tricres Partner was that he spent 13 months with his family touring Africa and saving rhinos.

This alone was impressive, but then we discovered his razor sharp insights into business and people.  His journey from engineer to management consultant and now coach/consultant covers continents, industries and brings us finally to the UK where he's building a superb reputation for getting brilliant results for his clients.

Find out more about Marcelo here 

Book a chat with him here 

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Jenny Johnston knew from day one of starting her recruitment business with her business partner that she would exit one day.  She didn't know when or how, but the fact she knew meant she made some critical decisions along the way. With only one year's experience as a recruiter, Jenny co-founded her own recruitment business and aimed high from day one, targeting the big corporate clients in her sector. Roll on sixteen years, with key lessons learned, Jenny sold her business with a happy team, a great culture and with an eye on what's next.... She's since joined Tricres as a Partner and is sharing her invaluable knowledge and expertise with other businesses who want to build towards their own exit. You can contact Jenny on Linked In and read more about what she can do for your business here https://tricres.com/our-partners/jenny-johnston-2-2/ Learn more about Tricres and what we do for ambitious businesses across the world here www.tricres.com

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Sarah Walker-Smith is the CEO of law firm Shakespeare Martineau and professional services group Ampa. Sarah was the first female non-lawyer CEO in the legal top 50 and was recently named as the UK’s most influential legal leader on social media.

A trained accountant having worked for PWC and Deloitte, Sarah strongly believes that ‘good business’ is both purposeful and profitable, often with one leading to the other.

Sarah is a governor at Nottingham Trent University, is a member of the Society of Leadership Fellows at St George’s House and is on the board of the West Midlands CBI Council as well as non-exec chair of Radikl, a scale-up business supporting female entrepreneurs’ growth and success to investment funds.

She also presents a leadership vlog from her garden shed called ‘Shed Life’.

Website: www.shma.co.uk

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Malcolm Mitchell achieved what most of us entrepreneurs and business owners dream of doing - he started, built and then sold a business.

It wasn't a fancy high tech, bio tech, life sciences business.  It was an ordinary business in a pretty unexciting industry, which let's face it, is where most of us are running our businesses.  He didn't get any investment, he used traditional sources of funding and he didn't appear on Dragon's Den or have a huge social media following.

How did he do it?  What steps did he take?  What were the obstacles and lessons learned?

Possibly one of the most useful podcasts you can listen to if you're growing a business and one day want to sell it.

Malcom also happens to be a Tricres Partner, you can contact him here

Malcolm.Mitchell@tricres.com

Contact Malcolm on Linked In

Find out more about becoming a Partner with or getting one of our Partners to support your business growth here www.tricres.com

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It's possible to find the connection between the first two headings in our title, but the last one?  Find out how Jane Strachan is breaking the mould in building a brilliant advertising and design agency.

Jane is founder and MD at PUNK, a creative advertising agency based in Edinburgh. She has worked in marketing and advertising for around 23 years and in the course of her career has worked at M&C Saatchi, Leith Agency and the Scottish Government to name a few. She’s founded 2 businesses and recently completed a buyout of her business partner to become sole owner of PUNK.

When not working she enjoys hanging out with her family, painting and teaching yoga.

Website: www.wearepunk.co.uk

Twitter: Jane Strachan

Instagram: Jane_Strachan

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Jayaram Law prides itself on being the lawyers for innovators.  Founded in a spirit of challenging the status quo, representing the creatives of this world and being yourself, Vivek, the founder has certainly seen this pay off in the past year in terms of growth and client attraction and retention.

Vivek is the founder of Jayaram Law. He advises companies, investors, and entrepreneurs around the world on corporate governance, intellectual property issues, and major commercial disputes. He spends his days with Founders, General Counsel, and Creatives to formulate comprehensive legal strategies geared towards growth, innovation, and efficiency.

You can connect with Vivek here on Linked In

You can find Vivek and Jayaram Law plus their The Innovator Paper on Instagram

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Nicki Capewell is passionate about local markets and after giving up her steady job as a teacher, she decided to turn her side hustle into a thriving business. Pedddle and Tresstle are a new duo is the creative industries. 

Pedddle is a directory of independent, creative markets and their stallholders helping you to find out what’s on and where. It also allows you to reconnect with stallholders before and after events. 

Tresstle is the latest to join only launching in April 2021. It’s a creative events platform; allowing people to host and participate in online events/markets. https://pedddle.com https://tresstle.com/

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In 2019, we noticed something brewing in the drinks world. Unlike a sugary cocktail or an uninspiring gin in a tin, hard seltzers were light, refreshing and full of flavour. Just the thing we’d been looking to drink. But most were packed with artificial ingredients and fake flavours, which made no sense to us.

Fuelled by a rebellious spirit, a thirst for adventure and a healthy dose of blind optimism, we decided to quit our 9-5 corporate jobs and create our very own hard seltzer. One we’d make the right way, with the right ingredients.

You can find Hugo and George and their Long Shot drinks here - they're yummy and well worth a taste.

Website: www.longshotdrinks.co.uk

FaceBook: @longshotdrink

Instagram: @longshotdrink

Twitter: @longshotdrink

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Dr Lorraine Hill is the owner and Medical Director of Hampton Clinic, a centre for excellence in Aesthetic Medicine located in the stunning woodland estate of Hampton Manor, Hampton in Arden.

Having spent 20 years as a GP specialising in women’s health, dermatology and minor surgery, Dr Hill founded Hampton Clinic in 2014. She is now a sought-after Aesthetic Doctor, renowned for her natural-looking results and no hard-sell approach.

She is a Key Opinion Leader for world-leading treatments from Coolsculptng and Inmode and is the UK’s number 1 Coolsculpting Doctor outside of London.

You can contact Dr Hill's clinic here www.hamptonclinic.co.uk

Instagram: @hampton_clinic

Facebook: @hamptonclinic

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Steven J Innes had a nasty shock one evening....

Which led him to his current role as Synergy ambassador empowering professionals to become healthier and productive.

He's adept in supporting businesses to become more efficient with their merchant services and all types of online payments etc.

He's also a professional MC/Compere and can assist you with a range of events while ensuring they all run smoothly .

Avid golfer and football fan of Aberdeen FC

You can contact Steven here 

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As CEO of the UK's leading Luxury Consultancy and Recruitment business for over 10 years, Grant Morris brings a polished and savvy approach to talent sourcing and development. With a wealth of experience in restructures and start ups, his talent lies with providing integrated sales-based solutions across a variety of industry sectors. His expertise and experience in the luxury fashion and beauty industry coupled with a background in law and a penchant for retail analysis, brings a consultative and leveraged edge to both his colleagues and clients. Grant's strong belief in providing the very best permanent, executive, and interim personnel to some of the most prestigious retailers in the world, has set the standard for an entire industry and has allowed him to dedicate his professional endeavours to optimizing dynamics between the retailer and an ever-changing, ever-evolving luxury consumer. It is this passion which fuelled his 2013 initiative of the creation of the Elite Retail Training Academy, a dynamic learning environment for new candidates entering the enterprising world of luxury retail sales and management. A native Londoner with a keen interest in contemporary art, Grant is committed to sharing his success by giving back to the community. He is involved with a number of charitable local and international organizations and as can be seen from our Community page, actively promotes charities such as Wellbeing for Women and Fight for Life amongst others. www.eliteassociates.co.uk

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SYLVIA BALDOCK The Becoming More Significant Expert, Team Engagement and Collaboration Specialist, Personal Impact Thought Leader, Exec Coach/Mentor, Speaker, Podcast Host, Author Sylvia empowers Business Leaders, teams and Entrepreneurs to recognise the unique value they bring to the workplace and to lead with confidence and purpose by BECOMING MORE SIGNIFICANT. She is the creator of a 6-week life-changing programme for leaders, aspiring leaders and individuals who want to increase visibility, confidence, clarity, communication, collaboration, motivation, productivity and growth. Website:  http:/www.sylviabaldock.com Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylviabaldock Twitter: http://twitter.com/Sylviabaldock Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sylvia.baldock

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After a decade of working at one of the UK's most prestigious tourist attractions, Emily was made redundant due to the pandemic.  She opted to pursue her long held dream of running her own business and Emily Alex was born. Emily has worked within the sales and event teams of many of the most prestigious hotels and venues across the UK. As an advocate for the industry, she plays an active role as a member of the SITE Global community and held the position of President for the Scottish Chapter in 2018/19. Emily is also a qualified personal development and business coach as well as an NLP and mindfulness practitioner. She has recently founded Emily Alex to inspire businesses to engage with their teams in a virtual world. The ‘about me’ section on her website, www.emilyalex.com explains how she is using her hospitality experience within her new business.

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The Small Robot Company is changing the way farming is done.  Starting with two people in 2017, the business now has fifty people and is at the forefront of the fourth agricultural revolution.

**Sam Watson Jones is Co Founder and President of Small Robot Company and a 4th generation arable farmer with a clear motivation for making farming better.

An experienced business operator, having run a diversified family business for many years. Sam has a range of previous experience including as an angel investor in EdTech startups.**

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Jamie is the Co-Founder of Essence of Harris. He started the company with his partner Deenie in 2015 and has grown the brand in five years to a team of 18, 14 of whom are based on the island itself, where the company has its factory, office and flagship store. Jamie is the driver behind several different businesses on the island; directing a Facilities Management Company, a Micro-Brewery and with a new Delicatessen opening back up within the coming weeks on Harris.

Aside from his complete devotion to his business ventures, Jamie is passionate about encouraging young people into business, and rejuvenating his island home for future generations. With an aging population and a decline in young people on the island the creation of high-value jobs for local young people and attracting inward migration of young people is vital to the future growth of the island.

www.essenceofharris.co.uk

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About OYNB

Founded in 2015, OYNB is an award-winning behaviour change programme and online toolkit for surviving modern society alcohol-free, aimed at anyone drinking more than 3 glasses of wine a week.

With a member base of over 80,000, they believe that having a community is crucial to making a positive lifestyle change, and so the founders are constantly finding new and exciting ways to provide this support.

OYNB is not an abstinence programme; it is not about eliminating alcohol entirely. It’s about empowering people to break down old habits and build new ones, creating a positive mindset that lets the individual take back control and make clear-sighted decisions.

They are now developing technology that will enable members to connect over their common goals, such as caffeine, sugar, gambling and social media. For more information visit https://www.oneyearnobeer.com

About Ruari Fairbairns

Originally from the Isle of Mull, Ruari had a difficult childhood, struggling intensely with his thoughts and finding it impossible to fit in. Determined to make his mark on the world one day, the relentless entrepreneur started working at the age of 14 and a sequence of events led him to London where he worked as a senior Oil Broker. That binge drinking culture led him to thinking that alcohol was causing him more trouble than good, so he decided to take a break.

Taking a break from alcohol led to him becoming fitter, faster, healthier, happier, more productive, a better dad, a better husband – all areas of life improved, so began his mission to help other people realise this. One Year No Beer is an award-winning toolkit for surviving modern society alcohol-free and has since recruited over 80,000 members worldwide. Ruari believes that having a community is crucial to making a positive lifestyle change. For more information visit https://www.oneyearnobeer.com

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We are a small business striving for big changes when it comes to diversity and inclusion in children's literature.  We strongly believe that changes need to be made in the publishing industry to produce and positively promote stories that reflects and honours the lives of all young people.  In 2017, Pam's eldest son, Walter (aged 4 at the time) was diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD).  As parents Pam and her husband found it difficult to find diverse books where children like Walter could see themselves in the pages of books. They say "create the things you wish existed", so Pam created 'Just Like Me Books' - a picture book series where at the heart of each story we explore and promote Diversity, Inclusiveness, Acceptance and Kindness.  We want to change the narrative and create a series where every child regardless of their ethnicity, disability, gender or background gets to say they are the hero of their own story. Website: www.justlikemebooks.co.uk

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For us it’s about making better eyewear for a better world. Reframing what really matters; people and planet.

We seek out the best sustainable materials for our frames, including certified woods, bio-based acetate, renewable cork and recycled aluminium, we create exceptional designs and focus obsessively on quality.

Every pair of Birds gives back through our Share Your Sun partnership with SolarAid. Helping to distribute solar light to families in Zambia and Malawi, replacing the use of fossil fuel burning lamps.

Website www.findyourbirds.com

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The Wee House Company won Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards (Scotland and Northern Ireland) 2020, we've interviewed their founder and MD, Jennifer Higgins to find out what lies behind this wonderfully named company.

A desire to make custom built homes feasible anywhere in the UK saw father and daughter Ian Hope and Jennifer Higgins launch The Wee House Company in 2013. The family has an award-winning history in house building and The Wee House Company is blazing the trail in modular house building.

The Wee House Company design and fabricate homes in their Ayrshire factory. Houses are 90% complete when they leave the factory, facilitating a significantly shorter build programme and earlier occupancy. Modular, factory construction offers many advantages over traditional building, with improvements in quality and waste reduction leading to significantly more sustainable homes. Projects range from permanent, bespoke individual houses and holiday lets to larger-scale developments, working with local authorities on affordable housing, through our Connect Modular division.

Website https://theweehousecompany.co.uk/

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Jo Riley is the founding director of CancerPal, an online hub to support the family and friends of those diagnosed with cancer. CancerPal’s online forum is designed to help them provide the best possible support to their loved ones. We share information, articles, advice and helpful tips on how to support a loved one both emotionally and practically. CancerPal also sells cancer care products to help ease some of the side effects of cancer treatments. These products have been extensively researched so that our community can be assured that they are receiving the quality of products we would buy for our own friends and family members. It can be very difficult to understand what our loved ones are experiencing through each stage of their journey, CancerPal can help with carefully compiled Gift Boxes tailored to each stage of treatment. Jo set up CancerPal in 2019 having supported her amazing Mum through a terminal cancer diagnosis. When her Mum was first diagnosed with cancer, Jo felt completely helpless, frustrated and isolated. But as a result of a lot of late night Googling, Jo realised that there are a wide array of products that could help relieve the symptoms and side effects of cancer. These products range from particular skin creams and balms to sweets to aid nausea or take away a metallic taste. Family and friends of patients don’t necessarily know about these products, or may struggle (as Jo did) to find them online. Once Jo had tapped into this information, she felt comforted knowing she was doing her very best to care for and support her Mum. CancerPal was created from Jo’s drive to share her research and knowledge to provide important support and products to others who are affected by cancer. Website: www.cancerpal.co.uk Twitter cancer_pal Facebook CancerPal Instagram CancerPal

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Nominated for Entrepreneur for Good (SW) in The Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2020, Lou Banks Founder of Rising Vibe tells us what social pain is and how it impacts business performance and then, more importantly, what you can do about it.

With 25 years of experience in operations, learning & development and business coaching, Lou Banks is Founder and CEO of Rising Vibe Ltd and has developed one mission – to use emotion to drive change. It’s about being ok, with not being ok. It’s about building trust so that we feel safe to share how we really feel. It’s about feeling better so that we do better. Getting to grips with emotion is the game-changer that can allow us to reach our true potential. Lou speaks to the individual. An articulate, high energy communicator, she gets right to the heart of the issue, unafraid to challenge and quick to inspire. She makes real connections with real people, challenging mindset to enhance performance, balancing soft skills with a heavy dose of reality.

Website: www.rising-vibe.com visit the resources section to download the emotional vibration scale

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Dr Bedi's company Spacechips won Disrupter of the Year, SE in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2020.

Dr. Rajan Bedi is the CEO and founder of Spacechips, a UK SME disrupting the global space industry with its award-winning, Satellite-Communication Products, Design-Consultancy, Technical-Marketing, Business-Intelligence and Training Services. Spacechips successfully showcases and exports British engineering excellence by selling its products and services to over 25 countries. Spacechips won Start-Up Company of 2017 and Rajan's inventions won High-Reliability Product of 2016, 2017 and 2018. Spacechips has just been shortlisted by the British Engineering Excellence Awards for Small Company of 2020 as well as Consultancy Company of the Year.

Rajan is also President of Spacechips LLC and author of Out-of-this-World Design, the only blog dedicated to Space Electronics. This free education resource is read by 17,000 people each month and viewed over 3 million times.

Rajan was previously invited to teach at Oxford University, featured in Who's Who in the World, winner of a Royal Society Fellowship and a highly sought-after keynote speaker.

Rajan also helps other entrepreneurs and start-ups to scale their businesses advising on global leadership and how to create and implement strategy.

You can find out more about Spacechips here www.spacechips.co.uk

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Gary Giles is the Founder of OGEL – the world’s 1st mass production system for building from plastic waste.

He has secured patents in the UK, Europe, USA and China for his innovative construction product and he's North East Disruptor of the Year 2020 for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards.

Finalist in European Recycled Product of the year 2020

You can find OGEL here

www.ogel.world

And on social media

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A multi-award winning business, Powersheds is at the forefront of innovation.  As part of our Great British Entrepreneur Award Winners series, I caught up with Jack Sutcliffe, whose Powersheds business won Disrupter of the Year, for NW, Yorkshire and Humerside in the 2020 @entrepreneursgb awards #GBEA

Jack Sutcliffe founded his business in 2019 just a week after his wife gave birth to twins!  Talk about timing.  Along with his co-founder, Jack has built the business from manufacturing just 14 sheds in their first month to selling 300 sheds a week only 20 months later.

Find out what's behind the phenomenal growth of this innovative business.

Jack Sutcliffe is co-founder of Power Sheds, a manufacturer of wooden garden sheds, bike sheds and potting sheds based in Bradford, Yorkshire.

www.powersheds.com

Twitter @Powersheds

Instagram @Powersheds

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After delivering hundreds of projects and seeing too many failures, Craig co-founded and leads the product vision at Sharktower to tackle waste in projects.

A career in delivering technology and lean transformation, in industry and consulting, leading £70m+ programmes, Craig has seen it all before. This experience and frustration at seeing so many failed projects and so much wasted effort, led him to the mission of changing how businesses deliver change. Initially as CPO for Sharktower under Mudano, Craig transitioned Sharktower from a consulting platform and a handful of engineers to a fully formed SaaS solution supported by a mature team.

Website: www.sharktower.com

Linked In: Craig MacKay

Twitter: Craig MacKay

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Zoi (in the photo) and Bruce are the co-founders of Future X, an organisation which supports and promotes businesses that are purpose driven.  The dynamic pair hatched their idea on a train journey one day as they both returned to Edinburgh from an event in Glasgow.  The rest.....as they say, is history.

Bruce is the CEO and Cofounder of FutureX and is passionate about using business as a force for good.

Having worked with thousands of entrepreneurs Bruce has delivered programmes and global summits in Edinburgh, London, Los Angeles, Chicago, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi and Shenzhen. He has also partnered with global brands like Apple, Virgin, Matercard, KPMG and Google.

Zoi Kantounatou is the Co-Founder and CFO at FutureX, a company on a mission to empower and enable entrepreneurs to build better businesses.

Prior to FutureX, Zoi had spent 4 years working with purpose driven entrepreneurs all over the world and has a background on Finance as well as a master's degree on International Business and Socio Economic Development.

Today FutureX is a platform and community for businesses who want to start, grow and scale a business with a purpose greater than just profit.

www.futurexinnovation.com

Bruce Walker on Twitter

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Award winning.....winners of The Great British Entrepreneur, Creative Industries Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 (Yorkshire, NW and Humberside)

Buttercrumble is a creative communications studio formed by twin sisters, Chloe and Abigail Baldwin. They are a Yorkshire-born, twin-founded studio building creative brands for fun-finders and beauty-seekers. The team’s personal touches and “can-do” attitude has enabled them to collaborate with many playful and like- minded brands across the globe. These include John Lewis & Partners, Mamas & Papas and Chester Zoo.

Find Buttecrumble here 

https://www.buttercrumble.com

Twitter @Buttercrumble

Instagram: Buttercrumblecreative

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When it's run by Alasdair Mcgill of Ashton McGill. Alasdair is co-founder of Ashton McGill, Xero's Small Firm of the Year 2020. An experienced accountant, Alasdair also works as a designer, helping organisations across the UK create great customer experiences. Alasdair's created Ashton McGill with his son Andy in 2017 and they use a unique blend of accounting, business experience and design thinking to help people build better businesses. Website Link - www.ashtonmcgill.com Social Media Handles - Twitter @alasdairmcgill / @ashtonmcgilluk  |    Instagram @ashtonmcgill

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Julie Grieve is the founder and CEO of Criton, a guest engagement and integrations platform for the hospitality sector. Criton simplifies digital transformation in the independent hotel sector by creating a branded guest app which allows hotels, resorts, serviced apartments and groups to integrate all of their guest facing technology including booking, check-in, mobile access and mobile ordering. Criton digitises the guest journey, reinforcing brand, driving guest engagement, increasing revenues and delivering ROI from guest facing technology. Julie set up and was CEO of Lateral City, a luxury serviced apartment operator in Scotland when she had the idea for Criton, having been frustrated at how static her guest information had become and how disconnected she found the hospitality tech world. Julie’s vision for Criton is to give independent operators access to big chain technology. Julie is also a Director of Women in Tourism, an Ambassador for Women’s Enterprise Scotland and she sits on the People and Culture Advisory Board for the HSMAI. You can contact Julie and Criton here http://www.criton.com/ Linked In

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Chris Peace is the Founder and Managing Director of Peace Recruitment and has specialised in recruitment within the built environment for over 16 years. Chris is known as a true expert in his field and has built a reputation as a hardworking, trustworthy and customer service driven recruiter, that truly cares about recruiting the best staff for his clients and finding the ideal job for his candidates.

Previously a keen footballer in a mostly trophy-less amateur football career Chris can normally now be found chasing his dog “Besos” around various parks in Edinburgh, hacking his way out the rough at a local golf course, bowling at Bainfield BC or spending time with his children and extended family. 

If you want to learn more about Chris Peace, visit:

Website link(s): https://www.peacerecruitment.co.uk

LinkedIn: Peace Recruitment

Contact number(s):  01315104004 or 07914355810

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Tricia Fox has has two businesses, which include the one she has just opened this week, Mhor Coffee. The podcast focuses on how she's had to pivot from an events and marketing business - the most successful in the Perth area to creating a business from scratch in a totally different sector.  She distributes coffee online and opened the first Cafe this week! 

To learn more about Tricia Fox, please visit:

Website(s): www.mhor.coffee  and www.cunninglygood.com 

Facebook: @MhorCoffee

LinkedIn: Mhor Coffee

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Before training as a CA, I sold TVs, drove a van, sold life assurance, worked for a housing association, was a retail entrepreneur, lectured at Napier University and played guitar in a lot of bands! I now provide clear commercial advice to forward thinking businesses owners who want to grow, acquire, sell or retire. I’ve been a partner in independent, mid-tier and Big4 accountancy firms. I’m the chair for the IoD Highlands & Islands, a non-executive director of a forestry and natural resources company and chair of a national Scottish charity I believe in networking, personal development and collaboration. I enjoy business development and having worked it at for a long time, now realize it is simpler than I thought! Outside the day job I still enjoy playing guitar, learning piano, keeping fit, reading and working outdoors.

To learn more about Donald Forsyth, visit: 

Website: www.saffery.com 

Social Media handle(s): https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldforsyth/ 

Contact number(s): 07469 035 880

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McClure Solicitors was founded in 1853. Andrew joined in 1971 so he will celebrate 50 years with McClure this time next year. For most of Andrew’s career he was a general practice solicitor. He has been a conveyancer, executory practitioner, employment law specialist, civil court practitioner, criminal court practitioner, estate agent and even a Clerk to the Income Tax Commissions.

In 1984 Andrew changed the direction of travel for McClure. He introduced the concept of all year round free Wills for a donation to charity. That resulted in the formation of an unregulated company, which provided estate planning for the whole of the Dunfermline Building Society.

In 2002 Andrew introduced the concept of the Family Protection Trust. As a result, McClure became the FPT provider for many members of the Institute of Professional Will Writers. This meant that McClure, as a Scottish firm, was carrying out English work. The three Partners became qualified in England and Wales and the firm became dual authorised for the whole of Great Britain.

The business has never looked back. The business is no longer a general purpose business but focusses on seven core services which make up the estate planning service for clients. Conveyancing, probate, estate agency, financial services, etc, results from these initial core services.

The company has excelled in business development. It now has over 100 staff and fifteen offices throughout Britain. Last year (2019) we serviced approximately 10,000 clients and raised over £63M for charity.

Our business is now partnered with 195 charities with more joining regularly.

Our company is an award-winning company and is presently short-listed by the Law Society of England and Wales Excellence Awards under both Law Firm of the Year (Small) category and Excellence in Business Development category. The results to be announced on 13th October 2020.

As a result of our substantial fund-raising for the charity sector, Andrew was appointed as Parliamentary Review Member and recently was made a member of the “Leaders Council of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” which gives him access to the UK Parliament and the opportunity to voice his opinion and commission research, etc.

Despite Covid-19 the future for McClure is rosy.

To learn more about Andrew and McClure Solicitors, visit www.mcclure-solicitors.co.uk

Twitter : @McClureLegal

Facebook : @solicitors.mcclure

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Alex spent a number of years as a partner in a top 50 law firm, before co-founding a specialist legal sector executive search business. More recently Alex headed up the strategy for a global IT outsourcing business to enter the legal sector. He joined The Cashroom to head up strategy and business development in 2014, taking the company into England and Wales and leading new market and product exploration.

To learn more about Alex Holt and The Cash Room, visit www.thecashroom.co.uk/

LinkedIn - @Alex Holt @The Cashroom Ltd

Twitter - @TheCashroomLtd @AH_cashroomltd

Contact number(s): 07817 420466

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Usman Yaseen is the CEO and Founder of Sonik Pocket Ltd. Sonik Pocket is an educational, interactive platform for children (ages 5-12). On the platform, children learn about financial education and money management skills, helping to support them later in life.

Usman's prides himself in helping to lead the digital education revolution, improving the lives of future generations, and safely and securely teaching children and guardians alike, the importance of financial responsibility.

To learn more about Usman Yaseen and Sonik Pocket Ltd, visit www.sonikpocket.com

Facebook, Twitter & Instagram - @SonikPocket

Sonik Pocket LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/sonik-pocket

Usman Yaseen LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/usmanyaseen/

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Suzie is the CEO of Platinum Wave Franchising – an international, independent, British Franchise Association (bfa) accredited franchise consultancy firm, established in 2010. With 20 years of first-hand international franchising experience, Suzie is a well-known personality in the franchising world. She has been a Judge for the bfa / HSBC British Franchise Awards and is the longstanding Chairperson of the bfa’s Scottish Franchise Forum.

Having franchised her own printer cartridge business from a single retail shop in Edinburgh to a network of over 70 franchised outlets across 6 countries from the Caribbean to the Middle East, it is fair to say Suzie’s consultancy comes with an authenticity that is hard to match. Prior to founding Platinum Wave, Suzie was the Franchise Director and Board Member of national recruitment franchise and £30m turnover franchise network Select Appointments.

Suzie is also a Non-Executive Director with one of the UK’s leading franchise brands, Right at Home UK.

Platinum Wave was named Service Provider of the Year at the 2016 Best Franchise Awards, based on direct feedback from its clients, in 2018 they won the Customer Service Award at the inaugural bfa Affiliate Awards, and in 2019 were named Service Provider of the Year by EWIF.

To learn more about Suzie McCafferty and Platinum Wave visit platinumwave.co.uk 

Social Media handle(s): @PlatinumWaveLtd

Contact number(s): 07793 054 233

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Erica Moore is the founder of speciality tea company, eteaket. As a recovering lawyer, she’s on a mission to empower people to master their minds through the pause for tea so that they can calm their mind and live more now.

eteaket’s own brand tea and teaware is sold online worldwide. They also have a tea room and a concept store in central Edinburgh and specialise in helping hospitality businesses make their tea offering fabulous. eteaket works closely with the charity Health In Mind to promote positive mental health and wellbeing. Erica is also a mentor and supporter for the Prince’s Trust, a regular speaker on all things tea and business related, a licensed NLP practitioner, meditator and lives by the sea in Edinburgh with her husband and two young girls.

To learn more about eteaket and Erica Moore, please visit:

Website: www.eteaket.co.uk

Social media handle(s): @eteaket

Contact: 0131 226 1292 

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Mary Turner Thomson is the author of international best-selling book ‘The Bigamist’ and the upcoming sequel ‘The Psychopath’ due out 1st March 2021.

She has had a varied career which started in television in the 1980's, before retraining in marketing and starting her own business in 1993. Mary sold her company and then worked as a business adviser for the Scottish Enterprise Network from 1997 until 2006 when she discovered her husband was a bigamist and con man and decided to write a book about her experiences. She then started White Water Publishing Ltd in 2009 which focuses on creating and publishing books by children, working with schools to use book publishing as a way to inspire children to read and write. Mary now also works as a writing coach, editor and publishing consultant to individuals as well - helping people go from initial idea to published authors.

You can learn more about Mary Turner Thomson at www.MaryTurnerThomson.com and www.WhiteWaterPublishing.co.uk

Websites: www.MaryTurnerThomson.com and www.WhiteWaterPublishing.co.uk

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryturnerthomson

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBigamistBook

Contact: 07854 829524

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Gayle Edwards is an International, award-winning Global Impact & Personal Brand Strategist, Author and Speaker who works with Entrepreneurial Disruptors to help them build their identity and authority within their marketplace!

As the CEO of Brand You Consultancy Ltd, Gayle uses her 30 plus years’ experience in Marketing, Branding, Communications, Training & Coaching to help Entrepreneurs and Corporate Professionals to boost their identity, create more impact, extend their influence and sharpen up their image. Gayle is also the creator of the trailblazing “Standing up in Your own Hallelujah” Personal Branding process. It is this same innovative process that also forms the basis of The Audacity to be Authentic Diversity & Inclusion Programme which Gayle delivers to Organisations and Corporates committed to progressional change.

Gayle is also a Co-Author of the International No. 1 Bestseller, The Law of Brand Attraction which was recently published to provide Entrepreneurs and Business Owners with success strategies and hope during the recent global pandemic. The Law of Brand Attraction is currently No. 1 in the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, Australia and the U.S.

Gayle has delivered keynote speeches for organisations as well as national and international conferences. Gayle interviews Entrepreneurial Disruptors from around the globe as the host of The Dare to be Awesome Podcast Show and co-host of The Entrepreneurs Sushi Club podcast. Gayle also founded Daring Daughters, a soon to be launched social enterprise focused on encouraging young women into entrepreneurship.

Find out more about Gayle Edwards at

Website: https://brandyouconsultancy.com/

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John Vuong is the owner and founder of Local SEO Search. He helps small and medium-sized businesses rank on Google and dominate their local market. John puts a strong emphasis on relationships and treats his client’s like family, wanting to not only help them rank but to help their business grow and succeed.

You can learn more about John Vuong and Local CEO Search at https://www.localseosearch.ca/ 

Website : https://www.localseosearch.ca/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/localseosearch, https://twitter.com/LocalSEO_Search

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-vuong-205b2917/

Contact: 416-888-8756

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Alex Lianne Carter is a coach and business mentor. She is passionate about working with high-achieving female leaders, helping them gain clarity and focus, so they can stop procrastinating, and direct their time and energy on the priorities that serve them most in achieving their personal and professional goals. Learn how to go from productive procrastination to focused productivity in Alex Lianne’s upcoming virtual summit: Productivity Secrets for the High Performing Female Leader, launching this Fall. Join the waitlist at www.ambitionunleashed.com  Website : https://ambitionunleashed.com/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/alex.lianne.carter/ Email: info@ambitionunleashed.com

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Tracy Gowler is a motivational speaker and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner who is determined to educate women on the effects of stress on their health. She understands through her work guiding herself and her clients to better health that most women are not prioritizing their health.  They don’t understand that small shifts in their lifestyle and their priorities can provide a lifetime of health for themselves and their families.  The focus of her business is helping women over 40 improve the way they live with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis autoimmune disease.   You can learn more about Tracy Gowler and Your Health Made Simple at www.yourhealthmadesimple.com Website: www.yourhealthmadesimple.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourhealthmadesimple/ Email: tracy@yourhealthmadesimple.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourhealthmadesimple/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/yourhealthm0139/pins/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy8SL8QsMobsX4lfJ6YRqKQ?view_as=subscriber

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Debra Battistella is an occupational therapist (OT) with 19+ years of experience working in physical medicine, teaching occupational therapy assistant students, coordinating fieldwork and supervising OT and OTA students in emerging practice fieldwork settings. She also consults with occupational therapy practitioners who want to change the way they deliver services. She uses her expertise to guide those who feel stuck in traditional practice to move into careers that resonate with their souls’ calling.

Current changes in the healthcare climate prompted her to merge her passions for practice and teaching into an online business, Creative Concepts in Occupational Therapy PLLC. Here, she specializes in helping occupational therapy practitioners find more time in their day by providing ready-made interventions appropriate for adults in need of physical rehabilitation.

You can learn more about Debra and Creative Concepts in Occupational Therapy PLLC at www.creativeconceptsot.com.

WEBSITE: www.creativeconceptsot.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Creative-Concepts-OT-1674052006056712/

EMAIL: debrabattistellaot@gmail.com

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/creativeconceptsot/

Credentials: Debra Battistella, MS, OTR/L

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Chrissie Kenaston is the founder of Copy with Chrissie, where she writes sales copy for online coaches and course creators. She writes "true-to-you" copy for her clients that helps them build a connection with their ideal clients, which ultimately leads to more sales. She's also a wife and mom to 3 beautiful kids, and her first book, What If I Name Her Grace, comes out later this year! How do you balance three kids and a business?  Chrissie tells us how she does it and how she managed to squeeze in writing a book too. Find Chrissie here http://facebook.com/copywithchrissie http://instagram.com/copywithchrissie https://copywithchrissie.com/

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Amanda’s fascination with food began as a young child as she watched her grandmother make homemade candies and cookies each Christmas for gifting. Beginning her own recipe and cookbook collection at the young age of 8, she treasures church and community collection cookbooks above all others. Amanda’s culinary career spans nearly 3 decades. After building an incredibly successful business to $1m in revenues and an enviable client list, Amanda found herself without a single booking when Covid hit hard.  She went back to the drawing board and rediscovered her passion for preparing family meals and helping others to do the same. She's now embarking on her long held dream of a cook school for busy households - all online of course! Like many entrepreneurs, she's also got another plan on the cooker simmering away. Use the links to find out what's happening at Amanda's cook school www.dishtpass.com Instagram  Facebook

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It's hard to know how to describe Jacqueline, you really have to experience her and talk to her to learn what she's really about.  Kindness, love and an intuitive sense of what's right exudes from her, even across the thousands of miles (Rebecca in Edinburgh and Jacqueline on Prince Edward Island, Canada). Find Jacqueline on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bestwholenewworld Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bestwholenewworld/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-best-079b6b180

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Rachel Cline is an experienced birth doula and pregnancy and birth coach.  Until I interviewed her, I didn't know such people existed and immediately wished I'd have had someone like Rachel with me during my first pregnancy all those years ago. She is just launching a course which takes mums to be from the first 10 weeks of pregnancy all the way through to the first 10 weeks of their babies lives.  It's open to 12 women and will be a very personalised journey for them all. A wonderful example of how something so intimate and personal can be transformed into a business and shared across the world, I wish Rachel and her mums to be every success, joy and love. Rachel is a UK trained physiotherapist (20 years) and doula (13 years) who emigrated with her husband and three children to the Canadian Rockies in 2012. The small community of 5000 has been very welcoming and she supports up to 20% of the births in the town annually.  Despite this she wanted to bring her passion for positive pregnancy and birth and the gentle transition to parenthood to more families around the world. Rachel has established www.hatchparenting.com to do just this.  Bringing together an amazing collective of professionals and holistic and fitness practitioners she is launching her first beta of 'Creating calm confident parents' a 41 week pregnancy program.  The course offers video PDF's and twice a month 90 minute group coaching calls.  Any pregnant people in their first trimester should book now for a FREE discovery call to see how much benefit this course will be for them https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=19542822. For now the course is offered at $497 - 50% off. There is also a free eBook all about first trimester symptoms and ways to support them - https://hatchparenting.com/f/first-trimester-symptoms-complaints-problems-and-real-annoyances Follow Hatch Parenting on IG and FB @hatchparentingYou can find Rachel on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hatchparenting/

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Johanna Dahlman is an entrepreneur that dedicates her efforts to health and wellness, proactively engaging in activities that help others’ become their best! Through her own health concerns, she has overhauled and upgraded what true health means and how to live it each day. She’s reversed her autoimmune disease, and has done the same for many of her coaching clients.  Having worked for numerous Fortune 100 companies in high stress environments, she understands the corporate environment and now teaches, writes, speaks and gives workshops on nutrition, stress, burnout, mindfulness, autoimmune disease and much more.  A certified yoga and pilates instructor, she continually grows in her field. Married to a professional athlete, she and her family are dedicated to wellness and optimal health. You can connect with Johanna directly at www.johannadahlman.com

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Marianne Talkovski was flying, her business was thriving and her decision to take out a three year lease on premises was proving to be the right one to make, until........Covid 19 happened and we went into lockdown.

Marianne's story isn't finished yet, she's thinking again about how she serves her clients using her unique gifts as a transformational coach, therapist and all round well being guru.

You can find Marianne at www.projectgorgeous.com

IG: @projectgorgeousindy

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectGorgeousIndy/

Marianne is a licensed acupuncturist, esthetician, Transformational Coaching MASTER CERTIFIED Coach, Certified Deep Transformational Coach and Bare Coach in Training. She guides her clients to find their most authentic expression of beauty in radical self-acceptance, regardless of the messages our culture has inundated us with to consume, perfect, compare, critique and feel less than enough. Her foundational teaching is that by investing in your self-care and owning who you are, the ultimate act of healing, love, connection and beauty is activated not only in one's soul, but for all humanity. She stands for all humans to raise their voices against forces of oppression, especially diet culture. Since becoming a mother, Marianne is determined to create a world where her daughter knows what self-acceptance, self-care, self-healing and self-love looks like. She guides all walks of life through these tenets in her signature coaching program Journey To Joy. Since committing to this message, she has never felt more radiant, happy, healthy and powerful.

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If you're a runner, want to run or think running will help you achieve those health and weight loss goals you've been dreaming about, then you need to listen to Jon.  He manages his business 5k2pb for only 26 minutes per day as it's his 'side hustle' and not his full time job.

Jon is the coach and Founder of 5k2PB, an online personal training and running coaching company that helps runners to:

1) Transform their running, by following the  7 step 5k2PB approach, runners of all abilities knock minutes off their running times and more importantly enjoy their running.

AND

2) Transform their body, by joining the Lean Runner Programme, an 8 week weight loss programme that not only transforms their body but makes them look and feel amazing and see their running perform improve drastically!  It also includes a CANNOT FAIL guarantee.

Link to register for the free live Webinar ‘RUNNERS: Stop Struggling to Lose Weight’ on the 16th July 2020, 8pm (BST, London)

https://leanrunner.gr8.com

Social Media

www.instagram.com/5k2PB

www.facebook.com/5k2PB

Website

www.5k2PB.com

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Loubna is an international bestselling author, professional speaker and multi-award-winning Strategic Dynamo who mentors entrepreneurs to gain clarity, focus and momentum with lightning speed.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/loubnazarrou

https://www.facebook.com/loubnazarrouofficial

Loubna Zarrou is an international bestselling author, professional speaker and multi-award-winning Strategic Dynamo who is globally recognized for her extraordinary skill of being able to mentor Entrepreneurs to gain clarity, focus and momentum with lightning speed.

Before starting her business and becoming the CEO of The Exponential Hero, Loubna spent over 18 years managing projects both in IT as well as change management in the corporate sector. It was during these years that Loubna was able to hone and utilize her expertise in helping people enhance their happiness at work, as well as strategies for more success in the boardroom.

Loubna has now been able to take this a step further with her unique and innovative approach to mentoring through her A.C.T.I.O.N. process and regularly speaks to her audience on the importance of strategy, planning and the science of happiness to increase their impact, influence and income.

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I loved interviewing Suz. Her energy and sheer passion for her business and how she helps women gain food peace is remarkable and uplifting. For anyone working in a public service role right now wondering how they can become an entrepreneur, this is for you.

Suzanne is a Certified Nutritional Consultant, the CEO and Founder of CarpenterOne80, as well as the creator of SOS (Suz On Your Shoulder), Babysit My Plate, and The Food Peace University, three different virtual bite-sized nutrition courses. They were designed to teach you what you need to know to create sustainable results.

Suzanne Carpenter is an approachable, sincere, fun-loving, and passionate leader who loves to personal improvement and transformation in those she teaches. Through her successful 10-year nutrition career, Suzanne saw a gap in the industry and a trend in society. Americans are more confused and overwhelmed than ever when it comes to actually losing weight and keeping it off. She created a virtual nutrition education company called CarpenterOne80 whose mission is to provide affordable and simple programs that can clear up food confusion so that people can win at losing weight.

Contacting Suz is easy

Website

www.carpenterone80.com

coupon code---journey (for the grocery lists)

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/CarpenterOne80

Private Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2202043203353433/?ref=share

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/carpenterone80

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Aaron talks openly and honestly about his journey from a degree in engineering to a failed start up, then starting again at the bottom in Salesforce and creating predictable revenues for them. He’s done it for himself too, going from $70k a year to $700k a year.

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This is a wonderful and very different perspective on bringing your business through difficult times. Surprising insights into where to find the answers to your business problems.

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Mike McGrail’s Entrepreneurial Journey is a twisty turny tale which takes us from the very early days of digital marketing (Beebo!) to the new essential business marketing tool - video, plus we find out how you keep going when the world of business has been turned upside down.

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Six years into running his HR business, Ian talks about how becoming a part of a franchise network has really helped him grow in confidence and success.

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Andrew Morrison knew from day one that in five years time he would step down as Managing Director. Listen to his reasoning behind this and how it’s working out for him and the business. You can contact Andrew via www.ambid.co.uk to learn more

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How do you build an events company with £2.50 in your pocket, connect Africa with Scotland and get governments to listen? Find out how one woman set about achieving all of this and more. www.firecracker.pro

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