Black Pounds Project Live: Recent Episodes
CJ Webley
Real business education, thoughts, advice. Speaking with notable guests who can equip business owners with essential insight needed to build a successful enterprise.
Every entrepreneur has faced rejection at one time or another. It's what we do with that rejection that makes the difference. We can either give up and quit, or we can use it as motivation to get us into the right places. The key is to break down barriers and refuse to take no for an answer. So how do we do that? In this episode we discuss how Daniel Allen has used his experience and people skills to get into different spaces and make a name for him self and his organisation within the sports and social sector.
https://sportskey.co.uk/
In this episode CJ speaks to Shailah about her experience studying marketing at University and her plans for the future. Shailah shares her ambitions for the future and why she got involved with the Black Pounds Project as a mentee and Social Media Management intern.
In this episode, Samina shares her experience of working within the arts sector as a project producer, whilst leading on various other exciting initiatives. Samina has sought out freelance opportunities from an early age as a dancer and all round creative entity. Samina has set up a Instagram page which features her family home. She has used her entrepreneurial mindset to secure partnerships with leading home manufacturers and distributers.
In this episode CJ speaks with the amazing Sally Dhillon, who deep dives into the challenges of trying to climb the corporate ladder as a mother, but not feeling like it could happen. Sally has devoted her life to supporting mothers like herself to get into employment through her social enterprise initiative Career Mums. We also discuss how Sally got involved in supporting The Black Pounds Project and what inspired her to do so.
In this exciting episode CJ speaks with Cleo Wright about her business Cleo's Kitchen, who specialise in vegan desserts. We delve deep into why Cleo decided to run a business and how she balances it all around full time employment. Cleo also shares her experience being on the Black Pounds Project mentorship scheme and the journey so far!
In this episode, CJ rolls back the clock with his old school pal Jack Mattison. We delve deep into Jack's entrepreneurial journey and explore how he became a Director at Social Agendas, one of the UK's leading Social Media Agencies.
In this episode we catch up with Harriet Saunders about her current line of work and her journey to becoming a Fund Executive at the FSE Group. Harriet gives an insight on her University experience and how she plans to use her platform to support the wider community.
In this episode we learn a little bit about the journey Cordell Jeffers has been on to become an entrepreneurial speaker and mindset coach. We dive deep into the topic of success and what it really means to put it all on the line.
In this episode we speak with CJ’s wife Amelia and get to know a little bit about how she got into the education sector, how she manages her finance and what it’s like being married to a big dreamer!
CJ and Albert Biggs AKA “The business GP”explore some of the barriers that black business owners face. Why are they not accessing business support? Are people placing barriers on themselves?