Business Mentor Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jay Dhillon
Welcome to the Business Mentor Podcast. This podcast is where we share and discuss the experiences, ideas & happenings in the world of business, featuring some very special guests & experts to give you advice and direction in your journey. Your host, award winning entrepreneur and Princes Trust Business Mentor Jay Dhillon
Why 80% of AI Success Has Nothing to Do with Tech
In this episode of the Future of Business Podcast, we sit down with Alex Velinov, Vice President of AI and Technology at MDG and author of the In AI We Trust newsletter. Drawing from a 35-year background that spans audio engineering and enterprise technology, Alex shares why successful AI integration is actually an 80% people challenge and only a 20% technology challenge. Alex engineered the advanced AI systems that fueled Tag Digital’s hyper-growth and ultimate acquisition by Freeman, and he breaks down the practical frameworks, risk-mitigation strategies, and human psychology needed to bulletproof your business in the AI age.
We explore the hidden dangers of "Shadow AI," the step-by-step process of building internal digital employees, how search is shifting toward Large Language Model optimization, and why non-digital trade skills might be the most sustainable business opportunity of the next decade.
Key Takeaways & Business Insights
- The 80/20 Rule of AI: AI technology is simple (binary logic), but human beings are complex. Overcoming workplace habits, fear, and friction accounts for 80% of an AI project's success or failure.
- The Danger of Shadow AI: Banning AI tools inside an enterprise does not stop employees from using them; it forces them to use personal accounts, leading to severe confidential and proprietary data leaks.
- Building an Internal AI Employee: Learn how Tag Digital built "Apollo," a 24/7 internal AI agent integrated into Slack, trained on company SOPs and HR data to eliminate repetitive internal questions.
- The "Bring Your Own AI" Future: Job candidate assessments are shifting from traditional credentials to candidates presenting the custom AI systems and agents they have personally built to solve problems.
- LLM Optimization (The New SEO): Driving organic visibility now requires structuring your website data with schema markup, publishing clear answer-based FAQs, and building brand authority across platforms like LinkedIn.
- Transparency Over Deception: When using AI-generated avatars or digital brand ambassadors, absolute transparency builds trust, whereas trying to trick audiences into thinking an avatar is human causes friction.
- 00:22 - Introduction to Alex Velinov and his background bridging audio engineering and enterprise AI.
- 01:57 - How a 35-year background in music shapes a human-centric approach to tech.
- 07:09 - The 80/20 Rule: Why human psychology is the hardest part of AI adoption.
- 08:35 - Two paths for workers in the AI age and the rise of "Bring Your Own AI".
- 11:42 - What "Shadow AI" is and why banning AI tools causes catastrophic data leaks.
- 17:56 - Scaling Tag Digital: Combining automation and LLMs to increase client volume without inflating headcount.
- 20:42 - The blueprint for building "Apollo," a 24/7 internal AI employee inside Slack.
- 29:33 - AI Avatars & Digital Influencers: Why transparency beats deception in marketing.
- 33:03 - The VECTR Framework: A practical method to audit, deconstruct, and AI-enable B2B workflows.
- 34:18 - Advice for small businesses: Securing your core data blueprint from day one.
- 44:42 - Optimizing for Large Language Models: How search and SEO are changing.
- 48:39 - Alex’s go-to AI tools: Claude, ElevenLabs, Midjourney, and workspace integrations.
- 57:39 - The contrarian view: Why non-digital trade businesses are a massive opportunity.
- Weekly Newsletter: Subscribe to Alex's newsletter, In AI We Trust, at inaiwetrust.com.
- LinkedIn: Connect with Alex Velinov directly on LinkedIn.
In this episode of The Future of Business Podcast, host Jay Dhillon sits down with Anuscha Iqbal, co-founder of Qanooni AI.
After co-founding and successfully exiting her fintech business to Zip in a $20M deal, Anuscha set her sights on legal tech, one of the most risk-averse, highly regulated industries in the world. Today, Qanooni AI empowers law firms across 11 countries by embedding AI directly into Microsoft Word and Outlook while guaranteeing strict zero-retention data security.
What you will learn in this episode:
🔹 The $20M Exit & Pivoting to AI: Moving from a 100 person fintech business to building a hyper-lean AI startup.
🔹 Overcoming Enterprise Security Roadblocks: How Qanooni AI earned the trust of corporate lawyers using stateless models that protect client data.
🔹 Eliminating AI Hallucinations: Why grounding AI models in authoritative, citation-backed databases is essential for high-stakes decisions.
🔹 The 12-Person Scaling Advantage: How small, AI-first teams are outperforming traditional enterprise tech workforces.
🔹 Future-Proofing White-Collar Jobs: Critical skills the next generation needs to succeed in an AI-driven workforce.
If you are a business founder, executive navigating enterprise AI adoption, or interested in the future of work, this conversation delivers actionable insights from the frontlines of tech innovation.
🌐 Company Website: Qanooni AI
💼 Connect with Anuscha Iqbal: Anuscha Iqbal on LinkedIn
🎙️ Hosted by: Jay Dhillon
📲 Subscribe & Review: If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a 5-star rating on Spotify!
🔗 Connect & Links
Title: The Future of AI, AR, and Business Innovation with ArmenDiscover how Armen’s pioneering work in augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI), and immersive content is transforming industries and reshaping business strategies. From organic growth to innovative use cases, learn how technology can democratise creation and unlock new revenue streams. In this episode:
- Armen shares the story of building an ecosystem of 11 million users organically starting in 2014 without external funding.
- The role of COVID-19 as a catalyst for exponential growth in AR and AI applications in education and enterprise.
- Predictions on the future of AR glasses replacing smartphones, powered by AI for seamless digital-physical integration.
- How AI democratizes complex content creation, enabling non-technical users to innovate.
- Real-world case studies: Coca-Cola AR campaigns, real estate virtual tours, and interactive museum and education experiences.
- Strategies for startups: Building value first, and avoiding risky venture funding based on hype.
- The potential impact of AI and robotics on future jobs—new roles in maintenance, human connection, and post-human experiences.
- Practical advice for business owners: Using AR/AI for marketing, enhancing customer experience, and operational efficiency.
- Addressing common misconceptions about adoption hurdles and the mass technology shift to smart glasses.
- Arlupa Official Website
- Arlupa YouTube Channel with tutorials and case studies
- Google Scholar articles on AR in education
- Coca-Cola AR Campaign Case
- Kenzo AR Activation
- Google I/O AR glasses announcement
- Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
- AI tools for content creation
- The conversation emphasizes the importance of creating memorable, engaging customer experiences through AR and AI.
- Advocates for a long-term, sustainable approach to innovation and startup growth, avoiding hype-driven fundraising.
- Encourages embracing the democratization of content creation
Timestamps:00:00 - Armen’s journey to 11 million organic users since 2014
01:16 - The impact of COVID-19 on AR adoption and growth in education
03:30 - How COVID accelerated global AR and AI adoption in classrooms and businesses
04:45 - Armen's vision for AR glasses replacing smartphones and accompanying AI enhancements
06:05 - The development of digital content blending with physical environments via AR and AI
07:43 - The role of glasses for instant information, business applications, and efficiency gains
08:34 - Google's new AR glasses and the strategic focus on developer ecosystems
11:24 - Non-technical content creation with AI-powered tools and studio platforms
12:34 - Case studies: How brands like Coca-Cola, Kenzo, and real estate leverage AR for ROI
16:35 - Interactive experiences in tourism, real estate, and retail via AR
18:11 - Opportunities for business owners to innovate with AR and AI at low tech barriers
19:48 - Using AR for educational and entertainment purposes, increasing engagement and retention
22:16 - Startups: Focus on building valuable products rather than fundraising hype
23:52 - The AI bubble: Warning signs, market realities, and the importance of fundamentals
26:33 - The future job landscape: Maintenance, human connection, and post-human experiences
30:48 - Enhancing daily life and business operational efficiency with AR and AI
34:46 - The importance of mastering fundamental skills alongside AI tools
38:06 - The transformative potential for education, health, and personalized experiences
41:15 - Practical advice for business owners to differentiate through memorable experiences
44:24 - AI and the future of work: Embracing new roles and societal shifts
47:21 - Armen’s five-year outlook on jobs and societal changes driven by AI and robotics
Podcast Show Notes
Episode Title: AI Data Risk in 2026: What You Aren't Being Told About Your Privacy with Jamal Ahmed
Episode Description: Most businesses are rushing to adopt AI without realizing they are handing over their most sensitive data. In this episode of the Future of Business podcast, we sit down with Jamal Ahmed, a globally recognized AI governance pioneer and the CEO of Kazient Privacy Experts. Famously dubbed the "King of Data Protection" by the BBC, Jamal has safeguarded the data of over a billion people worldwide. We unpack the massive privacy risks of using large language models, how to implement simple AI guardrails, and why treating data privacy as a strategic trust-builder can give you a massive competitive advantage.
What We Discuss:
- The critical shift from standard GDPR to the new, high-stakes EU AI Act.
- The hidden dangers of inputting sensitive client information into free AI tools.
- How the lack of simple AI guardrails can leave your business exposed to crippling lawsuits and reputational damage.
- Why building data trust with your customers unlocks loyalty and massive revenue opportunities.
- A proven 5-step roadmap to pivot into a high-paying career in AI governance and data privacy.
Resources & Books:
- Pre-order Jamal's New Book: The Easy Peasy Guide to the EU AI Act (Releasing August 3rd, 2026) – Grab your copy and access bonus masterclasses here: https://besteuaiactbook.com/
- Jamal's Bestseller: The Easy Peasy Guide to the GDPR – Available on Amazon and AbeBooks.
- Privacy Pros Academy: Fast-track your career and become a trusted privacy expert through Jamal's 12-week accelerator program. Learn more at: https://privacypros.academy/
- Kazient Privacy Experts: B2B consulting to help businesses adopt AI safely and put robust guardrails in place.
Connect with Jamal Ahmed:
- LinkedIn: Search for Jamal Ahmed or use the direct link: linkedin.com/in/kmjahmed
Unlocking the Power of AI in Business Growth with Tim DaviesDiscover how AI is transforming traditional businesses, with insights from Tim Davies, CEO of Project Rising, on leveraging AI for competitive advantage, managing change, and preparing for an AI-driven future. Whether you're an SME or a large enterprise, learn actionable strategies to integrate AI effectively.Main Topics Covered:
- Tim Davies' background and journey into AI, from hacking computers in 1991 to founding Project Rising
- The evolution of AI capabilities from IBM Watson to GPT-4 and their impact on business services
- Practical AI toolkit: capturing business knowledge to automate decision-making and enhance operations
- Challenges in AI adoption: overcoming team resistance and change management strategies
- Data privacy and security: deploying on-premises AI models versus cloud-based solutions
- The impending AI market bubble and potential corrections: implications for investors and businesses
- Future of AI in education: fostering soft skills and communication for the next generation
- Real-world AI case studies: property surveys, legal processes, and lead generation
- Playing and experimenting with AI: creating a culture of innovation within organizations
- The role of government and policy in regulating AI development and preventing a race to the bottom
- Preparing for job displacement: balancing automation with societal support measures
- The importance of human authenticity in AI-generated media and marketing
- Nausica AI Toolkit - Rebranded from internal toolkit
- Project Rising - Tim Davies' company
- Skynet Chronicles Podcast - Covering AI developments and business impact
- OpenAI GPT-4 - Latest language model
- IBM Watson - Early AI toolset for sentiment analysis
- Google Play AI Playtime - Innovative culture of experimentation
- Email: tim@projectrising.com or hello@nascica.com
Timestamps:00:22 - Introduction to Tim Davies and his AI background
01:08 - The significance of AI in business growth and transformation
02:05 - The journey from early neural networks to modern GPT models
03:42 - The hype cycle and real capabilities of AI today
04:22 - How AI automation is revolutionizing project management
05:25 - Early tools: IBM Watson and the shift to GPT-3 and GPT-4
06:43 - Aligning AI solutions with business challenges
08:48 - Building enterprise AI toolkit Nausica for capturing business knowledge
10:54 - Managing team resistance and change adoption in AI projects
13:02 - Working with SMEs: team sizes and implementation strategies
14:43 - Data integration: connecting silos without data migration
16:06 - Privacy considerations and deploying on-premises AI models
18:16 - The future cost and scalability of AI services
22:23 - Speculating on AI market corrections and valuations
26:04 - Post-correction landscape: how successful companies will seize opportunities
27:01 - Case study: AI-enabled property surveying process improvement
29:16 - AI in legal and probate lead management applications
30:42 - Automating will drafting with AI
31:52 - Recommendations for SMEs starting their AI journey
33:02 - Fostering a culture of play and experimentation in AI
35:35 - Creating guardrails for AI use and avoiding ethical pitfalls
40:20 - The UK AI landscape and infrastructural challenges
43:16 - Job displacement, societal implications, and potential solutions
48:01 - Impact of AI on education and soft skills development
50:34 - Authenticity in AI-driven media content
53:34 - Business growth strategies: referrals, branding, and podcasting
54:08 - Contact info and future plans, including the 'Skynet Chronicles' podcastResources & Links:Connect with Tim Davies:Note: This discussion emphasizes adopting AI responsibly, fostering innovation, and preparing societal structures for ongoing technological change.
85% of the jobs we’ll be doing in the next decade haven’t even been invented yet!
Are you preparing for them, or panicking about AI?
Most people underestimate how rapidly the future of work is changing, but my latest guest on the Future of Business podcast has a completely different perspective.
Christopher Bishop is not your average workplace futurist. He has successfully navigated eight distinct careers from touring as a rock musician and to becoming a corporate tech strategist managing $3 billion portfolios at IBM.
Today, he’s a TEDx speaker, deep tech master, and the author of Improvising Careers: Succeed at Jobs That Don't Exist Yet. He also serves as a guest lecturer on the future of work at prestigious institutions like NYU and the London School of Economics.
When someone with that kind of nonlinear, multi-modal career path talks about the future of work, you take notice.
If you are a business leader or a professional trying to navigate the rise of AI and Quantum Computing, Christopher says the worst thing you can do is panic. Instead, you need to "chase the maelstrom" go where the chaos is.
In this masterclass of an episode, we break down:
*Why AI isn’t a crisis: It's a "constellation" of technologies (from Google Photos to autonomous vehicles) pushing us up the value chain, while humans remain the ultimate decision makers.
*The Quantum Leap: How to build a "Quantum-Safe" business as giants like Google and IBM race to secure cybersecurity against exponential processing power.
*The Evolution of Industry: How disruptive innovations threaten traditional roles like accountants and welders, yet simultaneously create massive new opportunities.
*The Future-Proof Toolkit: The exact 3-step strategy you need to build career adaptability today.
Perfect for entrepreneurs, professionals, and students alike, this conversation proves that resilience and curiosity are your biggest assets.
Any questions contract me at team@jay-dhillon.com
Christophers contact details:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherbishop123/
- Future Career lectures and workshops titled "How to succeed at jobs that don't exist yet"
- One-on-one career and life design coaching using my Future Career Toolkit - a series of five individual sessions
- Ongoing open-ended career and business guidance conversations
- Learn more here - https://www.improvisingcareers.com/
The Future of Business Podcast: Embracing AI and Innovation
Are you curious about how AI is transforming business landscapes? In this episode, Jay shares the exciting pivot of the "Future of Business" podcast towards AI and cutting-edge technology, exploring how industry leaders are leveraging AI for competitive advantage and staying ahead of technological shifts.Main topics covered:
- The evolution of the podcast from traditional business stories to AI and future tech insights
- Key lessons from AI pioneers, entrepreneurs, and academics
- How AI compliance can turn data regulation into a competitive advantage
- Insights on AI's impact on jobs and business strategies
- Notable guests including data kings, tech founders, and industry strategists
- The importance of understanding AI to avoid pitfalls and harness its full potential
- Upcoming episodes featuring experts from Dubai, Armenia, and the UK sharing real-world experiences
- The role of quantum computing and future job prospects in tech
- Jamal Ahmed - Data & AI Compliance
- Giancarlo Era - Tech Founder & B2B Strategist
- Tim Davis - Tech Entrepreneur & Innovation Pioneer
- David Wood - Smartphone Tech Innovator
- Christopher Bishop - Future Jobs & AI
- Armin Atoyan - Armenian Tech Entrepreneur
Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction to the podcast's new focus on AI and future technology
00:22 - Why this pivot matters: lessons from a Google AI event
00:50 - Past achievements: 150+ episodes and notable guests
01:19 - How AI can impact jobs and business models
01:46 - The new "Future of Business" podcast format and upcoming guests
02:13 - Highlighting international experts and academic insights
02:41 - Future episodes: AI founders, industry innovators, and disruptors
03:09 - Guest spotlight: Jamal Ahmed on turning data regulation into an advantage
03:38 - Insights from Tim Davis on keeping up with fast-moving AI trends
04:06 - Stories from Armenia and Dubai, from startups to LawTech
04:34 - Final thoughts and encouraging listeners to subscribe for upcoming interviewsResources & Links:Connect with Jay:Stay tuned for insightful episodes every Monday as we explore how AI is reshaping the future of business!
Multimillionaire Neville Wright joins the show to confront global uncertainty, from deep state theories to the post-pandemic landscape. This episode bridges the gap between today’s complex world and the fundamental principles of business growth. Neville shares his direct strategy for building a successful empire in 2026, proving that even in a climate of doubt, the right mindset creates limitless opportunity.
BusinessGrowth #NevilleWright #Entrepreneurship #2026Strategy #GlobalTrends #Mindset
this unfiltered interview, Jay Dhillon sits down with AFTV founder Robbie Lyle to reveal the real story behind the rise of the UK’s most controversial fan channel. Robbie shares how he built AFTV from scratch, faced intense backlash from fans and the media, clashed with Simon Jordan, and turned adversity into global impact. He opens up about the challenges, mistakes, and his mission to build the next big fan-led media company. This is the truth behind the headlines — raw, honest, and inspiring.Looking to get clarifty in business or your brand then book a call below with Jay. Leveraging his 20 years + in business. You can book directly below - or head over to jay-dhillon.com📅 Book a Strategy Call:https://calendly.com/jaydhillon/60min🌟 Subscribe for Weekly Inspiration & Strategy:http://bit.ly/JayDhillonYouTube🌐 Visit:https://www.jay-dhillon.com👤 Meet Jay Dhillon:From humble beginnings to building a multimillion-pound business with clients like Jaguar, Land Rover, and Toyota, Jay knows what it takes to succeed. After exiting his company at 33, he became a sought-after mentor, entrepreneur, and Prince’s Trust ambassador, even invited to Buckingham Palace for his impact.🔗 Connect with Jay:Website: https://www.jay-dhillon.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonukFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaydhillonuk#aftvmedia #aftv #drsports
Richard Tice: People Are Leaving the UK for Safety | Business Mentor PodcastEntrepreneur Jay Dhillon sits down with Richard Tice MP for a powerful discussion on the UK's future—covering safety, leadership, and the growing impact of AI on business and society. A must-listen for forward thinkers. #richardtice #reformuk #ukpolitics #entrepreneurship Book a Strategy Call Now: - https://calendly.com/jaydhillon/60min... https://calendly.com/jaydhillon/60min...Meet Jay Dhillon:From humble beginnings to building a Multimillion pound turnover business with clients like Jaguar, Land Rover, and Toyota and 500 contract staff, Jay knows what it takes to succeed — and he's passionate about helping others do the same. After exiting his company at 33, Jay became a sought-after mentor, entrepreneur, and Prince’s Trust ambassador, invited to Buckingham Palace for his impact.Through the Business Mentor Podcast, Jay brings you the raw, unfiltered lessons of entrepreneurship — straight from his journey and from top guests who've built real businesses and real freedom.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🌟 Subscribe to the Channel for Weekly Inspiration & Strategy: http://bit.ly/JayDhillonYouTube🌐 Visit: Jay-Dhillon.com - https://www.jay-dhillon.com🎧 Listen on iTunes: Business Mentor Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/b...🔗 Connect with Jay:www.jay-dhillon.com [LinkedIn] / jaydhillon [Instagram] / jaydhillonuk Facebook mailto:Jay@jay-dhillon.com/
Is a mentor REALLY worth it?In this episode, multimillionaire entrepreneur Rob Moore and Jay Dhillon share how mentors shaped their 20+ year journeys in business. From avoiding costly mistakes to accelerating success, they reveal the real value of having the right guidance.💡 Whether you're just starting out or scaling up, this conversation will shift how you think about mentorship.Visit www.jay-dhillon.com for free resources on starting your business #Mentorship #RobMoore #JayDhillon #EntrepreneurAdvice #BusinessMentor #StartupTips #SuccessMindset
In this powerful and deeply personal episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, I share the unbelievable true story of my own mentor—a multimillionaire entrepreneur who was burned alive in a private jet accident… and survived.
More than just a survivor, he went on to rebuild his business empire with more focus, fire, and purpose than ever before. This is the story of pain, power, and a mindset that refuses to quit.
💥 What you’ll learn:
- The business empire he built before the accident
- The harrowing moment everything changed mid-flight
- How he clawed his way back—physically, mentally, and financially
- The lessons he taught me that I now pass on to others
- Why legacy and impact matter more than ever
This isn’t just a business episode—it’s a lesson in courage, strategy, and unstoppable human will. If you're facing setbacks in business or life, this story will remind you: you can come back stronger.
🎧 Tune in now to hear how my mentor turned a near-death experience into a multi-million-pound comeback.
In this powerful interview, Patrick Bet-David life-changing lesson he learned from his father a principle that became the foundation of his mindset and played a crucial role in building and eventually selling a $200 + million business.This is more than just business advice — it's a must-watch for anyone seeking personal growth, entrepreneurial success, or the mindset it takes to go from humble beginnings to extraordinary achievement with @PBDPodcast @VALUETAINMENT
🔥 Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a seasoned business owner, or someone looking for motivation and strategy, Patrick’s story will inspire and challenge you.👉 Don’t miss this pivotal moment in the interview — it could change the way you approach your goals forever.
Ready to Build a Business or Brand That Gives You Freedom, Wealth & Time?
A business isn’t just about income — it’s about creating a life on your terms. More time. More freedom. More impact.
Jay Dhillon has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs turn their ideas into powerful, profitable businesses that support the lifestyle they truly want.With over 20 years of experience and a proven track record of building multi-million-pound companies from scratch,
Jay’s mission is simple: help you unlock your potential and build a business that gives you freedom, not just a job.Book a Strategy Call Now: - https://calendly.com/jaydhillon/60min?month=2023-02
Meet Jay DhillonFrom humble beginnings to building a Multimillion pound turnover, business with clients like Jaguar, Land Rover, and Toyota and 500 contract staff, Jay knows what it takes to succeed — and he's passionate about helping others do the same. After exiting his company at 33, Jay became a sought-after mentor, entrepreneur, and Prince’s Trust ambassador, invited to Buckingham Palace for his impact.Through the Business Mentor Podcast, Jay brings you the raw, unfiltered lessons of entrepreneurship — straight from his journey and from top guests who've built real businesses and real freedom.-
Thinking about moving to Dubai or curious about life in the UAE compared to the UK? In this eye-opening episode, Elite Influencer Luca shares his personal journey of relocating from the UK—where he spent the first 25 years of his life—to the fast-paced, opportunity-rich city of Dubai.From the real cost of living, lifestyle changes, and business opportunities, to cultural contrasts and the mindset shift required to thrive, Luca gives you first-hand insights that go far beyond the tourist brochure.
✅ What’s it really like living in Dubai?
✅ Is Dubai better than the UK for young entrepreneurs and professionals?
✅ How different is the day-to-day life, mindset, and ambition?
Whether you're considering a move, growing your network, or simply want to learn more about the expat lifestyle in Dubai, this video is packed with real-world experience, valuable comparisons, and the truth you won’t hear elsewhere.
Visit www.jay-dhillon.com
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Why did elite influencer Luca Gallone leave the UK at 25? In this powerful chat with Jay Dhillon, Luca reveals the mindset behind his bold move, his favorite countries, and the life lessons he’s learned abroad. A must-watch for anyone chasing freedom and inspiration.Ready to Build a Business That Gives You Freedom, Wealth & Time?A business isn’t just about income — it’s about creating a life on your terms. More time. More freedom. More impact. Jay Dhillon has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs turn their ideas into powerful, profitable businesses that support the lifestyle they truly want.
With over 20 years of experience and a proven track record of building multi-million-pound companies from scratch, Jay’s mission is simple: help you unlock your potential and build a business that gives you freedom, not just a job
.Book a Strategy Call Now: - https://calendly.com/jaydhillon/60min?month=2025-05
Meet Jay DhillonFrom humble beginnings to building a Multimillion pound turnover, business with clients like Jaguar, Land Rover, and Toyota and 500 contract staff, Jay knows what it takes to succeed — and he's passionate about helping others do the same. After exiting his company at 33, Jay became a sought-after mentor, entrepreneur, and Prince’s Trust ambassador, invited to Buckingham Palace for his impact.Through the Business Mentor Podcast, Jay brings you the raw, unfiltered lessons of entrepreneurship — straight from his journey and from top guests who've built real businesses and real freedom.
In this episode, Jay is interviewed by Dennis Brown on the Growth Experts Podcast. Jay talks to Dennis all about his journey into entrepreneurship including how he used his expertise to build a 7-figure business as well as how he helps other entrepreneurs with their own start-ups. Dennis and Jay also reveal the secrets to creating a business that can scale both quickly and sustainably.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Since a child, Jay always learnt how to create and make his own money. It built the foundations for his journey into entrepreneurship and business.
- Jay decided to focus on the manufacturing recruitment niche, to allow him to focus and scale fast.
- Look at your potential clients/customers pain points and fix them for them. This gives you an edge over your competitors. Look at gaps in your industry where you can make a difference.
- As a small business, you can be adaptable and easily differentiate yourself. You can’t always be better than your competitors, but you can easily be different.
- Sales and marketing should always be the two things you focus on first. If they aren’t driving the business, then you won’t be able to scale.
- Don’t waste time on tasks that don’t add revenue. As a business owner your focus should be on revenue-generating tasks or that grow the business. Anything else is a distraction.
BEST MOMENTS
‘If I want to be successful, I need to go into a market that was booming…scalability was there’
‘We listened, we went the extra mile’
‘Focus on what revenue you can bring in, you’ll always grow that way”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
The Business Mentor Podcast - https://www.jay-dhillon.com/podcast
Jay Dhillon’s website - https://www.jay-dhillon.com
Jay Dhillon YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ
ABOUT THE HOST - Jay Dhillon has grown businesses from start-up to success and helped many others do the same. With limited savings, he grew his first business to a multimillion pound turnover with 500 contract staff, winning major clients including Land Rover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look. Along the journey Jay faced many challenges which he over came through the support of his mentors.
Due to the success from creating his business into an asset, in 2013 Jay was able to sell his business to a London based investment firm. Jay has gone onto further success since the sale, creating a strong business brand with his companies and helping others do the same. In 2013, Jay was approached to work with the Prince's Trust, one the UK largest business mentoring programmes. His support and guidance helped young entrepreneurs start and grow their own businesses. His achievements in helping businesses and the success they achiveved, were marked with a personal invitation to meet Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.
Jay's first hand experience demonstrates that with the right mentoring and guidance, you can achieve success in business. His passion to help and guide others triggered the concept of The 'Business Mentor Podcast' sharing his knowledge and experiences and interviewing high-profile guests within his network. The podcast was a great hit and achieved #1 in the business charts on its launch on iTunes. It has been a great listen for entrepreneurs and business owners around the globe as it has subscribers in over 100 countries.
CONTACT METHOD
Email jay@jay-dhillon.com
Discover today the one thing that can help you capture new and lucrative clients to your business. Today, Jay discusses the importance of over-delivering to your clients, why you should always aim to solve your clients’ problems and why referrals can eventually make you more money than marketing can.
KEY TAKEAWAYS When you’re going into a meeting with a client make sure you listen to them. Don’t just tell them what your product delivers because what you can offer them is more valuable than what your product and service actually does.
When a client calls you and they really need your help, you have the upper hand in negotiations. Always go high and see what happens.
If you over-deliver and offer a service that the client needs, that will bring you so much more revenue in sales than what marketing can. You have got to get that service level right. It doesn’t matter how much you spend on marketing if you can provide the solution to their problems, that will increase your profits.
You have got to deliver a high level of service to your clients. A lot of people are preaching about the power of marketing (which definitely helps), but if your product or service doesn’t deliver or help your client then you’re never going to win. You can spend thousands on marketing but if you cannot deliver, they will never recommend you to others and you will have wasted your money.
Referrals will eventually make you more money than marketing because referrals are when someone tells another person about your product and service and then you are in a win-win situation. Before you start your marketing, go back to your existing client base and make sure you are over-delivering your service. Ask them if they are happy with your service and if they would refer your services.
BEST MOMENTS
“When everyone switched off, we were available.”
“They then had recommended us to another client, can you see the power in that?”
“We try and go in there and make that client ours for the next three or four years.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Hard Road to Glory by Johnny Nelson
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnny-nelson-a01972195/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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The year 2020 has been one for the history books and there has been highs and lows for everybody. Today, we take a look back on the highlights of The Business Mentor Podcast where we’ve had some amazing guests such as Grant Cardone and David McCourt. From pandemic predictions to inspiring guidance this episode contains it all from some of the best business brains around the world.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Coronavirus isn’t going away. If you were to put scientists and entrepreneurs in the same room, things get solved. People once said that ‘cash is trash’ however nobody is saying that now since having cash is vital. There has never been a more important time to learn how to negotiate and sell that today, if you know how to negotiate and sell and you can’t leave your house, then you can pick up your phone and make some sales.
You are either creating or destroying your empire with every single decision you make. Set yourself up for the other side of this pandemic, it will make your enemies hate you even more because you will be successful. This year has been a big eye-opener to see who has been there and who hasn’t.
If you hang around with idiots, you’ve got a high chance of being an idiot. If you hang around successful people, you have a high chance of being successful. Face your fears and make fear your friend, break fear down and eventually you will see that what you feared is not so scary.
Look at the steps you need to take to be a better leader, and apply them to your life. Somebody could take away all your possessions, but they can never take away the value you bring and the hours of training that you have given yourself.
BEST MOMENTS
“Everybody should have a mentor.”
“The more that you can trust each other within your roles, the less likely you are going to be to stop trying to vie for positions.”
“That’s when I burned my bridges and said ‘I have got to be responsible.”
“I am going to be stronger than ever when this is over.”
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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The year 2020 has been difficult for everyone and you are likely to have learned some lessons along the way. Listen in today as Jay discusses how this year taught him to always being prepared for unforeseen circumstances, how to make things happen rather than waiting for things to happen as well as understanding that this too shall pass, and soon a new sense of normality shall resume.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Don’t put starting your business idea off. The pandemic has taught us that if you have an idea, go for it because you never know what is just around the corner. If you have got a good idea, just go with it and execute it quickly. More doing, less thinking. You will learn more by doing something rather than just thinking about it.
Don’t wait for things to happen, make them happen. Many people are waiting for things to return to normal however the truth is things may never return to ‘normal’. It is how you react to the ‘new normal’ which will make all the difference, you have to make your business moves now and don’t wait for things to return to how they once were.
Always be prepared. It is always important to have a plan to pivot when a crash comes, always plan like you anticipate something is going to happen. If you’re prepared for an unforeseen market crash, you can move and adapt quickly.
This too shall pass. Things will get back to some sort of normality in the future. Don’t stress about things so much, if you’re making the right pivots and trying to move yourself forward then you will get past this situation. The market always comes back, it is where you are going to be in that chain of thoughts.
Keep focused and surround yourself with the right people. Mentors are great because they will push you in the right direction. A mentor will always look at a solution to your problem and will help you to find ways in which you can move forward. They will look at their past experience and use this to allow you and your business to move in the right direction.
BEST MOMENTS
“I don’t think anybody has been through this before and I don’t think anybody’s been able to analyse it.”
“This was a market crash like we’ve never seen before. We’ve never seen the amount of money that has been pumped into the economy and the amount of wealth that has been created.”
“You have got to look at how you can pivot, and then make the move.”
VALUABLE RESOURCE https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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The year 2020 has been a tough year for everybody and there have been many lessons learnt in the world of business. Join Jay today as he details his new, free Business And Personal Success Plan which can allow you to plan the future of your business, overcome challenges and grow even during the toughest times.
KEY TAKEAWAYS The 2020 Coronavirus pandemic has taught many people tough lessons in business. Some businesses have survived and others have not. Business is always changing, this year was just on a grander scale. The business industry could change every day, it is about being prepared if you wish to succeed.
Having some form of plan is helpful when things in your industry change, and you need to pivot. Nobody could have predicted COVID, however it is wise to always plan for a market crash or shift in the industry. Having a plan can allow you to strategize and move quicker. Many entrepreneurs plan, but they do not have the right plan. If you spend time on your plan, it means more to you and you are likely to stick to it.
Whilst it is important to have a vision, many people forget to look at other key areas such as competition. The Business And Personal Success plan is about mapping your business journey and taking your business into an asset. Creating an asset for your business is important as you want this business to give you the freedom and flexibility to do what you want to do.
You need to focus on both your personal and business goals and put these both in your plan. Planning is a foundational step to take your business to success. Failing to plan will not make you or your business succeed. Many people create small plans but do not take into account the wider picture.
Once you create your plan, ensure that you sit down with somebody and ask them to challenge you. Mentors that have been there and done that will challenge you on your plan and give you advice on how you can adapt and change it for you to succeed.
BEST MOMENTS
“Planning is critical”
“If you’re not turning your business into an asset, you are creating a job.”
“ This is a free plan that you can take away yourself.”
VALUABLE RESOURCE https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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We all know that creating viral content get's your business and brand attention. This attention leads to sales and growth. Today Luca joins us to discuss what we can do the stand out from the crowd in 2021!
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Jay is joined by business partner, viral content creator and world-renowned magician, Luca Gallone as they discuss the opportunity to build you brand on social media, utilising social sharing platforms to grab attention and build an audience and why now more than ever, having an online presence and disrupting the pattern of your users to get attention is essential to your businesses success.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Utilising social media is now a necessity for businesses. There are more eyeballs than ever on the web and on social media and if you’re using those platforms to promote your business or produce content, you’ve probably had your best year ever.
There’s now a bigger opportunity than ever to build your brand online. Building a brand is essential to success and social media can help you increase your reach and connect with your audience and by having a strong online brand and by building up lots of brand equity you now have an asset that will consistently help to bring you new business. There are certain rules that apply to all content creation. You need to grab peoples attention right away and keep them there, the first three seconds of your content is the most important part as this will determine if they will stay. If you can grab their attention with a memorable idea then they will remember your brand and it will drive sales to your business.
BEST MOMENTS
“If you weren’t thinking about moving your business online, there’s no option now”
“The best time to plant a seed was yesterday, the second-best time is now” “Social media is now vital to successfully growing your business” “You will always retain your brand equity”
“There’s so much stimulus online that you need to hook your audience in” “Content creation is about getting attention on your brand and driving sales”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Wowzershop.com
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https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://distinctiontalent.com/ http://lucagallone.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@lucagallone
DIGITAL INFLUENCER MARKETING AGENCY
https://distinctiontalent.com/
“We help ambitious brands win big with influencer marketing, by crafting bespoke campaigns, spearheaded by our hand-picked roster elite-level talent.”
ABOUT THE GUEST At 18, Gallone launched his business as a magician with help from The Princes Trust. A year later, in 2016, he was invited to appear on Britain's Got Talent where he won over all four judges. Following his success on Britain’s Got Talent, in 2018 Gallone began to create online viral videos and has since built an audience of over 10 million followers across social media and performed in several different countries and after several years of building his online presence, in March 2020 the BBC listed Gallone as the third biggest TikTok Star in the UK, whilst the Evening Standard referred to him as the biggest magician on the app.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Can you launch a business during a pandemic? YES! Jay has launched a brand new business venture. Digital influencer marketing agency, Distinction Talent and in today’s episode of The Business Mentor Podcast Jay shares with you business lessons on how to start, grow and scale a business during a pandemic, why it’s essential to build a business plan and how you too can adapt, change and pivot when things around you are uncertain and your business is challenged and how you can always be learning to grasp opportunities when they come along.
DIGITAL INFLUENCER MARKETING AGENCY
https://distinctiontalent.com/
“We help ambitious brands win big with influencer marketing, by crafting bespoke campaigns, spearheaded by our hand-picked roster elite-level talent.”
KEY TAKEAWAYS
In business, the only certainty is uncertainty. A lot of businesses have had a positive 10+ years of trading but now in the current economic climate, it’s about how can you adapt.
You should always prepare and always have a business plan that you can adapt and pivot as the marketplace changes around you and when things do return to normal you can revert back to your original business plan to see where you are.
When you’re business a new business or venturing into a new market you have to roll up your sleeves and get it done by leading from the front. As an entrepreneur that is also a practitioner that gets involved in the day to day, you will more likely become a successful mentor.
Always be learning and never be afraid to pivot. If you are learning new ways to market your business all of the time then you will more easily be able to adapt and change within the marketplace. You must always be evolving so that you can grasp opportunities when they come along, if you’re not learning then you will not know how to grasp an opportunity.
BEST MOMENTS
“Focus on what’s going to get you to the next level”
“If you want to launch something you really need to work hard”
“There are always things that will go wrong with a start-up” “It’s a great time for you to be recruiting for your business”
“The world is open now to recruit people on a contract by contract basis”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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“Failure is common to most people, but there are ways and things that you can do to avoid it.” In today’s episode of The Business Mentor podcast, Jay interviews Former undefeated WBO World Champion boxer and serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist, Johnny Nelson. Together they discuss what it takes to be successful and how to elevate your personal and business life in this enthralling episode.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Quitting should never be a habit when you face challenges. You have to keep on putting even more effort in and look at the challenge at a different angle and try to solve it because quitting does not mean that challenges are over.
Lack of discipline makes a lot of people fail in their lives. Success is not easy to achieve, if your focus is to attain a particular goal in your life, you have to be very disciplined, such that nothing can derail you from achieving your purpose.
Habit is everything. Make it a habit to do that thing that helps you achieve your goals. Once your thirst is quenched by achieving your goals, you need to find a new motivation to make your calendar stay there.
Wisdom is something that is achieved over time. You have to go through good and bad experiences to know how to manoeuvre through challenges that come your way.
The upbringing of someone is very crucial to what they become later on in their lives and if someone is brought up with a very good foundation, he or she will probably be a very significant or successful person in society.
For you to succeed you have to have mentors who have the foresight and understanding and selflessness to help you. They help you find comfort in discomfort, by believing in you more than you even believe in yourself and once you are comfortable in those situations, you can do anything you can to achieve anything.
Keep the negativity out of your mind and keep the negative people far away from you if you want to succeed in life. Never listen to what negative people say to you, but keep pushing on because if you do, you are the fool and not them.
BEST MOMENTS
“Some people are born knowing their path in life, others fall upon their path in life and some it's forced upon them.”
“If you create good habits, they will affect every aspect of your life.”
“If you knock about with idiots, you've got more chances of being an idiot.”
“Ego is our biggest downfall as human beings.”
“You can always remember the truth, you can't remember a lie.”
“Success breeds success.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Hard Road to Glory by Johnny Nelson
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
ABOUT THE GUEST
Johnny is an established pundit, event host and motivational speaker, and a former undefeated WBO World Champion boxer. He is a proud patron of the Brendan Ingle Foundation and an ambassador for Prostate Cancer.
A successful and engaging event host, he has worked with several companies, individuals and charities both in the UK and globally.
He has interviewed some of the biggest names in sport throughout his career including Mike Tyson, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. Regularly contributing to and supporting podcasts, Johnny love’s broadcast and is a passionate storyteller.
Prior to Sky Sports, he has also worked for the BBC across human interest stories and documentaries. He is passionate about motivational speaking with experience ranging from schools and boxing clubs through to UK prisons.
Alongside his love of boxing, Johnny is also passionate about health & fitness, cooking and music. In March 2020 he launched his first online fitness programme, encouraging people of all ages to #FindAWay to get active and exercise www.johnnynelson.co.uk
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnny-nelson-a01972195/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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If you don’t look after yourself you can’t grow. With all of the disruption around us it’s important to make sure you check in with yourself and take stock of how you’re doing retrospectively, personally and in business so that you can get clarity to plan your next steps forward. In today’s episode, Jay shares his tips on how you too can ‘check-in with yourself’ improve your mindset, optimise your energy and gain clarity.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
. It’s important to reward yourself and manage your energy levels because if you cannot look after yourself you cannot look after others.
There’s clarity in unloading your problems and stresses onto a friend, colleague or mentor and seeing a clear vision of plan moving forward as a result.
It is essential to diarise downtime in your week, exercise daily, learn to say no and find ways to nourish your body by making sleep a priority.
You need to avoid burning out and crashing by listening to your body and your mind by checking in with yourself and allowing yourself to feel what you’re feeling.
Always be looking for opportunities to boost your energy and optimise your lifestyle so that you’re looking at yourself and staying mentally strong.
Often business books and inspirational stories are born off of a setback or a way that you can keep yourself going when everything seems like you want to stop.
Checking in with yourself is not about education or reading more books, it’s about speaking to yourself, listening to yourself and using that calm and clarity to take your next steps forward.
BEST MOMENTS
“You need to look after yourself”
“Reach out because there will be people there to help you”
“Be honest with yourself when you need help”
“There’s a constant disruption of business in today’s economic climate”
“Entrepreneurs often take on too much and get tired and fatigued and with the current pandemic, the lack of communication and face-to-face meetings have taken a lot of energy away from business.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Should you all in or should you hold back? This is a question that runs quite frequently in the entrepreneurs' mind, and in this episode, Jay shares some detailed tips and advice on how you can approach this question. If you’re at a crossroads with your business or new start up this episode is for you.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Before you decide whether to go all-in or you decide to hold back on an opportunity presented to you by life, you've got to look at two things, best case scenario and worst-case scenario. You got to base it on logic, not emotion because when emotion is high, intelligence is low.
Emotions hinder so many people from achieving their goals or becoming successful maybe because they feared doing something and failed previously.
Do is your own research. As an entrepreneur, it's good to hear what other people are saying or reading, but it is even wiser to do your own research and not be highly dependent on the thoughts of others. Research will make you go deeper and challenge your thought process rather than jumping in based on hearsay.
Are you secure financially? When you invest all of your money in one opportunity, you need to know what your fall-back is when things don't go as planned.
If you're going for an opportunity, you need to make sure that you look at your downside as well as the upside, but if you are confused when making that final decision, it would be wise to also involve a mentor.
BEST MOMENTS
“When emotion is high intelligence is low.”
“The more research you do into a topic, into an area, into an opportunity, the better you will get of taking hold of the opportunity.”
“When you go into something full in, and you've not researched it, it's a difficult loss.”
“If you are putting all that you got in an opportunity you didn’t research on, you are gambling.”
“Your position will be different from somebody else's position.”
“If you're testing it, then it may be a good idea to look at this on a contract role, rather than taking someone on full time.”
“Before you go into growth, or looking to make some mega spends, then have a look at getting the advice.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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When emotion is high, intelligence is low. Business built off of emotion, the emotion of ‘screw it, let’s do it’ often fail. Why? Because there is no research, planning, growth strategy and exit strategy. In today’s episode, Jay dives into the mentality needed to succeed in business with logic, preparation and planning and why starting a business driven by emotion don’t always work.
Coming soon. Free resources and Success Plans available on The Business Mentor website. (Jay-dhillon.com)
KEY TAKEAWAYS
A business should be built on logic, planning, strategy, profitability, growth and an exit strategy and not just an emotion.
If you’re looking to start a business make sure you do the research. Emotion gives us a momentum where we think we can ‘just make it happen’ but the devil is in the detail.
When starting a business you must test the demand in the market and research the industry downside and upside before going all in.
The reality of starting a business kicks in when you’ve launched your PR campaign, you’ve set everything up and your sat in a quiet office. This why you must test and research everything from your demand to your exit strategy before launching and not get caught up in the emotion of the idea.
A lot of people lose a lot of money with the ‘Screw it let’s do it’ mentality when going into business. To be successful you need to look beyond the headline of a business opportunity. Do the research and develop a growth strategy and an exit strategy before making the leap.
BEST MOMENTS
“In business, strategy and logic always win”
“When emotion is high go into research mode.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Richard Branson - Screw it lets do it:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Screw-Lets-Do-Lessons-Quick/dp/0753510995
Sign up to the Transform My Life Online course: https://beautifulminds.com.au/transform-my-life-online-course/ Join The Disruptive Movement: https://www.disruptivedare.com/ Read As A Man Thinketh by James Allen. Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-Complete-Original/dp/1523643536 Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! http://businessmentorpodcast.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Jay welcomes back author, mentor and entrepreneur, Neville Wright to the podcast to discuss what the current economic situation means for those of you wanting to start, grow and scale your own business. Discover what it takes to capitalise on new business opportunities, what it means to learn something new each and every day and what it means to be an entrepreneur today.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The doom and gloom of the current economic situation will continue for the near future, however, it will push those of you who are on the fence or concerned about starting a business to go ahead and start your business or grasp that opportunity you’ve been waiting to take. If you do not start a business now it’s something you may regret. If the economy recovers in the next couple of years you may not have the same opportunity again.
With many people being made unemployed it’s a fantastic situation for business owners to find new employees with skills and qualifications to bring into their business.
Business owners that want to improve and increase their business need to accept the reality of the current situation and take your luck as it comes. Now is a great time to start your own business and capitalise on current opportunities in the marketplace.
Can you utilise a ‘secret salesperson’ in your business? A secret salesperson is utilising a feeling, emotion or niche audience or even fear to help market, promote and sell your business to the customer and market your brand. In Kiddicare the secret salesperson was the pregnant mother.
As an entrepreneur, you need to be ‘in it to win it’ and prepared to grasp opportunities when they present themselves. Wherever you are there is someone running the same business as you but some of them are thriving and some of them are just surviving, which business are you?
BEST MOMENTS
“There are no benefits to the benefits system in the long run”
“With businesses, you’re always learning”
“Once you taste your own freedom of being your own boss I don’t think you’ll ever go and work for someone ever again”
“Businesses in today economic situation has to adapt and change with new rules and remote working.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Sign up to the Transform My Life Online course: https://beautifulminds.com.au/transform-my-life-online-course/ Join The Disruptive Movement: https://www.disruptivedare.com/ Read As A Man Thinketh by James Allen. Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-Complete-Original/dp/1523643536 Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! http://businessmentorpodcast.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE GUEST
Neville Wright is an multimillionaire entrepreneur, author, mentor and public speaker and has built a number of successful businesses, despite leaving school at 15 with no qualifications. Neville developed a property maintenance business, expanding into retail, alongside incorporating buying and selling businesses. Most people recognise Neville for the sale of Kiddicare, a baby nursery retailer which we started in 1977 and sold for £70 million pounds in cash to Morrisons supermarket in 2011. A record price for one independent shop in the depths of a recession. What many people will not know is Neville had previously sold three nursery businesses, dating back over the last 36 years, plus a variety of other businesses including hairdressing salons, restaurants, a large house-building business and a technology company.
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Is there something you’ve always wanted to try out, but the fear of regret has stopped you from doing so? Join Jay today as he discusses how to stop this fear from holding you back as he draws on his own personal experience on how some of his business ventures have turned into life lessons. Discover why it is important to test and measure your new idea, why setting yourself a deadline is beneficial and why the best lessons sometimes come from our failures.
KEY TAKEAWAYS When you have got an idea, and you want to run with it rather than just think about it you should test and measure it and let the results decide if it is going to be something worth doing. The fear of regret and not doing something outweighs just going ahead and doing it. Whatever happens, you will learn from it.
Going ahead and doing something, gives you this power of ‘tried it, it didn’t work, learnt your lesson’ and you are able to move on from it. The biggest regret you will have is not doing it. If you decide not to do something, you will be plagued with ‘what if’ thoughts.
You have to go into these ventures and put some action into them. Put a time frame on things and give it a go. If you put a short enough time frame on your new business idea and stick to it, you can really push it forward. You are able to test and measure the results you get. Testing and measuring is the only thing that will make you look at this new idea and decide whether or not to proceed with it.
The key thing is to set a deadline. If you are going to test something, tell yourself you will give this idea 2-3 months. Use the results to determine if you will continue. This doesn’t mean that you will give up straight away. Make sure you are aware of your key performance areas and ensure that they are relevant to what you are
When you have created your plan, make sure you execute the plan correctly. If your budget allows, spend some money on testing the product. It is better to test something quickly and get direct feedback from your end consumer, rather than try to build it organically. Don’t let the fear of regret eat you up when you get older. Try things that you wish to do, the younger you are the easier it is to do.
BEST MOMENTS
“At the time I thought ‘oh I wish I never did this’ but looking back, it was a great lesson, a lesson that I can share.”
“I don’t look back and think ‘I wish I would’ve saved that money’ what I’ve learned is a great lesson and I made some great partnerships.”
“By doing nothing, you gain nothing.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Sign up to the Transform My Life Online course: https://beautifulminds.com.au/transform-my-life-online-course/ Join The Disruptive Movement: https://www.disruptivedare.com/ Read As A Man Thinketh by James Allen. Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-Complete-Original/dp/1523643536 Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! http://businessmentorpodcast.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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New opportunities can often be exciting and intriguing, but not every opportunity is a good one. Join Jay today as he takes you through his seven steps for spotting a good opportunity. Learn how all good opportunities are those that solve common problems, how important market research is and to make sure your new business opportunity is scalable.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Does the opportunity excite you? Are you excited about it? This is the easy part. Every idea or opportunity you may get will have some form of excitement about it because it is new, fresh and interesting. If at this initial point, you are not excited then it is advisable to go and look at something else. You don’t want to be doing something you are not excited about just because somebody else has done it.
If the opportunity or idea that you come across does not solve a problem, then you do not want to be doing it. Have a look at the idea and ask yourself if it would make life easier for other people. You can look at problems in any kind of industry, small or big and come up with ways to solve these problems which people would appreciate and support.
Do your market research. Many people skip this process as they get so overwhelmed with the idea or opportunity. Look at the finer details such as competitors and price points. You need to do that in order to assess whether or not there is a demand for this new product or service. You need to build a minimum viable product. Build something that looks like what you would hope to be the end result and get some orders. You need to get the orders in order to create a real demand.
In certain industries, you may not be able to get a physical order in, but get the commitment from people. Many times, people will tell you it is a great idea but will not want to commit when asked to purchase the product or service. People will give you a false sense of security.
Can this business be scaled? Is there a big enough market for this product? Make sure that you can scale the business. There is no point doing the business unless you are able to scale it. You will find that after the initial hard work and effort, you cannot take your business any further.
BEST MOMENTS
“Why would you not want to go with something that is already moving forward?”
“Unless people are buying your actual service, you are going to get unstuck.”
“Start looking at this as a business, this isn’t a dream. Business is competitive.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Sign up to the Transform My Life Online course: https://beautifulminds.com.au/transform-my-life-online-course/ Join The Disruptive Movement: https://www.disruptivedare.com/ Read As A Man Thinketh by James Allen. Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-Complete-Original/dp/1523643536 Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! http://businessmentorpodcast.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Discover today how you can get the most out of your mentorship by ensuring your mentor is giving you the best advice that is relevant in today’s business world. Jay discusses the importance of having a mentor who is currently working in their niche, why you want to ensure the advice they are giving you is relevant to today's market and how to talk through these concerns with your mentor.
KEY TAKEAWAYS When you speak to a mentor or a coach then you want to know if they are practicing in their field currently. You want to work with mentors who are doing things in your industry now. The mentor can use the lessons of the past but then adapt that experience to current business challenges.
Your mentor may have been really successful in the past but you need to make sure the advice they are giving you, especially in sales and marketing is relevant to today. Sales and marketing is something important for your business to survive and to go forward.
If you feel like your mentor is not giving you current advice, go back to your mentor and inform him that some of the information they are giving you isn’t new. You would ideally want to work with a mentor who is doing it now, still involved in the day to day hustle and who knows what is happening in technology.
If you are building your business you want to work with someone who is going to give you the insights and the details of what they are doing now. Work with people who are utilising podcasts, advertising and new industries. They will be able to give you the data you need now. You don’t want information from 20 years ago.
Weigh up the mentor’s strengths and weaknesses. Don’t be afraid to ask them what they believe they are good at currently. If their strength is on mindset, clarity and giving you raw lessons then that is great. However, if you are looking for a mentor who is going to give you solid advice in sales, marketing and new technology then it is difficult for them to give you the advice that you are looking for since they are not practicing day in and day out.
BEST MOMENTS
“I can then link my old advice, and bring it in now to the 21st century. I can use both of these experiences and then pass it on to my mentee’s who I work with.”
“They may have a great story, but how is it relevant to you now?”
“The older mentors have some great insight that will give you inspiration, the motivation and the belief that you can do it.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Watch the Podcast Interviews by Subscribing to Jay’s Youtube Channel http://bit.ly/JayDhillonYouTube
Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Do you often find yourself being overworked and feeling burnt out? Join Jay today as he shares his top 10 tips on how to avoid burnout which can help you and your business thrive. Discover the importance of planning your days, taking a break from your business and how this can allow you to become more creative and help you come up with your best business ideas.
KEY TAKEAWAYS You have got to make time to take a break from your business life. When you allow yourself to take a well-needed break, that is when you will become more creative. Taking a break will allow you to come up with new ideas. Your best business ideas will come when you are away from your business. Exercise is a great way to allow yourself to get away from some situations and put your focus onto something else. When you exercise you will feel a lot better in yourself, not only will it help you maintain a healthy lifestyle but it will also allow you to keep your brain nice and fresh. Plan for your day ahead. Having a list of all the things you wish to complete by the end of the day can allow you to focus your mind. If you turn up each day and try to freestyle your schedule you may find you become distracted by each task that lands in front of you. Creating a plan allows you to say no to the less important tasks, saying no is powerful as it allows you to manage your day. Realise that you can do this. No matter what situation you are in, you can do whatever you put your mind to. With hard work, effort and dedication you can achieve almost anything you desire. If you believe you can do anything you want to do that takes away the pressure as you will understand that you can achieve your goal. Speak to someone and tell them how you are truly feeling. That is why mentorship programmes are so valuable because you are able to have conversations with people which allow you to confess how burned out you feel. Do not let your feelings fester inside you because burnout can have some bad consequences in business. Don’t allow burnout to build up because eventually, this can lead to something deeper. Take a break from your phone. As a society, we are always by our phones because these days, our phones run everything. Take time to come away from your phone when your schedule can allow it. Taking time in the morning to spend time away from your phone can allow you to start your day off positively.
BEST MOMENTS
“Make sure you take a break, that is when all the creativity comes.”
“You have got to encourage happiness within your day.”
“ If I burn out, then over the next few days my productivity is down and therefore it is counterproductive.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Watch the Podcast Interviews by Subscribing to Jay’s Youtube Channel http://bit.ly/JayDhillonYouTube
Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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If looking at the news headlines is making you worry, and you’re wondering what this means for you then worry no longer as today Jay discusses what the headlines really mean and how you can use this to your advantage. Discover today how the pandemic has affected the economy, how the headlines are purely there to grab your attention and how you can use information in these articles to your advantage.
KEY TAKEAWAYS We are seeing a lot of headline figures at the moment in regards to the job losses caused by the pandemic and the impact that this has had on certain industries. It is important to look deeper into the headline and read the data surrounding the stories as this will help you to understand the story more.
The recent announcement that retail giant Marks and Spencers is set to make 7,000 members of staff redundant has been headline news. On first impressions this is worrying for the retail industry, however, if you read the article closely you will understand that they are using technology to become a leaner company.
Essentially, what would have happened in the next two to three years is happening now as it has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the fact that many people will lose their jobs, it is because they are making their business more agile and efficient by using technology.
If you look behind the headline and study it further and then apply this to your own business, using technology to allow you to become more agile. These techniques will allow your business to become more profitable. Companies are utilising this time to pivot their business model to become more profitable.
When reading headline news on how the pandemic is affecting the economy, look at the actual details of the story. Do not rely solely on the headlines as these are there purely to grab your attention, if you look at the detail you will get some really great information which you can use to apply to your own business.
BEST MOMENTS
“I want you to look deeper behind the headline.”
“Technology and efficiency have been accelerated.”
“They are pivoting their model and making it more profitable.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Watch the Podcast Interviews by Subscribing to Jay’s Youtube Channel http://bit.ly/JayDhillonYouTube
Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Do you have an idea for a business, but don’t know where to start? Well, listen in today as Jay explains the importance of having a business plan when starting up your new business venture. Learn today why it is important to create both a start-up and follow up business plan, how to structure your pricing strategy as well as the importance of investing in mentorship programmes to keep you and your business on track.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Many companies and entrepreneurs start up their businesses without a plan. Initially, during the start-up phase of your new venture, you will need to create a plan that coincides with your vision as well as creating a mission statement. You then need to create a plan which details the next step in the industry for your business; otherwise, you will get frustrated with your growth.
The planning stage can, at times be frustrating, as you are challenging your mind to think about something that isn’t there yet. You need to get in the mind frame of creating a vision and making this vision powerful and exciting. You might doubt yourself, but you have to go beyond those doubts to create something new and exciting.
When we are pricing or selling something, we often fail to factor in our own time and effort. If you are pricing something to be competitive, make sure you put in your time to be able to do that task. As entrepreneurs, you tend not to value your time, but you need to put time into your business model and pricing structure. Failure to do so will inevitably lead to you selling at a loss, as you eventually hire somebody else to complete the task you don’t have time for.
Look at investing in mentorship programmes to enable you to reach your full potential. Getting your business plans checked by a mentor allows you to ensure you are on the right track. If you create a fantastic plan and you have not had it checked, then you will not know if you are going in the right direction. Your mentor will guide you and tell you things that you have probably not thought about.
It is imperative that once you have your business off the ground, that you have someone that keeps you accountable. If you are running a business and following the plan that you have created and you fail to check in with somebody that has been there before you, you may find that you are making the same mistakes repeatedly. You need to be able to check-in with someone to make sure you are on the right track.
Always do your own research into business and the industry that you are in. The more work and effort you put into learning business, the better questions you can ask those who are supporting you. You need to be asking your mentors the right questions to make sure that you are getting the answers that you want and need to succeed.
BEST MOMENTS “We need to have a succession plan for business and for personal.” “Your time is your most valuable asset.” “Get that insight of somebody who has been there before, that will really fast track your mistakes if you can sit with them and show them your plan and your journey.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! http://businessmentorpodcast.com/
ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Do you often find yourself looking at others in your industry and wondering why you are not on their same level? Listen in to today's podcast as Jay details why it is vital that you stop comparing your starting point to other peoples’ endpoint. Learn that the key to success is consistency, how journaling your daily achievements can allow you to look at your steady progression and how all the small wins will eventually add up to your big win.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
When you see somebody that has achieved a large amount of success, you are seeing the end result. What you haven’t seen is the time it has taken and the challenges in between. We have a habit of comparing ourselves to others and wanting to get to their position instantly. You need to create a long term plan with an end goal.
In the age of social media, whereby everybody is posting the highlights of their lives, you have to take everything with a pinch of salt. Take the inspiration from other peoples’ posts, and then make that applicable to yourself. Ensure you are consistent with your daily ‘one step forward’ jobs and have it in your mind that there is no overnight success.
The biggest thing that happens is procrastination. You start something new and you don’t see it going somewhere straight away, and then you give up. If you want to get somewhere, you have to take it step by step.
Sometimes the best results come from when you least expect them. You may be trying and trying to make sales, or create contacts and you may not feel like you are getting anywhere. Follow up is the key, as this is where you close the deals. Do not give up after your first attempt.
Each day, write down in a journal what you have achieved during that day. These may be big or small achievements, you will automatically start feeling better as you will soon realise that in just one day, you achieved a lot. If you don’t write this down, you may feel like you are not progressing or moving forward.
If you sit down and be honest with yourself about why you have not achieved something, you will most likely find it is because you started, and then you stopped. The momentum stopped because you thought you weren’t getting far enough. You will then look back and see that if you had continued with your consistent daily goals, then you would have been much further ahead.
BEST MOMENTS
“We have a habit of looking at other people and wanting to get there overnight.”
“Don’t look at someone’s end journey and compare it with your start journey.”
“Take time to make sure you do your daily activities, day in day out.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Watch the Podcast Interviews by Subscribing to Jay’s Youtube Channel http://bit.ly/JayDhillonYouTube
Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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How can you disrupt existing marketing and stand out from the competition? Listen in to hear how Jay solved the paid points of his customer and disrupted the recruitment sector and how you too be different from other businesses and disrupt an industry. Hear how to speak to customers, find problems and improve on existing products or services for accused success in a time full of opportunity.
KEY TAKEAWAYS It’s great to come up with new ideas, but it’s just as good to take something that’s already working and make it better. Standing out from the crowd and disrupting an industry means you’ll need to look at an existing product or service differently and improve on it. You can apply current, real-world problems and solve them with existing products or services. In an industry with established businesses you need to be different, you need to pick a niche and target a smaller audience with a product or service that resonates with them in order to disrupt the wider market. If your industry is incredibly competitive you need to be different. In recruitment, Jay identified his customer’s pain points which in this case was availability and as a result, implemented a 24-hour call system to support his clients. You don’t have to come up with an idea to be different, you can ask your clients and customers for advice on how you can serve them better and improve on any other companies product or service in the same market. Aim to deliver on your promise and solve your client’s pain points to disrupt your industry. Speak to your customers, find the problems in any business and how you can improve on it. Always communicate with your customers. Good or bad, there’s never bad feedback. If there’s a problem, take it and deal with it before it gets worse. In the current environmental circumstances, opportunities are everywhere and new strategies come from existing areas and industries that need to evolve to meet the customer’s needs.
BEST MOMENTS “Uber and Airbnb came out because there was a demand for disruption in the industry.” “Don’t be afraid to speak to the customer” “Come with a solution and deliver” “A mentor or a mastermind group can help you find the right idea in the right industry, ready for disruption.” “Test your market, test your idea and show that how you’re improving a product or service is working.” “Don’t be afraid to roll up your sleeves and test out your idea yourself. Don’t outsource it.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Watch the Podcast Interviews by Subscribing to Jay’s Youtube Channel http://bit.ly/JayDhillonYouTube
Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In a rare episode your host, entrepreneur and mentor, Jay Dhillon gets questioned on all things business. How he mentors, how he can help you start, grow and scale your own business and why mentoring is the key to success. Hear Jay’s personal story from of how mentorship helped him got him where he is today and how he learns from the losses and enjoys the triumphs.
KEY TAKEAWAYS The mind is something that you can keep educated and keep training. In technology now (particularly since the lockdown) you need to be able to adapt, this means constantly learning. We can see the future, we know where it is going we want to be always educated ourselves if you carry on doing what you were 15 years ago you will not advance in business. Mentors should be highly valued as you know they have likely been through difficulties in their businesses. When you speak to mentors or others who have been successful in business, they are telling their stories raw, there is no script or strategy and they give you the belief if they have done it you can do it. You learn from your loses, but you won’t make the same mistakes again. The start-up phase is usually the toughest phase but the most enjoyable, you have to enjoy the process. Many people end up placing too much pressure on themselves, they want that big goal straight away. If you’ve had a big business win, just enjoy it. The journey to success has to be enjoyed, enjoy the wins because the pressures of business are there all the time anyway. It is really important to open up to people if you are struggling in your business if you don’t open up and you don’t be open and honest with your mentor or the person you work with then you will go down the path of fighting against something that you need to let out. When someone very close to you tells you that you’re not going to be successful in business and tells you time and time again, and perhaps you’re going into a competitive industry that you are not familiar with it is not nice to hear. This usually makes you want to do it, even more, make sure you give it your all and do it for yourself.
BEST MOMENTS
“When I’m not growing, I’m not fulfilled and that means picking up a book, trying a new idea or a new business.”
“You learn more from failing than you do from your successes.”
“I encourage every entrepreneur to take the help, take what’s on offer especially if you’re struggling and reach out.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Watch the Podcast Interviews by Subscribing to Jay’s Youtube Channel http://bit.ly/JayDhillonYouTube
Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
With the current pandemic at the forefront of everybody’s mind, Jay discusses his thoughts on the impact of COVID-19 on the business world and how you can get ahead of the game. Whilst many people share their opinions on social media, it is important that you think solely on what is right for you and your business, putting the workload in to come out of the recession even stronger and taking a media detox to focus on your own business needs.
KEY TAKEAWAYS There is a lot of disruption in the market and you need to think to yourself ‘what can I control?”. That may be creating new content, setting up a home office, utilising platforms such as Zoom and gaining information from your clients. There are many people with strong theories and opinions on the pandemic. You can go down the direction of listening to these differences of opinions, but it is important to know what you need to do in order to excel during the pandemic. You need to have a balanced view on life during the pandemic, the best way to do that is to switch off the media, stop consuming media that discusses the pandemic. Focus on yourself, it is about you and your business, it is not about other people and their personal agenda. The companies that have or will come out of this pandemic stronger are the ones that are putting the work in. Companies such as Air BnB and Uber came out stronger during the last recession due to planning and pivoting. Whilst it is important and often encouraged to post on social media platforms, you also need to know when to put the action in. Wake up early, plan for your business and put the foundations in so that you can come out of this stronger. If you’re not backing up your talking with action, then what is the point?
BEST MOMENTS “You could watch stuff for hours and hours, you’re always going to get one opinion and that is how the world works if you get to hooked up on one way or another way you procrastinate doing what you need to do.” “You have got to take a balanced view.” “I knew if I could get to them first, whilst everybody else was procrastinating, then I can get in there.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Watch the Podcast Interviews by Subscribing to Jay’s Youtube Channel http://bit.ly/JayDhillonYouTube
Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In today’s uncertain times you may be wondering which direction to take your business, or if you need to take it in a new direction at all. Join us today, where host Jay Dillon discusses how to know when the time is right to pivot your business and how to adapt your business to the current economic climate.
Learn how to keep your business on track and the ways you can talk to your customers to help you on your journey when you listen in.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Any business can give up when things get tough. You may not make as much money as you did previously but it is important to stay afloat and adaptable, this could really help to reinvent yourself and your business. Adaptability and using it wisely are crucial when it comes to managing your business. Pivoting is just changing direction, looking at where you are at the moment and what is happening within your business and the knowledge if you should pivot. There are several reasons why a company should choose to pivot. If you find your company is always playing catch-up or running into constant streams of new competitors then this could be a good opportunity to pivot your business. When pivoting your business, pick new goals and establish a new direction. Create a vision board, go back to your planning and start-up phase. If you are able to adapt your business model, look at ways to do so rather than scrapping all your previous work. Listen to your customers, find out what they want because your customers are the ones who can guide you into what the market wants. However, make sure your direction of pivot presents an opportunity for growth, look at your vision and your plan and figure out where the new opportunity lies.
BEST MOMENTS “You’ve got to come with solutions, you have got to look into the future.” “In business, uncertainty is a certainty” “We moved quicker than everyone else, whilst the big boys were taking their time we adapted quickly.” “You have to change, and the sooner you do that the better.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Sign up to the Transform My Life Online course: https://beautifulminds.com.au/transform-my-life-online-course/ Join The Disruptive Movement: https://www.disruptivedare.com/ Read As A Man Thinketh by James Allen. Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-Complete-Original/dp/1523643536 Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! http://businessmentorpodcast.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Everyone can be business owners. Even the professionals who work in the entertainment industry.
In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Rachele Brooke Smith takes the hot seat again. In their first meeting, they talked about techniques for having mindset for success (see link below), today, they deepen the discussion about mindset and talk about the power of creativity.
Creativity is something that most people box into one category only—the arts. But this is totally wrong, ALL aspiring entrepreneurs are creative individuals too. And if you know how you can utilise it to impact people as well as achieve your own goals, then there can be endless possibilities!
Tune in now to know more about Rachele, her recent projects, her take on abundance mindset, failure, opinions, and more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS It’s high time we synonymised ‘failures’ to ‘learning’. Stop sulking about them. We must learn how to easily brush off every failure that happens. Be prepared and practice to be adaptable. That’s how successful business people act. Abundance Mindset – There is enough for everybody to win. There are so many things that haven’t been done yet. Explore, create, and monetise. Think of ways you can bring solutions to other people’s problems. In this way, you attain your goals as well as others. Creativity isn’t just for the actors, musicians, painters, etc. This not-that-secret capability of every single person in the world is (sadly) not utilised by entrepreneurs. Creativity goes a long way. It does not only help in the innovation process, but it also gives you an edge over your competitors. You have to believe in yourself, in what you can create. Our internal world creates our external world. What we feel about ourselves will greatly manifest in how we value everything and treat other people.
Believe in yourself and have confidence. If we aren’t happy with who we are, there are chances that we will stray away from the path to our bright future. Be careful with what you consume. There will be people who’ll give you positive feedback and constructive criticisms. But there are also people who will shove their opinions on you. You can always choose to shut them off and absorb only what can help you improve.
BEST MOMENTS “Curiosity and creativity are our greatest superpowers to fulfilment.” “Stress and fear weaken our immune system.” “I wanna experience life and enjoy the process.” “It’s important for people to feel and not suppress their emotions.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Listen to the Jay’s first interview with Rachele Broke here:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interview-us-actress-movie-star-rachele-brooke-smith/id1370793386?i=1000435317449&l=ru Omny: https://omny.fm/shows/business-mentor-podcast/interview-with-us-actress-movie-star-rachele-brook Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/progressiveproperty/business-mentor-podcast/e/60141237 Sign up to the Transform My Life Online course: https://beautifulminds.com.au/transform-my-life-online-course/ Join The Disruptive Movement: https://www.disruptivedare.com/ Read As A Man Thinketh by James Allen. Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-Complete-Original/dp/1523643536 Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! http://businessmentorpodcast.com/
ABOUT THE GUEST
Rachele Brooke Smith is an actress, dancer, motivational speaker, and inspiring role model seen frequently on Hollywood screens, modelling for major brands, and motivating fans around the world to #BEDISRUPTIVE.
After playing the lead role in the sequel to the film that changed her life as a little girl (Center Stage) and literally doing what everyone told her was impossible, Rachele's goal is to create conscious content that results in a massive amount of positive disruption.
She is committed to up level the human consciousness and spread her philosophy of using empowering music, movements, mindsets, and movies as tools to help disrupt doubt, fear, or limiting beliefs and help people become the hero of their own life’s story.
THE DISRUPTIVE MOVEMENT is Rachele's mission to disrupt the mental and emotional illness epidemic and help people be healthy, live happy and believe in their personal power to create a body, mind, and lifestyle they feel really proud of.
(Source: The Disruptive Movement Website - https://www.disruptivedare.com/) Rachele Brooke Smith Official Website: https://www.rachelebsmith.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today is your lucky day! This episode of The Business Mentor Podcast is a coverage of a keynote Jay has delivered for fellow entrepreneurs and professionals in his hometown, Derby. He gives out his top (and proven) strategies in making his business and brand successful. He also shares some of his experiences—from the 30-day business challenges to his property investing to the success of his podcasting.
Treat your business like a business. This is Jay’s ultimate advice for business owners. Document everything, put a reliable system in it and create a competitive team. Let Jay help you believe in yourself and tune in today.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Jay has encountered a lot of entrepreneurs making the mistake of not documenting EVERY little thing that happens in the business. He reiterates that it is a must. Those entrepreneurs spend most of their time firefighting, instead of thinking of new ways to be scale up their business. Create a vision for your business—one with no limitations. Having a vision board will give you the clarity of where you want to go. Expect that your business won’t last long if you’re just drifting nonsensically. Create different income streams. Property investment is still the best way to increase your wealth. For Jay, he did business first, then invested in property. He is now coaching and mentoring, aside from hosting his own podcast too. (It doesn’t really matter where you start, remember that.) Focus on one platform. Jay particularly chose to dive deep in podcasts. Podcasting is easy. He also likes how he can repurpose his videos to audios or to other type of content. He is now providing content to thousands of people with the help of his media team.
BEST MOMENTS “It’s all about systems. It’s all about putting processes in place.” “When you’re doing your vision, you need to do it without any limitations.” “It takes time to build it up. You have to put the work in initially.” “We have a hundred episodes now… That’s a bank of content.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Watch Jay Dhillon’s interview with The Singing Dentist Dr Milad Shadrooh here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W17q4YQmZ1I Listen to the Creating a Profitable Business in 30 Days with Luca Gallone episode of The Business Mentor Podcast here: https://omny.fm/shows/business-mentor-podcast/008-creating-a-profitable-business-in-30-days-with Read The Chimp Paradox: The Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness: The Acclaimed Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness by Dr Steve Peters. Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chimp-Paradox-Management-Programme-Confidence/dp/009193558X Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! http://businessmentorpodcast.com/
ABOUT THE GUEST
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Nothing goes wrong when there’s a cup of coffee in hand! In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay talks to MSG Tours Ltd Founder Mark Gardner about his multi-businesses, the travel industry, how he built his team, and his rise from an employee to CEO, aside from his passion for coffee.
Mark is an adventurous guy. He’s into sports and into traveling. This is regardless of how extreme or how absurd things get. Whatever it is, he’s always on the go. So, when he got a chance to start his brand which combines two of his two passions, he just went all in. No doubts, no reservations.
Right now, he has already offered tours and travel services to thousands of sports fans, travellers, tourists, and many more adventurous souls like his around the world. Be inspired today with his stories and tips when you tune in!
KEY TAKEAWAYS Dislocating a knee won’t stop our guest Mark Gardner from loving sports. When he learned he couldn’t do any extreme sports (i.e. snowboarding) anymore or join the military, he decided to look for opportunities elsewhere. He coached about British soccer to kids in the USA. He also became a social secretary for a rugby team, which gave him a chance to travel the world. He saw the possibility of mixing two things he’s passionate about. He wanted something where he could still be in the realms of sports & traveling whilst growing his wealth. The travel industry is cash-rich. When tourists and travellers book tours with them, they pay weeks in advance. It’s easy to do a forecast on your cash flow and profits. Market research is a vital step that some entrepreneurs don’t spend time on. According to Mark, it’s easy to outline and execute a plan if you know who you are creating for. There is also a reduced possibility of malfunctions since you can implement a fool-proof (or near to it) system in place. Ask the question. If you’re going through a tough time, let somebody help you out. You can approach them directly. Or, you can start googling online for free resources provided by business mentors. There are a lot out there that exist, just like this podcast.
BEST MOMENTS “I made the wrong decision of following the herd.” “To make rational calls in a very emotive industry that is fast-paced is actually crucial to the wellbeing of the business and its staff.” “Travel is a great business to work in.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! http://businessmentorpodcast.com/
ABOUT THE GUEST
Mark Gardner is the owner of MSG Tours LTd. His company, which was launched in 2015, offer enriching travel experiences (e.g. travel tours, ski trips, sports tour, etc.) to clients from different clients in the world. Mark’s LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mrsportstours Mark Gardner’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mr_sportstours
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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There is not much difference in aiming to be a pro athlete and being a successful entrepreneur/investor. Our guest for today is English professional footballer Mark Little, and together with Jay, he discusses how similar the worlds of professional sports and business are. Aside from this, Mark also shares some moments from his football career, some tips for those who feel like they’re unproductive during this lockdown, and his interesting jump into the investing world.
You have to act smart if you want to maintain the success you’re enjoying. Tune in now to The Business Mentor Podcast to learn more about Mark Little and his big successes!
KEY TAKEAWAYS Being a pro athlete requires discipline and resiliency. There is too much pressure in the world of professional sports. You have to be dedicated to be able to endure it. For example, everyone should be mindful of not only their schedule but also their teammates. Sacrifices are going to be made. Not every athlete, just like any entrepreneur, get to spend their ‘free’ time in leisurely activities. The shift from the world of sports to entrepreneurship might look like a disaster for the traditional-thinking people. But it isn’t. According to Mark, there isn’t a difference between being a rookie player and an aspiring entrepreneur. Every step should be thought through. One mistake, then the domino effect happens—you’ll need to take a pause then plan your next best move again. We all have different priorities. Conversely, the gravity of your problems might not be as heavy as someone else’s. It’s best not to assume anything. If we are compassionate and understanding with one another, then it’s more fulfilling to achieve our successes. Always put the work in. Nothing will ever happen if you wait for a miracle, fate, or a helping hand to DO it for you. For example, mentors are there to guide you and teach you valuable knowledge—but that’s it. If you don’t apply the things they impart, then your mentorship will go nowhere.
BEST MOMENTS “You have to go ‘through’ these tough times to grow from them.” “When the economy is good everybody is flying.” “I wasn’t that clever… but the thing that did for me is consistently showing up.” “The only way you’ll wake up to this is to fast forward.” “I’m gonna get ten million times further and quicker from listening to someone who knows more than me than doing it alone.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Follow Mark Little on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Litts_2 Follow Mark Little on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/litts_2/ Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in UK! http://businessmentorpodcast.com/
ABOUT THE GUEST
Mark Little is an English professional footballer who plays or Bristol Rovers as a defender. Aside from this, he is also a business man and investor. Mark Little Twitter: https://twitter.com/Litts_2 Mark Little Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/litts_2/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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smoothly adapt during these challenging times. Daniel is the founder of Dent Global and also an author of best-selling business books including Key Person of Influence.
According to Daniel, there are many ways that you can stay disruptive even amid the coronavirus pandemic! The key thing to do is to bring fresh ideas on the table and keep innovating. There are unseen opportunities out there—maybe even greater than what you’re expecting. Listen in to Jay and Daniel lay out all the tips and strategies for you today!
KEY TAKEAWAYS Daniel and his team had plans that were delayed because of the coronavirus outbreak. But this didn’t stop him from growing his business. There are still ways he can move, even if the effects aren’t as huge and fast as what he’d hope for. As entrepreneurs, we have to learn to adapt and make use of the available resources effectively. According to Daniel, there are three mindsets of an entrepreneur: a monkey, a reptile, and an entrepreneurial visionary. Always aim to be the visionary entrepreneur.
The reptile wants to fight, flee, freeze, and freak out. The monkey wants to tinker and pretend there’s nothing wrong. The visionary entrepreneur wants to reinvent the future. Keep innovating. There is no pause in improvement, in moving forward. The possibility of reverting from your accomplishments is bigger when you choose to get your foot off the pedal. There is competition not just in the market but with yourself too. A scalable business has already developed IP, IT, and media. We can improve the middle management in our business through team collaboration software tools. These tools can be utilised especially during this tough time, where we don’t have ‘direct’ supervision over our employees. Where do we look for greater opportunities right now? Look into basic consumer needs. Build a business that solves one of the seventeen humanitarian or social issues in the world. This isn’t the time to invest on secondary and leisurely demands.
BEST MOMENTS “If you’re an entrepreneur, you’ve got to see yourself as like a surfer. You have to surf through every wave that comes along..” “The winners are the people who maintain the entrepreneurial mindset despite what happens around them.” “The fun part is building it, not having it.” “Management is essentially not a value-adding layer. Management performs a function of coordination of labour.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Listen to Becoming A Key Person of Influence; With Co-founder of Dent Global Daniel Priestley Episode of The Business Mentor Podcast in Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/becoming-key-person-influence-co-founder-dent-global/id1370793386?i=1000445334069 For your copy of 'Key Person of Influence', email: info@dent.global Read Become A Key Person Of Influence: The 5 Step Sequence To Becoming One of the Most Highly Valued and Highly Paid People in Your Industry 1st Edition by Daniel Priestley! You can buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Become-Key-Person-Influence-Sequence/dp/1905823843
ABOUT THE GUEST
Daniel Priestley has long been passionate about entrepreneurship and helping people take on their entrepreneurial journey. He was considered one of the Key Person of Influence in his industry and has been sought after by companies and individuals around the world to be as a speaker and to share his expertise.
Daniel is the co-founder of Dent Global and the author of the four best-selling books Key Person of Influence, Entrepreneur Revolution, Oversubscribed, and 24Assets.
http://www.keypersonofinfluence.com/author/daniel/ Daniel Priestley Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dpriestley Daniel Priestley Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielPriestley Daniel Priestley LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/danielpriestley Daniel Priestley Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielpriestley/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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What are the Cardones up to lately?
In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay talks to Elena Cardone about how the power couple (referring to her and Grant, of course) are staying sane, spending time with their family, and keeping their business up and running even though they’re stuck at home.
Luckily for the Grants, they’ve prepared for such a threat to their business empire. They’ve got their Plan B, and even more back-ups, up their sleeves. But what if we aren’t like them? What if our businesses are in the danger zone lately? Elena Cardone recognises this—that there will be more people who’ll be suffering from this outbreak. Listen to Elena give some tips so you can still get back up as soon as the economic turmoil dissipates. Other topics discussed today: separating business talks from family bonding time, maintaining healthy couple relationships, and more, so tune in.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Most analysts have long been telling us about a market crash, but this global market shutdown was not what they were expecting. This coronavirus pandemic totally changed everything. But Elena and Grant were prepared. This is what separates them from the others. And they really hope others were too. The truth is, most small-scale businesses will suffer. They won’t survive this collapse. They must go back to the planning table and rethink of ways they can make it through this transition to—what most call—the ‘new normal’. Maybe this is the right time to reinvent and look at new ventures in other industries. Always learn how to separate business stuff from your family life. We are all stuck at home, with very limited movement. We have even taken our work home. So, imagine the stress from work and the additional stress from all the COVID-19 news colliding—it could get difficult to keep the familial ties healthy. It’s already difficult to avoid clashes of ideas or aspirations between two people who live together. Surely even more so with a couple who are in business together?
Whenever there’s an altercation, Elena sees to it that she makes the conscious effort to pause, breathe, and to be less emotionally reactive. Trust is also very important—you have to let your partner do his/her part. And also, remember to always stand beside your partner no matter what. Some tips from Elena so our businesses can go through this tough period:
Accept where we’re at and there will be a needed change. Economise; don’t spend frivolously. You can use your resources to improve on yourself. Surround yourself with positive people. Everything’s tough, so don’t let anyone make it tougher. Find time to create fun now and then. Do everything to remove the stress!
BEST MOMENTS “The uncertainty of not knowing the market, not knowing what’s coming, is stressful no matter who you are.” “It’s hard to not get sucked up in it with the uncertainty going around.” “We will hire people” “There are changes, and that you just have to accept that life is different.” “Wear your role in the relationship despite the difficultness.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES You can reserve your 10X Growth Conference seat now! Check here for more information: https://10xgrowthcon.com/ Read Elena Cardone’s book Build an Empire: How to Have It All. Order it on Amazon here: https://store.grantcardone.com/products/buildanempire Listen to the Women In Power Podcast here: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grant-cardone-3/women-in-power
ABOUT THE GUEST
Elena Cardone started her career in Hollywood and soon became a successful actress and model of TV and film fame. A lifelong competitive sport shooter, and now author, businesswoman, public speaker, empire builder and visionary, Elena currently hosts her own show, “Women in Power” and co-hosts “The G&E Show” with her husband, Grant Cardone, bestselling author, entrepreneur and real estate investor. Together they have created a real estate portfolio of almost one-billion dollars.
Elena has been happily married since 2004 (July 4th to be exact – and the fireworks have never stopped) and lives with her husband Grant and their two daughters, Sabrina and Scarlett, in Miami Beach.
Source: https://elenacardone.com/about/ Elena Cardone’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/elenacardoneWIP/ Elena Cardone’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elenacardone/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay talks to Alan Barratt, Founder and CEO of Grenade, the UK’s fastest-growing sports performance company, to shed a light on how can businesses, especially those in retail, continue to thrive during these tough times. He gives different tips so you and your team can stay productive during and after the outbreak.
Some other topics discussed today are why mentoring is better than coaching, why being choosy with people who surround you shouldn’t be frowned upon, how he built his fitness brand (which is soon to reach the billion dollar value) from the bottom, tune in today!
KEY TAKEAWAYS This coronavirus pandemic will make a big dent to the global market economy. If your business has prepared for such, then there won’t be a colossal problem. Businesses, in general, were doing very well before it, so this will just be a pause. For some, this might be a big reset.
Businesses should always aim to be sustainable and be prepared for any crash. It can happen anytime, not only amid a global pandemic. Mentoring is better than coaching. Mentoring focuses on your holistic development throughout time while coaching focuses on the outcome itself, mostly on just one (i.e. your business). Mentoring values also not just self-improvement, but also your relationships and network. Grenade company is now celebrating its 10th Alan will forever be grateful and proud of achieving such a milestone. He wouldn’t expect that his passion for sports nutrition would also bring impact to larger communities decades ago. Everything will change. Stop waiting for the shops to reopen. You can move now. Accept the change that is happening and learn to adapt slowly. You can up your online marketing, strengthen your team dynamics (& check on them) and prepare your after-lockdown plan. So, how do you plan to go back and continue business operations efficiently? Though completed diplomas and certificates are influential factors in increasing your credibility, you can’t spend most of the time sitting at a desk. It helps enormously for you to put what you learn into practice. You understand the business operations more when you become hands on.
BEST MOMENTS “2020 is going to be the year we lost, but we’ve gained a lot of perspective.” “I’d rather learn through someone’s experience than set up a business and teach people stuff that they haven’t done themselves.” “It’s every entrepreneur’s job to surround themselves with people clever than they are.” “Less thinking, more doing.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Alan Barratt: £70 a Week to Billion Dollar Brand | Grenade's Secret Recipe | Rob Moore’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch1lv7GBVW4 Order products from Grenade: https://linktr.ee/grenadeofficial
ABOUT THE GUEST
Alan Barratt is the Founder and CEO of Grenade, the fastest growing weight management, energy and lifestyle brand in the world. He has been helping millions of people reach their health and fitness goals for over 10 years now. Alan’s LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/alan-barratt-101b1731 Alan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grenadeceo/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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“Present yourself as if you’re going to sit down with one of your prospects for lunch.”
In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay asks Dennis Brown how can entrepreneurs utilise LinkedIn to gain more leads and more clients. Dennis has successfully grown his business through LinkedIn, as soon as he signed up, he landed his first six-figure client. Hard to believe for some since it’s a platform for millions and millions of people. Dennis wants you to know it’s possible—you can also hit the “LinkedIn Lottery”!
They also discuss the 3 main things you can do to utilise LinkedIn, 3 primary strategies on generating business on LinkedIn, what highly successful people do, how to scale up your business and more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Before you become the expert, you have to be a practitioner. There is more you can learn from being in the workforce and having hands-on entrepreneurial experience than reading business books. You can memorise all theories you read, but you have to learn how they apply in the business world. It’s easy to scale up a business when you acknowledge that you won’t be alone climbing the ladder—you need a team. You want your business to grow bigger and continue thriving. Not let it stand still. Let others do tasks you aren’t an expert at. How can you utilise LinkedIn? Find. Connect. Engage.
Your target market is easy to find in LinkedIn. Everything will appear in the search results. Then, gather some sales intelligence—this will depend on whatever relationship you want to build with the individual. Write the perfect LinkedIn Connection Request before sending it to the prospect. Don’t use the default template; make it as personal possible. After that, you can message them, or they can now see your content where they can engage with you and other people. 3 Primary Strategies on Generating Businesses on LinkedIn: Paid Advertising, Targeting Outreach, Content Utilising LinkedIn is not about having the greatest number of connections. It’s about having quality connections—engaging with people who you can be of value to and vice versa. Publishing some impactful content helps too as the LinkedIn algorithm will make sure you reach your targeted market.
BEST MOMENTS “There’s a difference in being a practitioner and knowing only the theories.” “I need to find the right people. And more than finding the right people, I need to be willing to trust them and give away the things I was already doing.” “If you’re selling a business, then the people you are selling to are in LinkedIn.” “Don’t get caught up in the numbers of connections and followers you have.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Listen to The Growth Experts Podcast on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-growth-experts-podcast/id1339203435 Read Danny Brown’s The 7 Habits of Highly Successful LinkedIn Users! here: http://www.linkedacademy.com/ Download The Ultimate Guide to Generating Inbound Leads with LinkedIn for FREE here: https://www.askdennisbrown.com/guide Read Mike Michalowicz's book Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine here: https://profitfirstbook.com/ Listen to LinkedIn Ads Show by AJ Wilcox on Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rZWRpbmFkcy5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw&hl=en-PH
ABOUT THE GUEST
Dennis Brown is a successful entrepreneur and the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Successful LinkedIn Users. He has built three multi-million-dollar businesses during his 25-year career and has generated over $20 million in new business from LinkedIn and social selling.
His expertise lies in utilising LinkedIn for business building. He has been helping entrepreneurs for more than a decade now optimise its features and keep updated with its algorithm. Connect with Dennis Brown on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/askdennisbrown/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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When David McCourt, the billionaire entrepreneur, was writing his book Total Rethink, he didn’t know it would be so relevant so soon. Industries have been shaken up big time during this pandemic. So, in this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay and David discuss how business leaders and entrepreneurs should think (and act) during and after the coronavirus crisis. Listen as they give their insight into the ‘new normal’, the urban-rural divide, the ‘cash is crash’ myth, the need for incremental change, and more.
David also shares what it is he has been doing to further improve the state of the telecom industry in Ireland. Plus, he also answers viewers’ questions related to the coronavirus.
KEY TAKEAWAYS David has always been a big-time innovator in the telecom industry. Currently, he’s securing the largest public-private partnership in Ireland, which aims to bridge the urban-rural divide. Those in rural Ireland can soon have the same level of support given to urban areas. A successful business makes money and contributes value to society. It’s possible to be a millionaire, or even a billionaire, as long as your determination and passion never falter. Listen to what your gut is telling you, just ensure that it also helps other people. There will be a new normal. In terms of jobs, it will be a different responsibility that you’ll take in once you return to your job. For some, unfortunately, they might have no job to go back to because of the changing demand. It will also be inherently easier for the elite to bounce back from the coronavirus crisis than those who work under them. What can small businesses do amid the Covid19 pandemic?
Watch the cash. Cash is the oxygen of your business. Work harder than you ever did before. Stay focused. And ask yourself, how can my business fit in? Aim for incremental change. Since everything is going so fast, it’s time to think of revolutionary ways to cope and find solutions. Communicate clearly. Be compassionate to the people affected by the crisis. There will be ground-breaking innovations that can emerge. How does an entrepreneur start again post-coronavirus? Go back to what you consider is your strongest suit. It’s easier to bounce back and climb the ladder when you’ve been playing the game for a long time.
BEST MOMENTS “When you come from the bottom and you have nothing, you’re much more willing to take risk.” “What you should do with your life, because it’s a limited amount of time, is something you love with the people you love for a reason you love.” “Entrepreneurs need to communicate clearly. They need to be consistent, empathetic, and passionate.” “Be disciplined. Say NO more often.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Read Total Rethink: Why Entrepreneurs Should Act Like Revolutionaries by David McCourt. Order it on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Total-Rethink-Entrepreneurs-Should-Revolutionaries/dp/1910453536
ABOUT THE GUEST
David McCourt is the founder and chairman of Granahan McCourt Capital. For over 30 years, he has brought significant changes in the industries of technology, telecommunication and media. He also founded over 20 companies in nine countries. One of his notable contributions is the development of transatlantic fiber networks. Granaham McCourt Official Website: https://granahanmccourt.com/ David McCourt’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mccourt-992182164
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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This week, Jay is joined by entrepreneur Rob Smallbone
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Coronavirus outbreak has the potential to cause a crash, but Jay is cautious. Panic and speculation are far more likely to invoke trouble than the virus itself. Preparation is what helped Jay to survive the last recession. Do all you can to survive, and ask yourself the question: If my supply chain disappeared tomorrow, could I survive? As a business-owner, you need to make sure that you’re the one who can take advantage of your competitor’s poor planning in these circumstances, and not the other way around. Business has to go on, so make sure you’re the one doing so. Jay built a successful business and then sold it, allowing him a rare insight into the entire process of entrepreneurship that many do not have. It has made him one of the most sought-after coaches in the world. The difference between a good coach and a good mentor is that a mentor usually teaches by relating a real-life example, which is much more effective in terms of instruction. One of the greatest things to come out of podcasting is that Jay has built relationships, formed connections, and created a legacy that will last and endure. Be patient. If you’re consistent in your approach, and take your time, you’ll succeed. Don’t just look for quick wins. Find a strategy that works for you and stick to it.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Preparation is so important now’
’Some hard decisions had to be made’
‘We’re buying the business, not the business owner’
‘If I’m going to mentor, then this is my challenge’
‘Doing it is the most important thing’
‘Look at yourself. Have you been going up or down?’
‘Be patient and learn to pivot'
‘What are you going to do today?’
‘KMF – Keep Moving Forward’
ROB SMALLBONE’S CONTACT METHODS
YouTube
VALUABLE RESOURCES
The Property Nomads Website
The Property Nomads Podcast – iTunes
The Property Nomads - Stitcher
Buy To Let: How To Get Started – By Rob Smallbone (Amazon)
The Business Mentor Podcast - https://www.jay-dhillon.com/podcast
Jay Dhillon’s website - https://www.jay-dhillon.com
Jay Dhillon YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
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“We need to keep escalating up the food chain to keep getting bigger, faster, and stronger. That’s the attitude of an athlete. That’s what we bring to the business world.”
Our guest for today is Walter Bond, a pro NBA player turned entrepreneur. In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, learn about the transformation that having a shark mindset will bring in your journey towards success. Be determined like a hunting shark.
This discussion also covers the difference of mentorship and leadership, the importance of talent and ability in choosing a career, the similarities of excelling in sports and business, and much more!
KEY TAKEAWAYS How to make mentorship work for you?
You and your mentor must have a harmonious relationship. Find a good mentor who you can trust and communicate well with. Follow and execute what your mentor encourages you to do. Get out of your comfort zone and put in the work. What can we learn from pro athletes turned entrepreneurs? Athletes value the importance of the process and development. Not everything can happen instantly. You can’t expect success to come the next day in a business. Do things incrementally so you’ll get the long-lasting results.
Like in NBA, master the fundamentals and be incredible at everything to really excel. Take a break if needed, enjoy the off-season. Have a shark mindset. Great white sharks are positioned so highly in the food chain because they’re ruthless and insatiable. Sharks too need to move a lot, or else they die. Be determined and unrelenting as much as possible. Leaders are readers. Walter’s top tip for aspiring entrepreneurs is to commit to the journey and read a lot about what you’re going into. Do what you can to gain knowledge. There are many provided resources out there.
BEST MOMENTS “It wasn’t like I chose basketball; basketball chose me. I was a good athlete.” “Patience. It takes time. When you’re given advice in mentoring or coaching, you have to do it over the course of time.” “… We took them to an off-season process so to experience exponential growths. The same metaphor in sports translates to business in a million different ways.” “I made it to the NBA because I’ve mastered the fundamentals of basketball. I’ve been successful in the business because I’ve mastered the fundamentals of business.” “Before we decide on our career, we need to discover our gifts.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Download Swim!: How a Shark, a Suckerfish, and a Parasite Teach You Leadership, Mentoring, and Next Level Success by Walter Bond On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VKQN37P/ Download your FREE shark action plan here: https://walterbond.com/
ABOUT THE GUEST
Walter Bond is a NBA player turned entrepreneur. He’s also a business coach, public speaker, and author. He has helped many clients, from solopreneurs to conglomerate companies, given them an internal drive to achieve their goals and reach their dream.
His message for everyone is simple: Think. Execute. Win! Walter’s Official Website: https://walterbond.com/ Walter’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/walterbondallstate/ Walter’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WalterBondMotivationalSpeaker/ Walter’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/walterbond Walter’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/walter_bond/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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The Singing Dentist Dr Milad Shadrooh didn’t know his videos would break the internet and make the international news. When he made a parody of Hotline Bling, he was just in the zone singing and not really thinking about what others might think of it. In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, the Singing Dentist shares stories about his childhood, his career, and his rise to fame.
Learn about some tips for private and self-employed dentists who are massively affected by the coronavirus pandemic, so tune in!
Also, help NHS by purchasing The Singing Dentist’s latest single I Like Molars. You can check links to where you can purchase and stream the track below.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Dr Milad was born in Iran and moved in the UK when he was 5 years old. He recalls that it was already becoming a doctor that he answers whenever he gets asked about his dreams. He is now 39, a dentist, and has now a global brand. Michael Jackson, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Chaka Khan are just a few of the musical influences of the Singing Dentist Dr Milad Shadrooh. He danced, sang, and rapped whenever there’s a chance when he was young. He was also a DJ for some time with quite a few gigs under his belt! His first viral video, a parody of the Hotline Bling by Drake, was initially just shared to his dentist friends, then to other dentists, and then to the whole wide world. The people loved it, so Dr Milad made more funny and entertaining videos. Is it safe to go to the dentist this pandemic? Since the government advises to lessen close contact, dentist appointments are no exception. Dentists are only allowed to give medical advice through telephone triaging setup by the NHS; physical treatment can only be performed in an emergency. Some private dentists might have a hard time surviving this coronavirus outbreak since there are no patients. As they are private businesses they can furlough staff but even the government help might not be enough for many.
BEST MOMENTS “Reduce social interaction. Stay indoors. Be sensible and follow the guidelines… These aren’t tough things that we’ve been asked to do.” “Right now, we’re in the survival phase. Stay afloat. Then, there’s the transition phase where we go back to normal—the new normal.” “It comes with years of performing!” “The best emergency is not to have one. Look after your teeth super well.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Purchase/Stream I Like Molars to help the NHS:
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/i-like-your-molars/1505452803 https://open.spotify.com/track/2ryGOYiwTlhTGRvJHqtkov https://www.beatport.com/release/i-like-your-molars/2911723 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQKUHyudBEI Stream the Filling Good Podcast on Entale (an enhanced podcast app). Download here: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/entale-enhanced-podcast-app/id1321535463 Listen to The Business Mentor Podcast episode with Patrick Bet-David on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gt/podcast/patrick-bet-david-the-opportunities-now-in-the-world-crisis/id1370793386?i=1000471033555 Visit the NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/
ABOUT THE GUEST
Dr Milad Shadrooh, aka The Singing Dentist, is often featured in the media giving dental health information through his funny and entertaining videos. He studied at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. And then worked at Chequers Dental Surgery since 2004 as soon as he graduated. Subscribe to the Singing Dentist YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGh_mtyy1pJ67wVkqK11xsg Like Singing Dentist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentistsinging/ Follow Singing Dentist on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingdentist/ Visit The Singing Dentist Official Website: https://singingdentist.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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“This sh*t is real, and it’s not going anywhere. You’ve got to do something about it.” – Jay Dhillon
In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay talks to Grant Cardone, a bestselling author of multiple business books, about the imminently predicted economic crash. Grant himself has had to implement drastic measures in his own business to keep it afloat amid the coronavirus situation. Though some may criticise his big moves, Grant firmly believes he has done the right thing for the future of his business and team. Learn today how you can do it too, especially if you’re a solopreneur.
KEY TAKEAWAYS The first thing we must do is solve the coronavirus crisis first before we look for people to blame for it. Just like in business, how you handle tough situations is an enormous part of the game. What could solopreneurs learn from the current coronavirus situation:
Make money. Don’t just offer free content Avoid Houses. Sell. Get out of equities. Don’t buy yet. Acknowledge the seriousness of the situation. Focus on how you can survive the economic crash first. You can’t help other people if you are having a hard time maintaining your financial stability. Some people will comment on the small blunders you make, but not on the gigantic steps you have taken to save your company and your team. Don’t mind them. What existing assets do you have that can be liabilities in the future? Even your loved one’s safety (which can be considered an asset) can be compromised amid this crisis. First, get the mentoring you need to keep going. Then, you can guarantee your loved ones’ safety.
BEST MOMENTS “To solopreneurs, don’t go into an economy by yourself. It’s too small.” - Grant “Shit happens. This stuff happens. It’s about reacting to it and making sure you’re prepared.” – Jay “When you’re broke, toilet paper is not the first thing on your list.” – Grant “The reason that people are busy is they have data that are conflicting.” – Grant
VALUABLE RESOURCES Read the article US job losses: Stock market panic as 6.6 million apply for unemployment in week here: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/1267087/us-stock-market-dow-jones-us-unemployment-figures-wall-street-us-stocks Read the article London Live condemned for allowing David Icke to air 'lunatic conspiracy theories' here: https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/london-live-condemned-for-allowing-david-icke-to-air-lunatic-conspiracy-theories-1.498968 Listen to the Business Mentor Podcast Episode #62 where Grant talks to Jay About Property, Recession, Religion, Money, & Family here: https://businessmentorpodcast.com/billionaire-grant-cardone-talks-to-jay-about-property-recession-religion-money-family/ Read the book How To Become A Millionaire Now by Grant Cardone
ABOUT THE GUEST
Grant Cardone is a multimillionaire entrepreneur whose personal property empire is valued at over $900 million. He is also the Founder of Cardone Capital and the author of the best-selling book, The 10X Rule. Official Website: https://grantcardone.com/ Grant’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/GrantCardone/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Jay Dhillon gives his top 5 books that he is reading right now. These are Jay’s recommendations for the top 5 books that give the most value and knowledge for improving your mindset and performance! Ant Middleton - The Fear Bubble: Harness Fear and Live Without Limits Renée Mauborgne and W. Chan Kim - Blue Ocean Strategy David Goggins – Can’t Hurt Me Darren Hardy – The Compound Effect Zig Ziglar – Secrets of Closing The Sale
Jay breaks down his key takeaways from each of these top 5 books and outlines what YOU should do to implement these key ideas.
CONTACT METHOD
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Cash doesn’t mean ‘crash’. Saving is an evergreen philosophy that businesses should have noted since they started. Entrepreneurs should put aside some savings to be ready for the rainy days.
In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay invites Patrick Bet-David to talk about what entrepreneurs could do during the coronavirus outbreak and what cash savings can do during this hard time. Patrick advises creating more content and making more phone calls to increase your sales. He also gives a no BS take on how China handled (or mishandled) the coronavirus outbreak. Tune in to learn more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS The COVID-19, or coronavirus, won’t go away unless we find a solution. And that is what’s scary; we still haven’t found the vaccine yet. According to Patrick, it will help if scientists and entrepreneurs team up together to solve this global pandemic. Each country has a unique approach on how to contain the virus. This vitally depends on their healthcare system. If their hospitals cannot accommodate the projected number of cases, then it’s best to be strict with how the lockdown or quarantine will be. With these kinds of problems, it’s the data you should always trust. The Chinese government have kept the news about Wuhan coronavirus from international health agencies and other countries. China knew what the virus could do. It wasn’t until it started to spread to its other cities that people were informed. Opposing opinions are needed and should not be shut down. This proves that people think critically, and that they don’t just follow orders from the authorities. If China listened to the coronavirus whistle-blower from the start, this outbreak could’ve been reduced. Businesses need to keep some cash. This is to ensure you are always ready when things don’t go as planned (i.e. the global pandemic effect). The 2008 recession has taught Jay so much. He always aims to keep 50% of net worth (or savings) in cash. How will your business survive this outbreak? Patrick’s advice: Think of what’s the most important thing today? Examples are learning how to make sales through phone calls and online, to communication through web apps and creating higher quality content.
BEST MOMENTS “The longer people live, the lower the mathematical cost is. You shouldn’t be paying more for your insurance than you did 20 years ago.” “I don’t trust China on any data they give since they don’t have any free press, any free speech.” “Everyone wants to be called an entrepreneur but some people just need not to be entrepreneurs.” “Be patient. Everyone’s going to find the leaks to everyone elses philosophies.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Listen to the Patrick Bet-David episode of The Business Mentor Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/031-interview-entrepreneur-patrick-bet-david-founder/id1370793386?i=1000424401063 Read the article about the Wuhan coronavirus whistleblower doctor on BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51403795). Pre-order Patrick Bet-David’s book Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Next-Five-Moves-Business/dp/1982154802
ABOUT THE GUEST
Patrick Bet-David
Patrick is a successful start-up entrepreneur, CEO of PHP Agency, Inc., emerging author and Creator of Valuetainment on YouTube. As a natural critical thinker, Patrick takes complex leadership, management and entrepreneurial ideas and converts them into simple life lessons for today and tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
Patrick is passionate about shaping the next generation of leaders by teaching thought provoking perspectives on entrepreneurship and disrupting the traditional approach to a career.
Source: https://www.patrickbetdavid.com/ Follow Patrick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/patrickbetdavid Follow Patrick on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patrickbetdavid/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
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In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay reflects on the past 2 week of lockdown and gives his best tip on how to stay motivated during lockdown. This tip will ensure that you get things done during lockdown without getting overwhelmed. It so easy, just follow Jay’s advice and your motivation and productivity will improve significantly!
THE BUSINESS MENTOR PODCAST
Welcome to the Business Mentor Podcast. This podcast is where we share and discuss the experiences, ideas & happenings in the world of business, featuring some very special guests & experts to give you advice and direction in your journey.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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The Business Mentor Podcast has already reached over 100 episodes. And Jay is not planning to stop producing business content anytime soon. He wants to continue helping you guys on your business journey, even in these hard times! The Covid-19 pandemic poses an enormous threat to the UK market, and it will affect your business. Jay gives tips today on how he survived the 2008 recession. You could apply these tips too if this outbreak leads to a recession. Time to listen in.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Jay used to do paper runs until his bike got stolen. So, when this happened, he had to find another way to earn income. At 23, Jay was already starting his own business. He’s created a team of his own. We should also note that it was very easy for them to level up since everyone on the team had the same vision. But when the recession in 2008 happened, and as a first-timer in this kind of situation, Jay had a tough time to weather through. He had to lay-off some of his trusted team members and had to give up many possessions. Having a mentor helped Jay save his business. His mentor was experienced with recession and knew what viable solutions could help Jay. He then realised that he can also help other entrepreneurs, even the aspiring ones. This is also the principal reason Jay started the podcast.
BEST MOMENTS “That really ceded me about business—how to create my own income.” “During recession, the job market goes first.” “Not having the ability, not having the knowledge, or not having the support network was something I really struggled with.”
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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This time on The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay is interviewed on BBC Radio Derby about the effects of corona virus on business and how we can all pull together to get through this unprecedented time.
Jay gives some first-hand advice on how you can keep your business afloat, giving tips on how to access government support and plan ahead so that you can bounce back after this all blows over!
ABOUT THE GUEST
Sati Rana is the creator and presenter of the Aaj Kal Show on BBC Radio Derby. The Aaj Kal Show established itself as the trail-blazing Bhangra radio programme in the UK. By 1988 it became the biggest radio programme in the country and steered the birth of Bhangra music in the UK!.
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sati-rana-054621129
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Jay is with Simon Misiewicz founder of Optimise Accountants, he is a tax specialist with extensive experience and expertise and is answering the questions everyone wants to know the answers to, whether they are an employer, self-employed or an investor.
They discuss the rapidly changing financial landscape and the moves the government are making to support businesses whether you are an employer or self-employed.
Uncertainty is the new norm and this episode has practical advice and clear information that is of value to any business, in this very different time that we all find ourselves in, listen in and learn more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Furloughed employees
The government is having to build a system to be able to pay employers so employers are going to need to cover furloughed employee salaries for March, April and early May prior to the Government being in a position to pay-out.
Loans
The British Business Bank is offering a loan and there is a holiday payment of 12 months available but you need to consider the interest that you will be paying later on.
These loans will still take 2-3 months to process and your own bank or loan provider may be able to offer a loan that is cheaper and quicker than what’s on offer from the Government.
If you need the money immediately start talking to your bank about what they can do to help now.
VAT
If someone was about to make a VAT payment then the payment does not currently have to be made, potentially providing a cash injection for your business.
If your payments are via direct debit make sure you cancel it as it will take approximately 6 weeks for the money to be returned to your account.
Self-employed, how will it work?
One of the roles of your accountant or tax advisor is to keep your profits as low as possible so that your tax is as low as possible so it will be difficult to work out an approach or system that will be fair for everyone.
Whatever is decided there will be some people who will lose.
Are you self-employed if you are an investor?
The government definition of self-employed is someone who is actively doing something to provide a service or sell a product.
Property investment is passive, you get the money regardless of what you do, the government will not be providing assistance to investors.
You need to have a contingency plan and also understand there are opportunities that you need to be prepared and ready to take action on.
Everyone is in the same situation don’t be proud or bury your head in the sand communicate with others and ask for help if you need it.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Whatever they bring in some people will like it and some people will loathe it, it’s a very difficult situation and any solution will be complicated’
‘It has to be a fair and equitable number that is paid to most people’
‘There are on online businesses that will not be affected’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
Optimise Accountants website
Optimise Accountants YouTube
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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‘Having a plan is vital because what you do in the second or third month of this unprecedented situation with COVID 19 is what’s going to be really important for the future’
Jay is in conversation with James Sinclair, Founder and CEO of the Partyman Group of companies. James has built a business group that encompasses leisure, childcare, outdoor attractions and a training business so his business knowledge is diverse and extensive.
In this episode, Jay and James discuss the impact of COVID 19 on business and share the ways entrepreneurs with the right mindset can work through the global business ‘pause’ and be prepared to press ‘play’ and move forward in a position of strength when the global economy resumes. This is a great episode with lots of valuable content from entrepreneurs who know what it’s like and what to do to carry on moving forward, listen in and learn more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
In these challenging times, the key for businesses is to act with speed.
I didn’t panic I planned and we planned fast and implemented fast.
I’m confident that when the play button is pressed and we start again we will be one of the strongest businesses in our sector in the UK.
Every day we are in this pause phase the global and UK economy is changing.
The saying cash is king has never been more important, it is vital to always have cash reserves -you have to prepare and plan so that you are ready whatever happens.
If you are someone who can make stuff happen you should make stuff happen for others.
It’s important not to be distracted from your business and the trajectory you have set, this is the time to be focused, now everyone has the opportunity to do what’s important but not urgent in their business.
We will go into recession but this is an opportunity - more millionaires are made in times of recession than at any other time.
There will be people who will lose momentum in the 3 vital ‘E’s’ of business - effort, energy and enthusiasm but those who have the stamina and tenacity and the 3 ‘E’s will be the ones who will succeed.
You need to make sure you don’t forget the basics of business.
As soon as the play button is pushed you’ve got to be ready to go.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Once you get started the momentum kicks in’
‘Last night I started writing my new book ‘ The Dream Team’ everyone can get on with something’
‘We need to remember money is a digital asset and a method of control’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
James Sinclair website
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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This week on the Business Mentor Podcast, Jay Dhillon give us his top 5 tips for focusing on your business and surviving during this Covid-19 outbreak. Learn why should create goals for the next 90 days so that you can effectively manage your cashflow and why you should spend more time than ever marketing and pushing your message.
Learn the best ways to keep your customers in the loop to keep your business alive during the Covid-19 outbreak, this situation has given entrepreneurs the best opportunity to stand out from the crowd and bounce back once this has all blown over!
KEY TAKEAWAYS Jay advises that if there’s a support being offered (by the government), take it. Whether it be financial, logistical, or the medical kind. You can use any help in this tough situation. If you need to cut some non-essential expenses in your company, derailing no major operations, do it. You must consider your resources and your cash flow during and after the COVID-19 outbreak. Don’t get distracted by other things. Focus on your business. Some might think this is a wonderful time to start an extra project because they haven’t had a break in so long. Well, don’t! Besides, the unpromising state of the UK market makes it more difficult to start something new. 5 Tips for Businesses Amid COVID-19 crisis:
Keep your routine. Plan for 30, 60, or even 90 days. Look at your business cash flow. Keep your marketing message. Speak to your customers.
BEST MOMENTS “In the short term, what I advise is, take the help.” “Maybe we can treat this as off-season so you can work on your craft.” “Look after your health.”
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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‘It’s not about you and me it’s about all of us, we need to protect everybody’
In this episode packed with information, Jay is checking in with Dr Shan Hussain host of the Enduring Health podcast and community GP with 20 years of professional experience.
They discuss the vital importance of getting accurate and legitimate information in a time where social media is a part of everyone’s lives and can be the source of much misinformation. There is great practical advice and tips that everyone can implement in this podcast, listen in and find out more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS If someone has an underlying narrative and see something that supports it, it’s very easy to share without thinking about it first If you see something on social media check it and see if it’s accurate Coronavirus is a type of flu virus there is no actual treatment or vaccine for it currently It’s spreading much faster than anticipated. There will be people walking around with no symptoms who can pass it on to someone else. Most people who get it will have mild to moderate symptoms and will fight it off It is those vulnerable groups for who it is potentially, much more serious, that the current restrictions are seeking to protect. We have to do everything we can reasonably do to slow the spread People should not panic; you need to do everything you reasonably can to protect yourself without causing yourself increased anxiety and stress The difference between coronavirus and seasonal flu is the mortality rate, with the mortality rate for coronavirus being much higher There is no definitive evidence currently about whether you are immune after you have had it or if it will reoccur in the coming years. There is no cure so it’s about how to protect yourself and if you get it what you can do to fight it. Good nutrition through real foods is key to keeping healthy and this is something everyone can do. What we do now will potentially determine how long it lasts into the future. Everyone needs to do what they can to look after each and their community.
BEST MOMENTS
‘I think testing should be rolled out for all health workers because they are treating others’
‘Panic buying is a reflection of how fearful people are but that fear doesn’t serve anyone’
‘Everybody is working so hard and it makes you proud to be part of the health profession’
‘It’s great to have a resource such as the NHS to hand’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
Enduring Health Podcast
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Early on in his Mentoring Journey, Jay was taught a very important statement;
You either have to be first; or you have to be different
Jay highlights the trends and anecdotal experience he has and how it supports this statement; This is as true now as it was when he first heard it.
In his training business, Jay knew he wasn’t first; there were many other businesses like his business, with similar or adjacent offerings. But Jay recalled the statement and he made sure he was not only different but different first.
Jay’s example was being innovative; finding a need and starting a service that no one was really doing (24-hour response calls). Jay made sure it was something he could consistently deliver and it was something he could fulfil (Jay knew he personally could manage this and his staff and business were more committed than the bigger businesses). As Jay scaled his business, he made sure he got the resources to back this as it grew (and watched the competition scramble to copy).
“If you can’t be different and you’re just gonna be one of many and you’re gonna be the same thing; don’t expect greater results”
Get in touch and let Jay know whether you agree or how were you first, different or perhaps both?!
As always we want to know your thoughts and comments, don’t forget to comment and subscribe to the podcast and get in touch with Jay
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Very recently Jay’s post on COVID19(LinkedIn) was featured by LinkedIn’s editor.
In todays episode, Jay wants you to focus on the current new about COVID19 and what this could mean for your business. Jay doesn’t think they hype around the danger is likely to be as true as media outlets might imply, but he says you should certainly still be prepared and concerned. Jay likens the situation to a downturn or recession because of the disruption and damaging effects it is having in China (that is now starting to be felt globally). “Think of COV (corona virus) as a warning trigger for… when the recession comes. What are you going to do?” -Jay Dhillon
Use this as wake up call and get preparations in place. Get an advantage on the competition by preparing for any dip’s in the market coming soon.
VALUABLE RESOURCES https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
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In this edition of the Business Mentor Podcast, Jay talks to one of the best out there, the man who’s made it his mission to conquer the biggest obstacles in his path and never look back.
With several multi-million dollar ventures in his portfolio of incredible successes, and thriving on a determination to push himself through any challenge, who better to mentor you in business than this week’s guest, the peerless Mr Rafael Badziag.
It’s an incredible conversation that covers everything from the importance of your team, and how to level-up through them, to the three types of people in the world today, and how to make sure that you have a chance of being in the top-tier...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Everyone in business is out to succeed. What sets you apart is the drive you have, and the team that you build. It’s in the way you enhance and inspire the people who are making it happen alongside you.
The ones who truly succeed are the ones who are not looking to emulate their competitors, but surpass them. It’s better to have a billionaire mind than a millionaire mind.
Rafael’s companies have seen huge revenue boosts and game-changing improvements from simply adopting more effective means of communication between the team and clients, a technique he learned from the billionaires he studied and aided.
Not everyone can be a billionaire, because not everyone is willing to pay the price in order to do so. There is always a price to pay for success.
Being happy and being successful in business are two different goals. It’s difficult to strike the work-life balance if you’re out be a billionaire. You have to sacrifice too much.
Many people cannot see the vast gulf between a millionaire and a billionaire. For someone earning £500k a year, you can become a millionaire in two years. That same person would need to have been born at the same time as Jesus Christ in order to become a billionaire.
If you set your sights on becoming a billionaire, then you are not aiming to earn billions of dollars. You are aiming to add billions of dollars of value to yourself or the product you are presenting.
Rafael divides the world into three categories: Drifters - those who let themselves be taken by the current, and who never over-achieve. Millionaires - the basic, standard level of those who succeed. It’s surprisingly easy, and normal, to be a millionaire. Billionaires - Those who excel. Those who adjust their mindset and realise that in order to truly overachieve, they need to add value.
BEST MOMENTS
‘I was a millionaire, but it didn’t feel like success’
‘I’d rather have a billionaire mind than a millionaire mind'
‘Billionaires are operating on the back of decades at the highest level of performance’
‘If you want to be happy in life, then this isn;t the right way to go’
’This is the difference in velocity of how fast you build value’
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Rafael Badziag is a Germany based global entrepreneur, top TED speaker, best-selling author and angel investor. He is a valued expert in psychology of entrepreneurship, specializing in self-made billionaires and was featured on NBC, ABC, CBS, BBC and FOX networks as well as in Forbes, CNBC, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and other leading national newspapers and TV networks in over 30 countries around the world.
In the late nineties he built his first multi-million dollar business Raddiscount.de pioneering e-commerce in Europe. It was the first bike online-shop in Germany, which he developed into an established business in the German speaking market. He then expanded his ventures into an array of internet-based services and assets in several countries.
His passion is learning his limits and crossing them as well as learning the limitations of the people around him and helping them to overcome those.
Rafael is founder of the NoLimits project, where he fights against the limitations of his body, mind and soul. You may find him sprinting on a treacherous mountain trail, running a 111 km ultra race across the Sahara Desert, or dancing a tango on the floor of a fancy Milonga. On his English blog, NoLimits.co, he describes his extreme experiences and inspires others to follow his example, to also undertake challenges and to reach seemingly unachievable goals. The motto of this project is given by T.S. Eliot’s words: “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” The mission here is to inspire the readers to live their lives fully with passion and zeal, to make them leave their limits behind them, so they can rise above the boundaries of mediocrity and experience their full potential, exceptional success and deep satisfaction in their lives.
His expeditions and remarkable journeys have taken him several times around the world, from the ice desert of Antarctica through the hottest deserts on the planet to the Peaks of the Seven Summits. He has visited all seven continents.
Rafael has given some of the most popular TED talks in history that have been watched over 3 million times.
The book “Ready, Set, Go!” that he has co-authored with Brian Tracy, the world’s greatest business teacher and personal performance trainer, and some other top experts became an Amazon bestseller in multiple categories and has earned Rafael the Quilly Award.
Recently, Rafael has been traveling the world and meeting the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, all of them self-made billionaires, from various regions, industries, cultures, religions and age groups. He managed to open the most inaccessible doors and got access to some of the wealthiest people on the planet. By conducting face-to-face interviews with them he was able to obtain first hand information on their methods and mindsets. He reveals their success secrets in his book “The Billion Dollar Secret” and the corresponding YouTube channel. The book reached #1 Amazon Best Seller status in several countries including USA, UK, Canada, Brasil and Germany and became a global best seller.
Some people call him The Napoleon Hill of the 21st Century, others – The Billionaire Magnet.
His writing and business activities have a truly global scope.
Rafael is a member of the National Association of Experts, Writers & Speakers. He was recently inducted into the National Academy of Best-Selling Authors. He is a valued contributor to CNBC, Business Insider and Entrepreneur.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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If you’re looking for a mentor or looking to get a mentor then this episode will help you out as Jay explains how to find a suitable mentor for you, whether a mentor is for you and how you can decide whether a mentor’s for you or not.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Find a mentor that’s already been there and done it. Someone who has already learned and experience the lessons. 10 years’ experience is a good amount of experience within business for a mentor. A mentor needs to have a good energy and enthusiasm about them so if you’re looking to become a mentor, you can have all of the experience but you need to have a good energy about you. Are the mentors that you’re looking at specialised in the right area of business that you need? Do their experiences and lessons have any relevance to what you’re trying to do with your business? Your mentor should have a great understanding, patience and want to with you so that you enjoy them mentoring you and you understand what they’re saying well. Don’t have a mentor that just tells you ‘yes’ because that’s not how you’re going to improve. You need someone who’s going to tell you honestly what’s good and bad so you can learn from them. You’ve got to have a great skillset in order to be a mentor. It’s all about learning the skills in order to be an effective mentor.
BEST MOMENTS
’Do they break it down’
‘It’s really important they’re honest’
‘Do your diligence’
VALUABLE RESOURCES https://www.jay-dhillon.com The Business Mentor Podcast To get 83% off at Surfshark go to https://surfshark.deals/BMPodcast and use promo code BMPODCAST Neville Wright - nevillewright.com Neville Wright Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NevilleWrightNW/ Neville Wright Twitter - https://twitter.com/NevilleWrightNW Neville Wright LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nevillewrightmentor/ Neville Wright YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Co_8seEmBUKxDdrF4uTkA The Answer Is Yes. Now, What Is The Question - By Neville Wright - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Answer-Yes-Now-What-Question/dp/1784563366/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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In the brand New Studio for the 'Business Mentor Podcast' Jay talks once again to Neville Wright, self-made millionaire, mentor and motivational speaker, about his story to date. Much has happened in the past year, including the sale of his business.
Neville joins Jay today for a wise, warm and witty conversation about the highs and lows in his recent business dealings, and the wisdom he’s gained along the way, all delivered in Neville’s uniquely appealing style.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Opportunities come in all shapes and sizes. You need to remember to keep your eyes open and look for them whenever you can.
Security doesn’t come from merely owning a property, or having money. Security is a state of mind. It’s the feeling of safety that you achieve through believing in yourself and what you can do.
Don’t ever take advantage of people. It should always be a win-win situation for both of you. We’re all trying to do the best we can.
One of the most common mistakes people make when their business is doing well, is that they fail to look to the future to see how they will fare. In the blink of an eye, your business model can be replaced or obsolete, so judge each offer well, and make sure your future is secure.
Neville was shown the folly of regret by his own father, whose business ventures resulted in remorse, when he turned down many lucrative offers in favour of treading the same, familiar path. Life could well have been very different if he had taken the opportunities as they’d arisen.
Burn your bridges - Having a trade to “fall back on” isn’t a good thing. If anything, it stops you from taking too many chances. Putting yourself out there completely forces you to think creatively.
Patience and humility are most definitely the virtues that saw Neville and Kiddicare thrive. Doors were slammed in their face at the outset, but by remaining polite, professional and tenacious, they achieved their greatest success.
Each day of your business’s operation is an opportunity for change. If it doesn’t change, even in an incremental way, from one day to the next, then you’re stagnating.
Your core values must always remain at the heart of your business. In Neville’s case, the main tenet was to always ensure that he and his wife were working together. When this value was threatened, he drew back.
Neville has used his dyslexia as a tool to drive him forward. When people put you down, it can be used as a positive, as it forces you to be more creative in terms of equalling your playing field
BEST MOMENTS ’I like to keep it real’ ‘Use every minute of the day’ ’Together we were stronger’ ’I will never say “I should have”' ‘You emulate the people you admire’ ‘You have to innovate' ‘We stood out because we cared’
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ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Jay has a great philosophy about how to get things done when you face any challenging situation in business. The flight and fight mode of thinking is a powerful tool that Jay shares with his mentees and it has proven successful across many different challenges.
During the day as entrepreneurs, you are constantly thinking and it is these thought processes that put you in either flight or fight mode.
Fight mode is not positive and will not enable you to find the solution you need to move forward but if you get yourself into flight mode you are being business savvy and will be able to think creatively, find a solution and move forward.
KEY TAKEAWAYS In any situation, you have to make a conscious choice about whether you respond in a fight or flight mode. Fight mode is when you are tense – looking at problems, thinking that the world is against me. It’s my fault, their fault you don’t take responsibility Flight mode is when you frame your thinking in a more positive way – e.g. If the client hasn’t paid, why haven’t they paid there must be a reason, can we sort out a payment plan. If you are in fight mode you are personally getting angry and are not thinking forward to a possible solution If you are in fight mode you are not going to get to the problem and you cannot solve a problem unless you can think creatively about it. If something negative happens you have to get into flight mode to be able to work on it and solve the problem so that you can move forward. In business, you are going to get challenges every day and so you need to be thinking about flight mode every day so that you are in the right frame of mind to solve the problems If something big happens it’s even more important that you get into flight mode so that you can think creatively to find a solution. If you have a situation – remember to ask yourself how will it best serve me if I go into fight mode? - blaming myself and blaming others? Choosing to go into flight mode means looking at the opportunities and what changes and steps you can take to make this better, and get through it successfully.
BEST MOMENTS
‘When you look back you will see it was not as big as it seemed when you were facing it initially’
‘At the time it seems massive but if you keep working through it and keep doing things, things will change’
‘All creative thinking comes when you are in flight mode’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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In tribute to Kobe Bryant, who has recent passed away in a tragic accident, Jay covers 10 life lessons that Kobe has inspired Jay to implement into his life to improve personally and professionally.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Always have a winning mentality because if you’re telling yourself that you’re going to loose, it’s more than likely that you’re going to loose. Keep learning, improving and paying attention because you’ve got to keep studying your craft. Work hard. If you follow Kobe’s story, one thing he always stood by was working hard. He practised the same shot over and over again. Live through pain, don’t let it defeat you. Have he right mind-set to go through the pain to get that result you wanted. Huge success only comes with huge sacrifice. Dedication and sacrificing all comes along with business too and it’s something we all will have to do. Never admit defeat. If you’re defeated in your mind, you’ve already lost. Don’t loose your edge and keep what makes you you. You often become unmotivated If you loose your edge so it’s important not to loose it. Never hate your haters, use it as ammunition and energy to drive you forward to prove them wrong. Conker your fear, everyone has to start somewhere but step by step you will get better. The more you do it, they better you’ll get. Leaders can’t win population contests. You’re not going to ever please everyone.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Kobe’s passed away but his legacy carries on!’
‘The more you work, the more you get back’.
‘If you want it, you will do it’.
‘Life is short so enjoy it’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Jay is chatting with Luca Gallone, global celebrity magician who has 2 million followers on Instagram, and 5 ½ million followers on TikTok.
He has built an audience by putting out incredible content and over the last year has had around 3 billion views for his mind-blowing videos.
When so many people see your content, you start seeing other opportunities and after one of his videos went viral he was invited to appear on the Ellen show, the biggest talk show in America which has led to more opportunities globally.
Luca and Jay focus on the way different social media platforms can be used to build a following and Luca has some great advice on how to create viral content.
You don’t have to know exactly how your audience will build, start creating content and if you believe in your vision things will start coming to you.
KEY TAKEAWAYS My way of growing has mostly been based on creating viral content that is shared with millions of views this then brings followers from the content itself. It was a case of trying lots of different things, then working to make sure everything was the best it could be. At all times you need to be thinking about how your content can work for different audiences on different platforms. If you commit fully and work hard things will work out. Even if you don’t have a huge following you can create a bit of celebrity status and become a celebrity in your niche. Instagram is in a transition phase, all platforms ‘age up’ and young people don’t want to be on Instagram if their grandad is on it so they are moving over to TikTok. If you want to grow your followers make sure your video is fitted for the platform it is posted on. Look at the trends, TikTok is built on trends and the power of these trends is enormous. Collaborate with a bigger influencer to increase your reach and grow your followers. Keep content short – generally videos under 15 seconds are the most successful. You don’t have to know exactly how your audience will build the most important thing is to get started.
BEST MOMENTS
‘You should aim to be an expert in the area you are in’
‘My content is about entertaining so the fandom is a little different’
‘I’m very careful about keeping control of my content’
‘Facebook took away the organic reach for influencers and some of my friends’ careers were ruined overnight because they put all their eggs in one basket’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
The Business Mentor podcast - Creating a Profitable Business in 30 Days with Luca Gallone
Luca Gallone website
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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In this episode Jay explains the importance of reputation and how it can have such a big impact on your business, including the number of clients you get. He also discusses how you can use the same methods as him to increase the number of clients you have.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Reputation is probably one of the biggest things you’ll do in your business model. Someone can have 100 positive reviews but we’re naturally attracted to the negative ones. 9 times out of 10 people will focus on the negative rather than the positive. Always encourage reviews with everyone because if you don’t and you get 1 negative review then that will really affect you. You could send an email or text message to all of your clients asking to give you a review. Build a good foundation by building up your reviews, this is huge in America too. When people Google your business you need to have good reviews in order for people to click on your business. Work on your reputation and then your marketing.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Reputation is based on the reviews of your business’.
‘For every bad review you nee at least 25 good ones.’
‘Catch the bed reviews too’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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VALUABLE RESOURCES
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Making money can seem like the most important thing in the world when you start out, but the more you make, the more your business grows. Each time your business levels up, the challenges change.
It’s vital that you keep your eye on the levels above you, and in this special episode, Jay explains why.
VALUABLE RESOURCES
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, Jay recaps on why being a bull in your market is so important and how it can help you to find your worth. Also covered in this episode is how you can find your worth if you're feeling self doubt.
KEY TAKEAWAYS If you've put the time and effort into knowing your field then you should be able to charge for your knowledge in that. Ask yourself the question of whether you've got the put the work in, got the knowledge and got the story and if you have then you should be confident in your worth. As you build it's important to know your worth. No one else will know this other than you. You've got to know that you're very good at what you do. If you don't think that you're not worth your story and you 'fake it until you make it' then it's likely it's not going to feel right charging people for your knowledge. If you're not confident in your worth then find out if you're lacking in knowledge or experience then you're like to have a battle with yourself. Once you know your value then don't doubt yourself or let your mind wonder, don't sabotage your self by doubting your worth. Don't rely on 1 or 2 clients, talk to lot of people.
BEST MOMENTS
'You've got to get yourself back onto it'
'Be confident in your worth'
'Know your value'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this special edition, Jay is coming to you from a Live, to talk about some changes being made by Instagram that may affect you. Likes and Views have been removed, apparently to stop content being created simply for marketing purposes.
Influencer Marketing is a £15 billion pound industry, so how are these changes affecting those who make a living there? Jay discusses this intriguing subject today.
VALUABLE RESOURCES
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Be the bull of any business you go into by dominating. A way you can do this is by consistently putting information out there about your business and working on your systems day in, day out.
KEY TAKEAWAYS It’s common that people struggle to dominate within their business by working on too many things. Make sure your message is clear about the business you’re currently working on and what you want to be the ‘bull’ in. Focus on one area that you want to dominate and be the best in and put content out surrounding that one area consistently. Get to a level where your business can then become managed. Often entrepreneurs who don’t do this right don’t focus on one business, they go from one idea to another, then another and then another…
BEST MOMENTS
‘Work at your business all of the time.’
‘Be the bull of what you’re doing’
‘You’ve got to be the expert of something’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A lot of the time people don’t think about the little things, that take little investment and effort, that can make a big difference within business. Jay explains how you can find your 5%’s and why they make such a difference especially within a service based business.
KEY TAKEAWAYS What ever you’re doing look at the 5%, the finer details. The little things that aren’t a huge amount of effort to do but make a huge difference. What small 5% thing that helped me secure my first contract was writing a personal card to the client before securing the deal. Get to know your clients and what they like so for Christmas or their birthdays you can get them a personalised gift that makes them feel valued. Look for, in your business, what 5% you can do that your competitors probably don’t do and people don’t consciously think about all of the time. Write down your 5%’s and start implementing them and you will notice a difference. Do them consistently over time too.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Do that extra bit’
‘Get to know your clients’
‘Observe what other service lead businesses do’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A short, sharp episode this week just to announce something truly exciting!
Jay is here to announce a new series entitled Real Business Stories, a special series focussing on entrepreneurs with untold stories, and you are invited to participate.
If you are an entrepreneur who’s learned some valuable lessons on your way to success, then here’s your chance to share that knowledge with others just like you. We want your stories to form part of this groundbreaking endeavour.
All you have to do is email Jay at jay@jay-dhillon.com for your chance to become a part of Real Business Stories!
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jay explains the importance of being and coming across as confident when you are negotiating. He also discusses different strategies that you can use to help build your confidence up when you need to negotiate.
KEY TAKEAWAYS It’s good to get a mentor earlier on to help you with your business. You’ve got to be confident when you negotiate because if you don’t then you’ve already lost the battle. Even if someone gets that feeling that you’re not confident then you are likely not to win the deal. The key thing to being confident is preparation. Spend the night before looking at your figures, presentation and skills. Go through your presentation and make sure you’ve done the research and have your figures correct. In the car on the way there roll play the scenario and keep practising it. You can book out some time with who ever is doing the pitch and be the worst type of client so that they’re completely ready. When you get into the actual pitch, walk in confidently and look confident. Research and put time into knowing your client because it’s likely they’ll value you for doing that. The more research you do, the better you’ll get at it.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Negotiate with confidence or don’t negotiate at all.’
‘If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail’.
‘The client will always know whether you’ve done your research’.
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People ask the question whether vision boards work. Jay often finds that they haven’t worked when he previously has used them. So in this episode Jay explains alternate options instead of using vision boards.
KEY TAKEAWAYS It’s all well and good creating a vision board but you need to break it down bit by bit, day by day so that you know how you’re going to reach each of your individual goals that you’re working towards. If you haven’t already got a mentor to do a mastermind with then get one and have them help you to break down your visions. Focus on one area at a time so you have clarity and know how you’re going to move forward and can actually see your plan being executed. Ask yourself what you’re going to do today to get yourself to your vision. Go to your vision and look at where the steps are for you to take in order to get you there. Action gets you closer to your goal so map out the exact actions you need so you stay motivated to reach your goal.
BEST MOMENTS
‘It’s great to have a high level vision but you need to break it down’.
‘Work out your focuses.
‘The devil is in the detail’.’
‘Map out everything’.
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jay has recently been asked by one of his mentees, how can they get more sales because they’re really struggling even though they feel as if they’re doing everything they can. The answer to this could be that your skillset doesn’t match what your business requires. In this episode Jay discusses how you can over come this.
KEY TAKEAWAYS If you can’t quite but your finger on what’s not working within your business, for example getting more sales, ensure you’re constantly researching about your market. Alternatively, you can write down all of your skills that you’re good at and package them up to sell. You can use past examples of how you’ve used them (Testimonials) and you’ll find it’s a lot easier to sell your services. A lot of entrepreneurs go down the route where they don’t have the expertise in what they’re selling. If you want to get into a different field of business, then make sure you do the research. One of the best ways to research is to experience being in that field and gaining skills required to be successful there. You can then repurpose the skills you’ve learnt from all of your experiences to create a product. It’s so much easier to sell a product that you know all about. A client can sense when you don’t know what you’re talking about so ensure you know what you’re doing.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Does your skillset match your business?’
‘Know more than everyone in the room’.
‘Knowledge comes with experience’
‘Learn the product you’re selling’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Often people ask Jay whether it’s a good idea to go into a partnership for business or whether they should do it alone. Jay explains the pros and cons of going into a business partnership and gives top tips on how to prevent your partnership from failing.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Business can be really difficult if you pick the wrong partner. It’s a bit like a marriage. If you go into partnership you have to work on the friendship with them. If you’re already friends and go into a business partnership, the friendship is likely to dilute because of the different challenges you will come across with them. So if you really value your friendship with someone a lot, think really hard before going into a business partnership with them. Have a clear vision and strategy for your business before entering any partnerships. Have someone externally such as a mentor go over your plan. Have clearly defines roles because this is one of the most common reasons for a partnership ending. A lot of the time you will be overlapping which will make things messy. Make clear roles for you and your partner based on what your strengths are and what their strengths are. For anything that’s not yours or your partners’ strengths bring someone in externally. If you’re looking to go into partnership because you don’t want to do it on your own, then it’s not a good idea to go into partnership.
BEST MOMENTS
‘A movie isn’t real life’.
‘Are the pros a lot more favourable than the cons? Then make a decision’.
‘Play to your strengths’.
‘Make sure you have defined roles.’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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A lot of people that Jay network who are really rich with don’t seem to be that fulfilled. Many people including Jay ask themselves why they’re not fulfilled when they have so much money. In this episode of the Business Mentor Podcast Jay explains and discusses his view on why this is.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Some people who are given wealth are never happy because they don’t and never have lived up to their parent’s success thus makes them feel guilty for sharing so much of their success. There are a lot of studies that the third generation are usually the ones who loose their family’s wealth. We’re all here for a limited time so live your life to tell your story and experience things that other people haven’t. Always be looking to grow, look for opportunities and over come new challenges because it’s a way of creating your own stories. A lot of people love seeing people struggle then come back successful. If you’re going through a tough time, don’t forget that people who have a lot of wealth, do have other challenges. The short answer is ‘Yes’ a lot of people that are wealthy struggle to be happy because they struggle with fulfilment and growth.
BEST MOMENTS
‘you can have so much wealth but not value it because you didn’t create it.’
‘Maybe they want the challenge but they just don’t know how to handle it.’
‘A legacy will be left based on what we’ve achieved not what we’ve maintained.’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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‘I’m always looking around the corner to see how I can future-proof myself’
Jay looks at the importance of future-proofing for any business in a world where business change is rapid. Brand and company growth can be phenomenal across social media platforms because of the huge reach but adapting and looking forward is vital for any business that wants to thrive.
Jay explains how to effectively use the 80/20 rule and why you should always be innovating to stay ahead, the smart people adapt and are flexible, are you?
KEY TAKEAWAYS At the moment the rate of change in business is phenomenal and the reach of social media platforms plays a huge role. Use social media platforms to build your brand effectively understanding that social media companies give you reach early on but then take it away, ultimately they all want to sell you something. As entrepreneurs it’s important to look forward and forecast the future, look at the market trends and listen to your mentors they are powerful because they have the experience and expertise to see what you can’t see.
Are you using the 80 / 20 rule? 80% of my time is spent on my core business and 20% on new technologies or researching something that is changing in the market. You need to make sure your core business is profitable and cash flowing so that you can spend 20% of your time working on new ideas. When you quit taking risks, that’s when your business will suffer. When you stop doing the 20% on new things when you are not reaching for new knowledge when you stop investing in yourself and getting the education you need and you don’t want to invest in meeting with people who’ve been successful that’s when you have become complacent.
What have you done to futureproof your business and innovate? The way to future proof your business is to always look towards what is around the corner What can I spend that 20% on, should the market in my industry change because ultimately it will. Everything is always changing and even if your business doesn’t need to change at the moment its vital to future proof it through studying what might come next.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Use social media platforms to build your brand knowing it will go away’
‘Today If you have built your business on Instagram and the reach goes tomorrow your business is dead’
‘Don’t leave a business that’s started to make money to start another business’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Recruitment Boss
http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Jay explains why it’s so important to just get your product out there as soon as possible and test the market. He also covers how trying to get your product perfect at the beginning start of your business can have a negative affect on you and your business. Listen to this episode to find out more…!
KEY TAKEAWAYS Perfection can harm your business when starting off. Don’t over think things before you go out and test your market. Get your product out as fast as possible, it doesn’t need to be perfect. As long as it works and solves the problem get it out. Start making some sales then use the money from the sales to make it better. Sometimes your customers don’t want it perfect. Ask yourself whether it’s something your customer loves or if it’s something you love. Your customer need to be the one who loves the product. If you’re in the mind-set where you can get it to a level where it works, then you get it out there, you’ll always have a completion date. If you think it’s got to be perfect, then you’re never going to be happy. You won’t take risks to gain feedback either. You wont be able to delegate because you want things to be perfect in your own way which will keep you stuck in the same moment and unable to rest.
BEST MOMENTS
‘The customer decides whether your product is good or not’.
‘Perfectionism usually occurs when you’re in love with the business idea’.
‘Perfection means you’re never done’.
‘Perfection isn’t reality’.
VALUABLE RESOURCES Recruitment Boss http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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In today’s short, sharp episode, Jay talks about how to deal with rejection.
Everyone experiences a day when the answer seems to be ‘no’ all round, but by following Jay’s simple, effective SW3 formula, you can turn that rejection into a shot in the arm.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast Jay provides tips on how to post on social media effectively and what is important to remember when posting on different platforms. Listen to this episode to find out more!
KEY TAKEAWAYS The quality of your content matters more than the quantity of your posts on social media. Social media’s allowed people to market their products and services for free and widely. But because it’s free, it allows people to post at any time which can cause people to post irrelevant content. Although it’s important to be consistent, posting content that has no value in it, is not likely to get much engagement. If you’re thinking about getting into social media then think about what you’re posting carefully before posting, choose quality over quantity.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Quality over quantity”
“1 or 2 posts a week rather than 4 a day”
“Think about what you’re posting”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Recruitment Boss Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Welcome back to the Business Mentor Podcast! In todays episode, Jay takes a listener question from Anton. Anton is starting a new journey teaching football within his local community. Anton wants to know
“I just want your advice in terms of advertising. Is Instagram and facebook the best way of doing that OR are there better platforms?”
Simply put, Jay says Instagram and Facebook are the go-to platforms of choice. Start with Facebook: Create a page and/or group for your brand/company and start populating it with content. You want to coral your audience and community into places you can interact and share with easily. Show activity, results and push interaction with followers to encourage better reach and exposure. Do the same with other platforms, including Instagram. Create a page/profile and start creating content for others to like, share and interact with.
Jay strongly suggests you start organically. Test and observe your existing engagement and growth to get a much better idea of which platform (and paid-for choice) could yield the best results.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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In this episode Jay explains whether starting up a business with debt or by taking out a loan is a good idea. There are a lot of stories where successful entrepreneurs have said they’ve been in tonnes of debt and got themselves out of it because of their business and the debt’s helped them get to where they are. Jay explains why you shouldn’t listen to them and expresses his views on this subject…
KEY TAKEAWAYS There are lots and lots of stories where you hear people have been in tonnes of debt and now have a successful business and a lot of the time they lead you down a path where you may think you need to be in debt to start. Do not take a loan or credit to start a business because 99% of these people who take out loans to start a business fail. A good type of debt would be when you’re using the loan to buy an asset that brings in money. An example of this is property. The best way to start up is to save the money yourself and know that you’ve worked hard for tat money rather than taking out a loan. If you don’t have any money, then get your first client before starting your business, then scale up from there. Start slowly then build slowly and when you get the cash flow start investing. You can save money up by selling things on Ebay or online. You can work really hard part time to get enough money to be able to save.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Having a start up business is hard but having a start us business and debt is even harder.’
‘You can raise money through joint ventures’
‘If you really believe in your product or service then it should sell that straight away’
‘Getting into debt is not cool, especially if you’re buying the wrong things’
VALUABLE RESOURCES Recruitment Boss Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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Does an entrepreneur really need an office? Or would it be okay to work remotely from home?
The choice depends on your productivity and current circumstances. If budget seems tight, then it’s best to work remotely at the beginning but then, it will require a certain discipline not to get distracted and not to slack off. That’s why Jay still suggests getting an office as soon as everything becomes stable.
Let Jay help you today in this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast on deciding where your workplace should be and more. Start tuning in.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Understand the present circumstances. Your working condition and working environment might be suitable only for the office setting. If you’ve got a tight budget or doesn’t see expanding soon, then consider working remotely to save up and increase the cash flow. Some entrepreneurs have a difficult time being productive at their own homes, so as much possible, they choose to separate the work from home by getting an office. Jay suggests that when the time is right—when you already got the budget—it’s time to get your own office. Look for service buildings in your area. When signing a lease, make sure you got a get-out clause. Be consistent with your business hours. Get whiteboards where you can write your KPIs.
BEST MOMENTS “Challenge yourself. What’s your bigger vision?” “Consistency always win over talent or anything else.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Recruitment Boss Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@jay-dhillon.com
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In this episode of the Business Mentor podcast Jay discusses his thought on Brexit and how it’s going to affect business. He also gives some tips and advice on how to prepare for big changes that will affect business such as Brexit.
KEY TAKEAWAYS 3 years ago I didn’t believe that people would vote Brexit. Think long term about your business decisions and think about your businesses strategy before you make any decisions. The property market will pick back up again so think long term and you never know what’s going to happen so look at your own strategy and where you are then make decisions based on what your circumstances are. Look at the opportunity that Brexit is going to bring rather than the negatives. Look at what other investors are doing especially people like Warren Buffet. Watch what your mentors are and aren’t doing and replicate them. There are so many amazing platforms now that are free where you can get information out there easily. Don’t wait for things to happen such as waiting for Brexit because you don’t actually know how long it’s going to take to affect things. Brexit’s been happening for 3 years now, imagine all of that growth you have missed out in the past 3 years because of holding back because of Brexit. Have a buffer so when the bad times do some you wont completely sink. Start saving when your money’s good.
BEST MOMENTS
‘You can’t run around with the panic of things that you can’t control.’
‘What’s you long term strategy?’
‘As long as you’re growing long term, compound growth will get you there.’
‘Generally speaking, the opportunity’s there for the taking’
‘Business changes all of the time and you and your business will have to adapt.’
‘Winners will be the one’s who are prepared and always looking for the opportunity.’
VALUABLE RESOURCES https://www.jay-dhillon.com The Business Mentor Podcast
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Jay discusses the business model that he believes is generally the best at the moment and why. One of the main reason for having a reoccurring business model is because it makes your business more attractive to investors or people who may want to buy your business. You could introduce this model to your current model too without having to start over. Listen to this episode to find out more!
KEY TAKEAWAYS The most lucrative models on the market are reoccurring. E.g. Netflix. This is much like a subscription based model where their revenue is monthly. These often charge less money however are generating monthly revenue. Having a reoccurring business model made the business a lot more attractive to buyers than having a model where our revenue came from constant of off deals. The other models do work and can work really well but over all in general the best model, I would say, is the reoccurring. Check out the 30-day business challenge that I did with Luca Gallone where we set up a reoccurring business model using a white label piece of software. What most people do is have a bit of both where there is a fixed cost as well as a reoccurring cost. In your business now is there a subscription or monthly charge that you can build in?
BEST MOMENTS
‘Reoccurring type of business is more appealing to an investor or someone who wants to buy your business.’
‘Always be interested in reoccurring business models’
‘Test the market itself’
‘When you have low fees people are more likely to come back’
VALUABLE RESOURCES https://www.jay-dhillon.com The Business Mentor Podcast
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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This time Jay is coming to you from a very special live event that took place at the Entrepreneur’s Secret To Success Event.
If you weren’t there on the day, then now’s your chance to hear Jay’s incredible keynote speech, in which he discussed his story so far, the importance of values, mentors, and the surprising places in which you find life lessons.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Everything that we do defines us. You can either let your challenges beat you, or learn from them.
Installing values into your children is important these days, especially as most children have everything.
Jay came out of university with few practical skills from his business degree, but did learn the far more important lesson of how to survive on a small amount of money each day.
Opening up to a mentor, and receiving their advice, is the best thing you can do. Not only can they help you achieve bigger things, but can pick you up at your lowest moments.
Sometimes it takes a tough period in your life to make you realise the value of the people you have in your life.
We’re always building our own personal story. Focus on it. Remember what you’re creating. Remember what you’re documenting.
BEST MOMENTS ’Stories are very important’ ’That’s how you make money: you get something and you sell it’ ‘You don’t need a complicated vision. You just need something to believe in’ ‘He gave me the belief that I could do it’
VALUABLE RESOURCES https://www.jay-dhillon.com The Business Mentor Podcast
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Time and time again there are people who don’t make the effort to begin with and don’t do their due diligence before jumping into the deep end when starting a business. They usually end up wasting a lot of time and money, here are tips on how to avoid this issue…
KEY TAKEAWAYS If you think of this amazing idea, ensure what you’re thinking is really what the customer will like or want a lot too. Have an idea where you know there are clients and customers that will definitely buy your products or services. You can do this by ensuring you’ve done all your market research. Work within the industry first or work alongside someone who has loads of experience in that market before you take the jump with your own idea. If you’re looking to open up a hairdressing salon and don’t have any experience, then you should rent per chair so you don’t have to hire any people yourself. Run some ads in the area on social media to see how high the demand is first. Don’t sign a lease for more than 1 year when starting off. Once you’ve got an idea, stress test it to check how much money you can make and look at examples of other people within your industry in your area. You could mystery shop which will also help you. Go to networking events and talk to people within the industry, get yourself into groups on social media and stay well connected with lots of people within your industry. Have them all give feedback on your ideas and gain other ideas or improvements for your idea. Be part of a mastermind or reach out to your mentor to see what they think.
BEST MOMENTS
‘We get really excited and jump straight in but the failure rate is massive.’
‘Do your market research’
‘You may think it’s a really good idea but how much demand is there for it?’
‘If you do your research properly, the chance of success is so much higher.’
‘Before you spend a penny, check the demand out, make sure the demand’s there.’
‘Test the marketing using ads.’
VALUABLE RESOURCES The Business Mentor Podcast
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Jay’s finding that lots of people are asking him similar questions, on of which is how to use social media. In this episode of The Business Mentor podcast Jay answers this popular question and expresses the importance of focusing on yourself and your journey rather than those of other peoples.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Social media is a great platform but don’t believe everything you see. People on there want engagement and attention. I look to inspire other people on social media. Don’t look at social media as an indication of your performance because people often fake how their life really is on there. They don’t tell you about their problems and issues they may be having. Don’t look at social media and think because you don’t have the same success as someone on there, you’re failing. Look at where you are now and think about what you can change right now for yourself to get to where you want to be. Break down the steps and make little changes daily until you get there. Look at your own journey not other peoples because often you don’t know what’s actually happening in someone else’s life outside of their social media.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Use social media as a motivation.’
‘Don’t use social media as an indicator of how well people are doing.’
‘Make sure you do your diligence.’
‘Don’t compare yourself to others on social media.’
‘Put in the work. Avoid the mistakes.’
VALUABLE RESOURCES The Business Mentor Podcast
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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In this episode of The Business Mentor, Jay explains why it is important in today’s world to start building your personal brand as soon as possible to open up new opportunities in your future (such as brand deals). Jay shares the simple initial steps you can take to set the foundations for you to build your personal brand on, the rest is your story to share with the world about yourself.
KEY TAKEAWAYS With today’s technology, company directors and CEO’s can be looked up and researched on Google, it is important for people to have trust in a company owner and understand what the person who runs the company is all about. Document your story, any achievements, promotions, travels, meeting of icons etc. Build your story, build a timeline of the events in your life that have led you to where you are in life now. Make sure you get your content out there for others so they can understand where you’ve been, what you have done in life and what you’re all about. Begin by making sure every social media platform has your name on them, even if your name has been taken, try get as near to it as possible, add ‘UK’ or an underscore to the end of your handle. Once you have it, you own it forever. Even the social media platforms that don’t have much traffic, get your name onto them early as you don’t know if it will explode in the future! It’s easier to leave an account inactive than to claim a username from someone else. Don’t worry about starting off small, you need to start somewhere, just keep posting content, share your journey with the world. There’s no rush to push your story out there, grow your audience organically.
BEST MOMENTS
‘A personal brand will stay with you forever’
‘Document your journey’
‘Be authentic to your story’
‘For me this is a marathon, not a sprint’
‘Everyday if you keep churning at it, things will change’
‘You got to be yourself. It is really important to be yourself. You can’t fake it all the time. Personal branding is about you.’
VALUABLE RESOURCES The Business Mentor Podcast
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Jay is joined by author, speaker, world record holder, entrepreneur and investor Rob Moore, back for a return engagement for the Business Mentor Podcast, in what is being billed as his most intimate interview ever!
Rob is here to answer your questions, and the response has been phenomenal. Listen as he discusses parenting, networking, podcasting, politics and what makes a good interview...
KEY TAKEAWAYS There isn’t much Rob regrets, but he does mourn the fact that he didn’t take his entrepreneurial chances a little earlier in life. There were chances that he could have taken, but didn’t. But Rob’s view on his past is that it’s always best to focus on the now, and on the future. As he puts it, “I don’t look back, I look forward” The most important thing, and the most rewarding, is to help others achieve their best. Rob’s success is incredible, but the real pleasure comes from knowing that he helps, influences and benefits others who are on the way up. When it comes to podcast guests for his show, Rob speaks to people that he thinks his audience will find interesting. The guest may not always be someone Rob likes or shares a point of view with, but the challenge is something he relishes. The qualities he generally looks for in a guest are:
Are they controversial? Will the guest help the show to reach a new demographic? Is the guest being requested by the audience? Rob doesn’t subscribe to the current trend for putting people down in public, especially those who are clearly more successful than others. They have got to where they are through clever marketing and by being the best in their field, no matter what their politics or beliefs are. It’s always better to concentrate on the things in life we can control. That should always be the focus for your time, energy, enthusiasm and work. Rob’s main ambition in life is to help as many people on the planet get better financial education and to start and scale their businesses, especially young and under-privileged entrepreneurs. The best way to reach your customer base is by any means possible. It’s always better to be on every social media channel, use every type of contact available, especially those your competition aren’t using. Rob uses handwritten letters to reach people and has seen huge success. Plus, using these methods allows for new ways to be disruptive.
BEST MOMENTS 'We all have challenges, we all have fallouts. That’s just part of business’ ‘I don’t look back, I look forward’ ’The success of others is really the measure of your own success’ ‘I try to have a multidimensional thought process when it comes to my guests’ ‘I like to think about what I can control, not what I can’t’ ‘When my time is up I want to have helped millions create a better life with their finances and business’ ‘Being disruptive means never standing still'
VALUABLE RESOURCES Rob Moore - Website The Disruptive Entrepreneur The Business Mentor Podcast
ABOUT THE GUEST
Rob Moore is a triple best- selling Property Author, public speaker, entrepreneur, and multi-million- pound Property Investor.
He co- founded the UK’s biggest property education company Progressive Property in 2006 with Mark Homer and has since helped over 100,000 entrepreneurs towards achieving the same, including consulting for many established multi-millionaires and keynoting at some of the UK’s most important business events.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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They can easily sell tickets in a couple of hours and fill an event. They don’t need to over-hype the products and services they offer. And, last, they don’t prioritise increasing their wealth-they prioritise giving the most value to others.
These are what a key person of influence do among other stuff.
In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay interviews Daniel Priestley, the Co-founder of Dent Global and the author of the best-selling book Key Person of Influence, to talk about how you could be one of them. Discover how you can move up the ladder and be one of the top business owners while being genuine on bringing value. Learn also about the 3 aspects of the entrepreneurial journey, the 2 secrets to success, the best way to learn in starting a business, and many more today.
KEY TAKEAWAYS As early as 19 years old, he was learning about sales, making 'copy', networking, etc. while working for his mentor. Daniel was already honing his skills, that would eventually help him start a fast-growing company which he launched when he was 21. And in just four years, he and his team already hit the million mark in sales. Learn how to turn marketing and sales into assets. Scaling up your business and branching out internationally went faster than expected for Daniel when he started doing it. In a certain industry, the top 5% earners are the key people of influence. These people who make all the money are the ones who also get most of the opportunities. When you position yourself as the key person of influence in your niche, you’ll always be the go-to person. There are two secrets to success: first is to actively do what you do and second, leverage value in what you do. There are three aspects that an entrepreneur has to go through, namely: finding value, becoming influential, and developing assets. Trial and error won’t be the best way in starting a business. You’ll be spending years to figure out things and this usually results in a lot of failures. The best way is to seek help and learn from the experts. Get a mentor, attend classes or networking events, and consume a lot of the resources (e.g. podcasts, books, webinars, etc.)
BEST MOMENTS “If you’re very good at sales and marketing and you got the machine, you can take anything to this and that.” “When you put something in a book, it basically allows you to relax about an idea. And, it gives you enough space for new ideas.” “This is the best time in history to be in the top 5% since the age of Rome.” “When you’re a key person of influence, everything works.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Key Person of Influence: The Five-Step Method to Become One of the Most Highly Valued Paid People In Your Industry by Daniel Priestly Gary Vaynerchuk Key Person of Influence Scorecard – Dent Global
ABOUT THE GUEST Daniel Priestley has long been passionate about entrepreneurship and helping people take on their entrepreneurial journey. He was considered one of the Key Person of Influence in his industry and has been sought after by companies and individuals around the world to be as a speaker and to share his expertise.
Daniel is the co-founder of Dent Global and the author of the four best-selling books Key Person of Influence, Entrepreneur Revolution, Oversubscribed and 24Assets. http://www.keypersonofinfluence.com/author/daniel/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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‘Make sure you put the time in’
So far on this podcast we’ve had several great guest and there are so many yet to come! But on this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast Jay discusses the most valuable asset that a person has and the important of using it in the right way, especially if you’re looking to start a new business.
KEY TAKEAWAYS I want to congratulate Luca Gallone who I mentor and have been working with for around 6 years now as he’s just hit 1 million followers on Instagram, which is amazing! He’s been on this podcast twice already and I hope to get him back on here again for some valuable content. Upon reflection of being an entrepreneur, the biggest thing for me was my time. This is because you have to take the time to learn all of these processes, lessons and things that help us become successful. When entrepreneurs fail it’s usually down to them not putting the time in to do things such as research. There’s been people who have said that they’ve done 18 hours of work to me but they’ve not been focusing on the right type of work. So ensure you surround yourself by people who have already been there and done it so you don’t waste that time on doing something that’s not really progressing you. Getting experience in what you want to be doing by working under someone in that niche is one of the best things you can do to learn from them. You’ll see what they do right and wrong and see how you can make your business different to your competitors. The 3 things that’s going to accelerate your success are either: Working under someone to gain knowledge, learn their model or get them as a mentor. If you’re looking to start a business, then put the time in researching and do your due diligence before you jump into anything.
BEST MOMENTS “Your biggest and best asset is your time.” “After 20 years in business I’m still learning.” “The reason my most successful clients have done so well is because they’ve put the time and work in.” “At the start you’ve got to put the work in.” ‘Get feedback from people who have already been there and done it successfully’’ “Get yourself a mentor.” “really value your time” “Use your time wisely”
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Millions of listens, tens of millions of downloads, thousands of people reaching out, and thousands of guests… Entrepreneurs on Fire Podcast’s numbers are ultimately on fire considering that they only started in 2013.
In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay talks to its founder John Lee Dumas. Discover today how podcasting can be a multi-million-dollar business as John bares the business models and strategies he has already used and mastered throughout his years of experience. He also shares some advice on choosing your niche, creating content, dealing with negative feedback, and being transparent.
Podcasting is not going anywhere. Start learning how you could be a multimillionaire like John through podcasting when you tune in.
KEY TAKEAWAYS John’s biggest advice: Care should be at the centre of everything you do. Care for the content you create. Care for the connections you build, whether it be with the guests, entrepreneurs, or followers. Care for the feedback and support you receive. You can’t please everyone. Don’t even try. Whatever value you put out there, they will be well-received by people who can only relate with them. How does John deal with negative comments? Empathy. “Hurt people hurt people.” For 71 months, John and his team have been putting out financial reports and have been releasing them monthly. John prides also that since 2013, the year they’ve launched, their revenues never went down the six-digit mark. 3 Qualities That Are Clear On The Successful Entrepreneurs John has interviewed:
Disciplined Productive Focused The Ripple Effect. John wants to inspire his listeners to get out of their comfort zone, start doing things that aligns with their passions and values, and also inspire other people through their actions. The future of Podcasting. It will be a part of every individual’s day while they do their chores while they work or while they unwind. If you want to start a podcast, find your niche and create unique, valuable content in the right momentum.
BEST MOMENTS “You just do what you can where you are with what you have.” “If you try to resonate with everybody, you resonate with nobody.” “Hurt people hurt people.” “…That’s why we publish our income report. We love it how it holds us accountable. Frankly, the reason you don’t see people doing it is because they’re not making money.” “Making the world a better place, that’s my legacy.” “Not everybody by a longshot can be an entrepreneur.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Entrepreneurs On Fire Podcast Podcaster’s Paradise The Podcast Journal The Freedom Journal The Mastery Journal
ABOUT THE GUEST John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of Entrepreneurs on Fire, a business podcast where he interviews successful entrepreneurs. EOFire, which has launched in 2012, was named Best of iTunes in 2013 and has now 2000+ episodes. It is still expanding and gaining a lot of followers all over the world. https://www.eofire.com/about/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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The ladder to success maybe isn’t what you expect. It might be very steep, a bit wobbly, and too long. So, in this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay interviews Grant Cardone, a multimillionaire entrepreneur and the best-selling author of The 10X Rule. Learn from him today some proven tips on how you can also be not just a millionaire, but a multi-billionaire entrepreneur. There’s no harm in thinking big, as long as when you build your legacy, you also contribute value to your society.
Discover also why your success solely depends on you, why financial responsibility as early as now is needed for individuals and families alike, and what habits do successful entrepreneurs have. Jay and Grant dive deep on these and more, so tune in.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Grant is a spiritual person. He’s aware of the oneness and the balance of energy needed within him and his surroundings. He’s able to quiet the noise and pass through any disorientation. Success is mostly determined by the individual’s personality, values, and behaviour. Don’t ask advice from millionaires, observe what the billionaires do. Most likely, millionaires want to conserve and avoid taking much risk. Dream big. Most people who put a limit on what they can reach only a dream for themselves. When wealth overflows, it’s best to share it to others. Not only have you contributed value to them, but you also have built your legacy. Financial responsibility starts with understanding where you stand in your financial status. Are you able to stand still if a big recession hits the market? Plan and start growing your finances. When we invest money, we only invest in two things: Low-cost providers of everything and be the best-known brand Invest on something that cannot be disrupted If you have a habit of looking for inspiration from successful entrepreneurs, tycoons, or thought leaders, only choose one person to follow. Merging the ideas from different people is difficult to do and often, it results to confusion.
BEST MOMENTS “I am comfortable in being wrong and willing to change my mind and go do something that gets me on the path that I need to be on.” “There are two kinds of successes: the one is what the public sees and the other as the person’s experience.” “A guy that makes 5 million is a selfish individual… All you’re thinking about is your experiences.” “Quit paying attention to the headlines; pay attention to your financial statement.” “Success is better if you want to share it with.” “Greatness will be rewarded
VALUABLE RESOURCES How To Become A Millionaire Now by Grant Cardone The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley
ABOUT THE GUEST Grant Cardone is a multimillionaire entrepreneur whose personal property empire is valued at over $900 million. He is also the Founder of Cardone Capital and the author of the best-selling book, The 10X Rule. Official Website: https://grantcardone.com/ Grant’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/GrantCardone/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome to this Bonus Giveaway episode of The Business Mentor Podcast!
This Friday on the Business Mentor Podcast, your Host Jay Dhillon interviews the legendary Grant Cardone! Make sure you are subscribed and listen in to this fantastic interview with the 10x guru!
For this episode, Jay is running a giveaway competition for all his listeners. Included in this giveaway is a physical copy of The Millionaire Booklet worth $40! (which Jay will ship to you!). Everyone who enters the competition will be given access to a digital copy as well!
But wait, there’s MORE! By Correctly answering, you will also be put into a prize draw for a free mastermind mentoring session with Jay! On a Saturday coming soon, Jay will invite 10 listeners to his boardroom in Derby for a mastermind session. You will also get his extensive workbook! This is normally for paid mentoring clients but Jay is offering this in with the giveaway
To be entered into this prize draw, all you need to do is answer the following;
What was Grant’s answer to the following question; Who would you pick; Steve Jobs or Bill Gates?
Email the answer to gcinterview@jay-dhillon.com
Remember to subscribe so you don’t miss out on Friday’s fantastic episode!
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Make sure you use negativity positively to grow and move forward!
In this episode, Jay takes a look at the effect negative comments have on us and how we all have the power to decide whether to use them as a positive or negative in our lives and business.
The world of social media the comments made by some can be challenging listen in to find out how you can turn it around and make sure positivity always wins.
KEY TAKEAWAYS It’s a part of your journey you will get negativity as you grow, get bigger in your brand and put out more content; there are always going to be people with different opinions. If you get negative comments don’t take it personally. Those people don’t know you personally and maybe making negative comments because they want to be you. If you delete the comments you provide them with more ammunition, use it as a positive if people are engaging with you then it’s a sign you are growing. Be humble and honest if you have said something that doesn’t fit very well or you have said something you shouldn’t have then use the feedback to grow and be better. It’s important to use it as a feedback mechanism If people have said something negative but you truly believe in what you are doing ask those such as your mentor and mastermind group. If they believe in you use their opinions as an indicator of your success. You can use anything, as a positive or a negative, be consistent in how you deal with it and make sure you treat negativity in the way it should be treated.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Initially, when I first got into content I wanted to delete anything negative but you should let it flow’
‘I had a strong belief in my business and vision and I used the negativity to drive me forwards’
‘Positivity will always win’
‘It can give you your ‘why’, you can use it in a positive way’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
The Business Mentor Podcast
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Land Rover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ
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‘Make sure you are always growing, have a long term vision of where you want to be and most importantly take the small daily steps which make the difference’
Jay discusses his journey in business identifying the times when he has not been fulfilled and motivated as points where there was no growth.
He explains how any business can achieve purpose and growth through continued actions and mindset, find out how you can grow successfully, listen in now.
KEY TAKEAWAYS You’ve got to always be moving forward and challenging yourself in new areas, you’ve got to be looking forward and have a big vision.
Mentors can accelerate your growth but you need the patience to work day in and day out. Always be growing and making sure you are moving forward. Reading
When you are reading focus on the books that will help you to grow in your area. If you are reading all sorts of different books but mastering none then you’ve become a book junkie. It’s vital that your reading focuses on your niche. Action
Make sure that every single day you are taking action, even if the action is small or you get it wrong, the routine of taking action every day is vital in the journey towards your goals. The helicopter view
You will have a vision statement and your goals, to ensure you are taking the right actions to move you forward towards those goals step back and take an overview of all areas and elements of your business regularly. The helicopter view will help you to see if your actions are making a difference. Mindset and health
It's vital that you stay healthy both physically and mentally. If you are ill the impact on your business could be significant.
There is always time to exercise but if you are extremely busy using an App means you can complete a routine where ever you are in just a few minutes. Meditation is a great way to help you stay in balance mentally and prepare you for the challenges of each day. Focus for growth
Always focus on growth, growing your business, growing yourself.
If you have a good road map of where you want to be and focus on, the helicopter view, reading, action and health you will keep growing.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Those who look great in their older years are those who are still growing, pushing forward and inquisitive about the world’
‘You’ll get it wrong, you’ll get it right but you must take action’
‘Inaction is the greatest demotivator’
‘The biggest thing is to expand your mind’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
The Business Mentor Podcast
The Slight Edge book by J Olson
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a
proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do
the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and
three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than
a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Land
Rover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33, Jay eventually
sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several
businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a
Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to
Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s
burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered
the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring
and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that
number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The
Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other
successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ
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Jay covers how essential your network is in order to grow yourself and answers the age old question “Is your network your networth?” It’s important to have a balance of networks. One being your personal one with your family and close friends. The other is one with people who are influential to you and are going to help you succeed within your business. To find our more, listen in…
KEY TAKEAWAYS Surround yourself by people who want to push you to do your best. A lot of people stay within the same circles and stay in their comfort zones. In order to get to your next level, you will need to look at the people that you surround yourself by. Reflect on where you are now and ask yourself if you’re part of a team that is going to push you forward. Focus on relationships with people especially the ones who are on a level that you want to be on and are going to push you. Technology’s accelerated now, you can reach out to people in multiple ways so it’s easy to contact people. As well as reaching out to people, listen to conversations that other people say. Choose people who are motivational and who will keep you positive and push you.
BEST MOMENTS “It’s not always about the people you’re with” “As human beings what really kicks us is growth. You’re most happy when you’re growing.” “It’s really important to look at where you are. Who’s pushing you to do better?” “The more people that you know, the more people that are going to help you.” “Get the balance right of people who are fun and can have banter with and people who will push you to be more successful.”
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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How you structure your meeting will determine the overall productivity and success.
Jay discusses a common question he is frequently asked
Why don’t my meetings produce results!?
Listen in as Jay discusses the difference between Chit-Chat and Business, why you need both and where to utilise each effectively to ensure your meetings are productive and successful. Chit-Chat Meeting for a coffee/chit chat too informal. A chit chat is a chit chat, social and brand building but not business strong. The lack of planned action, topics or dedicated outcomes makes it difficult to move away from the informality.
Business Go into the discussion as a proper meeting. Decide ideally a formal location, with agenda, and relevant assets & resources. That way you will have clarity, you’ll know what your structure is and the attendee/s will know what is and bring relevant questions and resources with them
Meetings are like dates; you don’t want to go for the kill on the first date. Get to know each other, build foundations. Then in the second meeting utilise this and get down to business
Don’t expect results if you’re just having a conversation. I am not saying forget the chit-chat but use it properly. Clearly structure and format your meetings. Both are necessary but use them properly.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Today on the episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, we hear the stories behind the success of White Box Property Solutions from the Founders Lloyd Girardi and Andi Cooke as they answer some questions from Jay. Lloyd and Andi were working in very different fields before they went on a risky journey of building their own property development company. They had little to no knowledge about it, but it turned out very well since they were willing to learn along the way.
Aside from stories on building and growing their business, we also get to hear some great tips for aspiring business owners out there. Discover how you can get most out of mentorships, how to have the right mindset, why you need a great team, and why you need to create vision boards from Lloyd and Andi, so start tuning in.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Lloyd and Andi were two different industries before they decided to start a property company together. Lloyd was in the lighting industry while Andi was in the construction industry. It helped that they were both naïve and ready to learn new things when they stepped in the property industry. It’s best to approach people who have already has years of expertise and experience in property developments if you are just starting. There’s a lot of risks that you need to take so as much as possible, you should be backed up by the right team so that you make the right move. Andi and Lloyd’s top tip for those who want to start a business is to make your business ‘YOU’. Make sure that it suits your personality. Copying somebody else doesn’t give off a good result and self-fulfilment. If you really want to see the outcome from what you’re learning from your mentor, you have to put the work in. When is enough, enough? Lloyd says they don’t really have a specific end goal, aside from improving themselves and growing their businesses. Having a vision is essential, so you’ll know what direction you’re heading to. You can create your vision board, which can be in video, audio or print format, and it will effectively remind you to focus on your goals.
BEST MOMENTS “Sometimes, you just need to put a step forward every day and just keep moving towards whatever the goal is, isn’t it?” – Andi “If someone’s already done it the way that you would do it anyway, leverage their knowledge.” – Jay “Do what feels right. You are your own individual brand.” – Jay “The answer and results you get are as good as the questions you’re gonna ask.” – Lloyd “Get in the right knowledge and put the work in.” – Jay “Money is everything, but it’s how you spend that money that makes you happy.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES White Box Property Solutions Ltd
ABOUT THE GUESTS Andi Cooke has been running a successful Construction Company, Red Box Property Solutions (Trading as Red Box Developments), since 2007 and continues to run the company. Red Box Developments are currently contracted by White Box Property Solutions Ltd for all of their property developments. In 2015 Andi restructured the company to manage the construction of some major developments.
Lloyd Girardi, previously worked for a major house builder (Taylor Wimpey) in the UK before being head hunted by ONN Financial, an independent mortgage broker in Northampton to work in the residential mortgage and insurance industry. Following the recession in 2007, Lloyd was made redundant after a corporate take-over of the company. Lloyd joined the lighting industry in a sales and marketing role before resigning in 2014 to start White Box Property Solutions Ltd.
The pair have grown their personal property portfolio from 1 property each to 161 between them in less than 4 years, with a mix of single buy-to-lets, HMO’s, Commercial Conversions and Development Projects. They now work closely with the Crowd Funding company, Funding Circle in order to get development finance for their projects. White Box Property Solutions Ltd offer competitive returns for private investors wanting to invest with them over various terms. Secured and Guaranteed.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Challenges will always be part of the journey if you want to be a successful entrepreneur. How you deal with them dictates how your outcome will be.
In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay discusses how important is caring for your mental health on your entrepreneurial journey. If you manage not to let challenges get the best of you, evaluate what happened, and move on from them, then you won’t ever be side-tracked in achieving your goals. What could help to maintain your mental well-being is having a support group, a group of like-minded people who can help and listen to you. It can be a mentor, a colleague, or a loved one. Discover how Jay found his support group and how you can find yours too when you start listening in.
KEY TAKEAWAYS It was quite an experience for Jay when he was just starting as an entrepreneur. His experience in business was to be considered very young to experience a recession. He didn’t know what to do. His company of 300 staff members had to shrink to a team of barely 50 contractual workers. When the time came that he knew he couldn’t do this on his own, he opened up to his mentor about his woes and struggles. He asked for advice and guidance. After talking to him, his mindset over it changed for the better. Build your support network with like-minded people who’ll be there for you even through tough times. It should be easy to open up with them if needed to, and vice versa.
BEST MOMENTS “You need to be honest with yourself if you’re going through tough times. If I didn’t open up for that particular time, then what would have happened is I would have just kept on going until I have a serious breakdown.” “The best people I know, the way they got through is to being open and honest.” “You’re gonna get challenges, that is without a doubt.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES com The Business Mentor Academy
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Before we start, Jay wants to express his utmost thanks to all who participated in the recently concluded Entrepreneur Secrets to Success Event held on the last 10th of May 2019. Jay is hoping to see your faces again on his next projects soon!
In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, as a ‘Thank You’ gift to all of you, Jay shares his own Three-Step Business Model. Yes, this is the one he has been using for a long time with his businesses, so we know that this model works! What puzzles most start-ups is how they can make their clients or customers stick with them; to move from availing the free stuff to availing the high ticket you offer, what’s the missing piece? Jay suggests you value the importance of the middle ground, the 2nd step in his business model. It’s a make-or-break step, so discover how this can benefit you when you tune in!
KEY TAKEAWAY
Step 1: Your first entry item to your client got to be free and of value. Many of the resources can be easily googled and are available for free. And, if you’re trying to attract your audience, consider offering a full experience on their first time. Show them the value they’ll get if they plan to stick with you in the future.
Step 2: You must over-deliver on the second item and offer a fixed fee. This middle ground is significant. Clients will feel that they’re money is worth investing on you if they think that they’re getting more of what they’ve expected.
Step 3: The third thing should be a high ticket. You’ve shown them how much value you can offer, so it’s acceptable now to charge them with your chosen price. They’ve already seen and understood how difficult it is that you do.
BEST MOMENTS “In any business, you gotta think about making sure that the first thing you do… the free item is really, really of value.” “To do this, I recommend you sit with your mentor or someone who has experience in the game.” “Because everything’s free and everything’s out there, you can’t just say, ‘Well, I’m gonna give a small version of what I can do for free.’ You gotta go full in.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES The Business Mentor Podcast: Creating a Profitable Business in 30 Days with Luca Gallone | Apple | Omny | Google | Stitcher RecruitmentBoss.com The Business Mentor Academy
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, your host Jay Dhillon takes the hot seat! He is joined by Lloyd Girard from White Box Property Solutions, who interviews Jay about his entrepreneurial journey. Jay can’t emphasize enough, what has always been fun and satisfying for him in his journey – and can be with you also – is the opportunity he has to contribute value to others; by mentoring and producing resources. There’s no pause or stop button for this passion of Jays.
Of course, there were a lot of challenges before Jay even got to where he is right now. Listen in today at how he managed these challenges and how he was able to scale up his businesses.
KEY TAKEAWAY Jay has been running businesses for 20 years. His first business was in recruitment, grew it, and sold it in 2013. He then explored property investment and started his online recruitment agency, com. He has also been mentoring entrepreneurs on how to start and scale up their business through The Business Mentor Podcast and The Business Mentor Academy. Jay is certain that believing in yourself and in your business that it will be successful did a massive impact on how he got to where he is right now. Challenges in running businesses?
He wasn’t ready when the recession came. What he did was he confided with his mentors and colleagues who have experienced it. Aside from motivating him, they gave him great advice and strategies. Find a mentor who will listen, understand, and help you with your career or business. There’s a large number out there to choose from, but you have to put in the effort and time to find the perfect match for you. Jay has always been passionate to give back and urges other entrepreneurs to do the same. Share your experience, inspire others to do what they want to do. Look at money as a way to create opportunities for you, your business and for other people. It will have a positive effect on your mindset, your focus, and your vision. He hopes that his content that he produces can change the lives of other people and will urge other entrepreneurs to do the same – to give back to other people. Jay’s Top Tips for Starters:
Everything you do in your business, systemize it. Treat everything as a business. Invest in sales and marketing. Develop your staff. Don’t let anything bring you down.
BEST MOMENTS “It’s hard to find the right one. There’s a lot of mentors out there, but you got to gel, and you got to get on with your mentor.” – Lloyd “Money is the auxiliary of business.” – Jay “My legacy is just leaving my footprint and changing the lives of people.” – Jay “Every business I’ve worked with – property, recruitment, e-commerce – it’s all about systems because that’s what tracks the metrics.” – Jay
VALUABLE RESOURCES The Business Mentor Academy The Business Mentor Podcast: Creating a Profitable Business in 30 Days with Luca Gallone | Apple | Omny | Google | Stitcher The Entrepreneurs Secret to Success Event | Friday | 10 May 2019
ABOUT THE GUEST
Lloyd Girardi is the co-founder of White Box Property Solutions, one of UK’s biggest property development training company. He is also the author of “Property Development - Discover the secrets to becoming a property developer, from scratch, using none of your own.” White Box Property Solutions LTD Lloyd’s LinkedIn
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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In this episode, Jay explains how important taking breaks away from your work is. He also covers the benefits of taking small breaks away from work and how they can benefit you in several ways.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Taking complete breaks from work can change the game When you’re working hard and are so busy that you don’t even consider taking time off, taking a break can be a massive game changer. I remember talking to my mentor when I was absolutely flat out and he told me I need to take a break, I felt like I couldn’t because I was so busy. But I later realised that not taking a break would lead me to crash and burn. You need to take breaks to notice the little things that can make a huge difference to your pathway. Take a day or two to relax and take a break to reflect on what you’ve done and achieved even if your mind is telling you you can’t. Mini breaks will help give you clarity of thought which is partially why you see all of these successful people playing golf, not only for Networking but to relax and have a break from their work. If you’re going through a tough time or a massive challenge, take some time away from your work. This doesn’t need to be a holiday or a big getaway, it could just mean an evening away from work enjoying some ‘you time’. Allow your body to be recharged, we as entrepreneurs think we’re machines that can keep going. However, we’re more like batteries and we need to be recharged, breaks will enable this.
Benefits of taking breaks from work You will have thoughts come into your mind that wouldn’t have come in there if you were thinking about your day to day work. It will give you the chance to refocus on your work, when you come back you’ll be refocused, which will give you a clearer mind and enable you to work more effectively. Breaks will benefit your health as your mind and body isn’t build to be stressed all of the time. It gives your body the chance to relax and recover. You’re able to become more creative when your mind is away from your work.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Taking a break is sometimes the biggest game changer’
‘Little things will be difficult to discover if you’re doing 100mph’
‘1:1 Mentoring is such a game changer for me and you get that focus of thought’
‘Take time out of your day to take a mini break’
‘Technically clarity will get you through problems’
‘As much as you think you can’t take time off, you can.’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Business Mentor Podcast
The Business Mentor Academy
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Land Rover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ
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The Power of Unity, Mentors and Leverage for the Entrepreneur
‘If you are not happy in what you are doing and feel you’ve got something inside you about wanting to have your own business then go and do it’
Catherine Turner and Jay Dhillon are in conversation discussing their entrepreneurial journeys and experience as mentors in this engaging episode.
They share a passion for mentoring and giving back, helping the next generation of entrepreneurs to achieve their dreams.
Listen in and be inspired to take action and begin your entrepreneurial journey.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The importance of Leveraging Learning to leverage is a lifestyle and being able to do it effectively is beneficial to your mental health. A lot of people don’t leverage in the right way or understand what leveraging is. It's important to leverage and systemise in the right way to gain the most impact. Leveraging your lifestyle to make memories with your children and family is what is important. These memories are what we have and hold throughout our lives.
The journey of an Entrepreneur If you are not happy in what you are doing and feel you’ve got something inside you about wanting to have your own business then take action and do it. You need to keep going through the tough times, this is when you will be most challenged but is an opportunity for learning. Do little things every day and momentum will build. Catherine – there was a moment of realisation that I could either be stuck in a job I hated and didn’t feel passionate about and wasn’t working or I could go my own way and do something I felt passionate about, that’s how it all started, and property was my entry point. Jay - I didn’t push my brand, I just wanted to build a business, but it is important to build your brand so getting out there and letting people know who you are and what you are doing is important to build your credibility and legacy. The journey as an entrepreneur is about change, as the journey progresses your goals alter to be more focused on the long term and making a difference, contributing giving back
Mentoring and Mentees A mentor has been there, done it, seen it, they can help you get through it. It’s about sharing and passing on the 'knowledge'. You have to have built a business before you are a mentor, it makes you more valuable. You have got something to give because you’ve gone through it. Having a mentor is about investing in yourself. When you are looking for a mentor, find someone who is living the lifestyle, you want someone who has achieved what you want to achieve. It’s a 2-way thing both the mentor and mentees must be invested in making it work. Mentoring and coaching are powerful because they hold you accountable. As a mentor, it’s important for mentees to achieve, to have made something. It's all about sharing and there is great unity in doing that. If you are not happy in what you are doing and feel you’ve got something inside you about wanting to have your own business then go and do it. You can achieve it in different ways, lots of people think you have to have money to make money but there is always a way to make money. Whatever it is there is a way to start if you have it within you, an entrepreneurial spirit.
BEST MOMENTS
‘The power is in the action you take’
‘It’s your story that they are buying into’
‘You need to go through some challenges to learn and develop’
‘Go through your journey and when you are ready then undertake mentoring’
‘Hiring into chaos only creates more chaos. Making sure you have the systems in place and a plan is vital’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Leveraged Lifestyle Podcast
Ideal Collective
Business Mentor Podcast
The Business Mentor Academy
ABOUT THE HOST
Catherine Turner, your host of Leveraged Lifestyle
Catherine is an iTunes No.1 podcast host of Leveraged Lifestyle, entrepreneur, businesswoman, an Inspirational Speaker, world record holder, Co-Director of Ideal-Collective.com and a mum of 2!
Catherine quit being an employee in 2013, after working more than 50+ hours on average a week, over 3 jobs. Jobs, hours and a lifestyle that had led to a diagnosis of clinical depression before the age of 25.
In 2011/12 Catherine discovered the power of investing in property, and tried many different property investment strategies over the years, finally settling on Serviced Accommodation in 2015, which has now grown from one unit in her home town of Chelmsford, Essex to over 50 across the UK, helping investors, landlords and developers create a better return on their money or property.
This year, Catherine and her husband Stephen, also her business partner, joined forces with the Directors of LoLite Homes to create the Ideal-Collective.com, which is all about leveraging the services and knowledge of all four Directors when it comes to Serviced Accommodation, Social Media, Finance & Virtual Assistants.
Catherine started Leveraged Lifestyle podcast to give business owners and those not leading their ideal lifestyle, to learn the mindset and skill set it takes to create a lifestyle of Freedom, by leveraging time, money & knowledge and using outsourcing and systemisation.
CONTACT METHOD
http://www.catherineaturner.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/catherineturnerspeaker www.instagram.com/catherineannt https://itunes.apple.com/…/leveraged-lifestyl…/id1380225106… https://www.stitcher.com/…/progressivepr…/leverage-lifestyle www.facebook.com/catherineturnerspeaker
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Land Rover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ
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It’s time to be the hero of your own life story.
Aren’t you tired of always playing as the prey, anyway? Life gets tough, and it’s you, and you alone, who could pull you out of that phase. Now’s the time to build the right mindset to prepare yourself on your ultimate success.
In this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay talks to Rachele Brooke Smith, an actress and the Founder of the Disruptive Movement. Discover today the different techniques you can use so you can disrupt your thoughts and empower yourself for the next significant steps you’ll do that will change your life. Being the best version of yourself does not require extravagance; use your power within you and take control of your mind, body, and soul to get there.
KEY TAKEAWAY While young Rachele’s friends were attending parties, she was busy preparing for personal development conferences. This was her childhood. It was full of fascination with how the mind works and how important mindset is. Rachele started The Disruptive Movement to help and empower everyone so that they become the hero in their life stories. It’s how you perceive and react to what’s happening to you that could either make or break what you want for your future.
Techniques in Having the Mindset for Success: Be open-minded. If there’s a part of you, your tasks, or your goals that is not serving you or not making you happy about yourself, then be open on trying new things. Have a healthy routine. Create patterns in your daily life depending on what you want your life to be. If you want to be successful and happy in the future, then you have to win at things that you’ll do today. Harness your power of creativity. We’re all creative beings. Choose to use your creativity to produce compelling experiences to help other people. Remember that you are what you consume. What books, podcasts, and videos are you consuming? Who are the people you are following in social media? What are the foods you’re eating? Practice gratitude. On the end of each day, Rachele records herself speaking about things that she’s grateful of. She relistens to them regularly to remind herself and reaffirm her visions while on her journey. Start with a tiny habit. Being disciplined and deciding to make tiny habits every single day can bring a massive benefit to your life right now and in the future. Create value for others. In the digital world, where most people consume their time online, and there’s a lot of noise when it comes to content, it’s best that you aim to be one of helpful voices even to a small group of people. Learn about the Release Meditation Technique. This leaves everything in the past and opens you up to new possibilities. Have a mentor. Find someone who could help you to refocus when you get lost along the way, to brainstorm your ideas with, and also to reinforce all your visions.
BEST MOMENTS “When I first started acting and dancing, that’s the first time I felt alive.” “All the things that I thought the worst that happened to me along the journey ended up being the best things.” “If you keep doing what you’re doing, you keep getting what you’re getting.” “Vulnerability is a superpower.” “What has been helpful is to say, ‘I’m so grateful I’m in the process of becoming my strongest and most beautiful self.’” “Anytime I feel fear, I am rewiring myself so that I feel it, acknowledge it, and be disruptive anyways.” “If you really want to change, you have to have a lot of pain around it.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES As A Man Thinketh by James Allen The Disruptive Movement Forget big change, start with a tiny habit: BJ Fogg at TEDxFremont |TEDx Talks YouTube The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy Abraham Hicks Brendon Burchard’s Release Meditation Technique | YouTube
ABOUT THE GUEST
Rachele Brooke Smith is an actress, dancer, an inspiring role model and a motivational speaker. She is also the co-founder of The Disruptive Movement, which aims to help others to achieve their goals.
Aside from growing her entertainment career and doing motivational speaking engagements, she also produces her own motivational web show called UNBREAKABLE where she takes you behind the scenes on her daily pursuits of her dreams, passions, and goals. Follow Rachele on Instagram. Visit com.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Should You say Yes to Every Customer or Client?
Should you say yes to every customer or client?, This is a frequently asked question by entrepreneurs and in this episode, Jay provides not only the answer but advice on how you can consistently qualify your customers and clients to make sure they are right for you and your business.
Listen in now to hear how to build an avatar of your ideal customer and use it effectively to move your business forward.
KEY TAKEAWAYS When you start a business you are at your most vulnerable and if you get the wrong type of customer or wrong company then it can stress to both you and your business. You need to qualify a client and make sure they are the right fit for you. Creating an avatar of your ideal customer can be an effective way to establish who your ideal customer is. It will provide you with a checklist of what you want to work with and will represent your ideal customer. You will find it easier to recognise what is and isn’t a good client for you and your business It’s important to recognise there is a difference between a bad client and a difficult client. A bad client will be someone who doesn’t pay, doesn’t give the information you need and their expectations are not what they should be. A difficult client will be someone who asks lots of questions. It's important to not say yes to any customer or client unless you are really sure they are the type of people you want to work with. Work on a sales funnel so you are bringing in a continuous flow of new customers and clients then you are in a position to decide who you say yes or no to.
BEST MOMENTS
‘It’s so much easier if you have identified your ideal customer by creating an avatar’
‘Not only am I checking if I can help them I’m also working out if I want to work with them’
‘We don’t say yes to everybody’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Business Mentor Podcast
The Entrepreneur Secrets to Success Event 10 May
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Market crashes. Brexit. Recessions.
Be prepared. Look out for your business.
In today’s episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay urges you to prepare for recessions and market crashes. It’s unpredictable when and how grave will recession’s effect be to your business, so it’s better to anticipate the worst right now. Don’t miss the 4 tips that Jay gives on how to prepare for a recession. Whenever it happens, you have to be equipped to get through it. Remember to yourself surrounded by the right support group (including your mentor), be financially stable, and be adaptable. Discover more when you tune in.
KEY TAKEAWAY A recession happens, on average, every 10 years. It happened since 1946, and it’s unpredictable of when exactly it’s going to happen and what’s its effects will be. The last recession that occurred in October 2007 took 65 months to recover. Lately, there has been too much competition, and a lot of people are looking at investing in property. According to Jay, that’s a tell-tale sign that recession is coming. Laying off employees happens a lot in the first phase of recession. You don’t know what you don’t know. You have to be prepared when it happens. For Jay, it was approaching his mentor about it. He asked about his mentor’s experience, studied about the recession and did a SWOT analysis. It became clearer for Jay how he should plan for his business’ next move. Keep going even if it’s recession. It will happen no matter what, and your business shall be able to withstand the outturns. You should be fully aware of even the minute details of your business so you can prepare, and once it happens, it’ll be easy to adapt. 4 Tips for preparing for recession: Have an emergency fund. Jay advises that you save at least 10% of your business’ profit. The sooner you start, the better. Have multiple streams of income. If you only did one market, you’re vulnerable. There’s a lot of ways you can earn income. Look into where you can branch your primary business, look into the skills that you can develop.
Keep some cash aside. When the market crashes, stocks become cheap, so buy stocks.
Have the right support network. The most important thing is you have the right mindset that can face the consequences that happen during a recession. If you’ve got the right mentor and the right community, you become firmer and more driven to overcome it.
BEST MOMENTS
“If you’re not prepared, when it comes, it could take out the market.” “Recession comes out of the blue.” “When recession does come, rather than panicking and saying, ‘We can’t do anything’, we did a simple SWOT analysis.” “If you’re going through hell, just keep going.” “You may never use your emergency fund, but at least it’s there when you need it.”
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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In this episode of the Business Mentor Podcast, we hear Jay answers questions during the Q&A session during a talk about ‘Property as a Business & Multiple Streams of Income’ which was held last February 26 in Long Eaton Hub. He met with fellow property investors, and he was an absolute inspiration and a mentor to all of them.
Jay also talked about his businesses – how did he start and grow them, what efforts he has to put in them, and what obstacles he has to face every single day. If you want to increase your streams of income, make sure to take down notes of what Jay has to say about it.
KEY TAKEAWAY When to start your brand and create your content? The ‘brand’ can just be doing one or two post on your Facebook. When Jay began the Business Mentor Podcast slowly. It wasn’t getting enough engagements, but this didn’t let him stop producing content. But now, he was able to monetise it and invest the money to the team. He sets up the systems to set up his brand with the help of his staff and technology. When something unexpected happens, what do you do with it? Acknowledge the fact that not everything you do will go as you planned. Be ready for it and condition yourself that there will be times that you’re going to do things outside your comfort zone. Sometimes you’ll have to stay in and won’t be able to go home to get a shower or see your family. There are sacrifices. What is passion? Jay’s mentor advised, “If you do something well enough and it makes you money, it makes you passionate about it.” That’s the way it goes. Passion is overrated and makes some money. What drives Jay to do the podcast? Jay answers the legacy out of it, and he’s able to help other people. He’s happy that he’s doing what he loves right now. What do you do if you want to start a business (i.e. coaching business)? Think of what you can charge. Offer them a demo service for free. High ticket – Think of what events could you offer. Start small. Should you use LinkedIn? LinkedIn is one of the hottest platforms. It’s easier to network and get some resources on the platform.
BEST MOMENTS “You got to get on with it. Sometimes you got to get dirty.” “For me, I work for mentors that are above me. I look up to them and think, ‘I want to be on your level.’” “Don’t think of building your social media to build this massive platform. Just build a core group of people and built it slowly.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Recruitment Boss The Business Mentor Podcast | Omny | iTunes | Stitcher
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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“Rejections should not discourage you or should it end your dreams.”
As entrepreneurs, you’re going to have to accept that it is highly likely that you won’t please everyone. A customer can love your product/service, but they could also dislike it too. But should you be affected by a sole customer’s decision?
Today on The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay discusses the 4 key areas to focus on when dealing with rejections in business. It’s understood the first rejection will significantly hurt you and that’s okay; We are only human! But you have to accept that there can and will be more rejection in the future. Treat them as motivation that can help you grow and progress in your business. Time to discover more! so tune in...
KEY TAKEAWAY Rejection an excellent way to tell you that your product is not good enough for the market. You’ll be rejected not just once, but twice, thrice, or a couple of times. But you should take this as learning instead. You won’t please everybody. But you have to have that burning desire to continue what you have started and aim to be successful. Get the right people around you. Have a mentor who you can help you grounded and remind you of your long-term goals. Don’t let rejections get to you.
4 Areas to Look At When Dealing With Rejections In Business: Don’t take it personally. Your business is a separate entity from your personal life.
For example, some business owners think that selling their products and services to their family and friends. Though it might be good for your business, there’s a possibility that they really don’t need and buy them. And business owners tend to get hurt when this happens. Make it a learning opportunity. Aim for constant learning. If someone tells you something, listen and make notes on how you can incorporate it to improving your business. Use it to educate customers. Instead of seeing the customer’s comments as an attack, why don’t you educate them on what you can do for them and what other services can your offer. Give them free trials, demos, etc. Take it as an indicator where to go next. Round up 50-60 people, ask for feedback, and evaluate the gathered data.
BEST MOMENTS “Rejection is part of the business. You are gonna get rejected.” “Rejection is not a bad thing, it’s a positive thing.” “If someone or the statistics and the math are telling you that the part isn’t up to speed, it’s a great way to learn, right?” “A lot of us assume that the customer we deal with knows everything about our product, they don’t. so, have an option to educate them.”
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ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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What drives you to keep going in property? One of the fascinating questions that serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist Jay Dhillon poses to Mark for The Business Mentor Podcast. They talk about Mark's childhood in Singapore, how he got into property and the rights and wrongs of politics and property in 2019. Listen here for a conversation on learning from two experts in property, and business.
Key Takeaways
What are you doing at the moment? I’ve got three projects on the go at the moment. Our biggest project is just under 100 flats. I’ve got another project, with a commercial tenant on the ground floor with some residencies above. I’m doing lots of different things, with various different projects.
How was your childhood? I was born in Singapore and came back to England when I was around 12. I went to an international school in Jakarta in Indonesia. Jakarta is a crazy city, pollution, and people everywhere. I learnt the local dialect and played outside with the other kids in the area. I’ve found that to be a really useful experience in dealing with very different types of people.
Private schools give you a bigger network and a bigger outcome. The difference between the mindset of the private school, and the local college in the area is massive. The people I met at college are all doing more vocational things like dentists, doctors, and solicitors. Whereas the private school went more into business, and are earning lots of money. There is no right and wrong, but if you have the opportunity to invest in your children you can.
The academics are really useful. If my child wants to go to university, I’ll encourage them to but at the expense of life skills, I think that’s wrong. I think if you can have academic skills, and have business skills, rather than just what a textbook says then that’s even better.
In 1997/98 it was like the gold rush, and the market was ripe. My father had worked across the globe and met a lot of business people. He knew that business and property was a good route to go down. My friend had made over £70,000 on property and even without planning permission added an extension. I got really into property books, videos, learning loads. I met a local letting agent who'd figured out which properties were good to buy in Peterborough, which is where I started really.
I’d bought lots of properties abroad especially in Eastern Europe and Florida. So I thought that when they would enter into the EU there would be an increase in the middle class and the property values would go up. What I didn’t realise was that I didn’t know the local knowledge. It’s really exciting to have international property, but the yields are really low, and the maintenance will be very high. Everything that you’ve learnt in the UK is wrong abroad, and you have to learn it all again. There is lots of corruption in various different places around the world, and it’s really difficult to work out the local rules if you’re not from there.
Treat your property as a business, so systemise it. The one guarantee in business is that it will change. If your systemising your business, doing monthly management accounts, and getting your viewings and inspections sorted then you are going to find it easier to adapt to the change. You’ll find it easier to grow your business because you are able to find out what is working and what isn’t.
Do you think the middle class now are being hammered, so you need to grow all the time? You need to grow otherwise you are in decline. If you carry on doing what you’re doing and not grow, then you will fail. We’ve had various changes in the legislation, and it will all happen again. Make sure you get a really good accountant, who’ll be able to save loads of money for your tax bill.
Let’s talk about Jeremy Corbyn if he did get into power what would happen? People were concerned about the Labour party before but Tony Blair turned out to be quite a light touch. He says he will introduce rent control, but hasn’t given out any specifics on that. Dependant on how that is introduced could be positive or negative. He says he is going to nationalise, water, and rail. With big companies, he says he will give 10% of the shareholders to the staff, but I don’t know how that is going to work in practice because they are so divested. I don’t think he will be a sustainable model. The debacle that is the EU is costing the country millions in decisions not taken, and uncertainty.
Which property/business strategies will work in 2019, and why? In business and property it’s best to find what you love and what you’re good at. If you’re good at marketing then build a business that needs that skill. Build a team around you who are good at the things that you are not good at. It’s better to do what you love rather than what’s hot in the media at the minute.
What drives you? What keeps you going? I like driving income, and rent roll, I like having a bigger and bigger wall of money to hit the back account every month. I find that very exciting, more than the value of the properties. I get a lot of pleasure in learning from others in the training business we have. We are able to have choices, travel and buy the right house that I want.
Where would you start in property now? I would buy single lets, under £140,000, probably stuff that has been built in the 1970’s. West Midlands, and in the North are probably best rather than in the South. Cut your teeth, and make some mistakes before moving to HMO’s. You don’t have to move up, just do what you enjoy.
What mentors have helped you? There have been loads of different people over the years. I have a lot of friendships who’ve done lots of different things, often in their 50’s and 60’s who have been there and done it all. I had more informal type mentors.
Best Moments
‘My background was really good for helping me deal with lots of different people.’
‘There were other people at boarding school whose family owned big businesses.’
‘Through those years I learn loads and loads about business.’
‘I think the network is worth everything.’
‘Private school kids all wanted to go into business.’
‘We are a reflection on what we have been taught.’
‘Network is your net-worth.’
‘You can’t learn everything in a textbook.’
‘Take the calculated risk.’
‘I got really really excited with property.’
‘Everything that you’ve learnt in the UK is wrong abroad, and you have to learn it all again.’
‘It’s really exciting to have international property, but the yields are really low, and the maintenance will be very high’
‘Investing in the UK works.’
‘You do end up making more money in markets that are more efficient.’
‘There is one guarantee in business is that it will change.’
‘Systemisation is key.’
‘You have to be growing otherwise your declining.’
‘The value of getting a good accountant is priceless.’
‘Accountants are not a consultant unless you pay them to.’
‘Do your own research, and take your questions to the accountant.’
‘I think Corbyn is going to go on a spending spree.’
‘I think it will be an unsustainable model.’
‘Politicians have been telling so many lies.’
‘Theresa May is like the school teacher keeping it all together.’
‘If you are making products, uncertainty on the price of your produce., is unacceptable.’
‘Uncertainty is affecting business everyday because of Brexit.’
‘I like driving income, and rent roll’
Valuable Resources
E-Myth
Life's Leverage
ABOUT THE HOST AND GUEST
Jay Dhillon
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
Mark Homer
Mark Homer is an entrepreneur investor. He has worked with investment since he was 15 years old using the laws of wealth! He is a spreadsheet analyst with an impressive following from major publications including BBC Radio, The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, as well as co-authoring the UK’s best-selling property books. Mark has always looked for the best investment vehicle, and at the end of 2007 with Rob Moore the co-founder of Progressive Property his joint portfolio produced more profit than any of the other investments he’d tried in the last ten years, combined.
CONTACT METHOD - Mark Homer
Markhomer@progressiveproperty.co.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markhomer1
https://www.facebook.com/markprogressive
https://twitter.com/markprogressive
Contact Method - Jay Dhillon
Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386
Website: https://www.jay-dhillon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaydhillonuk
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‘The Entrepreneurs' Secrets to Success event, elite individuals sharing their knowledge’
The Business Mentor podcast is nearly a year old and Jay has interviewed entrepreneurs with net value sales of over a billion pounds around the world.
To celebrate the success of the podcast series Jay is hosting a very special event with elite guests who will share their knowledge and help you move to the next level, listen in to find out how you can be a part of this very special celebration event.
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Entrepreneurs' Secrets to Success event will bring together elite individuals to share their knowledge. The event will celebrate the success of the podcast series and will also provide you with knowledge that you can use to take you to the next level Entrepreneurship has different cycles of skills - speaking, negotiation, branding and sales. The guest speakers at the event will bring these elements together. Kavita Oberoi OBE
There have been many barriers to her progression, but she has overcome them to build successful businesses and set the bar very high for entrepreneurship. Ed Hollands
Ed won investment when he took part in the BBC Dragons Den series. He built a successful business from an idea he had at university. He will be speaking about how to pitch and how to take an idea forward into a business. Luca Gallone
Luka is going from strength to strength with huge numbers of views for his videos and has secured fantastic brand deals. He has some of the best social engagement in the world and is going to be talking about how to get your brand to go viral and how to build and monetize your brand. Mark Pegg
Mark is an actor and director, with extensive experience. There is a clear link between acting and business, the negotiating, the selling and presentation and he will be sharing his expertise about how to develop your skills. Winston Clements
An International public speaker with the most amazing energy and a phenomenal attitude. Winston brings incredible positivity to all aspects of life. If you can't break that barrier then Winston will inspire you.
BEST MOMENTS
‘On the podcast, I have identified the secrets to success that entrepreneurs share’
‘Knowledge is power, and people are able to be successful even if they have started with nothing’
‘People have gone on to do great things’
‘It will be small so that people can network together effectively’
‘Her story is one of amazement’
‘He has gone through the whole process’
‘To have him in the room talking about this is amazing, he doesn’t usually do events’
‘This guy is actually doing it, one of a kind’
‘To take it to the next level you need to sell it’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386?mt=2
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Keep It Simple.
In this fascinating episode, Jay explains the quickest way to make more money for anyone. He shares the techniques and processes he uses when working with entrepreneurial mentees, shaping and growing their businesses.
Jay takes us through practical advice that can be implemented rapidly and will quickly lead to more income.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Look at what you already have
Record all the income streams you have, this may be one or multiple streams. What is generating income now? How can you generate more income from your current income stream. This is the quickest way to make more money.
Double up
If you are already making money from something then the quickest way is to double up. There will always be opportunities for innovation but it's important to never neglect the money-making part of the business.
Systemise it
If you have reached a ceiling with your current income stream, don’t want to work in it or grow it further then you should systemise it.
Entrepreneurs, by their nature, like new ideas so the danger is that you pursue this and neglect the income stream that is making you money. Systemising your business can help to ensure that the money-making income streams run smoothly.
Use a proven formula
If your motivation is to make money very quickly so you can build your business around it, then use a proven formula.
Something that has been done before, something that has positive results, an industry that is making money.
Get the education, get the mentors, get the mastermind and be part of something that will give you the information you need to make it a success.
Once you have created more cash flow you will have more freedom to innovate and develop new ideas
BEST MOMENTS
‘Go into an industry where you know you can make money’
‘If you don’t look after it the income stream that is making you money will dry up’
‘You may see a new and shiny idea and think it's going to make you lots of money’
‘You’ve already got the systems in place’
‘Look at what you’ve got initially then move forward’
‘You get bombarded by loads of videos telling you how to get rich in 30 days’
‘You don’t need to overcomplicate it’
‘Ultimately we want to do it for ourselves we want to be the first into the market, innovative and find something different’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386?mt=2
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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This episode is a fantastic opportunity to find out about the journey of Paz Heer ‘ Cake Maker to the Stars’. Jay discusses with Paz the traits of entrepreneurs and how these have played a vital role in the success story of the ‘Cake Maker to the Stars’. Listen in to find out more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS The beginning of the journey
I went through university studying marketing and retail but still didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do. Entrepreneurs were very much a part of our family. My mum broke down barriers in her work as the first lady Asian driving instructor in Midlands alongside her role as a social worker. When there was an opportunity to take over a cake business and I went for it.
I didn’t know anything about baking and had to work my way up from the bottom. I worked with the previous owners and learnt from them.
I started at the grassroots of baking, learnt all about that and then was able to begin learning about decoration. I have always been creative, so the decorating was an exciting prospect. I took the skills I learnt and then practised extensively. I had no other option other than to practice non-stop, it's not glamorous.
As a business owner you’ve got realise that you are always learning. Lots of business owners fail to recognise this and it is damaging to their businesses. Knowing your worth
You take on everything when you start, whether you can do it or not – it’s being a busy fool, you need to understand your skills and worth and develop the confidence to say no in some circumstances.
Why do all those hours if you are going to end up with something the customer doesn’t want, there is no profit involved and you potentially damage your reputation. Reputation is everything
If you have a product or service you must take a long-term view. With the reviews we have, as part of service, the market will call you out. Sometimes you may not be able to compete on price but can offer great service. Doors opening
I had the opportunity to make a cake for Floyd Mayweather and the media coverage opened lots of new doors. Following the positive media, I networked to secure more work with high profile celebrities. This was important as I was aware the initial media interest in the Floyd cake was limited so I wanted to make sure I could continue the wave. Future plans for the business
I am going to launch my own YouTube video series and brand aimed with the celebrity cakes as I want to see how far I can go with this and I am still very involved in the day to day aspects of the cake shop
My passion is the designing of cakes where I’m given a brief and have the opportunity to be creative doing new things. Key lessons
There is no short cut, I had to wash pots and work my way up
You have to keep doing it over and over, don’t give up something will happen
With patience and hard work, you will create the luck
BEST MOMENTS
‘Let the dots connect themselves together’
‘A true trait of an entrepreneur is about putting the work in’
‘If you’re looking to buy a business find out if the current owners care’
‘It’s all about the networking’
‘It’s a piece of art, not just a cake’
‘You're not just feeding someone with the cake it's about creating a celebration’
‘You can create a visual and a special memory for lots of different celebrations’
‘Grab everything, work out how to do it later’
‘I’d rather have a happy customer’
‘I’m talking big time, ‘A’ list celebrities’
‘Everyone has their own personal journey’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386?mt=2
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
ABOUT THE GUEST
Paz Heer from AB cakes
From selling cakes in a shop in Wolverhampton to now making cakes for all the A-list celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Floyd Mayweather and Anthony Joshua. He has been recently featured in the media and has won several awards and his business is growing from strength to strength.
CONTACT METHOD
https://en-gb.facebook.com/abcakesuk/
https://www.instagram.com/pazheer/
http://www.ab-cakes.com/
https://pazsinghheer.wordpress.com/
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In this episode, Jay looks at the critical role numbers and maths play in understanding your business and being successful.
He provides us with a pathway through the numbers in business and shares how you can make it work.
KEY TAKEAWAYS It’s using a set of numbers to come up with a solution The numbers game will get you the desired result, A Personal trainer, 5 a day are all mathematics. If you smoke and drink every day then you will be looking at negative numbers. In business people talk about you being lucky and about taking a risk but for every business that is successful there are 95 that are not. I looked at those businesses that were successful and they all shared the same activities day in and day out. It came down to them doing the same activity day in and day out, they got really good at the numbers. Once I learned that method I applied it to my business. The sales activity is really important to monitor, there are certain things you can’t monitor but you can monitor the number of sales calls, the number of visits, the number of KPIs and the number of contractors out. When you start building your team in marketing and sales you can base your results on maths. Look at maths as your business – ‘here are the statistics I know that if we hit this’
The data will drive your activity and the activity will drive your results. If I look at the data I can see where the activity is. Get started tracking and recording the numbers daily, weekly, monthly, yearly
This will really drive your success. If you work hard on an activity but don’t track it you will not know what is working.
You need to review the key performance tasks that are going to get you the revenue you are targeting.
BEST MOMENTS
‘You’re just spreading yourself to thin and the thing that’s making you revenue will stop making revenue’
‘If you want to go with new idea leverage your existing business so it can run without you’
‘You’ve got to know your numbers’
‘Very easy to put a spreadsheet together’
‘Are you seeing your activity doing what you want’
‘Are you getting the revenue you want’
‘It’s using a set of numbers to come up with a solution’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
“I’m in a unique position because I’m going to be more memorable and I use this to reach as many people as possible”
In this episode, Jay interviews Winston Clements who shares his story of being memorable and his perspectives on how resilience and positivity should be a part of everyone’s lives. Listen in now to find out why.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
I started in corporate financial services within technology roles and then moved to consultancy work in software engineering. I initially began public speaking as a hobby but demand for my speaking work has increased and the majority of my time is now focused on sharing my story.
I have a condition known as Brittle Bone. This means my bones break very easily, during my childhood I experienced more than 100 breaks in my bones, this is the nature of the condition but as I have grown older it has stabilized.
I’ve always been open with people about my story and it inspired me to want to be a public speaker.
You have a very strong mindset, where does that come from?
I had physical challenges, but my parents brought me up to believe I was the same as anyone else. My sister and I have always been treated equally. So, at school, I expected to be the same as everyone else.
Overprotecting me would have hindered my progression, I was able to get out there fall over a few times and learn to pick myself up which is the reality for everyone.
I had my down days like everyone else, but I learnt to focus on my strengths. I’ve always found it easy to make connections, be present in the situation and so I concentrated on developing those and being happy.
What challenges did you have gaining employment?
In my mind, I thought getting a job would be very straightforward, but it took me 6 months to find my first graduate job. During this time, I looked at my mindset and I realised I needed more resilience as it's not just about having the talent but about keeping going even though I didn’t see results straight away.
Where did you find resilience?
Lots of my close friends got jobs within 1 or 2 months and I started to question how it was possible for them not me. I then realised I needed to look closely at myself and stop playing the victim, blaming it on being different. So, I decided to take ownership of it and instead of applying for 6 or 7 jobs a week I doubled my efforts over everything.
Have you had any mentors?
I’ve had several mentorship experiences and some that have been life changing. One of my mentors helped me to understand my mission and purpose – that my disability, is my gift, it is about a bigger picture and supporting others.
Mentors – it’s all about finding the right fit someone who has experience of where you want to be and someone who you have a rapport with.
How do you deal with the down days?
I’m a human being and being resilient is a spectrum. Like everybody else, there are days where I feel more or less resilient than on other days.
I surround myself with people who are honest with me, pull me up and aren’t afraid to tell me how it is and expect accountability from me.
What are you doing at the moment?
I still do some consultancy work but am hoping to move across to speaking full time and sharing my message as much as possible through courses and workshops.
The thing that has enabled me is that it is my passion, I just want to give value and help people. When you put value first and concentrate being the best at what you do everything else just falls into place.
BEST MOMENTS
‘They just wanted me to have as normal an experience as possible’
‘The easy route is usually not the best route’
‘The comfort zone is to stay in the victim mentality, at that moment you don’t have to try’
‘If you take action you can change things for yourself’
‘Failure happens the day you stop trying and anything in between is feedback’
‘Whatever you have you need to turn it into a positive’
‘When an individual messages me to let me know I’ve made an impact on them’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386?mt=2
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
GUEST BIO
Winstons Website for more details:
https://winstonclements.com
Winston shares personal stories from his life and explains the role of resilience in overcoming challenging situations. He shares his top tips on how you can build up resilience, as well as the importance of living in the moment and having fun. Winston Ben Clements was born with a condition known as Brittle Bones disease, medical term Osteogenesis Imperfecta. An obvious characteristic is his small stature and his use of a wheelchair, which does not tell the story of the frequent and painful bone fractures that disrupted much of his childhood. Nonetheless, Winston successfully graduated with a degree in Computer Science and built up a successful corporate career in the Technology sector. He is passionate about Speaking and his mission is to create a world where nobody feels limited in what they can achieve.
CONTACT METHOD GUEST
http://winstonclements.com/
https://www.facebook.com/WinstonSpeaker/
https://www.instagram.com/winstonspeaker/
https://twitter.com/WinstonSpeaker
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, Jay provides a succinct guide to understanding your value and what you should charge.
We all face the challenge of potentially overcharging for or undervaluing our services in this podcast, Jay provides information we can all use to get it right every time, listen in now to find out more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS You may be providing a range of different products or services, but the key question is always ‘What should I charge’ You need to understand what your value is and what you are offering. How much experience do you have in the service you are offering? How much value can you bring through your experience and knowledge? Answering these questions will help you to position yourself in the market. Look at what you can offer, if your consultancy is going to change a business then it is worth something. If you are sending a product to market possibly buy the product to see the funnel as often the initial purchase is the entry level to deeper upselling. Detailed research of your competitors is vital in establishing how much you should charge. Compiling data about a range of competitors will result in a well-informed understanding of the market.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Find out what your competitors are doing’
‘The market will always pay for value’
‘Do the work make the effort’
‘Then you can charge what you are worth’
‘Don’t make a guess’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386?mt=2
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
IN CONVERSATION WITH AHMED KHAN
In this fascinating episode Jay is in conversation with Ahmed Khan, Property Entrepreneur, they discuss and share vital advice about how to begin in business and the mindset and methodology required to ensure growth and success. This podcast provides an informative insight into the successful journeys both Jay and Ahmed have taken in business.
KEY TAKEAWAYS If you are looking for an opportunity to begin a business consider;
choosing something that is tried and trusted if there is someone who can teach you the process if there are other people who can teach you how to do it
Communication is key across all areas if you are able to communicate your message in a clear and concise way with passion and commitment more doors will open.
When you are young you have a much lower risk - no family, no bills, no mortgage
and everyone wants to give back by helping the new young bloke. The challenges are that people don’t always take young people seriously and you don’t know as much.
When you’re in business you will get to a point where you can leverage and put in place systems to continue growth successfully. Technology can be effective in creating the necessary systems.
Make 3 lists - things done daily, weekly and monthly, review them to see what can be moved out of the daily list and how systems can support effective progress. When you gain back time through systems this can be reallocated to working on your business.
Dedicate time every day to work ON your business, not IN your business. This when you can look at the bigger picture and work on continuing to grow your business.
Being around successful people fosters a mindset that will lead you to think about how you can also be successful. The next step is to formulate a plan and begin to implement it.
Investing in a mentor demonstrates your personal commitment and signals that you are prepared to invest in yourself.
Mentors won’t give you a magic wand, but they can bring certainty. Mentors have seen the patterns and coupled with their own experiences bring the belief that it’s going to be alright as the cycle repeats.
Mentoring is only a good business if you want to help people out, there isn’t any leverage in mentoring as there are only 24 hours in a day. It has no scalability and is massively time intensive but it is hugely rewarding.
BEST MOMENTS
‘If you do it right with the right mindset you can see results quite quickly’
‘A very practical approach; always ask ‘what’s the practicality of it?’
‘When you are younger your risk is lower, but you don’t know as much’
‘When you’re older the risk is higher, but you know more and have better contacts’
‘People who’ve gone through it know it’s a pattern, part of the economic cycle’
‘People don’t value it if its free’
‘One to one is powerful’
‘It’s nothing I created, someone taught me’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386?mt=2
https://www.ahmedkhan.co/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Compound-Effect-Perseus/dp/159315724X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1548335337&sr=8-1&keywords=the+compound+effect
https://www.principles.com/big-debt-crises/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this hugely informative episode, Jay answers one of the most frequently asked questions
What do you do when the market gets competitive?
If you want to know not only the answer but how to make sure your business is successful in a competitive market listening to this podcast is essential.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Pricing
The client will always demand a lower price because it creates more profit for them, but they will come to an agreement over price If you explain the level of service and value you are providing.
Relationships
Building a positive, honest relationship with the client based on trust is key to ensure that if there are issues they can be quickly resolved.
To build relationships it’s important to get in front of the client as much as possible during a job. Ensure that you are in regular contact and offer lots of information, these actions show that you care.
Tell your story – people love a story and it helps to make you stand out from your competitors.
Be realistic about timescales and make sure you can deliver as agreed. Late delivery breaks the trust you have with the client. If there is an unavoidable delay be honest and immediately contact the customer so that they are well informed about any situation.
Competitors
Identify what a competitor is not doing or taking out to achieve a lower price. Make the client aware and be very clear about the service you are offering and the advantages you provide.
You must justify why they should pay that price rather than the competitor’s price.
It’s a downward spiral if you do keep reducing your price. You will ultimately reduce the value in your product and won’t be able to deliver the service required resulting in loss of the client.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Makes it real because they know who you are’
‘Show that you care’
‘Little things do make a big impact’
‘If you have an honest relationship it helps you to get better’
‘Need to work with clients who value your product and services’
‘You had 100% fulfillment can you come back in’
‘Everything in business is built on being competitive, that’s what keeps it healthy’
‘If it was easy you wouldn’t be innovating’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
The Business Mentor Podcast series: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386?mt=2
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look (to name a few).
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stop reading self-help books and start taking action! On today’s episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay shares with you five key things that can really help take your business to the next level. Discover the power of you ‘why’ and learn how to fast-track your knowledge and monetise your passion.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Stop reading books. Reading books will not take you to the next level. One of the big things if you really want to be successful is simply taking action. There’s more frustration in actually not doing anything that there is when doing something. You can have all the knowledge in the world, if you don't take action then you will not succeed.
Five things that will really help you. Before you start reading or take any knowledge, spend time on your "why." Consume books, podcast, YouTube videos that focus on your desired outcome. Avoid things that are not related to your topics make sure you don't drift off. Books can take a while to read. If you really want knowledge very quickly, you know what you want to get, then look at the contents and see if you can pick out the knowledge you need so you can fast track it. Make notes on this area. If you read a chapter on a book then learn to summarize it so that if you may need to go back to refer to something that you had read, you don’t need to go back and read the whole chapter again. Once you've got the actual knowledge from the book, actually do what the book says. The whole point of reading books is to get the knowledge and then actually do it. To get passionate, you do something, you put the effort in and once it starts being successful, you will become passionate about it. The times that you've done something and you become good at it is the time that you become passionate about it. Being passionate is finding something which you become good at. Get the knowledge, put in the action but then give it time. This is the formula to success.
BEST MOMENTS “Reading books would not take you to the next level.” “Knowledge is power.” “There’s more frustration in actually not doing anything that there is when doing something.” “To get passionate, you do something, you put the effort in and once it starts being successful, you become passionate.” “Passion is something which you become good at.” “If you fail, fail fast, move on to the next thing.” “Jack of all trades, master of none.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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In this first episode of 2019 Jay provides us with the best way to plan for success over the next 365 days. He shares the key reasons why we may fail and the actions we can all implement when setting goals to ensure success.
Join Jay on a journey to make it the best year ever, achieving accelerated success with our goals and dreams together.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Identifying and understanding the key reasons why goals are not reached is a crucial element of successful planning. WHY- Why are you doing this? You need to be doing it for yourself. The why will drive you forward when you might be losing motivation or experiencing challenge. It’s vital to really drill down into the ‘why’ and how it will challenge you in the long term. THE SUCCESS WHEEL – identify your goals in the different areas of the success wheel Financial – where are you now? where do you want to be? what do you want to be earning? Family – Is your goal to spend more quality time with them? Health – without your health you can’t do anything. What are you going to do to improve your health? Business / career– where do you want to be? how are you going to grow your business? How are you going to start your business? PATIENCE –365 days is a long time. At the start of the year people set their goals and want to make an impact, but then lose focus and motivation because they don’t see something happen immediately. Keep your goals going and make sure you’re persistent over 12 months. Being part of mastermind and mentor groups will help you to keep on track with your goals. SET BACKS – have a contingency plan, setbacks do happen and without a plan you might give up. Accepting that things do happen and being persistent in your approach are key to ensuring you continue to move forward towards your goals. BREAK IT DOWN – it’s vital that your big goals are broken down into manageable and achievable chunks. When making a plan the main goals come from the 4 areas of the success wheel but these need to be broken down into smaller achievable monthly goals. This builds momentum and when you look back over few months you can see what you’ve achieved which builds more momentum.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Business is long term game and you want to build something’
‘Live in the present and do January – then think I’ve achieved stage 1’
‘Don’t give up when you’ve had a challenging part’
‘Visualise forward how will you feel at the end of the year’
‘Want to be able to say I’ve achieved so much this year’
‘If you do this your success rate will really accelerate’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
Website: https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Email:Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome to the last 2018 episode of The Business Mentor Podcast! What a fantastic journey we have been on so far.
In this podcast Jay gives a brief short& sweet shout out and thanks to you; The listeners, for your all the responses and support from the podcast. Listen in and let Jay tell you more.
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
If you’re thinking about building your brand and don’t know where to start, this episode is for you. Jay’s back to talk to you about branding and why it’s one of the most important things you should be jumping on in business and in life. If you’re building your brand it’s the one thing you’ll never lose. Businesses can close down and companies can liquidate but your brand will never die. Entrepreneurs have an opportunity right now, to build a brand and get noticed. Tune in today, to find out more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Six Tips To Building Your Brand Purchase your domain name - Help your SEO out and give yourself an online presence. Set up all your social media accounts - Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn. Own your handle. Fill in your bio details - Link all of your accounts together with links in your bio and explain a bit about yourself. Post twice a week - Build momentum with quality posts over quantity and make it relevant to your brand. Create a podcast - Connect with your audience and get your message out to multiple countries to help build your brand and become known in your niche. Document your journey - This will help give you content and build your credibility
BEST MOMENTS
“Branding is everything, you are your brand.”
“Post twice a week on your social accounts and build a presence”
“If you have a brand you will see and get opportunities”
“Get recommendations on LinkedIn and build up your profile”
“Position your brand correctly and generate valuable content and your brand will sell itself and generate you an income.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome back to another episode of The Business Mentor Podcast. Today, Jay interviews Britains Got Talent contestant, entrepreneur and professional magician with over 500,000 social media followers, Luca Gallone.
Jay has mentored Luca for over four years and since they met through Jay’s work with the Prince’s Trust he’s been able to merge his passion and profession and turn his hobby into a fully-fledged business. Jay and Luca discuss the value of mentoring and the value in seeking out the support, knowledge and guidance a mentor can give you.
KEY TAKEAWAYS It all started back when Luca was about 8-years old. Jay was Luca's Prince’s Trust mentor and what started as a hobby, with the right mentorship it became a business. With Jay's help, Luca has grown his influence and now travels the world merging his passion and profession. Luca has hundreds of thousands of followers and millions of views and it’s because of mentoring he’s been able to achieve it and all at 22 years of age. Marketing is not always about taking ideas from someone in your industry. It’s about knowing business fundamentals and accountability. A mentor has all the experience that you need to make your business successful. Your mentor has been there and done it and they can draw from their experience so you don’t make the costly mistakes they once did. Getting a mentor is an investment in time and an investment in money. But you can’t view it as an investment, you need to view it as an essential part of your journey. Mentoring helps people in business with fundamental in creating cashflow, no matter what niche or industry you're in.
BEST MOMENTS
“I get to live the dream and perform all over the world for big brands”
“With Jay’s help, I was able to turn my hobby into a proper business.”
“What I wanted to do was give something back and see If I could transfer my recruitment and mentoring skills.”
“Accountability really pushed me on and I got some phenomenal results.”
“The easiest person to lie to is yourself”
“The Prince’s Trust has 55,000 entrepreneurs going through there doors every year.”
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
ABOUT THE GUEST
From the moment Luca’s Uncle Bruno plucked a coin from behind his ear at age 6, he has been fascinated by the art of magic to a point of obsession. After begging his mum for a magic set for Christmas, Luca was soon hooked on the magic pill and, little did his parents know at the time, they’d sparked a lifelong passion. Getting his hands on every magic book and trick he could, Luca soon began to build up an impeccable sleight-of-hand skillset at a very early age.
After two years of performing at private parties and weddings whilst at school and sixth form, Luca took the leap of fate into pursuing his dreams. With the help of the Prince’s Trust – the same organisation who helped Dynamo start – Luca launched his business as a magician aged just 18. His work ethic, talent and instantly likeable persona helped him quickly establish himself as one of the hottest properties in the industry.
With his magic already taking him around the world, Luca was headhunted to audition for Britain’s Got Talent 2015. He took his close-up act to the Birmingham Hippodrome, where he received an ovation from the 2,000 strong crowd and four yes votes from the celebrity judges, Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams.
Since his success on the show, Luca’s career has roared from strength-to-strength and now he regularly performs for celebrities and top end corporate clients, being their trusted magician of choice.
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Welcome back to the Business Mentor podcast. Today, Jay interviews a British actor and film producer who first came to prominence as Detective Constable Tony Weir in the BBC production Our Friends in the North, Mark Pegg. Mark has since appeared in many television and stage productions, including Frank Hauser's Chichester Festival Theatre's 1995 production of Hobson's Choice with Leo McKern and many others. Hop on to learn more about acting, sales and mentorship on this podcast.
KEY TAKEAWAYS What is acting? Acting is storytelling. This is communicating with people through actions so that they can get the information clearly. Key to acting. The key to any action is for people to understand what you want them to understand. How acting is linked to the sale. Storytelling is the key to everything, it's the key to communicating, it's key to acting while sales are selling yourself or your product through communication. You have to be a very good actor to sell your story to the other person in order to sell. You have to communicate very well for you to make a sale because human beings have a visual antenna. How you can be a brilliant actor and sell more. Try not to impress the people in the audience but rather focus on the character that is wanted in that play in order to make more sales.
Four stages of learning. The first stage is unconscious incompetence. You don't know what you're doing wrong. Conscious incompetence. You know what you are supposed to do but you can’t do it. Conscious Competence. You know what you are supposed to do and you actually do it. Unconscious Competence. Where you can just do it naturally. You are an expert.
What are the critical parts of acting? The ability to communicate a story effectively. The same as sales, if you don’t communicate the information on the product you are to sell effectively, you won’t make any sale.
BEST MOMENTS “Human beings are storytellers, it's our natural state, that's how we communicate with each other.” “We are naturally an animal that can communicate.” “Everyone is an actor.” “What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.” “Don't ever believe that someone is special, that they were born on Mount Olympus with special gifts or anything. They are exactly the same as you.” “Don't overthink things, just focus on what you're doing. Create that big vision but focus on the daily goals and you'll get there.” “People don't buy products they buy people.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Jeff Olsen - The Slight Edge
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
ABOUT THE GUEST
Mark Pegg is a British actor and film producer. He first came to prominence as Detective Constable Tony Weir in the BBC production Our Friends in the North and has since appeared in many television and stage productions, including Frank Hauser's Chichester Festival Theatre's 1995 production of Hobson's Choice with Leo McKern. He trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London. In 2006, he produced the feature film Heroes and Villains which starred James Corden and Jenny Agutter, and in 2007 he was the Executive Producer on Stuart Urban's Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead. As of September 2012, he developed a number of film scripts at Elstree Studios. Mark is the patron of the Love Inspire Foundation.
CONTACT METHOD
Website www.actingacademy.org
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Welcome to the business mentor podcast. This podcast is where we share and discuss the experiences, ideas, and happenings in the world of business featuring some very special guests and experts to give you advice and direction in your journey.
Today, Jay interviews the founder of Valuetainment, the number one YouTube channel for entrepreneurs with over 1million subscribers and owner of the PHP agency, a multi-million-pound sales, marketing and distribution company operating in over 49 states, Patrick Bet David. Listen in to hear his story of business, enterprise, entrepreneurship and mentoring.
KEY TAKEAWAYS How to become an entrepreneur.
Take everything as math. You got to sit down and look at the different data that you have that's affecting a lot of things. You're thinking what's growing your business is X which in reality was growing your businesses why and you haven't paid any attention to Y and you've been putting all your focus into X because somebody told you Y is more important than y. You've got to learn the ability to process issues. the more you process issues and the motives behind certain things taking place, business becomes a piece of cake, relationships become a piece of cake, reading people becomes a piece of cake and life becomes a piece of cake.
Think of the next innovative campaign. That is part of the creative genius of the CEO, the entrepreneur.
Leadership development. Leadership development is you focusing on taking your current guys that you have on your team. Passion. Don’t say you have passion and you don’t know what your passion is. Sometimes we are forcing passion upon ourselves, while in reality, it is more important for you to go work with somebody who's passionate to have that passion be injected into you.
The mantra of life. Out-work, out-improve, out-strategize and out-last. Level of curiosity. Wanting to know the madness behind that creativity of successful people, what else are they doing?
BEST MOMENTS “Everything in life is math.” “You've got to learn the ability to process issues.” “What social media has done is if you know how to market and you're a marketer, you're going to enjoy the fruits of your labour the next 5, 10, 15, 20 years, may not be forever, but for today, marketers are going to rule the Empire.” “Sometimes we are forcing passion upon ourselves, while in reality, it is more important for you to go work with somebody who's passionate to have that passion be injected into you.” “If you want to beat everybody, out-improve every one and see what happens to you.” “No one's a big deal. Everyone's a human being.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/patrickbetdavid) https://www.patrickbetdavid.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Patrick's incredible story starts with his family immigrating to America when he was 12-years old. His parents fled Iran as refugees during the Iranian revolution and were later granted US citizenship. After high school, Patrick joined the US military and served in the 101st Airborne before starting a business career in the financial services industry. After a tenure with a couple traditional companies such as Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, he was inspired to launch PHP Agency Inc., an insurance sales, marketing, and distribution company – and did so before age 30. PHP is now one of the fastest growing companies in the financial marketplace with over 7,500 agents in 49 states running £100,000,00 dollar business. In 2012, Patrick launched Valuetainment on YouTube. The channel teaches about the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and inspires people to break from limiting beliefs to achieve their dreams. Valuetainment is referred to as the #1 channel for entrepreneurs and currently has over 1,000,000 subscribers.
CONTACT METHOD Twitter (https://twitter.com/@patrickbetdavid) Instagram (https://instagram.com/patrickbetdavid)
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Welcome back to the Business Mentor Podcast. Today, Jay talks with the founder of ‘Never Ever Too Old’ Ant Knight. Ant and Jay focus on the value of mentoring and the impact it has on your journey to achieving your goals. Jay is a mentor to Ant and they discuss in detail their mentor and mentee relationship and how it helps them both, is crucial to learning, growing and developing, and benefits them equally in life and in business.
Mentorship drives achievement and helps you reach your goals and your dreams, and in this episode, the business mentor, Jay and his mentee, Ant share key aspects of the process and why business mentoring is a must for any entrepreneur.
KEY TAKEAWAYS The most successful individuals all work with mentors. When people look for mentors they are saying they want to succeed, to be part of the 5% who are the most successful. Regular one to one mentor meetings provide accountability. It is this accountability that supports the realisation of goals. Meeting together on a regular basis means that a timetable for things happening is agreed and mentees move forward through the power of accountability. Mentors work creating structure and using visualisation providing clarity and focus. A clear structure and knowledge together enable an effective plan. Visualisation is an effective tool for focusing on target audiences and defining the journey and outcomes. Working with a mentor opens up networks that can be invaluable. Group mentoring brings mentees with shared experiences together. The power of the group is based on a shared journey and focus on results. Finding the right mentor is key. For the working relationship to be positive there needs to be an alignment of values. Integrity is key, a mentors achievement is that of getting the mentee to their chosen destination.
BEST MOMENTS
“Mentors have got mentors and there’s a reason for that”
“I’ve walked your path”
“One to one so important, It’s been a game changer”
“All mentees together sharing the experience, all on the same journey, all want the same results - that’s power of group mentoring”
“I don’t need to have the same story as you, I just need to get that clarity for you”
“I genuinely want to help you and this has come from my own mentors”
“Mentoring means you are more likely to be successful, You are more confident”
“Having a mentor increased my chances of success by at least 50%”
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Goal setting is fundamental to achieving success and should be a priority for all everyone. If you don't know where you're going and you don't have goals to achieve then you'll end up going nowhere. Today, Jay shares with you a simple five-step method for setting detailed, measurable, attainable, realistic and deadline driven goals.
Jay also discusses the mindset around achieving your goals and why you too can become a success in business, if you take action, get a mentor and visualise.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Step 1: Your goals need to be detailed. Break them down so that you can follow them meticulously.
Step 2: Create measurable goals that are time sensitive. Ensure you measure them on a weekly or monthly basis.
Step 3: Are your goals attainable? you need to believe that you can achieve it.
Step 4: Make them realistic.
Step 5: Set deadlines so that you can see a tangible result. Visualising your goals is really important. If you don’t visualise it, you won’t be able to achieve it. The more you tell yourself something will happen the more likely it is to actually happen. This works both ways, with the positive and the negative. Self-belief comes from really believing in your goals and making them achievable. This is where mentoring and masterminds can really super-charge your business growth. Individually the first thing we have in our minds is uncertainty. By having a mentor and someone on your side that’s been there and done it, they will help you through it.
BEST MOMENTS
“Setting goals should be a priority, but remember to not set your goals too high so that you can't achieve them.”
“Realising the doubts is really important to making visualising what it is you want to achieve.”
“Take action. Unless you put in the hard work and go out there and implement, you won’t achieve. Be an action taker, make it happen and you will succeed.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Slight Edge - Jeff Olsen
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome back to another episode of the Business Mentor Podcast. Today, Jay takes you to a keynote talk at his junior school where his journey in business and entrepreneurship all started. Listen in to hear Jay inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs and learn a little bit more about the Business Mentor himself.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Working hard is the number one rule to being successful. Continue to put the effort in and you will see improvements in many areas of your life. No matter where you are or where you come from you need to work hard. You have the same ability as anyone, you just need to pay attention and when you work hard you get rewards. Getting yourself a mentor at a young age is essential to success. You'll learn about business, get accountability and support.
BEST MOMENTS
“Always makes the time to go back and help support the school that supported Jay.”
“Whatever you want you can achieve it. Work hard at it and day by day continuously improve”
“There's a market for young entrepreneurs, they're clever, engaged and they want to learn”
“I didn't know what I wanted to do when I was younger but I know I wanted to do well.”
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome back to another episode of the Business Mentor Podcast. Today, your host Jay Dhillon discusses 10 lessons he has learnt from selling his first 7-figure business. Five years ago Jay sold his multi-million-pound business with over 500 staff and offices in three locations and today he brings you lessons he learnt along the way.
If you’re looking to start, grow or scale your own business these tips will help to guide you along the way. Discover the essential things you need to know to create a sustainable and cashflowing business and get clarity on what you’re looking to achieve and how to maximise your potential.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
10 Lessons From Selling My First 7-Figure Business Investing in a mentor or mastermind - This is the key to success, it's very hard to build a sustainable business without the support and accountability of a mentor or mastermind group.
Have an exit strategy - You need to get clear on your strategy, what you want and what you're looking to achieve. Consider how you will scale the business or if you're looking to pass it down etc.
Look after your staff better than your clients - If you focus on your clients and neglect your staff it is then difficult to get your staff back. Treat your staff as part of your business, not just working for our business.
Sell your business before you get bored - Nothing will kill your business quicker than you being bored. When you're bored you won't grow or drive your business.
Keep cash reserves - Holding back cash is very important, it will help get you through the tough times such as recessions or losing a client. Start slowly and build up a cash reserve and avoid buying luxury items to save money. Use your cash reserve as an insurance policy.
Focus on sales and marketing - Put the whole emphasis of your business on sales and marketing. Use your sales and marketing teams to drive the business forward and bring in leads for your business. Always have a plan and never stop marketing or selling, or things will dry up.
Take a genuine interest in your clients no matter how big or small - This can be little things such as sending your clients a birthday card. You don’t need to over-indulge you just need to focus on the little things, they do matter.
Don’t be afraid to go after big clients - Ask yourself, why can’t you go for the big clients? You’ll never be ready, but as long as you focus on your sales and fulfilment you can secure the bigger deals. As smaller businesses, you can be more personal and more focused and as a result go above and beyond for the big clients.
Systemise your business so it can run without you - Start small with your systemisation but make sure you start. Use a CRM or an automated lead capture form to reduce admin and divert your leads to a call centre. You can start systemising straight away and grow your business as a result.
Reward yourself and have regular breaks - Thinking time is very important, you need to factor this into your businesses growth. You can also get clarity by investing in mentorship or mastermind groups.
BEST MOMENTS
"To have a sustainable business you will need to have a personal mentor or mastermind group"
"My Mentor sat me down every month and kept me on track and working towards my goals"
"Focus on your staff just as much as your clients. Treat them well because they are crucial in providing your service and growing your business"
"If you're not growing your business because you're bored. Your competition will win"
"Make sure you're always excited about your business so you can drive its growth"
“Having cash reserves really helped during the recession period”
“Start small, be patient and the doors will open”
“Get back on that sales funnel and keep selling”
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome to another episode of the Business Mentor Podcast. Today, Jay takes you into a LIVE video with the Disruptive Entrepreneur himself, Rob Moore. Rob is a serial entrepreneur, investor and property educator and is the Co-founder of Progressive Property. Rob is also Jay’s personal mentor.
A mentor can guide you and see things that you can’t see. Some people think you get a mentor once you become successful. This isn’t the case, they become successful because they had a mentor. Mentors give you accountability and the focus to implement the strategies and techniques that can really take your business to the next level.
Jay and Rob take a deep dive into mentoring, what it is and how you can benefit from the most underrated and overlooked step towards success. Get inspired, learn the insider secrets to securing a mentor and discover the value of having your own, business mentor.
Stay tuned to the end of the episode to hear a very special announcement!
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KEY TAKEAWAYS Rob: People say that it’s better to learn from your mistakes, I think that’s bad advice, it’s better to learn from the mistakes of others who have been there and made them. The people who have spent the money and had the difficulty and then you can benefit from it. It’s a vicarious experience learning from a group of mentors, known as a mastermind. Jay: My first mentor was in 2008 when the recession hit, his name is Mike Osbourne and he inspired me to focus on sales, keep going forward and to persevere and it changed my life. Rob: I’ve had mentors and I’ve paid thousands to have them. One of my mentors was James Caan and that was a huge expense, at the time my business had about 12 employees so it was quite small. He showed me that people inspire people but documents and systems manage people. John De Martini has shown me how to see the upside in the downside and the downside in the upside. I’ve had a lot of mentors that have really helped me super-charge my business and add value to my products and services.
When you do something for the first time you act like a child and you feel like you’re alone. But you don’t have to be, wouldn’t it be great if you could call on someone who’s been there before and has the answer? To them the situation is normal and they know how to get you out of it.
Some people think you get a mentor once you become successful. This isn’t the case, they become successful because they had a mentor. Find the people that are further down the road than you and use and leverage them to drag you up to the next level. Yes, it can be expensive but you need to think about the opportunity cost of not doing it, not getting a mentor. A mentor or a peer group in your industry and your niche has already assimilated all the information out there that you need to be successful. There’s not a lack of information out there, there’s a lack of resources in making that information relevant and implementing it in your business. That’s what a mentor can do for you. Accountability is essential to success, its the ingredient you need in order to meet deadlines and get more done. When you are around productive and proactive energetic people you will rise to the top and take ownership of what you want to achieve.
BEST MOMENTS
“To know and not to do is not to know”
“You are the easiest person to lie to, so you need that accountability to be successful”
“Business is about borrowing the traits of the greats”
“A wise man learns from other people's mistakes, a foolish man learns from his own mistakes”
“There’s a common theme with successful people, they have a mentor. If you’re looking to take your business or career to the next level.”
“If your green you grow and if you’re ripe you rot” Ray Kroc
VALUABLE RESOURCES
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ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
ABOUT THE GUEST
Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor and property educator. Author of global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur”
“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”
CONTACT METHOD
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs
LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979
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If you’re feeling a bit lost or jaded in the game of life, this episode could serve as a compass and direct you to your true destination.
Today on The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay Dhillon talks to Paul Howe, the HEARTS and minds mentor, about the value of finding your true purpose at the very beginning of every journey, may it be in your career, your business, or your life, in general. Paul also shares his own inspiring stories which he owes a lot to because if not for these experiences, he won’t be as impactful to other people as he is right now. Discover how he got over addiction and the ‘all or nothing’ mindset since being dragged by these kinds of setback is what you should avoid. After the realizations and finding his “Why?”, everything became clear to him – he’s meant to help other people.
KEY TAKEAWAY Paul Howe shares his personal stories that shaped him who he is today. He shares how he has witnessed domestic violence, physical & verbal abuse at an early age. So, to cope with the psychological and emotional burden, he acquired addiction – addiction to the Nottingham Forest Football club and alcohol. This led him to lose jobs and relationships. He then realized that the ‘all or nothing’ mindset he got from his experiences, is not sustainable. You can’t give what you don’t have. He was emotionally unstable to help others like he wanted to. “I knew what my purpose was but didn’t have the emotional currency to fulfil it so he went to a personal development... We’re human beings so it’s okay to be vulnerable.” Paul considers Deepak Chopra and Tony Robbins as his mentors. Acceptance is good. You have to open yourself to the world. Accept defeat if it happened. Accept that you need help. Accept that there are other people who are more capable than you. Have the strength to show vulnerability and say that you don’t know anything. If you’re looking to go into business, find that purpose. Know the power of questioning yourself: What is your end result? What are you striving for? Is it a balance? Set your vision but once you start the journey, you have to be adaptable. Stop being fixated with what the outcome would be. It won’t be a smooth journey so you have to let go and enjoy it. Jay shares what he loves about mentoring – giving back knowledge and also learning from others. Sharing your experience and seeing a person become successful is very fulfilling.
BEST MOMENTS “The two biggest fears we have in our life is not being good enough and not being loved.” – Paul “I was developing these survival skills at a high level. But more importantly, the beacon I add through all my own personal challenges was the fact that I was here to serve others… and become very aware of that.” – Paul “You can’t give what you don’t have.” – Paul “You gotta believe… you’ll get to a point in life where you’ll get something of value. A setback is just part of life.” – Jay “When you wanna get from A to B. Don’t worry too much about connecting the dots… How do I get there? It will happen. You just gotta put the work in and believe the direction that you’re taking.” – Jay
VALUABLE RESOURCES Emerging From The Forest: From Pain to Purpose (Mastering the Game of Life) by Paul D. Lowe Nottingham Forest Football Club Deepak Chopra Tony Robbins Mastering Life Podcast
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
ABOUT THE GUEST (PAUL LOWE)
Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud. He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:
“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
Paul Lowe is ‘The Third Sector Mentor’ and makes a difference by helping you make a difference. He is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of: ‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.
Paul has a long and distinguished track record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life’s experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in The Game Of Life.
“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”
CONTACT METHOD
Paul Lowe Website: https://www.paullowehearts.com Facebook: me/PaulLoweHEARTS
Jay Dhillon https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome to another episode of the Business Mentor Podcast. In today’s episode, your host Jay Dhillon interviews Ben Robinson. Get a sneak peek into Ben’s life and how he started from being a newspaper delivery boy to acting chairman at Burton Albion F.C at age 31. Ben discusses the difference in football and business, the challenges he’s faced and a lots more. Listen and learn valuable information from Ben that you can apply in your business right away.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Business Tips Dealing with people. Clearly establish the people you can trust. In life, you meet people. Some people will help you for no reason other than that they genuinely want to see you progress so well. Some people see you as an opportunity with the right agenda. People you can trust will give you advice in your best interest with no ulterior motive. Working hard and being honest with yourself. It is important to be yourself and not pretend to be somebody else. Interviewing people. This is the most difficult part in running a business. But it is just a feel of people really. Keeping distance. Let the managers get on running the Football Club. Let the manager do the job. Only get involved on the financial side if it is needed. That is the secret. Never get too involved.
Mentors: Look around them. Always listen to parents. Then look at the people as well that you are going to experience it with. There are a lot of mentors in your life, just learn to listen and follow their advice.
BEST MOMENTS “Our agenda has always been to support the community and what we've seen, the power of sport, how it can engage these youngsters and give them focus and the motivation.” “Mentoring is to share one’s experience. The message really is values in life.” “Know the competition. See what you are up against. How can you challenge them.” They now employ over 40 people. Deliver over 50 projects and engage 8000 people each week working in the community.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
ABOUT THE GUEST
Ben Robinson is Chairman to Burton Albion FC. He said that their agenda has always been to support the community and what we've seen, the power of sport, how these sport, you can engage these youngsters and give them focus and the motivation. Ben started teenager jobs in school. He delivers newspapers since 13 years old for several years. In 1963, he started an insurance business but the company was taken over. He feels that the future lay elsewhere. He wants to be in control of his financial rewards. His mum and stepfather taught him about work ethic. He was taught about life challenges, life disciplines and how to apply them in life to get great results. He went into football club business when 2 of his clients from the insurance discussed to him regarding football club. In those days, no one owned a club. Through connections and hard work, they are what they are today.
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Welcome to another episode of the Business Mentor Podcast. In today’s episode, your host Jay Dhillon uses his own learning& experience to discuss what the main 3 components of your business; 1.Suppliers, 2.Clients& 3.Staff. He breaks down the why& how to respecting, focussing and balancing the big 3 of your business and the benefit of the three together.
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Grant Cardone
Patrick Bet-David
008 Creating a Profitable Business in 30 Days with Luca Gallone
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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In today’s episode, your host Jay Dhillon interviews Top 100 influencer and British entrepreneur, founder of healthcare support service Oberoi Consulting, public speaker and Secret Millionaire, Kavita Oberoi OBE
Kavita Oberoi is one of the UK's most highly regarded successful entrepreneurs and social philanthropists, with a multi-million-pound business portfolio and a net-worth of over £10 million. Jay and Kavita discuss the vital ingredients needed, to be successful in business and the skills you need to develop in order to make it to the top.
Tune in today to hear Kavita’s inspiring rise to success and learn how you too, can start, grow and scale your own business, with the right knowledge, passion and people around you.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Jay: What did University teach you?
Kavita: For me, if I’m doing something, I always have the self-motivation to go to the top. You need to keep the right company around you and in my case, the people around me were all hard working and focused, and it rubbed off on me. At University you need to be passionate about what you’re doing and achieve your goals.
Jay: What are your thoughts on sales?
Kavita: Business is about people, so you have to be a good people person and sales teaches you about being knocked down and trying again. It teaches you resilience and anywhere in which you can experience it teaches you a lot.
Jay: What was the transition from your medical sales job to set up a business?
Kavita: I got married, whilst this was amazing his family were very traditional and that meant It wasn’t right for me to go out to work. Over-time I improved in my job, transferred locations and I was on top of my game, but after maternity leave, I was turned down for a promotion and it was then I decided to leave my job and start my own business. Seeing a gap in the market for clinical audit provision, I left Bayer to set up my first company in 2001 – Oberoi Consulting. I gained my first lucrative contract with global pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and we took on over 800 practices in the first 6-months, it was a £500,000 project.
Jay: Can you share some tips with the audience from your amazing career?
Kavita: You must be passionate about what you choose to do, you must be focused and determined in order to achieve the things you want to achieve and, success isn’t easy you need to work hard.
BEST MOMENTS
“You have to make a lot of sacrifices to get to where you want to go, entrepreneurs are often quite rebellious”
“If someone says you can’t do it, take it as motivation to go ahead and do it”
“Anyone can be good at sales, but it’s all down to the practice”
“If you have a challenge you have to engage with people and bring them around to your passion”
“It’s really important to have mentors in your life, to guide you along the way”
“When you give back you receive more in return”
“The more patients they treated the more money they would get and their brand would grow. Their sales teams were signing up all these practises, we were just delivering and we worked on that brand for 11 years and as a result, become the go-to provider for new Pfizer licensing delivering. Now, the business has developed and with software and development we are now doing clinical audits on a mass scale, it’s been going 17 years.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.kavitaoberoi.com/
Oberoi Consulting – a major provider of healthcare support services to clients including the pharmaceutical industry and the NHS.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
ABOUT THE GUEST
Kavita Oberoi is one of the UK's most highly regarded successful entrepreneurs and social philanthropists, with a multi-million-pound business portfolio.
In 2009 she was named in a Bank of Scotland report as one of Britain's 100 most entrepreneurial women and in 2014 awarded an OBE for services to entrepreneurship and start-up businesses.
Her many other accolades include being awarded the women of colour achievement award, an Honorary Fellowship from Burton & South Derbyshire college, an Honorary Doctorate for Business and Entrepreneurship, Beacon Fellowship for Philanthropy Advocate, NRI Pinnacle Award - The Business Empress Honour, NRI Institute international ‘Pride of India Gold Award’ and a Fellowship of the RSA (The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce).
GUEST CONTACT
https://www.kavitaoberoi.com/contact/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kavita-oberoi-obe-5b83226
https://twitter.com/Kavita_Oberoi
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Welcome to another episode of the Business Mentor Podcast. In today’s episode, your host Jay Dhillon uses his 17 years in sales to bring you the top tips you need, to master the art of sales, stay in control and super-charge your business.
If you want to become a leader and be successful, sales is essential. It’s a life skill you can master that will benefit you in every area of your business. Understand that to create a win-win environment that benefits both you, and your customers, you must learn the key sales techniques that allow you to service your audience and grow your business.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
How to become a good sales person Start learning about sales and get educated, it’s essential to your business success Watch other people sell and shadow the successful ones Role play and test yourself in the worst scenarios so that you’re prepared Research the company to align your pitch with their vision and values “If there’s one secret to success, it lies in the ability to understand the other person's point of view and see it as your own” Discipline, make sure that your disciplined, consistency and competitively. Follow up, diarise your calls and make sure you call back and follow up with your clients Just do it, get on the phone and make the calls. For every bad call, there’s a good call.
BEST MOMENTS
“You have to be disciplined if you’re going to be successful in sales, you need to pick up the phone. It’s a numbers game.”
“Everything we do is sales orientated”
“Benefit and serve your clients and you will win. Always look at the value you can give them”
“Sales drives the business, it moves the wheels forward. If you’re running a business sales is the crucial part”
“Sales gets a bad name, but all you’re doing is trying to help them and offer”
“Keep the momentum going and do what you need to do, day in day out to be successful”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Grant Cardone
Patrick Bet-David
008 Creating a Profitable Business in 30 Days with Luca Gallone
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome to another episode of the Business Mentor Podcast. In today’s episode, your host Jay Dhillion interviews author, director of national boiler installation company ImpraGas and winner of the BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’ Joseph Valente.
Get inspired and hear how the 2015 Apprentice winner changed the image of an industry and dominated the competition, but firstly learn more about Joe’s humble beginnings and journey from being expelled from the classroom to winning in the billionaire boardroom.
Finally, learn why you should always focus on what you've done and not on what others haven't done, and understand how to back yourself 100% of the time, and always be prepared to risk everything to go to the next level.
KEY TAKEAWAYS I’m busy taking the ImpraGas business national and we now cover about 50% of the UK and have hit over £2million in revenue since buying out Lord Sugar.I’ve also been focusing on the 'The Joeseph Valente' brand. My hardworking mother gave me the inspiration and aspiration to get where I am today, but my journey really began when I was expelled from school at 15 years of age. It was then I trained to be a plumber and used my free time as an asset to work in a business, whilst leveraging my time back to get the skills and the education from them. I then took a £15,000 personal loan and ImpraGas was born. I saw a gap in the market as plumbing services were not being sold as services, the industry was reactive. So I decided to package up services and build my client base.
I wanted mentorship, exposure and cash and ‘The Apprentice’ offered me all three. I asked myself am I going to risk my business to get a bigger piece of the pie? to take it for the next level? The answer is yes, you have to risk everything in order to grow and in order to level-up.
Jay: What advice would you give your younger self?
Joe: You can do all of the things that you believe you can. It's important for younger people to be pushed to achieve, don't let anyone pull you off of your path.
Jay: What was the best advice that you got from Lord Sugar?
Joe: Always understand your margin. Don't end up becoming a busy fool and make sure you don't dilute your profit margins.
BEST MOMENTS
"What's the point of teaching me something I won't be good at, I know I'm not good at it so I did everything I possibly could to get out of school"
“The school system is tragic and it doesn't teach you the skills you need in order to be successful. Realise that the people that are breaking out of education are the ones that are going ahead and being successful in business.”
"I will risk everything to go, where I want to go and once I applied for the apprentice, I knew I had won”
"The destiny I told myself was coming true. I'd convinced myself I would win and when I did, it was a relief"
"I’m working hard so I can level up and reach the next stage, in business and in life"
“Relationships don't last forever in business, accept that, learn from it and move on.”
"Don't blame others for your failings, take responsibility and make a change"
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Expelled from the classroom to billionaire boardroom
Lord Sugar's autobiography - What you see is what you get
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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@justjoesephvalente
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Welcome to the second part of a two-part special interview with Neville Wright here in Business Mentor Podcast!
From rags to riches. We’ve heard this more than a dozen times from the mouths of every entrepreneurs, business leaders and thought leaders. But today, Neville is going to prove to you that it is indeed pretty simple to build a business from absolutely nothing. Listen how he started counting his earnings to zero to millions. Neville shares his personal stories which motivated him to start his business. Discover the rocky start Kiddicare had in the 70s, and how it grew to the multi-million brand it is known for in recent years.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Marilyn, Neville's wife, had to face derogatory comments from others about the fact she was working on a building site. In the 70s, it wasn't the "done thing" for women to work on building sites, and Marilyn had had enough. So she told Neville she would run the business instead. Kiddicare began as a second hand shop for babies furniture. But failed to bring in income, and decided to sell it. But on the day theyw ere due to sign over the business, a rep came in and told Neville that with more of a plan, the business would take off. A year later, the business was booming. Neville and Marilyn had so much success, they moved to a much bigger premises time and time again (7 times). The business was originally called Rainbow Warehouse . The Business was renamed Mothercare in the 1980s. You need competitors to move forward Neville explains that the business wouldn't have grown, if his comptitors didn't force him to. Team work makes the dream work. With the right team, Neville made sure that the shop had a tidy exterior, with clean facilities as a bonus to the shop as it gave customers a good impression on top of their excellent service. He had a team of cleaners, litter pickers and gardeners to ensure first impressions were strong to new and returning customers which he believes was vital to the business's success.
BEST MOMENTS "We sold it (the business) to a school teacher. And on the day we were going to sign, a rep came in and we said we wouldn't be seeing him anymore, we're going to sell. He said 'why?' and I said 'well there's no passing trade'. He got hold of me by the scruff of the neck, I was about 9 stone, he was about 30 stone, MASSIVE guy, and he dragged me out the shop and pointed me down the road and said 'look! This si the main street in Peterborough!' He swung me round and said 'look Neville, all the poeple coming down this street and they can't see you! It's a terraced house with a flat front and they can't see you because there are shop fronts, houses and offices. And I realsied in that moment that he was passionate about my business." "When you're going up a ladder, you can't jump a rung"
VALUABLE RESOURCES Neville Wright Official Website The Answer is Yes – Now What is the Question? By Neville Wright
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
ABOUT THE GUEST
Neville Wright is an Investor, Property Developer, and Motivational Speaker. He is the founder of Kiddicare, a baby nursery retailer which he sold for £70 million to Morrisons supermarket in 2011 in the depths of the recession. He is also the author of “The Answer is Yes – Now What is the Question”.
Before being a multi-millionaire, Neville had his rough times. He grew up having dyslexia and left school at 15 because of it. He had a string of jobs when he was 24. Then, because of lay-off during recession, he and his wife Marilyn started a business from zero so they could provide their family. These happenings were enough motivation for him to work hard and achieve his goal.
CONTACT METHOD
Neville Wright Neville Wright Official Website Neville’s LinkedIn
Jay Dhillon Jay Dhillon Official Website Jay’s LinkedIn Jay’s Instagram Jay’s Facebook E-mail Jay at jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome to the first part of a two-part special interview with Neville Wright here in Business Mentor Podcast!
From rags to riches. We’ve heard this more than a dozen times from the mouths of every entrepreneurs, business leaders and thought leaders. But today, Neville is going to prove to you that it is indeed pretty simple to build a business from absolutely nothing. Listen how he started counting his earnings to zero to millions. Neville shares his personal stories which motivated him to start his business. Discover what it’s like surviving during the war, how he started and grew his business, how he got inspired by Muhammad Ali, how he was able to keep his employees happy, and many more.
Pretty sure a lot of you will want more from Neville’s stories after this episode. But, no worries, Part 2 will be out next week so make sure to watch out for it!
KEY TAKEAWAYS Neville, together with his wife Marilyn, decided to start a business in 1974. He was 24 years old that time and didn’t have any money. They were starting a business from scratch. Dyslexia didn’t stop him from doing the things he wanted to do. During the 70s, if you’re dyslexic, they see you as dumb. Aside from being enclosed with people’s wrong perception, he was also having difficulty building a career. Neville worked 17 jobs. He worked as many hours as possible to be able to eat. He couldn’t believe how much he has learned from these jobs. Surviving after war was difficult. All the money he earned was put inside the business. Whatever is left is for their necessities which he says wasn’t a huge difficulty for him. Entrepreneurial skills were already showing when he was a kid. He was always motivated to earn money. His father, a skilled carpenter, motivated him to be self-employed. Regret is a big influencer. What’s the worst thing that could happen? If there’s a problem, you go forward. Just remember not to hold back when you do it. And if you go forward, look at what you did then to learn from them. Timing. Make the right decision at the right time. Know when the margin gets smaller or market’s going to change. It’s a different type of freedom in your workspace if you let everyone be in control. There are 120 people who worked in Kiddicare and Neville is sure that each one of them really wanted to stay work for the company. Not just forced to finance their necessities. They felt that they have the responsibility to freely do what they are passionate about inside the company. Aside from that, their positions and tasks are designed to cater to what they want to achieve from themselves and for the company.
BEST MOMENTS
"If he [Muhammad Ali] could lower himself from the champion boxer of the world to champion dustbin collector, then what's wrong with that? If that's the case, I can do it. I can be the champion window cleaner. It's all in the mind. It's the mindset." "Don't give up. You can get through it. You might as well work for yourself." "I never ever will say 'I should have'. I always will do it. Saying it and doing it are two different things."
VALUABLE RESOURCES Neville Wright Official Website The Answer is Yes – Now What is the Question? By Neville Wright
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
ABOUT THE GUEST
Neville Wright is an Investor, Property Developer, and Motivational Speaker. He is the founder of Kiddicare, a baby nursery retailer which he sold for £70 million to Morrisons supermarket in 2011 in the depths of the recession. He is also the author of “The Answer is Yes – Now What is the Question”.
Before being a multi-millionaire, Neville had his rough times. He grew up having dyslexia and left school at 15 because of it. He had a string of jobs when he was 24. Then, because of lay-off during recession, he and his wife Marilyn started a business from zero so they could provide their family. These happenings were enough motivation for him to work hard and achieve his goal.
CONTACT METHOD
Neville Wright Neville Wright Official Website Neville’s LinkedIn
Jay Dhillon Jay Dhillon Official Website Jay’s LinkedIn Jay’s Instagram Jay’s Facebook E-mail Jay at jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Tune in to today’s episode to hear Jay’s advice for anybody looking to go into business and become an entrepreneur. Following on from last week's episode Jay shares tips from his own experiences and gives you 10 considerations when thinking about going into business.
Understand that a lot of entrepreneurs fall at this hurdle and enter the market unprepared or at the wrong time. Going into business is one of the most critical decisions you will make in life, and it could really make or break your business.
Look forward to an upcoming episode where Jay interviews American entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Have a vision - Map out your vision moving forward, if you were to have no roadblocks. Don’t hold back and make it exciting. Have your cashflow setup and budgeted - Make sure you plan out your 12-month cashfow plan. If you don’t have cashflow, you don’t have a business. The legal stuff - Do you need to be a limited company or a sole trader? Marketing budget - You must have a marketing budget, no matter how good your idea is. If you don’t get your product or service out in front of others you won’t have a business. You can leverage networking groups as a cheaper way of marketing. Keep money in the bank - Aim to keep 6-12 months worth of capital in the bank to cover your overheads and buy yourself the freedom to build/grow your business Tested the idea and it works - Do your customers like it and will they buy? You need to do the marketing research before creating and scaling. Know what your customers want - Understand the wants and desires of your customers, identify your USP and test the market. Question your business, does it serve a purpose? Mentoring - Make sure you have a mentor to help direct you and keep you accountable. You will need mentors to support you throughout the first five years of your business
Q&A with Jay
Jay answers a question from a listener wanting to leave his job and start a business.
Option 1 - Get an investor from someone who believes in you so you can grow your business.
Option 2 - Secure a business partner, ideally someone with a complementary skill set.
Option 3 - Start part-time and build your business in your spare time. Reduce the risk and ensure you have finance coming in to build your business.
Option 4 - Take time out of work and ask for employment break. Test your skill set and see what it’s like to be an entrepreneur.
BEST MOMENTS
“The more marketing budget you have the quicker you will grow”
“Nothing is sold in the office, you need to get out there”
“The more testing you do before you jump into business, the better it will be”
“Business can be lonely and you’ll go through times of challenge, get a mentor”
“Cashflow is the oxygen of your business”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
016 The Business Mentor Podcast - 16 Reasons You Should Go Into Business
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome to another episode of The Business Mentor Podcast. In today’s episode, Jay shares with you 10 reasons why you should go into business. Find your reason why and get inspired because getting into business could change your life.
Jay urges you to create excitement and leave a legacy by getting into business and creating freedom in your life. Jay asks you to think about what’s really important to you, create a picture in your mind, follow the steps and make it a reality.
Carry on the discussion and keep the conversation going by emailing Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com Jay would love to hear your reasons why you choose business.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
10 Reasons Why You Should Go Into Business Freedom - Escape the 9-5 and do what you love by being in control. Legacy - What is it you want to achieve and what is it you want to share with your loved ones? Make Your Model Better - What can you change and improve? Make Money - Money is the oxygen of any business, before chasing your why create a cashflowing business. Learn New Skills - Quickly learn and improve your skill base. In a small business, you’re forced to learn great skills that will stay with you for life. Create Jobs - Help people and provide an income for others. Live With Excitement - Make the most of your business and create excitement in your life. Leverage - Outsource the tasks you’re not fond of, create freedom and do the things you want to do. Dealing With Pressure - Learn the ability to deal with pressurized situations and reap the rewards as you grow. Innovation - Have the ability to change course at any given time. Be fast and flexible in your business and pioneer change as a decision maker
BEST MOMENTS
“Legacy is really important, above money and above time. It’s what you leave behind”
“Create a picture in your mind, follow the steps and make it a reality”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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On today’s episode of The Business Mentor Podcast, Jay talks to Richard Fuller, the Managing Director of County Battery Services Ltd. Jay and Richard discuss investing in sales, expanding the business, being flexible on changes, having a mentor, valuing your staff, and so much more.
Richard’s business started in 1974. It was his father’s back then. At the early age of ten, he was already learning the ins and out of their business. Like any other kid, Richard wasn’t fervent with the idea of working with his dad selling batteries, tires, etc. But fate has a mind of its own. At the age of 23, he was left leading the business when his father died that year. Richard was able to expand their business for over 4 decades. It’s bigger than ever and now has three branches.
Richard tells Jay that it wasn’t very easy at first. He faced ups and downs in his personal and career life just like any of us. He experienced having his focus shifted, not having enough cash flow to sustain his family’s everyday life, and not sharing his ideas to grow. There’s more to know about Richard’s journey in which we could learn from so make sure to tune in!
KEY TAKEAWAYS Invest in sales so you’ll be able to expand your business in the future. When Richard started leading the business, he was just trying to survive on a little cash flow. Sales are very important to make sure your business is growing in the long run. When you do it, make sure you know everything about it. Make sure your prices are set. Look at how your competition’s way of doing it. Find your target audience. Know the profit margins. Find a mentor. Your mentor will give you the guidance you will need. He’ll give you better options. Just like everyone else, we should seek help when we need it. When you start not focusing on your business, your business will suffer. There won’t be any cash flow when this happens. You might lose a source of income. Your staff is your business’ greatest asset. There are times when entrepreneurs want to keep their plans inside their heads. Try sharing it with your staff, it will be easier in the process. Besides, they know the job better. Tough times will come so be prepared. Don’t live day by day. You have to have backup plans and reserves. Flexibility is necessary. You have to adapt to changes quickly. We live in an ever-changing world. Find ways on how you still be on top of your game. You can concentrate on a certain niche. Technology is a big factor in every business lately. If we can use it properly, it will greatly affect our business. For example, Richard’s company is exploring on e-batteries.
BEST MOMENTS "The bond between (father and son) is probably better because we're working together." "If you're not careful and you don't plan your sales, then you've got a big problem." “If you’ve got an idea and you think it’s great, get a mentor you could bounce the idea around. Chances of success are gonna be higher.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES County Battery Services Ltd Website Fuller Battery Website
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
ABOUT THE GUEST
Richard’s been working with batteries since 1974 and over the years, have gained a wealth of experience in all battery types. He is the Managing Director of County Battery Services Ltd, a one-stop battery shop.
CONTACT METHOD
Richard Fuller-Battery Richard’s LinkedIn Richard’s Twitter Richard’s Facebook
Jay Dhillon Jay Dhillon Official Website Jay’s LinkedIn Jay’s Instagram Jay’s Facebook E-mail Jay at jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome to another edition of The Business Mentor Podcast. In this episode, your host Jay Dhillion welcomes successful Dragons Den hopeful Ed Hollands. Discover more about Ed’s journey from starting his business, to going on Dragons Den and securing an investment and meeting a life-changing mentor. Learn more about how Ed has grown his advertising company Driven Media to 2,500 trailers and 13 fleets and how you too, can drive your business forward.
Jay dives into Ed’s amazing Dragons Den success story and how he spotted a gap in the traditional advertising market and launched Driven Media. Ed urges you to expand your business and become sales focused in order to grow and secure new business.
Learn how to gain exposure for your business and consistently grow, by implementing routines and hone your skills and persistence. Jay and Ed discuss why a mentor can give you millions of pounds worth of value and open doors you never knew existed simply by accessing their ‘blackbook’ of contacts.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Sales are the oxygen of the business drive you forward. If you can master selling it makes the journey to becoming an entrepreneur much easier. It's essential to not spend months developing your product you need to get out there and start selling because sales fuel your business.
Ed explains that a lot of businesses advertise on television and online, where their competitors are. But where you need to be, is where your competitors aren't and getting in front of loads of people and gaining exposure.
When taking on staff look at 3-month cycles, calculate how long you can keep your staff as they bring in revenue, but give your sales people the tools to succeed and work in the way that best suits them.
Jay: What’s the best thing about securing an investment from a Dragon?
Ed: It’s finding someone in that position to help you, she’s a multimillionaire and knows other millionaires. It’s the black book of contacts that makes a huge difference. The power of association lifts you up and gives you the confidence and backing to grow as a business.
BEST MOMENTS
"The more people who operate in a market, the harder it is to get noticed”
"In any business not run before you can walk"
"Taking on staff is a calculated risk"
“Our biggest client was New Look and as they grew we grew with them”
“The bigger the clients get the more I learn, entrepreneurs don’t know what they’re doing half the time, but that’s the way it should be”
“As long as it all goes into the CRM It doesn’t matter how you bring in the sales, as long as they align with the brand values”
“Don’t look at what others are doing on social media, you have to put the graft in, the quickest route is getting started”
“If you’re looking to set up a business, there’s nothing better than going to university”
“Business is a blend and a balance you need to plan your week for business and for your family”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://www.drivenmedia.co.uk/tag/dragons-den/
https://www.drivenmedia.co.uk/
info@drivenmedia.co.uk
BBC.com/dragonsden
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome to another episode of The Business Mentor Podcast. In this episode, special guest and founder of ‘Never Ever Too Old’ Ant Knight interviews The Business Mentor himself Jay Dhillion. Discover more about Jay’s journey to success and how he has amassed over 100,000 followers online, built multiple businesses and grown this podcast to be the UK’s number one.
Ant and Jay dive into the fundamentals of business and how to create cashflow, before anything else. Understand why making money should be a priority first, before the vision or long-term strategy. Jay shares he first business venture and how he created a recruitment business with over 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million. Jay goes on to talk about how he created a profitable business in just 30 days and to do so you must ‘find the pain’ and find a problem to be solved.
Discover more about The Business Mentor Himself, Jay Dhillon
KEY TAKEAWAYS Ant Knight - ‘Never ever too old’ community of people taking control of their own lives. If you're not setting out to make money, the chances are you won't make money. 9 times out of 10 your passion won't make you money so ask yourself what will you sell? how much will it make you? and how will you continue your growth? It's okay to make money and once you start making money you'll enjoy it a lot more. Nothing will kill your business more than not making money. If you've got no money, you will not succeed. Look at what your niche is but you should be using Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram. All you need to do is start, grow your following by bringing good content, you have to provide value. All you need is 100 loyal followers. Getting the right mentor is really important, get someone who has been there and done it. Invest in getting knowledge and find like-minded people whose values match yours.
Ant: How do you find your customers?
Jay: It's easier now with social media and you can find audiences who are directly interested in your product or service. All you need to do is find groups on Facebook or LinkedIn, join them and interact and find your target market
Ant: What does consistency mean to you?
Jay: It means turning up every day and putting in the work, focusing on your core area and achieving growth.
Tips to grow your podcast Put a focus on it and invest your time. Just do it and start now, but see it as a long-term plan. It’s a platform to get your message out, no matter if there are similar podcasts out there. We’re all unique. Don’t worry too much about the content, just get it out there.
Five Tips for Starting a Business Look how you can monistise it. Start small if you don’t have a budget. Get on all the social media platforms and create a powerful network. Get a mentor, and if you can’t afford it read as many books as you can. Have the courage to start.
BEST MOMENTS
"You don't have to spend two years building a business if you start you can begin making money quickly." "Start with the end in mind." "Go all in, be focused and lock it down." "I highly recommend you create an email list, to de-risk your business." "Do not buy an email list, it's not the best way of marketing." “Build relationships with people but by providing content, you have to offer something in return and If you get a chance to meet someone face to face it’s invaluable.” “I want to record 3000 episodes of my podcast.” “What you want to do, everyone wants to do, just have the courage to do it.” “One keyword to success - Persistence.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://www.facebook.com/yourneverevertooold1/
008 Creating a Profitable Business in 30 Days with Luca Gallone
009 Interview with Personal Branding Expert Lauren Tickner
007 Follow The Money! Jay Shares 9 Key Takeaways from His meeting with soon to be Billionaire Entrepreneur - Grant Cardone
012 - Morning Routine for Success
010 4 Steps To Create A Powerful Social Network
The one thing - Gary Keller
Slight Edge - Jeff Olson
Blue Ocean - W. Chan Kim
The 10x Rule: - Grant Cardone
The Disruptive Entrepreneur - Rob Moore
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome to another episode of The Business Mentor Podcast. In this episode, Jay discusses Routines and you too, can implement a daily routine in your life to achieve success. Jay also brings you the Routines of some of the greats, including Steve Jobs, Tony Robbins and Barack Obama. Jay shares with you his routine to success and tips from the greats, about how to start your day off with a victory. Discover how to implement these tips in your daily life and how to constantly day in, day out achieve success. KEY TAKEAWAYS Tony Robbins: - Starts the day by doing three sets of breathing exercises while displaying gratitude and appreciation. Following this he will pray and be thank you for what he has and what he is yet to receive. Tim Ferris: - Starts the day by meditating, using the app called head space. This is followed up with some light exercise, and the completion of a daily journal, detailing the victories he is looking to achieve today and the ones he has achieved the previous day. Barack Obama: - Wakes up at 5am and exercises, finishes up with green tea and catches up with the news to set himself up for the day ahead Steve Jobs: - Each day he would make his bed and start the day off with a task completed, a small victory. Afterwards he would talk to himself in the mirror and say to himself "If today was the last day of my life, would I be happy with what I'm about to do" If the answer is no, something needs to change Jay’s Routine Step 1: Get up at 5am - In order to do this I do go to bed at 21:30 pm Step 2: Make my bed - Gives me an instant sense of achievement and gives me one straight victory to start the day Step 3: Workout - I do a HIT workout for a minimum of 10 minutes to get ready for the day Step 4: Go for a walk - I go outside to connect with nature, and be happy for what I've got Step 5: Green juice - I have a nutrijuice a blend of kale, celery, apples and honey to give me energy Step 6: Multi-vitamins - Take these to get set up with the day Step 7: Plan my day - Complete a daily five, the five things you need to achieve that day with the most important clearly visible at the top Step 8: Smile - The first interaction with people should be smiling, create a happy place to be
BEST MOMENTS - "Eat that frog" Brian Tracy”.
- "Make sure you put that most important thing at the top of your daily five and attack it."
- "Your morning routine will dictate your day".
- “Get a journal and keep track of when your implementing your routines.”
- “If you're not happy with what your are doing each day, use this as a signal for change in your life.”
- “Get a good start to the day and nothing can stop you.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few. Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles. After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast. Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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On this episode of Business Mentor Podcast, Jay Dhilllon is joined by Kul Mahay!
Jay and Kul talk about Kul’s career background and how he believes leadership should be. Kul emphasizes on the two kinds of leadership (dissonance and resonance), the importance of human interactions, the vulnerability of leaders, authenticity of leadership, removal of negativity from your life, and so much more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS It’s normal for leaders to sometimes feel the impostor syndrome. We’re all human beings. Sometimes, despite being successful, we feel we lack internally of Leaders don’t like talking to other leaders about their weaknesses. You think they might have high expectations of you. You might be perceived as weak but it’s okay. You have to feel the vulnerability of being human. The more real you are, the better you are. More intuitive and powerful decisions come. Kul’s dream since he was a kid was to be a police officer. It started settling in his mindset when he was little. Being a police officer meant safety, security, commitment, peacekeeping, etc. Kul thought it was a powerful role to play in the community. Better keep feeding your dream. Kul sent out applications and got 26 rejections. His dream was too strong, he couldn’t give up. He got his dream on the 27th. You need to be hungry for your dream. You’ll earn a resilience if you want it enough. You’re gonna have challenging days. Kul became a leader. According to Kul, if you want your organization to excel in a marked but sustainable way, you have to change your culture. It doesn’t matter if it’s only 10 people or a big 500 group is working under you, Kul does what he terms as ‘management walkabouts’. He talks and connects to every individual. It is only this way you realize the true expertise and depth within your staff. There are two types of leadership: dissonance and resonance. Dissonance is leading in such a way you’re creating a gap between you and the people you’re leading while resonance is about building and bridging the gap with those who you are leading. The moment you’re influencing the outcome for others, you’re a leader. We are at some point in our lives have experienced being a leader. Build human relationships. Talk to your admin lady. Talk to the assistant. They’re the gatekeepers. Talk to the people who know exactly what the process is. Be pleasant to everybody. Remove negativity from your life. People that bring you a bad mood on a daily basis need to be cut off. It doesn’t matter if it’s a family, a friend, or a workmate. Sometimes, it’s healthier if you communicate with them not often as you’re used to. It does not have to be every day. Don’t bottle up everything inside of you. Chances are you’re going to burst at the wrong moment at the wrong time. Let it out. Cry if you have to. Be much more authentic. Be the real you. You’ll be stronger and better. Be authentic to yourself. You want to be seen as you. Show what your passions are. the values are what decides what’s right for you. Every human being has inner spirit. Most don’t know we got it. Most who know it won’t ignite it. Those who recognize it and ignite it are the only people who understand and realize that it’s immense power. Find people who resonate with you and will help you in your journey. You can’t do everything yourself. Get talented people so you can focus on what you do best. Feed your mind. Move your body. Meditate. Kul considers his granddad as his mentor. His granddad came from India with nothing. Kul admires his humility and work ethics. Among his mentors also are John C. Maxwell, Tony Robbins, Liz Brown.
BEST MOMENTS “Any human being needs a safe person and a safe place they can offload to.” “I would say that 80% of everything we do in life is about your mindset and 20% is how you do it.” “When you have a dream, it’s like having a pet, the more you feed it the right things, nurture it, and look after it, the stronger it gets.” “Life is only ever transformed when you start doing physical activity, and that action has to be in line with your mindset.” “If values are there, knowledge comes next.” “Anyone can shift our behaviours, our actions, and our lives if we want to.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES Pareto Principle The National Decision Model The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure by James Redfield Smash The Habit: 16 Steps To A New Life by Kul Mahay
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
ABOUT THE GUEST
Kul Mahay served for 32 years in the UK police service, of which two-thirds were spent at leadership level. In his life as a police leader he has overseen complex and varied departments and commanded critical and major operational scenarios.
He has been coaching leaders for over 20 years and now works with a global client base of business owners and senior leaders, using his unique style to help them to not only further their leadership potential but to feel more fulfilled, despite the challenges of their roles.
Kul has worked with police forces, universities, fire services and the oil industry in UK, UAE, Qatar, India and Ukraine to help develop empowered cultures. His passion for leadership is evident in everything that he does. His personal coaching client base has spanned the globe.
He is the founder of one of the fastest growing inner leadership events in the UK, IGNITE YOUR INNER POTENTIAL™, which is delivered at public, organisational and youth level.
Kul is also the author of the popular book, ‘Smash the Habit,’ which draws on his experience of overcoming long-held habits. He believes that physical habits are just symptoms of mental habits. He now coaches, speaks and trains on the art of leadership internationally.
CONTACT METHOD
Kul Mahay Facebook Linkedin Twitter Instagram
Jay Dhillon https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/ https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/ Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome to another episode the Business Mentor Podcast. This podcast is where we share and discuss the experiences, ideas & happenings in the world of business, featuring some very special guests & experts to give you advice and direction on your journey. In this episode, Jay discusses how to create a powerful social network and a core group of like-minded individuals to help you along your journey.
Learn how to start, grow and scale your own personal social network and build a core online power-team to support you on your journey. Discover how to fill your Facebook page with positive people and create a feed full of success stories and motivation.
We’re consuming social platforms now, more than anything and you need to mirror that in your business. Treat your Facebook friends as a core network
KEY TAKEAWAYS
4 Steps to Follow to Build Your Core Social Network Look over all your Facebook friends and decide if their activity benefits you. Remove 85% of your Facebook friends - If they don’t bring you up, remove them. Join like-minded groups, start posting and get known. Connect with the people who are on your journey - The people who can help you.
BEST MOMENTS
“Imagine if you had just 800 like-minded people that are part of your journey.” “Be comfortable with people you want to be associated with.” “Create a Social Network within a Social Network.” “Build your social network into your online power-team.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
006 The Business Mentor Podcast - An interview with Grant Cardone
008 The Business Mentor Podcast - Creating a Profitable Business in 30 Days with Luca Gallone
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
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Welcome to another episode the Business Mentor Podcast. This podcast is where we share and discuss the experiences, ideas & happenings in the world of business, featuring some very special guests & experts to give you advice and direction in your journey. In this episode your host Jay Dhillon interviews Personal Branding Expert Lauren Tickner.
Discover how anyone can be an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be special, you just have to take action and start in order to get the result you want. Hear the real story of Lauren Tickner’s journey to success and how is she generates multiple streams of online income. Lauren focuses on her online business helping others with their personal branding, and after building a following on social media through the fitness industry, she discovered a passion for creating freedom, mentoring and impacting the lives of others.
Jay and Lauren discuss how anyone can build their personal brand no matter what age they are, you just have to put valuable content out there, consistently and connect with like-minded individuals. Learn how to focus on your strengths and master your craft, build a following and a brand and you’ll earn legitimacy and credibility and with that authority. Find out how to focus on connecting with people and your personal brand will naturally grow, do something you enjoy and build a tribe of raving fans.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Jay: How did you come about starting your business so early on?
Lauren: At age 18 I got a job in asset management for a FTSE 250 company, though the investment 2020 scheme. However, after a year I handed in my notice, because I was so keen and passionate about doing my own thing. I wanted to merge my passion and profession in the fitness industry and build my social media following up, so I started to sell fitness ebooks and it was then I knew online business was my thing.
Jay: Did you learn anything relevant at University?
Lauren: Probably accountancy, but University is no longer enough and your personal brand now can be your personal CV. When I discovered mentors, I saw how they can help and how they can give you more freedom. So I constantly surround myself with people in a position I want to be in, like-minded individuals.
Jay: Where did your first six figures come from?
Lauren: Initial it came from selling fitness ebooks whilst at university, but I realised that I needed multiple streams of income so I started building my social following, I did this by constantly adding value to my audience, I was posting three times a day, engaging and valuable content. I then started to target ‘high flyers’ or influences and sold an online fitness course, I targeted a niche and sold them a product relevant to them. But anyone can do this you can run facebook ads or instagram ads and provide value to people.
Jay: What are your goals moving forward?
Lauren: I’m working on helping others even more, I’m focused on mentorship and personal branding, a 12-month programme with actionable step-by-step advice. People need a strong foundation before monitising and by drip feeding information I can help them do that.
BEST MOMENTS
There’s so much power in doing your own thing, and having freedom. Imagine what you could do if you focuses more time on your business Once you build your personal brand, you have legitimacy and once you have that you have authority If you’re a mentor you are trading your time for money, but if you want to help even more people, you can do this with social media and online courses Does it sometimes feel uncomfortable, yes. But there’s jealousy there and they want to be doing what you're doing. Grant Cardone Just get started, get excited and work on filling your room. Don’t worry about what others are doing. Treat everyone as a mentor and extract the knowledge that you want to learn
Jay: If you could give 5 steps to help someone to build a brand or business and monitise it, what what they be?
Lauren: Know your niche - Figure out where to post engaging content that your target audience will see. Start with two platforms. Spend an hour every single day - Adding value and serving your niche. Post consistent content - Provide actionable and engaging value to your idea client. Engage with your community - Speak to your followers and spend time with them. Create an email list - Provide offers and capture your audience's details. Contact your followers in more ways than one and de-risk your business incase the platforms you use change.
VALUABLE RESOURCES
006 The Business Mentor Podcast - An interview with Grant Cardone
008 The Business Mentor Podcast - Creating a Profitable Business in 30 Days with Luca Gallone
The Millionaire Podcast - Lauren Tickner
The Business Meets Fitness Podcast - Lauren Tickner
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
ABOUT THE GUEST
Lauren Tickner is a 21 year old entrepreneur with a social media following of 170,000 and making 6 figures. After quitting her FTSE 250 asset management job and dropping out of university, she realised that she needed to take her life into her own hands in order to have the impact she wanted. Now, Lauren is on a mission to help others create a life for themselves that the love, while making the money they deserve.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jay-dhillon.com/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon
https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/
https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/
Jay@businessmentorpodcast.com
CONTACT GUEST
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8qhCPBiqf3qje6CdDBjdgQ
https://www.instagram.com/laurentickner/
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Is it possible to get at least £3000 a month as profit from a business which was just created in less than 30 days? Jay Dhillon and Luca Gallone say it’s doable in just 11 easy steps!
Luca comes back to the Business Mentor Podcast with Jay to share how they started their business DentalReputation (http://dentalreputation.co.uk) within 30 days. DentalReputation focuses on helping the dentists in the management of their online reviews.
And for you guys, believe that there should be no excuse for you to say no in creating your own business. Jay and Luca’s business is the living evidence. It does not matter if the industry is not your comfort zone. The business you create does not have to be perfect. Just remember that things can be done and learnt along the way.
Jay and Luca’s 11 steps in creating a successful business could be helpful so start tuning in!
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Here are the 11 steps to set up a business and monetize on it very easily: Step 1: Find a problem. Think about how the customers or clients could be benefitted. Brainstorm about possible problems. Look for the problem right away. It gives you the right footing. The problem is getting bad reviews, or not getting reviews at all. These reviews could greatly affect you or your business’ reputation. Some are having a hard time to find a solution so Jay and Luca chose to focus on it. Step 2: Pick a niche. Avoid being general and broad. it’s easier to find a solution to a problem if you have a focused niche. It will also benefit you in selling your service. Jay and Luca chose to focus on dentists’ problem with reviews. These reviews could be about the customer service, the ventilation, and other external factors unrelated to the dentist’s performance. Step 3: Test the measures. Test the market. Test the audience. Get the feedback from your future customers. Think of ways that will make them respond and give feedback. For example, Jay and Luca sent golden envelopes to 70 random clients instead of opting for using online surveys. Jay and Luca managed to get a significant number of feedbacks. Step 4: Find your products. Create a new product once you already get your profit. There’s a high chance that there is something similar already existing in the web. It’s much better to try a white-label software first. You can license your own and sell it in your own brand. It doesn’t have to be spectacular as long as it solves the problem. Jay and Luca were able to find a white-label software that could help encourage more reviews on the dentist’s page and limit the negative reviews that are coming. Step 5: Locate your audience. Get it out to a bigger audience. Think of ways that are not yet practiced by the competition out there. Where do these audiences congregate? For the dentists, it wasn’t a Facebook group or any other online forum, it was a trade show. Step 6: Have commitment and branding. Think about your competition. Think how to stand out. Jay and Luca decided they needed a website. They made the website in just two days but managed to make it look like an established business for a very long time. They outsourced the design, used ClickFunnels, and made simple landing pages for the site. Everything was systemized from invoices to business cards to phone calls to emails! Step 7: Find an influencer. Look for the biggest one in your niche and target them. Contact them through email or phone calls. Jay and Luca found a singing dentist to perform on their trade show. This is to stand out even though alongside the big companies. It was a hit! Step 8: Find staff. How do you show your future clients that you could compete with the big businesses out there? Have a team. This may be applicable only for the trade show. They wanted to have the perception that they’re as big as other business out there. So Jay used his connections from his previous company and got two staff working for them. Step 9: Create interests and generate leads. Before the trade show, Jay and Luca read dentistry books just to have the idea what are the basics and all that stuff. They also did a demonstration during the trade show. During the demo, they were able to get contact lists of a possible market. Step 10: Boost sales. Believe in your product. Be confident. Once you start, it gives you the adrenaline and keeps you going. It doesn’t matter if you get the sales upfront. What matters is your reach increases through the person’s close ties, colleagues, etc. Jay did the on-the-floor selling and Luca did his magic. Jay and Luca managed to get more than 60 clients. They did 75% of their sales in one day. Step 11: Nurture and customer service. This is one thing you shouldn’t neglect. Giving solutions for their problem is the most important. Value the new and existing customers. (Optional) Step 12: Have an exit strategy. If you have a business, you may want to build it and keep it running. But for a business, that is created in limited time, it is best to have an exit strategy. During the trade show, a bigger company had interest in Jay and Luca’s company and wanted to become partners. But instead, they decided to sell it. They gave them the list of their clients and the software. They were just happy that they were able to make a business from scratch.
BEST MOMENTS “It doesn’t fit any of our backgrounds. It doesn’t fit any of our experience. But it proves that it doesn’t matter what area you go into. Business is business. And you can make it work.” – Luca Gallone “It’s important to niche it down. Being broad and general doesn’t tend to work.” – Luca Gallone on focusing on a niche “I don’t think that there’s an excuse for anybody to really want to start a business. It’s there for them. Sometimes, we do get mixed up trying to create this perfect business. But we do not need to.” – Jay Dhillon
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Here are some of the useful sites Jay and Luca used to make the business successful! DentalReputation Official Site (http://dentalreputation.co.uk) ClickFunnels (www.clickfunnels.com) for the sales funnel ChargeBee (www.chargebee.com) for automation of recurring bills Stripe (www.stripe.com) for card payments Amazon (www.amazon.com) for logistics needs Fiverr (www.fiverr.com) for design outsourcing Upwork (www.upwork.com) for managing customer service Moneypenny (www.moneypenny.com) for phone calls
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
ABOUT THE GUEST
Luca Gallone is an internationally acclaimed magician and hypnotist. His lifelong passion for the art of magic started at the early age of 6. This passion then turned into a business. Since he was 18 years old, he continues to wow his audience including celebrities and top end corporate clients around the world. He remains to be the highly-recommended and the go-to magician for most clients because of his incomparable skills and work ethics.
Luca also joined Britain’s Got Talent 2015 and was an instant crowd favorite. Aside from the pleased 2000 crowd, he got unanimous Yes votes from the celebrity judges.
CONTACT METHOD
Luca Gallone Official Website (http://www.lucagallone.com/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lucaggallone/) Musical.ly (https://www.musical.ly/h5/share/usr/286722046674259968.html)
Jay Dhillon Official Website (https://www.jay-dhillon.com/) Email (mail to: jay@thebusinesspodcast.com)
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In this episode Jay Dhillon shares 9 golden nuggets of knowledge from his meeting with the billionaire entrepreneur and one of the most successful online influencers in the UK, Grant Cardone.
These tips will add value to your business and give you something extra to 10X your further success.
TAKEAWAY 1
Grants asked me, “Could you handle £300.000.000? If someone gave you £300.000.000 could you handle it?”
Obviously I have answered, “Of course.”
Grant explains “This is why the £300.000.000 would be a problem! Because to fly an F16 jet, it takes years of training, experience gained through flying smaller planes, it just doesn’t happen over night.
The same with the £300.000.000. If I was to give you £300.000.000 you wouldn’t know what to do with it and probably you would blow it, instead than invest it wisely.”
TAKEAWAY 2
Be efficient at making money! Always think about new ways to generate new sources of income. Invest your money wisely.
TAKEAWAY 3
You can’t save yourself to success! You can’t save all your life extremely, hoping you will become rich one day. You need to invest your money wisely to generate new and more substantial income.
TAKEAWAY 4
An often question that Grant has to answer to is: “How do I become successful?” The knowledge is out there, he says. It always has been, you just need to put the effort into finding the right one. Teach yourself and read lots of books. They usually answer with “I don’t like reading!”
So, his next question is, “Do you like to be broke?”
TAKEAWAY 5
Knowledge is right and it is wrong, Grants says. The right knowledge is powerful, but the wrong knowledge is powerful too, in a negative way. It is powerful because it can bring you down.
TAKEAWAY 6
Money is everything, accept it! Grants says money is like oxygen and without it you can’t live, because for everything you need to pay.
TAKEAWAY 7
You are the company that you keep! Grants again believes this is a myth. Take the time, invest and focus on yourself. Rich friends are not going to make you wealthy.
TAKEAWAY 8
You should talk to strangers! Obviously this statement brought up some contradictions from parents who raise their kids teaching them not to approach strangers. Grants explains that before we got to know the people that today are important to us, they were strangers too, for example your wife or best friend or whomever you might think of.
TAKEAWAY 9
Don’t do what you love, follow the money! Some people may find this a bit absurd but if you hear Grants opinion you might change yours. Me, personally, when I started business, I didn’t like the industry I was in, but I was making money. That money allowed me to do the things I love and enjoy.
BEST MOMENTS
Start off small and build it step by step!
“I am going to prove to you why £300.000.000 isn’t good for you. Let me give an example: If I was to put you in an F16 jet, which is worth about £250.000.000 and ask you to fly it, that would make you feel uncomfortable.”
To be successful there are no shortcuts, you need to put the effort in and take actions. There is no easy way to become successful.
If you don’t approach new people, you will never expand the circle of people you know. You might miss out on some good values that they might have offered you.
If your passion doesn’t make you money, you need to follow the money because you will end up hating something once you used to love and enjoy.
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ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0-500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.
Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest and at the age 33 Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.
A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly-coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.
After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.
Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.
In the UK alone 95% of business fail within the first five years and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number.
Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.
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Don’t run the risk of choosing the wrong mentor before hearing Jay reveal the common misconceptions associated with mentorships, what to look for in a mentor, where to find one, track records, action points, dealing with criticism, return on investment and more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
How To Find And Keep A Mentor. I have created eleven tips that I feel you can use when finding and keeping a mentor. I think that most people misunderstand mentoring. They ask a leader they admire to mentor them, forcing that kind of person into an awkward position where they feel bad for saying no. It is important that when looking for a mentor you follow the steps to ensure you get off the best possible start.
Tip One: What you need to look for in a mentor? It’s important you decide what you want in a mentor. The main thing is that you need is to ensure the same values and principles as yourself. More importantly they have a proven track record.
Tip two: You are looking at, where can you find a mentor? Mentors are everywhere, so I will suggest that you share your story with people you respect, people who will show a bit of an interest in you. And from there you could find really good mentors. Three: Get as much knowledge as you can about the person! If you set this meeting up with someone that you identify as a mentor, get as much information about the person. Show an interest in them, follow their blog or profile and learn about your mentor. Four: Don’t ask them to be your mentor straight away! I think you shouldn’t really ask them straight away to be a mentor. What You should do is have a few meetings, get to know each other, ask them for advice at some point, share your story and then build that relationship. Five: After few meetings, you’ve decided you want to have this individual as a mentor. I would say to them “Look, I want to progress this forward. Could we meet on the monthly basis where I would just bring some of
my progression, how far I’ve got, each month I just get your advice moving forward. I understand, you might be busy, and I am happy to do over the phone or email, should you not be available. How does that sound for you? “ Six: Give something back! This will help you maintain a long-term mentoring relationship. Every individual you listen to, me as well have got their own sets of skills, don’t be afraid to give something back. When I was mentoring one of my mentees, they were very good on social media, I really wasn’t good on social media, in fact this podcast is due to a lot of mentees pushing me to get my message out more. These mentees helped me with my social media, my Facebook, my Twitter, my Instagram and I was grateful to them. Don’t be afraid to get your strength across to your mentor and give them Seven: Mentorship is a journey, mentoring is organic, it’s healthy, let it grow! Repeating the same questions each meeting, because you’ve not really done the work is a bit poor for the mentor. 100% it’s organic, it will take time, bear with it and make sure you value it. This advice from mentor will increase your chance success. Eight: Don’t check out, when you’re challenged up! I would say if you get challenged by your mentor, don’t take to heart. This is them giving you advice, they are giving you advice on their own opinions and take it on board as constructive criticism. Nine: Mentorship is sharing experiences! I used to think a mentor would just give me all the answers. They do in a sense, but they just showing experiences. You need to create your own answers, I would say that mentorship is a bit like a book, you dive in and you get this perspective and you bring it back into your own business to help you cross that barrier. Ten: Ask you mentor for feedback!
Eleven: The most important out of everything is, you need to be committed! You need to show your mentor that you are really committed to success and every month you are progressing forward, you’re putting in the work. You just need to put the work in.
BEST MOMENTS
I said I wanted a mentor, I didn’t really understand what that even meant.
It's time to start seeking mentoring the right way. Get into a mentorship programme type and get a relationship where you can meet regularly. The mentees that are really stood out, are the ones that give something back to me. If you get challenged by your mentor, don’t take to heart. You need to show your mentor that you are really committed!
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ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a well-established entrepreneur and has built up many businesses from start-up to success. In 2005 he built a business from 0 – 500 employees with a turnover of £5 million per year and this with no investment apart from his savings. This business brought in major clients such as Land Rover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look just to name a few. His passion and skills have since allowed him to build many more businesses. Today Jay has multiple business in various sectors. His achievements for his work have been highlighted in a visit to Buckingham Palace to meet with Prince Charles. From humble upbringing’s Jay feels that anyone can be successful in the business world. Over his 18 years within businesses, he is now sharing his knowledge and skills to help other inspiring entrepreneurs succeed in the world of business.
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Given the choice between 7 life-changing books or £25 worth of goods, which would you choose? If it’s the books, then this episode is for you! Jay lists his top 10 most influential books and discusses the impact they have had on his life and 14 years in business, covering everything from spiritual to sales.
In this episode I will cover the ten most influential books for me and how important is to always acquire new knowledge and use it at your advantage. You really need to pick up your knowledge wherever you can.
I try and consume all the information in the books and I put it into practise. I’ve got a tip coming up at the end about how I’ve used which has really helped me not only read but take on the knowledge and I’ll share that with you at the end.
Before we go into books I have a last story I want to share with you, one of my mentors told me this story about a robber who went to a house in the US and the robber broke in and he stole around £25 worth of goods, and next to the goods were seven life changing books from great authors and I thought the problem these days is a majority of people don’t want to take this knowledge that’s already out there. We all want the success, we want it now but really it’s always been out there.
It’s all about educating yourself through books, through mentors, through podcasts and taking that knowledge and putting it into action. I listened to that story and thought that’s the majority of people, that do do that and even if the knowledge is right in front of you, he left that knowledge and took the £25 which was probably, wasn’t his biggest win but really if he took those books and educated himself, he could have made so much more. In fact, I guarantee you he’d make so much more.
So, there’s a quick story about how we overlook knowledge and look at the short-term gain.
The first book I read was The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma. Now this is a great book in self-value. I enjoyed this book because it talks about somebody who had all the money in the world, had one of the best jobs, and all of a sudden, his health problems brought him back down to Earth. He had a Ferrari at the time, hence why he’s the monk sold his Ferrari. He then travelled to India to live with the monks. That summarises the whole story. He then got rid of all his materialistic things and was more happy with what he was doing without the flash lifestyle and is more happy with and content with the basics in life.
So, book 2; Think and Grow Rich. This book will help you on your journey from mind-sets to creating mastermind groups, from sales.
Book 3, The Millionaire Next Door. Because the secret millionaires are the ones which aren’t driving the flash cars, they’ll buy a used car, they won’t buy the most expensive clothes, they’re frugal with their money, they save it, they maintain it and they make good investments. Book 4, The Richest Man In Babylon. It teaches you the value of investing and saving money and accumulating your wealth. Book 5, The Slight Edge. When we’re in business or in life it can get overwhelming and you have days where you don’t feel productive. You get that quite a lot being an entrepreneur, you think that you haven’t really achieved anything. This book teaches you about real growth which comes from little things that are done consistently over time. Book 6, get The Four Hour Work Week with Tim Ferris. Now, I like this book because of the outsourcing aspect. Now, when I was running a recruitment agency 24/7 I was working long hours, we managed 600 staff and it was 24 hours because it was our operation. After I’d read Tim Ferris’s books I realised there were certain things where I needed to switch off. Things like having auto sender for my emails, so once I’d clocked off from my office at 7pm I’d have an email saying “Look, I’ll respond to you tomorrow.”
Book 7, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk. I think Gary Vaynerchuk was amazing, I’ve got a list of the last four years now. This book is all about giving to your audience first, before you ask. Book 8, Life Leverage, by Rob Moore. Rob Moore is one of my own mentors, he’s mentoring me on parts of my projects that I’m working on. This book Life Leverage is a more recent book that’s been written, and Rob talks about how you can again outsource certain aspects of your life.
Number 9, The One Thing, Gary Keller. Again, this is a bit like The Slight Edge, and a lot of the books you read, that I’ve read anyway, they do overlap, but it’s just a different way of a message. Don’t be concerned if you read a book and think that it’s the same thing. A lot of them do say the same things but they’ve got a different way of saying it. Sometimes, a certain one will resonate with you, and other times you won’t really get the concept of the author.
Book 10, now I wanted to bring this book on because I truly believe in sales. The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone. I think this book is more about getting your mind-set into thinking bigger than what you’ve already got.
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DESCRIPTION What would you do with the spare cash saved from discounts on your utility bills? Jay reveals just how far a simple question can take you and how much it can save you too! If you could do with a reduced phone bill, cheaper broadband or a discounted holiday then listen to the tips and strategies imparted in this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast and remember - don’t be afraid to ask! KEY TAKEAWAYS How I saved £40k in just a one-year loan Anything you do, whether you’re negotiating or if you’re selling something, always ask the additional question. When you buy something or let’s say you’re buying a website, or you are re-negotiating something, don’t take anything as being the final price. Ask them, is that the best price, is there some negotiation about that, can we get a bit of discount? If you ask that question, more or less all the time, you will get more and more people saying yes to you. For example, Jay called his finance supplier and told them he’d been with them five years and asked if there was a possibility of a discount. The customer service advisor spoke with her manager and offered a 0.5% discount. In recruitment the turnover is really high, so 0.5% actually turned out to be a £40k saving in one year. A saving of £120k over three years. Jay also negotiated his broadband, Sky, mobile phone bills, everything. Around 50% agreed, he saved about £600 off his bills that particular year. Seven tips which will help you adopt this action. 1. Don’t be Afraid to Ask! Start with easier things, like your utility bills, your mobile phone bills because you are a customer, they are less likely to tell you to go anywhere, so I would just start with the easier ones. 2. Shut Up and Listen! When you ask a question you need to let the other person talk. The rule of seventy/thirty. Listen 70% and talk 30%. 3. Do Your Homework! Go in with information to help you seal the deal, for example if you’ve been with your mobile phone provider eight years, tell them you’ve been loyal and remind them of how much money you’ve spent with them. 4. Always be Willing to Walk Away! Be happy to walk away. It’s not guaranteed you will always get a discount.
- Don’t Be in a Hurry! If you ask them for a discount or you’re asking a client to an upsell, a product, a second thing, don’t be in a hurry.
- Aim High and Expect the Best Outcome! When you’re negotiating if they ask you the question, “How much are you looking for, Sir/Madam? What are you looking for in regards to a discount?” I always say 50.
- If someone says no to you, Don’t Take It Personally! Don’t start attacking the person on the phone.
BEST MOMENTS Asking the question at a corporate level. In McDonalds, when you ordered your hamburger did they ask you the question about would you like to make that a meal? When you go to the retail shop, when you get to the till, have you noticed people out saying “Would you like two batteries for £1?” Simple upselling, many returns! Can you offer us a discount for booking it earlier? It’s a bit of fun, It’s such a simple, method and most people don’t do it!
VALUABLE RESOURCES Jay’s Website Jay’s LinkedIn
ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a well-established entrepreneur and has built up many businesses from start-up to success. In 2005 he built a business from 0 – 500 employees with a turnover of £5 million per year and this with no investment apart from his savings. This business brought in major clients such as Land Rover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look just to name a few. His passion and skills have since allowed him to build many more businesses. Today Jay has multiple business in various sectors. His achievements for his work have been highlighted in a visit to Buckingham Palace to meet with Prince Charles. From humble upbringings, Jay feels that anyone can be successful in the business world. With over 18 years in business, he is now sharing his knowledge and skills to help other inspiring entrepreneurs succeed in the world of business.
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Business, education, wealth, mind-set, strategy, leverage, success, legacy, giving back and mentorship are all topics covered in this episode of The Business Mentor Podcast as Jay Dhillon interviews multi-millionaire and serial entrepreneur, Rob Moore. Learn how Rob went from £50k+ in debt to running multi-million pound businesses by seizing opportunities and ignoring conventional wisdom. Plus, a free giveaway for the first 5 to claim!
KEY TAKEAWAYS I just want to know a bit about your past, Rob, how it all started, you can go as deep as you want? OK. I will do the short version. When I was very young my Dad had pubs, bar, clubs, restaurants. The most quintessential entrepreneur ever, big was the cash in his pocket. I just wanted to be my Dad. I had a pretty good upbringing, I haven’t got that excuse. I also got pretty good grades at school, from sort of eighteen to twenty-five I got stack in the education system. I went to uni, where I did architecture, but did nothing with it.
Literally, the next day I went to my Dad's pub and then I found myself £40k/£50k in debt. After uni and getting a car loan for a car, spending to much money on credit cards I found myself over thousands of pounds in debt. Then my Dad had a nervous breakdown in his pub, suffered of severe depression and bipolar personality, got sectioned and we didn’t see him for a good while.
What I normally ask at this point, as it’s a mentoring show, is there any mentors you’d like to shout out, a particular one that’s influenced your life and helped you along the way Rob? I’ve learned from John De Martini, over the years he has really helped me, he’s taught me about balanced forces, upsides and downsides. Secondly, my business partner, Mark, in many ways he’s a business partner and in many ways he’s a mentor, he taught me about managing my money properly and being more grounded and detailed and focussed. What do you say to our listeners, should they start a business or go to university Rob? I am very clear on this, it’s an easy answer. If you want to be a doctor, a dentist, a lawyer or a pilot, you should absolutely go and do the degree and the post-grad on that subject. If you want to be an entrepreneur, you want to run your own business, if you want to be your own boss, then I don’t think you need the best way to go. I think podcasts, doing courses, listening to your business mentor
podcast, investing in courses, in education, getting mentors. Getting out there and doing it, making mistakes on the job. So, you’ve taken it into Property Business, which you’ve done really well, you’ve got over 800 properties. You then quit that journey to then write books, and then set up a training business. How did that come about, Rob? Some people say, “When you’re digging for gold, some people are digging for gold and other are selling the shovels.” I like to dig for gold, and sell the shovels. If I have dug for gold, and found some gold in property, I have done alright for myself. I can also grow my brand, my business and my profits by writing books, doing podcasts and running courses, I dig for the gold and I sell the shovels. Once you’ve learnt something you want to teach it. We are hardwired to pass on our knowledge. For start-ups now, an entrepreneur coming in, is there a bit of advice you could give them, Rob? It’s equal first on biggest mistakes. One bad thing to do is to listen to conventional wisdom and common sense because conventional wisdom will give you conventional results and most common sense isn’t common and it isn’t sense. So the world will tell you, learn from your mistakes. I think it’s better to learn from someone else’s mistakes. It’s cheaper! It’s also less of an emotional rollercoaster.
So Rob, if there were two books that you’d recommend apart from your own to somebody to read, which two books would they be? I get asked this question a lot. Books are like time stamps on your life and they can have different importance at different stages of your life. I’d say Arnold Schwarzenegger’s autobiography Total Recall. What I love with what Arnold’s done is that he’s self made, not that I have anything against people who’ve inherited wealth and made it because that's just as hard by the way. I like that he’s self made and in different disciplines. Apart from your career as an entrepreneur, are there any skills that you’d recommend people to do? Leverage. Because nobody, especially me, is good at everything. In fact, the better you are at one thing, the worse you’ll be at everything else. If you think of a genius you know, they’re probably so focussed on being good at that, they’re probably not that good at other things. The people who grow amazing careers in business, sport, whatever, they focus on what they’re great at and they leverage everything else. If you watch any sports people, and you think, “Well they’re not leveraging, so they do it themselves.” Tiger Woods had about four golf coaches, he’d have a putting coach, a chipping coach, an iron coach, a psychology coach, a fitness coach, dozens of coaches. He’s leveraging.
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Tell me what mentoring means to you, Rob? How it’s helped you? Number one is; if you’re struggling to go to the next level, you’re trying to solve going to the next level, where you’ve never been before. There’s no proof, you don’t know how to do it. Someone has already been there, done it and solved it.
Number two is that they’ve got a fresh and different approach. Number three is accountability.
When you give something away to charity you forget about it and the goodness comes back to you.
What would you like to be remembered for, Rob? OK so I’d just like to be remembered that I got in peoples’ face, interrupted the habits in their life that they weren’t happy with and I helped them create a better life. I went to Property networking event and I’ve met my business partner Mark Homer. Mark got me a job with his boss in a property company, totally responsible we were sorting out the sourcing properties. We went out viewing thirty properties a week, we were flying around the world doing deals from developers, we saw the good, the bad, the ugly, we saw it all. It was such a great education, also as it turns out my business partner had some money. He never told me and we started buying properties with his money and our families money. We got from 0 to 20 properties in 2006, then 20 to 50 in 2007 and then 50 to about a 100 in 2008. In 2008 I wrote my first book, “Property Investing Secrets”, that opened another world of property training books, podcasts and everything else. I’ve spend twenty-five years wanting to be a millionaire and doing absolutely nothing about it. Then twenty- six to thirty-one, just after five years I became a millionaire and yeah, it’s been a crazy ride.
What would you say was your biggest mistake, Rob? One of my biggest mistakes was not taking opportunities earlier enough when they arose, so I had probably seven years’ worth of chance to get into property, from eighteen to twenty-five. own. You can’t regret the past, if you see it like that then you’re never going to be move forward. But if I’m going to be honest, I’ve had a lot of opportunities in my life. The breakages are part of what you fix. I can’t see them as mistakes, I can only see them as lessons.
VALUABLE RESOURCES fiverr.com 99designs.com Money The Disruptive Entrepreneur Property Investing Secrets ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Dhillon is a well-established entrepreneur and has built up many businesses from start-up to success.
In 2005 he built a business from 0 – 500 employees with a turnover of £5 million per year and this with no investment apart from his savings. This business brought in major clients such as Land Rover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look just to name a few. His passion and skills have since allowed him to build many more businesses. Today Jay has multiple business in various sectors. His achievements for his work have been highlighted in a visit to Buckingham Palace to meet with Prince Charles. From humble upbringing’s Jay feels that anyone can be successful in the business world. Over his 18 years within businesses, he is now sharing his knowledge and skills to help other inspiring entrepreneurs succeed in the world of business.
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Last year 660,000 businesses were set up in the UK, with 95% failing within the first 5 years. Jay discusses vision, roadmaps, investments, savings, building businesses, building your name and your customer base and reveals how to avoid the pitfalls and find the knowledge needed to join the top 5%.
KEY TAKEAWAYS So, myself, I built my own business 14 years ago, I had finished university with quite a bit of debt like most people who go to university. I got a job with a corporate company, I wasn’t really good at taking instructions and the 9am-5pm never really suited me. My main ambition, as it was when I was younger was to have a company which I owned myself. So, what I did was I ditched the job and I went travelling across India and Thailand. When I came back from travelling with only £100 in the bank, I’d managed to get my vision and clarity done during my travelling experiences so I had a bit of a vision. Where I wanted to go, I mapped it all out, it was only on a piece of paper and I’ve shared this on my talks and show how a simple piece of paper can create a vision and what you want to do in the future, quite simply, on that paper. Now I feel being an entrepreneur is actually building a business, which works without you. Ultimately, if you want you can sell it on, or use it as an income ongoing, but ultimately you are building something of value which would then appeal to other people. So, with my business we went from £0-500k in five years. After ten years, we sold the business. I’ve spent probably £100k+ on business coaches. There wasn’t much of google, information was scarce and you had to rely upon paying for business coaches and courses, which ultimately you didn’t know if they were going to be any good or not, but I learnt from these courses. And also, I learnt from the courses which weren’t very good. 95% of businesses still fail within the first five years. Bearing in mind, that 660,000 went into business last year. So, if you think about that, only 5% of that 660,000 will actually build a meaningful business that will actually survive longer than five years. And all successful people will tell you that the first five years, or in fact anybody in business, the first five years is the toughest, because you’re using your investments, your savings or your time in building that business. You’re building your name, your customer base, and within the first five years is make or break. Now as a business, as an entrepreneur, I can remember going into business, from day one, and nobody really cares. The market, which will
judge how successful you are, doesn’t give a monkeys. It really is dog-eat-dog. Nobody cares that you invested your savings, your Mum and Dad’s money, the market does not care, and the competition is out to take you out of the game. You need to get a good mentor. You need to get a mentor which has been there, done it before, and can give you that kind of apprenticeship and help you avoid these mistakes that will take your business from the 95% of fail to the 5% that will succeed.
In 2009, we had the recession. I’d ran my business for three years and we grew pretty well. And then all of a sudden, out of the blue, the recession came. My mentor told me, “Look, Jay, what I want you to do tonight, this evening, when you finish work, I want you to drive around the streets and look at how many For Sale boards are up.” There wasn’t as many For Sale signs as I thought there would be so I went back to Mike, rang him up and said, “Mike, there’s not many up there.” And he said, “So, it’s not as bad as you think. Now let me give you some advice: I want you to get your head down, focus on sales, I want you to give it your best shot, keep your sales people board and keep working at it. Don’t give up, keep working at it.” So, in January, when the recession hit us hard, we kept on going, we kept going to the clients, kept ringing them up, they kept saying, “No, we’re no, we’re not recruiting.” But we kept going and what happened then was in December that year we had our best return since we started the company. That was crazy! The market had turned in our favour, because a certain sector had picked up, because people wanted flexible staff and we were there to maximise it. That one bit of advice from Mike, probably saved me from closing my business down, being one of those statistics of the 95% that failed.
I really value your feedback and you can reach me at jay@businessmentorpodcast.com or you can go on the website, www.businessmentorpodcast.com and you can leave your contact details or question, so if you’ve got a question, then what I’d do is turn it into a podcast which will then go onto the show and somebody else can benefit from it so it’s all about a two way thing. If you get the right mentor, the right advice, that is the number one secret or tip that will help you become the 5% that succeed.
In business, I think I’ve mentioned before that it’s cut throat, so you can’t really afford to make a bigger mistake because you could be out the game. People who say that you should learn by your mistakes in business, I would totally rubbish that, I think what you need to do is learn from other people’s mistakes.
BEST MOMENTS Now, I was quite fortunate because due to my work and working with my mentees I got invited to Buckingham Palace which is an amazing experience. At that time, I got a personal invite from Prince Charles, we went there and had an amazing time and met people like Rio Ferdinand, Philip Schofield, a lot of celebrities and I met the Prince himself. It was great because I met him and he shook my hand and said, “Look, I want to thank you for the work.” It felt good because I was giving something back and it was being recognised by one of the highest states people in the UK. Without goals, you don’t know where you’re going, you haven’t got a roadmap, and that was a valuable lesson.
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DESCRIPTION Internationally renowned magician, Luca Gallone, joins Jay on the podcast and reveals one of his most secret tricks: How to generate job- replacing income doing what you love! An in depth look at Luca’s rise to success, the power of mentoring, monetising, brand building and leveraging social media on a global scale. KEY TAKEAWAYS We’ve got a magician in the house, we’ve managed to get hold of Luca Gallone. Not only has he been on Britain’s Got Talent, he’s also performed for royalty and celebrities. I got into magic as a kid, about six years old, I think a lot of people get a passion as a kid. I got one of those little magic sets and I really got into it, I really got hooked on it and I think we all get obsessed with certain things in our life at different stages. Some people it might be football, some people it might be gaming, but not many manage to turn that into a career.
Could you tell us a bit about how we first met please Luca? So I went to Prince’s Trust and set up as a business, and then you get given a mentor and fortunately for me it happened to be Jay.
How did you come across the challenges that young entrepreneurs just starting out in business who have their doubts, how did you overcome them, how did mentoring help you Luca? A lot of young people really struggle with the pressure their under from different sides, from society, from their family, from people at school, from the friends they hang around with. You can set up a business up tomorrow. You could set one up pretty easily with stuff like ClickFunnels and Fiverr. With yourself being the age of mostly where mostly all of your friends will be going to university, what are your thoughts on that Luca? My thoughts are, if you want a certain career that requires a university degree, like a doctor, lawyer, dentist or whatever it might be, then obviously go to university. Before you make that decision, ask yourself, “Is that really what I want?” To start with, because if Daddy wants you to be a doctor, and you decide well OK, I need a degree to become a doctor, just ask yourself, “OK, do I really want to be a doctor or am I just following what my parents or somebody else wants?” And I didn’t go, it was a really tough decision and it really disappointed him. He didn’t take it well at all but the bottom line was, and this is for any young person listening to this, you’ve got to live your own life.
You can’t be successful part-time. You’ve got to put the effort in, you’ve got to put the grind in, I know you were doing seven days, travelling around the UK, even abroad. But putting the effort and the work in, which made you successful. Now you couldn’t do that if you said, “Right, I’m going to work 10am-4pm, then I’ve got a shift at Sainsbury’s from 4pm-12am, you know what I mean? It’s difficult.
After a while you were getting paid a lot more to do your magic, rather than doing card tricks in your bedroom and at small parties and things. How did you transition into that mind frame Luca? When I was in Sixth Form, I’d do a few gigs at a little parties or at a wedding, probably get paid you know, £100/200 and I got the taste for it. I got a little website set up, business cards all kitted out. I’d proven to myself in little bits that I could do it and for some reason I knew I could do it if I had the time to push it. Then obviously I did the Prince’s Trust and met you, I’d say it was a few things. It was one thing just having the vision that I wanted it and then two; having the work ethic to really outwork the people who’d already been doing it for ages. I remember we discussed upping your rates, and I think it was 25% you increased them, maybe 30% or 40. You were a lot higher than people than people who’d been on the circuit for decades. You valued it. I know other peers in the industry who’ve always charged peanuts and I’m not really sure why that is to be honest. I think there’s a few ways you can go in business when you’re setting prices. One is trying to go in at the lowest, which can work but it’s a very dangerous game to play. Let’s say you’ve got a product or service that’s scalable, because there can only be one lowest priced person in the market. It only takes someone who can do it cheaper. We’ve all seen people from China can come along and instantly price people out with no problem at all.
What’s the difference between a magician charging between £300-350, and a magician charging £600? You’ve just got to ask for it. If you don’t ask for it, you’re never going to get it. That’s the question. That’s Jay’s favourite phrase, ask the question!
Tell us what you learnt about show business, because a lot of people watch Britain’s Got Talent, X-Factor, and they only see one side? So, basically, yeah, a lot of the people on these shows are headhunted, and they’re scouted, rather than just turning up on the day as it’s portrayed on the show. I’m going all in on social media, you’re going all in on social media and I think now there’s no gatekeeper. You don’t need Britain’s Got Talent or America’s Got Talent. You don’t need a TV show. You can do it all yourself and get even more success than the people who’ve gone the traditional route.
How can people listening like young entrepreneurs or young businesses, how should they leverage social media? You need to decide whether to do a personal brand or a business brand. There’s advantages to both, maybe disadvantages to both but I’d say there’s a big value for everyone now to create some kind of personal brand because you’re basically building equity in yourself and for me that’s really important. How did you start building your personal brand? I think first off, if you're going to build a personal brand you need to look at what your personal brand’s going to be about. What you need to do is sit down and think about what the business model is, why you want to build it You need to have some value that you’re going to bring. Once you’ve done that obviously, first thing, snap up all your domains on the different platforms, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Youtube, all of them. Basically Instagram comes down to the algorithm, understanding it, studying it and using it to your advantage. This is all I did was to figure this out and leverage this to my advantage. So, a few quick tips; you’ve got your Instagram page setup, it’s looking good, get some content out there, nine posts minimum to fill up the page, now if you’ve got something that you want to send viral, first thing, it’s gotta be good content. There’s no other way around it. I just want to ask you what does a mentor mean to you, what benefits has it brought you, and also could you name a few people who’ve inspired you and put them on this podcast? A mentor to me is someone who’s done something, achieved something, achieved success in a certain area of life, who’s learnt the lessons. They’ve been there and done it, what they can do is offer you the guidance, they can offer you a different perspective from where you’re looking, even little tactics and tricks but overall it’s more the bigger picture stuff. I’d read a Grant Cardone book and he’d say something in the book that’d just make me think differently or act differently. All these influencers, you take all the bits that you like and it adds up to amazing success. I found an influencer on YouTube called Tyler and watch a lot of his videos. His perspective on life and stuff like that will really open your mind, it’s so deep, what he goes into and stuff like that. I was watching one today and I felt so present there with him. He’s got this energy about him and some of his stuff will literally change your life. BEST MOMENTS JD: So Luca’s been one of my, I wouldn’t even say clients. He’s a friend now, we’ve been working together for five years on the mentoring programme when we first met. LG: I wouldn’t say client; I haven’t paid any of the invoices! LG: I saw David Copperfield’s show as a kid in Las Vegas, it was spectacular. I managed to show one of the magicians a trick after the show. I had a few cards in my pocket and showed him a quick card trick and he started laughing and said, “You know what Luca, you could be one of the best magicians in the world one day. Because your good.”
If I had the information back then it would have been a lot more helpful after spending a lot of money on mentoring and getting the wrong mentoring it’s good to get the right person. You don’t have to wait to start living the life you want to live when you’re past it and you’re old. You can live it right now and you can reject what society’s giving to you because actually in most cases it’s the wrong advice. JD: You got four yeses on Britain’s Got Talent. LG: I did well. I performed, it was a really nerve wracking experience and whatever. It was in front of Simon Cowell and that kind of thing, in front of all those people. I did well but I wouldn’t do it again. The reason is because I don’t think I need it. I’ve got a belief that I will have a more successful career than probably most of the people who go through Britain’s Got Talent. I’m telling that now, knowing that’s going to happen. This is the problem with Britain’s Got Talent, the problem is, it’s like the lottery. It basically reinforces a belief that it’ll be overnight success. We all know that there’s no such thing as an overnight success. Even the people who’ve done really well. The people who’ve done really well on the show, are the people who had things going on before. This was just a bit of a boost at the time. Quality over quantity with social media sometimes, if you can do both, that’s better, but focus on putting out good quality content.
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ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a well-established entrepreneur and has built up many businesses from start-up to success. In 2005 he built a business from 0 – 500 employees with a turnover of £5 million per year and this with no investment apart from his savings. This business brought in major clients such as Land Rover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look just to name a few. His passion and skills have since allowed him to build many more businesses. Today Jay has multiple business in various sectors. His achievements for his work have been highlighted in a visit to Buckingham Palace to meet with Prince Charles.
From humble upbringings, Jay feels that anyone can be successful in the business world. With over 18 years in business, he is now sharing his knowledge and skills to help other inspiring entrepreneurs succeed in the world of business.
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