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This week we speak to Simon Brown, founder of fashion and lifestyle brand, Joe Browns.Simons tells us where the inspiration for the brand came from, shares with us the business ups and the personal downs of Covid, being told that he was unemplo
On April 23rd 2024 I wrote a post on Linked in, titled ‘I hate Daniel Priestley’. See https://www.linkedin.com/posts/philfraser_i-hate-daniel-priestley-im-sueing-activity-7185564354442854400-nVXA/.The post went viral! Off the back of it Daniel
This week we speak to Dean Hartley and hear all about some of the darker sides of business; the threat of VCs kicking you out of your own business, being caught in the 2008 RBS GRG scandal and what happens when you’re at strategic loggerheads w
This week's guest is Jonathan Straight, founder and former-CEO of recycling solutions company Straight plc.Jonathan tells us how the business came about, the journey to becoming a plc, the crisis caused by over-trading and then the eventual sal
This week I’m delighted to have Apprentice winner and North Studio owner, Rachel Woolford as my guest.Rachel explains all about launching her boutique gym just weeks before lockdown and the stress it caused her, reveals the secrets from behind
This week’s guests are Marshall Frieze and Simon Williams who, for only three weeks a year, run a speciality pop-up shop.Hear why they do it, the unique challenges they face, how Covid turned EVERYTHING on it’s head and what the key is to the s
Starts at 00.45 This week’s guest is Fiona Conor, Managing Director of Trust Electrical Heating.Fiona tells us all about her amazing & varied route to becoming a business owner, the ups and downs of registering a patent, the huge importance of
This week we speak to green banking start-up, Tred.Peter & will discuss where the idea of a green bank account came from, the secret tip that worked for improving their network connections, how the first round of testing changed the business st
This week’s episode is slightly different as we meet one of the Leeds business community’s most well-known faces, Colin Glass OBE.Colin shares his expertise on a variety of business topics including what makes a great business founder, funding
This week we speak to Nigel Botterill, Founder of Entrepreneurs Circle.Nigel tells us why bootstrapping is the WRONG way to run a business, how incompetence launched his most successful business, the day he found £500k missing from his business
In this week’s episode we talk to Alistair Maiden, founder of legal tech company, Syke.Hear business tales and learnings from the legendary Ken Morrison, Alistair’s eureka moment for the business, how the business grew to an eventual multi-mill
In this week’s episode we speak to local property developer and interior designer, Christine Yorath. Christine talks us through her property career, plus how she started a skincare business when returning from Vancouver, the almost accidental l
If you’ve ever considered, or want to learn more about, growing your business by acquisition, you’ll want to listen to this week’s guest, Jon Graves, Founder & CEO of Northern Telecom. Jon has grown his business by 7-fold in three years via 13
If you’ve ever considered, or want to learn more about, growing your business by acquisition, you’ll want to listen to this week’s guest, Jon Graves, Founder & CEO of Northern Telecom. Jon has grown his business by 7-fold in three years via 13
In this week’s episode we speak to Jamie Bentley, CEO of Stephenson Personal Care.Jamie tells us all about how it feels to take over as fifth generation in a family firm, selling in the states looking like a cross between Tim Nice-but-Dim and H
Chris Bax, co-founder of Bax Botanics, tells us how this ‘professional tree-hugger’ husband & wife team launched an outdoor experiential business, and then their award-winning alcohol-free gin-like drink. You get to meet Ebenezer, Edith and Hef
In part two of her interview Carrie Rose of Rise At Seven discusses the exit of her co-founder, re-structuring the business to reflect the aim of generating demand and then capturing demand, bringing a management and support team in, establishi
Hear how Carrie Rose went from launch to £7.2m turnover in four years, winning 80 awards in two years on the way, how she turned down Lord Sugar, the importance of brand and company culture, the importance of processes and systems, the issues s
What does it feel like when you’re the best in the world at something, and then can’t do that anymore? In this week's episode we speak to Rugby League legend Jamie Peacock MBE, who is now a business coach and motivational speaker.Jamie tells us
What does it feel like when you’re moved out of the family business that you’ve run for 25 years? In this week's episode we speak to Michael Michaelson ex-CEO of CLC finance.Michael, very candidly, talks us through what he calls his ‘rags to ri
In this week's episode we speak to Zandra Moore, CEO of PanIntelligence.Zandra shares with us a super cheap and really effective marketing tactic that she used and that can get your business noticed, the triggers that brought about a successful
For this week's episode, we took the time to look at the highlights from episodes 11 - 20.£20m businesses crashing.... identifying the perfect business.... an amazing new business pitch.... how to be a great boss.... drug-dealing arrests and mo
For this week's episode, we took the time to look at the highlights from episodes 1-10.Perfect business plans.... the Simon Cowell effect.... bootstrapping.... how to run a tech project when you're not a techie.... 'tweaking' pre-launch custome
In this week's episode we speak to Alex Craven, CEO and Co-founder, founder of The Data City.Alex tells us about the sale of Bloom Agency, the harsh lessons learnt when selling a business, how and why the business sale went so badly wrong, half
In this week's episode we speak to Alex Craven, ex-Founder of Bloom Agency and now CEO and co-founder of The Data City.Alex tells us about the launch of his first business, Bloom Agency, one of the first digital businesses in the UK, what Ale
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