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One of the main challenges you’ll face as you scale your business is attracting and retaining the best people. And that’s the subject for episode two of our Scale Up Playbook. Wax/On's Mark Runacus and Harry Neale are joined by founders and le
Ask any Founder and they’ll tell you that raising money to grow your business is hard work. There are urban myths about it being easier to pitch for a million than for five thousand. So whether you’re scaling up or even starting up, which fund
Udhi Silva, co-founder of pork snacks brand Snaffling Pig joins Harry and Mark to explain how they transformed the humble pork scratching from a pub food accompanying a pint and a game of darts, to an artisan snack targeted at 30-something wome
Our latest Wax Lyrical guest, Will McDowell Founder and CEO of Tastily, talks us through the meal subscription space; one that is still in its infancy in the UK. He explains that Tastily is for food lovers who are short on time. He also takes u
Mike calls himself "the start-up guy" having learned the ropes in the early days at Innocent, and then founding and successfully exiting from his own confectionary brand Peppersmith. He realised the importance of the direct to consumer channel
Jason Gibb had a successful career as a TV producer: he brought Scrapheap Challenge to our screens,, exported it as Junk Yard Wars to the US and lived in Hollywood. But he tired of what he describes as his shallow existence in LA, and decided t
"We knew that Coca Cola and Pepsi wouldn't do it. And we could. This is what we stand for," says Orla Weir, Global Direct To Consumer and Brand Manager of Ugly Drinks on their unique brand. In this fascinating interview she explains "We want t
Gymbox broke the mould for fitness when they launched in 2003 from a converted car park in the centre of London. Since then they've gained a reputation as an experience brand that does cool and edgy ads that get noticed. In our first off-Zoom a
"We only had three weeks of cash. And then we came out victorious. And we were the second biggest selling lager on Amazon only behind a 24 pack of Fosters. We pivoted the business. We went hard into DTC, and a few months later, we were in 1500
Is crowdfunding right for your business? Find out by listening in to this episode as we're joined by Scott Simpkin from equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. Scott explains that the Seedrs mission is to really democratise investment, with people
FLOWERBX Co Founder and CEO Whitney Bromberg Hawkings discovered that 60% of flowers that go into a shop are wasted. That prompted her to create her negative working capital model - meaning flowers are specifically cut to order which she says h
Healthy dog snack brand Denzel’s is sold just like human snacks in convenience stores and petrol stations. Founders James Lacy and Nathan Perry explain it wasn’t easy persuading retail buyers to do that, but now they have, it outsells tradition
In this episode we’re joined by Jeremy King, Founder and CEO of Attest, the consumer research tool and technology platform that helps brands and businesses grow without guesswork, to talk about one of the biggest shifts in business in the last
Nick Telson, co-creator of the hugely successful night-out booking platform Design My Night and now Co Founder of investment fund and "start-up playground" Horseplay Ventures, joins us to talk about the nightlife sector's renaissance post-COVID
Black Bee Honey's Chris Barnes and Paul Webb tell us that a honey bee can fly at 15 mph, that bees must gather nectar from 2 million flowers to make one pound of honey, and that it would only take one ounce of that honey to fuel a bee to fly ri
In this special edition of the podcast we have tips for anyone entering this year's Marketing Society Awards. Society President and Chair of Judges Syl Saller CBE explains why her Diageo team enter the awards. And we chat to two of this year's
Brands With Values Managing Director and Marketing Society Fellow Adrian Walcott joins Wax/On's Mark Runacus and Paul Jacobs to explain ways we can improve inclusion in our workplaces. Adrian talks openly about his own struggles as a young blac
Serial start-upper Fleur Emery joins Cairen and Mark to share her own experiences as a successful entrepreneur. She tells her stories of pitching for investment and pitching to retailers. She explains why we should stop calling it pitching, and
Wax/On's Mark Runacus and Paul Jacobs welcome vegan food brand Better Nature's co founder Elin Roberts to the first Wax Lyrical of 2021 to discuss the huge growth of Veganuary. They ask Elin how important the movement is for her brand, whether
Rory Sutherland is the special guest in the Christmas - and final - Wax Lyrical podcast of 2020. Ted Talker, Ogilvy Vice Chairman, author and creative director, Rory chooses his personal favourite 2020 Christmas ads, and in typically fascinatin
Wax/On’s Ben Hooper and Mark Runacus are joined by Eve Sleep CEO Cheryl Calverley and Creative Director Caroline Smith. Cheryl explains why it’s important that Eve Sleep is perceived as more than a mattress business and becomes a sleep wellness
Have Lockdowns 1.0 and 2.0 made us more or less likely to drink alcohol? And how much will we be drinking this festive season? In this week's podcast we talk to two female founders who have played a major role in the rapid growth of the no alco
Sammy Rubin is Founder and CEO of new life insurance brand "YuLife". He joins Wax/On's Mark Runacus and Paul Jacobs to explain why financial and business success early in his career left him feeling unhappy and unsatisfied. He explains how toda
Simon Duffy MBE joins the Wax/On team to talk about his new mouthcare brand Waken, and Bulldog, the hugely successful male skincare brand he created and sold. Simon talks about finding the market in the gap for both products: shopping in New Yo
Bulb is undoubtedly a phenomenal success story in the energy sector and beyond, now with 1.7 million Members, they set out to do more than disrupt the category when they launched, they wanted to create a truly forward-looking and sustainable en
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