Sound Advice: Entrepreneurs Unfiltered

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Sound Advice: Entrepreneurs Unfiltered

As a small business owner, you'll have a million different questions. The award-winning Sound Advice podcast is the place to go for answers. In Season 1, we talked about how to make your business financially successful—in year 1 and beyond. Writing a business plan that works, finding your first customer, starting up with zero capital, and being tax compliant—you name it, we covered it. For Season 2, we dug even deeper into what it’s really like to run a business, with unfiltered advice and real, human stories from successful founders and CEOs. The wait is over: Season 3 Entrepreneurs Unfiltered, now explores business from the perspective of startup superstars, from British fashion, PR, and human rights guru Lynne Franks’ experience growing London Fashion Week from scratch to Christopher Money, founder of Kith and Kin, on having the guts to start a business with a Spice Girl. Season 3 is jam-packed with essential tips, stories, and ways to build a business from the ground up. With a little help from your host and esteemed finance journalist, Bex Burn-Callander, get a everything you need to build your own business future one episode at a time.

  1. John Mullins: 6 rules to break for successful entrepreneurship

    14 OCT

    John Mullins: 6 rules to break for successful entrepreneurship

    Unlock the 6 rules to break for entrepreneurial success with renowned thought leader and London Business School teacher, John Mullins, as we dive deep into the power of confidence and innovation and how they can transform your journey. With over 20 years of executive experience in high-growth retailing firms, including ventures he founded and took public, John brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise. He shares practical tips, and personal anecdotes, offering small business ...

    44 min
  2. Stuart Broad: Build your business with small steps to success

    30 SEPT

    Stuart Broad: Build your business with small steps to success

    Cricket legend Stuart Broad tells us how he transitioned from the world of professional sports to the realm of business. Alongside his former teammate Harry Gurney, Stuart has successfully ventured into the hospitality industry, to become co-owner of The Cat & Wickets pub company. From finding the right mentor to fostering a positive mentality, Stuart’s tips are rooted in his cricketing experience and in his hands-on approach to entrepreneurship. Discover how the resilience an...

    35 min
  3. Isa Guha: Pitching in: How nonprofits can support your community

    23 SEPT

    Isa Guha: Pitching in: How nonprofits can support your community

    Join us as we delve into the inspiring journey of cricket superstar Isa Guha, who is on a mission to create a more inclusive environment for women and girls in cricket. After dominating the sports field, Isa has made a profound impact in the non-profit sector with her charity, Take Her Lead. In this episode, Isa shares invaluable business advice and leadership lessons, highlighting how the skills she developed on the cricket pitch have fuelled her success in non-profits. She emphasises t...

    28 min
  4. Shelly Nuruzzaman: From BANG! To boom: A late-blooming business journey

    2 SEPT

    Shelly Nuruzzaman: From BANG! To boom: A late-blooming business journey

    From wielding equations in a lab to crafting mouthwatering curry kits in her kitchen, Shelly Nuruzzaman’s career path took a very unexpected turn in her 40’s. Armed with a PhD, but in need of a change and a new purpose, Shelly traded her lab coat for an apron and began using her scientific background to fuel her culinary creativity. With the mission of bootstrapping her business, she rolled up her sleeves and started testing recipes herself, building her business and website from s...

    43 min
  5. Imogen Partridge: Create customer joy through acts of kindness

    19 AUG

    Imogen Partridge: Create customer joy through acts of kindness

    Imogen Partridge shares her journey from interior architecture to pursuing her passion of illustration and how her love of places and storytelling fuels her artistic work. But more than just sharing her artistic journey, she also delves into the power of kindness in business and how being kind can benefit your personal life, your customers, and your bottom line. She explores how adding thoughtful gestures to orders can engage customers, how being kind to others can inspire a ripple...

    41 min
  6. Nicola Robinson and Tolu Abisogun: How to balance a 9-5 and running your own business

    5 AUG

    Nicola Robinson and Tolu Abisogun: How to balance a 9-5 and running your own business

    When clubbing and partying were on hold during the pandemic, a lot of us found ourselves hosting good old-fashioned game and quiz nights. Well, Nicola Robinson and Tolu Abisogun took this opportunity to create their cheeky and fun drinking games brand, Berserk Games, which soon became a thriving disruptive player in the industry. We're going to delve into their remarkable journey and uncover how their resilience and creativity propelled them to create an incredible impact in the UK...

    39 min
  7. Jim and Dannii Mee: How to turn obstacles into opportunities

    22 JUL

    Jim and Dannii Mee: How to turn obstacles into opportunities

    Join us on this episode of Sound Advice, as we discover how the dynamic power couple, Jim and Dannii Mee, captured their love for travel and transformed their passions into a thriving international events business, driving Rat Race Adventure Sports to new heights. Learn from their resilience in adapting through the challenges of the pandemic, pivoting from obstacle races to offering exhilarating expeditions in once in a lifetime destinations. From the Namib Desert to the Panamanian...

    47 min
  8. Simon Squibb: Secure investment for your dream business

    8 JUL

    Simon Squibb: Secure investment for your dream business

    Becoming homeless and jobless at 15 wasn't enough to stop Simon Squibb from dreaming big. Instead, this was the catalyst to his extraordinary entrepreneurial journey. Today, he is a multi-millionaire, founder of 19 companies, and investor of 78 more. With a personal mission to help others achieve similar dreams, Simon created HelpBnk. Alongside his social media channels, this investment platform aims to give 10 million people the funds, advice, and motivation to kickstart their own ventu...

    53 min
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As a small business owner, you'll have a million different questions. The award-winning Sound Advice podcast is the place to go for answers. In Season 1, we talked about how to make your business financially successful—in year 1 and beyond. Writing a business plan that works, finding your first customer, starting up with zero capital, and being tax compliant—you name it, we covered it. For Season 2, we dug even deeper into what it’s really like to run a business, with unfiltered advice and real, human stories from successful founders and CEOs. The wait is over: Season 3 Entrepreneurs Unfiltered, now explores business from the perspective of startup superstars, from British fashion, PR, and human rights guru Lynne Franks’ experience growing London Fashion Week from scratch to Christopher Money, founder of Kith and Kin, on having the guts to start a business with a Spice Girl. Season 3 is jam-packed with essential tips, stories, and ways to build a business from the ground up. With a little help from your host and esteemed finance journalist, Bex Burn-Callander, get a everything you need to build your own business future one episode at a time.

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