Business Growth Secrets

Adam Stott
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Welcome to the Business Growth Secrets podcast, hosted by entrepreneur, CEO, international speaker, and wealth and business coach Adam Stott. In this podcast, you'll find content that will inspire and motivate you on your business journey, Adam has coached and trained thousands of business owners internationally and will share with you, proven techniques and strategies on how you can achieve unlimited business growth while showing you how to manage the challenges that occur for every business owner, not matter if your business is big or small. This podcast's content is truly diverse with one goal in mind help you to grow and achieve more success in business. With up-to-date info on real-life lessons Adam has learned, interviews with some of the world's most successful people, such as Floyd Mayweather, Anthony Joshua, Al Pacino, Randi Zuckerberg, and many more. It also includes thought leaders, interviews with successful unique business owners and content directly from Adam on business growth. Want to learn more about the game of business? Want more leads, sales, and clients for your business? Want to learn how to use social media to supercharge your brand? Start listening to Business Growth Secrets.

  1. 1d ago

    The Real Reason You're Not Doing the Thing You Know You Should: Dr Julie Smith

    Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP   Why do you know exactly what you should be doing, and still not do it? Dr Julie Smith breaks down the psychology of procrastination, fear and self-sabotage, and reveals how she went from an NHS psychologist to building a mental health platform with millions of followers and a Sunday Times #1 bestseller. Dr Julie Smith is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist who spent a decade in the NHS before building one of the world's largest mental health education platforms, reaching an audience of over 10 million people across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. She is the Sunday Times #1 bestselling author of Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?, which has sold nearly 2 million copies and was the UK's top-selling nonfiction book of 2022. She explains: Why the fear you feel before doing something new is just your brain's stress response, and how to work with it instead of against it Why she's never once used a call to action, and how giving everything away for free built a following of millions The real psychological reason behind procrastination, and the simple weekly framework she uses to beat it Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:06 Leaving The NHS To Build A Private Practice 00:05:07 The First Viral TikTok Video 00:06:34 Fear Of What Colleagues Would Think 00:09:29 Overcoming Fear Of Being On Camera 00:11:25 Understanding The Stress Response 00:12:38 Building A Healthy Relationship With Failure 00:14:22 How Lockdown Accelerated Her Content Growth 00:16:27 Getting A Book Deal 00:18:29 Becoming The UK's Top-Selling Nonfiction Author Of 2022 00:21:52 Handling Fame And Millions Of Followers 00:24:11 Her Content Creation Process With Husband Matt 00:29:04 When A Video Goes Viral For The Wrong Reasons 00:31:19 You Don't Have To Go Viral To Build A Business 00:32:42 The Unsustainable Early Years Of Content Creation 00:34:35 Raising Entrepreneurial Kids 00:39:19 Making An Unsexy Topic Engaging 00:40:05 The Power Of A Visual Hook 00:45:06 Why Content Creation Is Harder Than It Looks 00:47:09 Why She Never Uses A Call To Action 00:51:37 Using A Teleprompter Without Losing Personality 00:54:23 Overcoming Fear When Starting A Business 00:56:37 Why Word Of Mouth Still Works 00:57:31 A Step-By-Step Framework For Facing Fear 00:59:57 Handling Unsupportive Family And Friends 01:03:36 Beating Procrastination 01:07:03 Closing Thoughts   Even More Value:   Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP   Learn how to build a 7 Figure SCALE plan that runs WITHOUT you: SCALE UP   Get Adam's tell-all book about building Million Pound Success: BOOK     Follow Adam Stott's Socials:  LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube | Coaching

  2. Aug 20

    How to Run a Retail Empire: Touker Suleyman

    Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP   Can you imagine buying a failing business for £1 and turning it into a £70 million retail brand? Well, that's exactly what Touker Suleyman did, not once but several times, and on this episode he shares the deals, the disasters and the hard-won lessons behind building a genuine retail empire! Touker Suleyman is a British retail entrepreneur and investor on BBC's Dragon's Den, and the chairman of retail brands including Hawes & Curtis, Ghost and Finery. Starting out as a trainee accountant before moving into fashion manufacturing, he went on to employ thousands of people across factories in Turkey, Bulgaria and Georgia, and has spent over 50 years building, buying and turning around businesses. He explains:  Why he lost everything to fraud in his twenties, and the due diligence lesson that saved his career Why basket value is the single biggest thing that makes or breaks a retail business Why you should never give a bank a personal guarantee Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:25 Touker's Immigrant Background And Early Life 00:02:52 Starting In Fashion By Accident 00:03:19 First Job As An Article Clerk 00:04:22 Getting Involved In Public Companies 00:05:04 The Fraud That Cost Him Everything 00:06:22 The Power Of Due Diligence 00:07:14 Bouncing Back From Losing Everything 00:09:32 Moving Into Turkish Manufacturing 00:10:36 Employing Thousands Across Three Countries 00:11:07 The Ralph Lauren Opportunity 00:11:50 Buying Hawes & Curtis For £1 00:12:50 Scaling From One Store To A Retail Empire 00:14:23 Building Ghost, Finery And Other Brands 00:15:09 The Turkish Billionaire Who Changed His Career 00:19:47 Bringing Jobs And Dignity To Bulgaria And Georgia 00:22:57 The Ghost Perfume Standoff With Procter & Gamble 00:29:43 What To Look At Before Buying A Business 00:30:15 The Claire's Deal And Why It Failed 00:31:12 How To Increase Your Basket Value 00:32:20 The Retail Brands Touker Admires 00:34:40 Solving Low Basket Value In Real Businesses 00:36:30 The Traits Touker Looks For In Dragons' Den 00:38:18 How He Became A Dragon 00:40:36 The Best Part Of Being On Dragons' Den 00:42:16 The Framework For Turning A Business Around 00:44:46 Why Trust Beats Being A Hard Boss 00:45:11 Business Lessons You Can Only Learn From Experience 00:45:46 Always Challenge Your Invoices And Never Trust One Quote 00:47:00 Why You Should Never Give A Bank A Personal Guarantee 00:48:02 Using Supplier Terms Instead Of A Bank Loan 00:49:37 Ads   Follow Adam Stott's Socials:  LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube | Coaching   Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP Learn how to build a 7 Figure SCALE plan that runs WITHOUT you: SCALE Discover an exclusive support network designed to empower entrepreneurs and business owners: NETWORK

  3. Aug 13

    Your Business Can't Outperform Your Health: Alex Neilan

    Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP   What happens when your business is growing, but your health is going backwards? Alex Neilan explains why your business can't outperform your health, how to build more energy without going all-or-nothing, what successful entrepreneurs get wrong about looking after themselves, and why you either make time for your health or eventually make time for illness. Alex Neilan is a weight loss expert and entrepreneur who has built one of Europe's biggest sustainable weight loss community, with more than 100,000 members, and has helped over 4,500 women lose weight and keep it off. After starting his own weight loss journey at 15 stone, he went on to study the subject to master's level before building a hugely successful online coaching business. They explain: Why being "too busy" to look after your health is one of the biggest mistakes successful entrepreneurs make Why all-or-nothing thinking destroys consistency with your health, diet and training Why better health, sleep and energy can directly improve your leadership, productivity and business performance Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:56 Alex Neilan's 15-Stone Weight Loss Journey 00:03:45 Building A Business From Rejection 00:05:24 £36,000 In Debt And His Lowest Point 00:07:13 Taking His Personal Training Business Online 00:08:52 Why Alex Was Charging Too Little 00:09:35 Why You Need To Charge Your Worth 00:09:57 Why Conversations Grow Businesses 00:11:10 Taking Conversations Online 00:12:20 Hire People Who Know More Than You 00:13:24 Building A 100,000+ Person Community 00:15:36 Why People Struggle To Lose Weight 00:16:15 The All-Or-Nothing Trap 00:17:33 Stop Eating For Weight Loss And Start Eating For Performance 00:18:33 How Health Impacts Your Energy And Business 00:19:48 Finding Your Reason To Get Healthy 00:20:30 The "Me First" Approach 00:23:33 The Beliefs That Stop People Taking Action 00:25:29 Make Time For Your Health Or Make Time For Illness 00:26:24 Why We Trivialise Our Health 00:27:04 Why "Eat Less, Move More" Isn't Enough 00:28:31 Why So Many Women Put Themselves Last 00:29:17 The Three Choices You Have With Your Health 00:30:48 The Health Risks People Don't Think About 00:31:51 The Story That Changed Alex's Approach 00:33:08 Alex's View On Weight Loss Injections 00:35:42 What Sustainable Weight Loss Actually Looks Like 00:37:42 Three Simple Behaviour Changes You Can Make 00:39:42 Simple Food Swaps That Make Dieting Easier 00:40:35 The 80/20 Rule For Hunger 00:41:34 Health And Business Performance Quickfire 00:42:21 The Biggest Health Mistake Entrepreneurs Make 00:43:44 How Business Owners Should Think About Long-Term Health 00:44:14 Business Growth Quickfire 00:45:06 Alex's Number One Strategy Lesson 00:45:34 His Best Branding Advice 00:46:39 The Marketing Lesson Every Business Owner Needs 00:47:33 Alex's Best Sales Advice 00:47:56 His Biggest Operational Lesson 00:48:17 Who Would Alex Hire As CEO? 00:49:11 Where To Find Alex     Follow Adam Stott's Socials:  LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube | Coaching Subscribe for more Podcasts like this one! Alex Neilan: Website: ALEX NEILAN Instagram: ALEX NEILAN LinkedIn: ALEX NEILAN   Even More Value: Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP Learn how to build a 7 Figure SCALE plan that runs WITHOUT you: SCALE UP Get Adam's tell-all book about building Million Pound Success: BOOK

  4. Aug 6

    Your Business Won't Scale While It Still Depends on You: Andrew Hulbert

    Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP   What does it really take to build a company that no longer needs you? Andrew Hulbert reveals how he went from starting in his bedroom to £50 million in turnover, more than 500 employees and an £100 million exit, and why the hardest part was learning to stop being the centre of everything! Andrew Hulbert is an entrepreneur who built and exited a property services business over ten years. After growing the company through major contracts with brands including Bulgari Hotel, Yahoo!, Twitter, Candy Crush and London Zoo, he invested £1 million into a new leadership team, stepped away from the day-to-day operation and sold the business in November 2023. He explains: Why working harder eventually becomes the very thing stopping your business from scaling How one trusted relationship helped him win his first major contract and create unstoppable momentum Why he invested £1 million into leadership, temporarily flattened profit and built a company that could run without him Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:26 Who Is Andrew Hulbert? 00:01:26 The Superpower Behind His Success 00:03:48 Where His Determination Came From 00:07:06 From Intern To Operations Director 00:08:18 How To Become Indispensable At Work 00:10:45 His Advice For Young People Starting Their Careers 00:12:19 Why Networking Still Beats Selling 00:13:51 Build The Room You Want To Be In 00:15:15 The Moment He Decided To Start His Own Business 00:18:05 How He Reached A £1.5M Run Rate In Year One 00:19:12 The Truth About "Starting With Nothing" 00:20:06 Finding The First Customer Who Changes Everything 00:21:58 How One Contract Created Momentum 00:22:36 The Deal That Grew The Business 300% In One Day 00:24:25 The Biggest Challenges In The Early Years 00:25:37 What To Do When Clients Say You're Too Small 00:27:47 How To Make Rejection Irrelevant 00:28:55 Why Every Business Needs A Memorable Hook 00:30:11 How Donuts Helped Win Major Clients 00:32:06 Why Sales Is About Thoughtfulness 00:34:26 Ads 00:35:12 When Andrew Started Planning His Exit 00:36:12 Building A Leadership Team That Could Replace Him 00:36:47 Why He Accepted Flat EBITDA To Scale 00:38:12 The Moment The Business Stopped Depending On Him 00:39:16 Selling The Business In Four Weeks 00:39:54 How His Team Shared £15M From The Exit 00:41:48 Why None Of His Senior Leaders Left 00:44:29 The Reality Of Working 100-Hour Weeks 00:46:49 The Personal Cost Of Building The Business 00:47:38 How Much Is Enough? 00:48:14 How Founders Can Start Replacing Themselves 00:49:46 The Warning Signs Of Burnout 00:50:44 Andrew's Three Rules For Entrepreneurs 00:53:28 Quick Fire: Strategy, Brand, Marketing, Sales And Operations 00:54:29 How To Build Authority Through The Media 00:55:10 Find Your Donuts 00:55:47 Treat People How They Want To Be Treated 00:57:19 Build Processes Before You Need Them 00:58:36 Where To Find Andrew   Follow Adam Stott's Socials:  LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube | Coaching   Subscribe for more Podcasts like this one!   Andrew Hulbert: Instagram: Andrew Hulbert LinkedIn: Andrew Hulbert   Even More Value: Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP   Learn how to build a 7 Figure SCALE plan that runs WITHOUT you: SCALE UP   Get Adam's tell-all book about building Million Pound Success: BOOK

  5. Jul 30

    The CEO Mindset Every Business Owner Needs: Jeannette Linfoot

    Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP What actually makes a great CEO, and does it change when you go from leading 10,000 people to leading five? Jeannette Linfoot spent 25 years climbing from graduate trainee to CEO of Saga's travel division and Managing Director of Emerging Markets at TUI, before leaving the boardroom to found Brave Bold Brilliant and host the Rise Up Academy podcast. She breaks down the leadership lessons, hard calls and mindset shifts from both sides of the desk. She explains: -       Why she spent years telling herself "I'm not entrepreneurial" - and why that inner voice was rubbish -       Why a leader needs to be like a helicopter: hovering above the business, knowing exactly when to land -       Why letting go of the tasks you hate is the easiest way to start delegating Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 0:00:48 Who Is Jeannette Linfoot? 00:01:39 Growing Up In Manchester And Studying Economics 00:02:33 Graduating Into A Recession And Getting Rejected By Everyone 00:03:08 Landing A Graduate Role At Thomson Holidays 00:03:56 Becoming CEO Of Saga's Travel Division 00:05:03 Working Her Way Up To The Top 00:06:07 Why Travel Is A Brutally Low-Margin Industry 00:08:25 The Turning Point To Leave Corporate Life 00:10:28 Proving She Could Succeed Outside The Boardroom 00:11:11 What Makes A Great CEO 00:13:02 Leading From Having Started At The Bottom 00:14:04 "Mowing The Lawn": Making The Hard Cost-Cutting Calls 00:16:41 How Her Economics Degree Shaped Her Business Thinking 00:18:15 Why Business Is Personal 00:20:01 From Corporate Advisor To Accidental Entrepreneur 00:20:59 When Covid Wiped Out Her Income Overnight 00:22:05 How Brave Bold Brilliant Got Its Name 00:23:17 What Podcasting Has Done For Her Business 00:26:50 Jeannette's Leadership Philosophy 00:27:36 The Helicopter Theory Of Leadership 00:29:37 Leading 10,000 People vs Leading A Team Of Five 00:30:23 The Reality Of Losing The Corporate Brand Behind You 00:33:19 Silencing The "I'm Not Entrepreneurial" Inner Gremlin 00:33:57 Why Entrepreneurship Isn't For Everyone 00:37:27 How To Let Go And Start Delegating 00:39:20 The Hourly Rate Test For What You Should Stop Doing 00:40:02 Leading A Perfectionist Who Won't Let Go 00:42:16 Managing A High Performer With Toxic Habits 00:44:56 The Three Phases Of Business Growth 00:46:35 The Nine-Box Talent Matrix 00:47:55 Building A Succession Plan For Every Role 00:48:37 Three Pieces Of Advice For New Leaders 00:52:23 Quick Fire: Best Tip For Strategy 00:53:31 Quick Fire: Best Tip For Branding 00:54:14 Quick Fire: Best Tip For Marketing 00:54:35 Quick Fire: Best Tip For Sales 00:55:25 Quick Fire: Best Tip For Operations 00:56:30 Who She'd Choose To Run Brave Bold Brilliant 00:57:57 Where To Find Jeannette Linfoot   Jeannette Linfoot: LinkedIn: Jeannette Linfoot Brave Bold Brilliant: Brave Bold Brilliant   Even More Value:   Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP Hear from Adam and some of the country's biggest entrepreneurs on how to SCALE your Business past £1 Million: Business Icons Learn how to build a 7 Figure SCALE plan that runs WITHOUT you: Business Scale Up Day   Follow Adam Stott's Socials: LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube | Coaching

  6. Jul 23 ·  Video

    Cold Calling Isn't Dead. You're Just Doing It Wrong: We Have a Meeting

    Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP Cold calling isn't dead - you're just doing it wrong. Zac and Jack, founders of the sales agency We Have A Meeting, break down the exact process they use to turn a cold list into paying clients, why every business owner is secretly avoiding the one call that would fix their pipeline, and how to reactivate leads everyone else has given up on!   Zac and Jack are the co-founders of We Have A Meeting, a UK B2B sales agency and podcast that grew from a one-man hustle during the pandemic into a team of 20 generating thousands of leads a month for their clients.   They explain: ·      Why "I don't want to bug them" is the excuse that's killing your pipeline ·      The pattern interrupt opener that gets a cold prospect talking instead of hanging up ·      The framework for uncovering a real problem before you ever try to close   Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:27 How Jack And Zac Started We Have A Meeting 00:02:04 Going Into Business With Your Best Friend 00:05:30 Why They Started The Podcast 00:07:15 The Early Days: Being The Hunter And The Delivery 00:09:04 Building A Team Of 20 (The No D***head Policy) 00:11:01 Why Business Owners Fear Selling 00:12:04 Making Peace With Rejection 00:13:06 Buy, Borrow Or Earn: Where To Find Leads 00:16:04 Strategy Vs Execution: Stop Hiding Behind Research 00:18:29 How To Work A List Of 50 Cold Prospects 00:19:47 The Pattern Interrupt Opener 00:22:01 Live Cold Call Role Play 00:23:57 Why Chasing The Sale Too Hard Backfires 00:25:20 The PMS Framework Explained 00:26:41 Uncovering Whether There's A Real Problem 00:27:52 The Best Questions For Uncovering Problems 00:29:48 Why Getting Someone To Tell Their Story Matters 00:30:55 Uncovering The Real Cost (The Effect) 00:33:28 What To Do When You're Scared To Follow Up 00:35:11 The "Close The File" Email 00:37:23 How To Structure A Simple Sales Pipeline 00:41:46 Reactivating Cold And Dead Leads 00:45:06 The Direct Mail Trick That Made £300k A Letter 00:46:03 Creative Reactivation Campaigns 00:48:04 It's A Lead Maximization Problem, Not A Marketing Problem 00:52:15 Three Tips To Sell More: Zac's Turn 00:53:59 Three Tips To Sell More: Jack's Turn 00:58:41 Where To Find We Have A Meeting   We Have a Meeting: Agency: https://bit.ly/4bBDh82 Podcast: https://bit.ly/3TMPl04 LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3TOyMkk   Even More Value:   Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://bit.ly/4prr8bL   Hear from Adam and some of the country's biggest entrepreneurs on how to SCALE your Business past £1 Million: https://bit.ly/4wgG4M7   Learn how to build a 7 Figure SCALE plan that runs WITHOUT you: https://bit.ly/4fhx57G   Follow Adam Stott's Socials: LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube | Coaching

  7. Jul 16

    What Getting Knocked Down Teaches You About Getting Back Up in Business - Frank Bruno

    Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP Why does it take getting knocked down to really learn how to get back up? Frank Bruno shares the resilience, discipline, and mindset that carried him from a troubled childhood to becoming Britain's WBC Heavyweight Champion, and how he fought his way back from the toughest setback of his life: his very public battle with mental health. Frank Bruno is a former professional boxer, WBC World Heavyweight Champion, and one of Britain's most celebrated sporting icons. Famous for his fights against Mike Tyson and Tim Witherspoon, his instantly recognisable laugh, and his openness about being sectioned multiple times, Frank now runs the Frank Bruno Foundation, supporting others through mental health struggles. He shares: Why his toughest defeats taught him more than his wins ever could Why discipline, hunger and self-belief mattered more than natural talent Why he had to hit rock bottom before he could rebuild himself, and how gratitude and routine keep him grounded today Chapters ·       00:00:00 Intro ·       00:01:44 Frank's Troubled Childhood And Finding Boxing ·       00:04:56 His First Professional Fight At The Royal Albert Hall ·       00:09:12 The Fighters He Idolised: Ali, Frazier And Foreman ·       00:10:10 The Tim Witherspoon Fight And Learning From A Setback ·       00:12:15 Stepping Into The Ring With Mike Tyson ·       00:13:46 The Hardest Punchers He Ever Faced ·       00:15:02 Ads ·       00:15:47 Winning The WBC World Title ·       00:17:43 Opening Up About His Mental Health Struggles ·       00:19:11 Being Sectioned And Finding His Way Back ·       00:20:02 How Meditation And Gratitude Help Him Cope ·       00:21:20 Staying Fit And Training Today ·       00:21:59 Meeting Princess Diana ·       00:22:39 Meeting Whitney Houston ·       00:23:36 The Story Behind His Signature Laugh ·       00:24:17 Meeting Nelson Mandela ·       00:24:58 The Principles Behind His Success ·       00:26:19 Switching Between The Boxing Ring And Everyday Life ·       00:27:15 Staying True To Himself Despite Being Let Down By Friends ·       00:28:20 The Frank Bruno Foundation And Supporting Mental Health ·       00:29:55 Closing Even More Value:   Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP Hear from Adam and some of the country's biggest entrepreneurs on how to SCALE your Business past £1 Million: Business Icons Learn how to build a 7 Figure SCALE plan that runs WITHOUT you: Business Scale Up Day Follow Adam Stott's Socials:  LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube | Coaching

  8. Jul 7

    The Simple, Repeatable Business Model That Scales to Any Size - Sara Davies

    Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP Sara Davies built a multi-million-pound business selling handmade envelopes, survived six years of imposter syndrome in the Dragon's Den chair, and still says the biggest bottleneck to growth was never cash, it was her own bandwidth. In this episode she breaks down the simple, repeatable model that took Crafter's Companion from a university side hustle to a £30 million turnover business. Sara Davies is an award-winning entrepreneur, Dragon's Den investor, and founder of Crafter's Companion, the crafting brand she launched from her student bedroom and grew into a multi-million-pound company. She's spent over 20 years selling live on shopping television, backed some of the Den's biggest hits, and competed on Strictly Come Dancing. She explains: Why the real limit on growth is never cash, it's how much of you there is to go around The three traits, passion, vision and drive, that decide whether she invests in thirty seconds Why hiring someone smarter than you is the single hire that changes everything Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:10 Sara's 20 Years In Business 00:02:37 Growing Up In A Family Shop 00:04:22 Starting Crafter's Companion At University 00:05:12 Spotting The Gap Nobody Else Saw 00:07:18 Pitching QVC And Selling Live On TV 00:11:05 The Buyer Who Doubted Her 00:13:04 Selling Out And Scaling Production 00:16:08 Learning To Sell In The Family Shop 00:17:22 The Body Language Rule That Changed Her Pitching 00:19:14 Why Setting The Tone Matters 00:22:04 Taking The Leap At 21 00:23:36 The Limits Of Hiring Friends And Family 00:24:56 The Hire That Changed Everything 00:28:47 Managing Ego As A Leader 00:30:11 Doubling Down On Your Strengths 00:31:23 The Website Lesson: Delegate, Don't DIY 00:33:07 Cash Sales And Working Capital 00:34:16 How Maternity Leave Forced Her To Let Go 00:36:04 How Dragon's Den Happened 00:39:06 Imposter Syndrome In The Den 00:47:06 Reframing Imposter Syndrome 00:50:04 Passion, Vision, Drive: What She Looks For 00:51:12 Why She Invests In People, Not Products 00:54:08 Her Favourite Investment Story 00:56:32 Mentoring Beyond The Cameras 00:59:22 Advice For Fearful First-Time Founders 01:01:36 Should You Quit Your Job To Start Up? 01:02:29 Surround Yourself With The Right People 01:04:22 Balancing Guilt, Family And Ambition 01:05:41 Her Husband's Secret To Supporting Her Success 01:08:45 Advice For Scaling Past The Early Stage 01:10:27 Creating An Environment For Others To Succeed 01:11:51 Building A Business Around Values 01:12:54 The Danger Of Being The Only Energy Source 01:13:42 Ten Years Of Coaching 01:16:32 Why Consistency In Coaching Matters 01:17:58 Accountability And What Gets Measured Gets Done 01:26:17 Audience Q&A: Traits Of Extraordinary Leaders 01:28:00 Mental Fitness And Energy Management Even More Value:   Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://bit.ly/4prr8bL Hear from Adam and some of the country's biggest entrepreneurs on how to SCALE your Business past £1 Million: https://bit.ly/3S7fTIS Learn how to build a 7 Figure SCALE plan that runs WITHOUT you: https://bit.ly/3Qq2ACO Follow Adam Stott's Socials:  LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube | Coaching

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Welcome to the Business Growth Secrets podcast, hosted by entrepreneur, CEO, international speaker, and wealth and business coach Adam Stott. In this podcast, you'll find content that will inspire and motivate you on your business journey, Adam has coached and trained thousands of business owners internationally and will share with you, proven techniques and strategies on how you can achieve unlimited business growth while showing you how to manage the challenges that occur for every business owner, not matter if your business is big or small. This podcast's content is truly diverse with one goal in mind help you to grow and achieve more success in business. With up-to-date info on real-life lessons Adam has learned, interviews with some of the world's most successful people, such as Floyd Mayweather, Anthony Joshua, Al Pacino, Randi Zuckerberg, and many more. It also includes thought leaders, interviews with successful unique business owners and content directly from Adam on business growth. Want to learn more about the game of business? Want more leads, sales, and clients for your business? Want to learn how to use social media to supercharge your brand? Start listening to Business Growth Secrets.

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  • Creator
    Adam Stott
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    500
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2024
  • Show Website
    Business Growth Secrets

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