Hustle Up Podcast Josh Burrell

Gaia Beck is a business powerhouse, who started out selling used cars and discovered that business is all about giving people what they want. She then moved into Film PR gaining a sense of excitement from the events industry.

Gaia worked with all of London's most exclusive nightclubs before she started Cocktails & Conversation, a London dating events and networking company now so popular that even couples now want to attend. Known for its black-tie events and masquerade balls, Cocktails & Conversation holds exclusive events for hundreds of guests.

Under the name London Represents, Gaia now also runs fashion shows which promote diversity using a range of models and independent brands, with half of all proceeds going to the charity Bullock Inclusion.

Last year she also launched Chippingin, a platform she developed with her son and a co-founder to help children crowdfund for toys, presents, charities and more, by raising funds from friends and family.

Gaia previously ran a conference aimed at getting more black women into the tech industry, and is passionate about more female and diverse founders getting investment in their businesses.


Cocktails & Conversation - CocktailsAndConversation.co.uk / @cocktails_and_conversation
Chippingin - chippingin.co.uk / @wearechippingin
London Represents - LondonRepresents.com / @london_represents

Charlotte Curran is the woman behind ARTEMIS, a Manchester-based jewellery and accessories brand.

In 2014, Charlotte started hand-making jewellery as a side-hustle alongside college, but over the pandemic ARTEMIS became a fully-fledged business. It is female-run with Charlotte now employing a team, recognised by WorkL as one of the happiest places to work in the UK.

Charlotte juggled running the business in Manchester while studying for her Masters’ degree and was a Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards in 2021.


ARTEMIS website: artemisaccessories.co.uk
ARTEMIS Instagram: @artemis.accessories
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In my tenth episode I’m joined by Matthew Grossett, the owner of Walnuts and Honey, a black-owned micro-bakery based in South Norwood, London.

Matthew specialises in exotic flavour combinations and luxury vegan/gluten-free bakes including eye-catching swirled buttercream cupcakes (which I’m a huge fan of). He also takes orders for birthday and occasion cakes each week.

We touched on Matthew's love of sweet treats and how after a period travelling he realised he no longer wanted to work in an office. He started out by taking his bakes to markets, before finding a shop that fit the bill.

After four years, Walnuts and Honey is going from strength to strength. With Matthew as the sole employee in the shop (cake maker, front of house and coffee making), he considers other local business owners as his colleagues.

In the future he is hoping to grow the business, adding an additional premises for more baking.

Pop by his shop by Norwood Junction station now to check out his vegan cakes or place your order for any special cakes by emailing at the link below.


Website: https://www.walnutsandhoney.co.uk/
Email: walnutsandhoney@gmail.com
Instagram: @walnutsandhoney
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WalnutsAndHoney/

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Giulia Smith is not just any ordinary entrepreneur. With six businesses and more on the way, she quit the corporate world realising that there was something better for her out there if she worked for herself.
Losing all her clients during the pandemic in 2020, she was able to move from England to Ibiza in 2021 just before a lockdown. Giulia runs a marketing agency, coaches clients and helps them get the most from their businesses and generate leads. She also runs her e-commerce businesses to sell electric bikes and diamonds as well as running a travel, lifestyle and fashion Instagram page.
We touched on some of the challenges of starting a business, where she failed along the way, and her plans for the future working with an international team. She believes in manifestation to reach your goals and has also since launched her own podcast. 
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Giulia Smith (founder of From Nine to Thrive)
Main Instagram: @iamgiuliasmith
Travel, lifestyle and fashion account: @giuliafsmith
Giulia's From Nine to Thrive Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/from-nine-to-thrive/id1592157722
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I chatted with Albert Azis-Clauson, the CEO of UnderPinned, a platform that helps support freelancers to build their businesses.

We talked about his journey from the world of dance at the Royal Ballet School to mainstream education and then to University, raising £1m for his business within a year of graduating.

Albert, who has tried his hand at every sport played in a world-record charity rugby game which lasted more than 30 hours for the School of Hard Knocks charity.

He is an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community and featured in a popular campaign on LinkedIn wearing typically "feminine clothing". He also works with the Government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Small Business Commissioner to shape the future of freelancing.

Are you freelancing or thinking of starting out, you can get 25% off the UnderPinned Ultimate Guide to Freelancing course with the code HUSTLEUP25.

Underpinned.com

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Thanks to Lucy Werner from The Wern for connecting me with Albert. Her new book 'Brand Yourself', with her co-founder, creative director and husband Hadrien Chatelet, is out now. 

For this episode I'm joined by not one, but two amazing guests. Georgia Lewis Anderson and Gussy Sakula-Barry are the co-founders of a new invite-only dating app called LYLT.

The voice-first dating app aims to put an end to "disposable dating" and "serial swiping" by allowing people to communicate solely through voice messages. 

Gussy is a BAFTA-nominated documentary director while Georgia started out interviewing on Jamal Edwards’ SBTV YouTube channel as well as hosting on Apple's Beats 1 and working at Microsoft and Google in Artificial Intelligence conversation design. 

The female co-founders met through friends at Manchester's Parklife Festival in 2009 and their business was born during the pandemic in 2020 seeing dating app usage skyrocket.

They are set to launch LYLT later this year and you can join their waiting list now: https://www.lyltdating.co/

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@lyltchat