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Now celebrating its 31st year, Aspen has grown from a small, local manufacturer of condensate removal pumps, to a company with close to 400 employees worldwide and selling to over 100 countries. In this episode, Tim and CEO Adrian Thompson delve into the importance of having a high-quality and reliable product, the challenges and opportunities of international expansion, lessons learnt from ownership changes, why incentivising your team and empowering individuals is crucial, and most importantly why Inflexion liked the business so much - it invested twice!

Xtrac is recognised as the world's leading designer and manufacturer of transmission systems, and its impressive client base includes virtually all of the world's top motorsport teams. In this episode, Xtrac CEO Adrian Moore speaks to Tim Smallbone about the transformation he has seen the business go through since he joined in 1992, in particular the recent shift to more focus on hybrid and electric vehicles, building their new manufacturing facility and strengthening their product offering to include high-performance automotives.

Radius has grown from one man in an office above a hairdressers near Crewe, to employing 3000 people across 18 countries and making £4bn revenue. In this episode, Tim Smallbone speaks to Radius Founder and Chair Bill Holmes, and Inflexion Partner David Whileman, about Radius' story to date, the importance of taking your employees on the journey with you, and how the business is preparing to support its customers through the energy transition.

In eight years, The Goat Agency has grown from three guys with a big idea to the world’s leading influencer marketing agency. In this episode, Tim speaks with Arron Shepherd, Goat co-founder, and Tom Pemberton, Inflexion Partner, about how and why Goat was founded, the future of advertising for brands, and how innovative use of data has ultimately set Goat apart from the competition.

Pet supplement business Lintbells had been growing successfully in the UK for over 10 years when it decided to take its products across the pond and take on the notoriously tricky US market. In this episode, Tim speaks with Dr. John Howie, Lintbells co-founder, and Fiona Hope, Lintbells CEO, about why they decided to try and crack the US, the challenge of doing this during a global pandemic, and the lessons they learned along the way.

The Scott Dunn story is one of agility and resilience; how moving fast and making smart decisions in challenging times set the business up for long term success.