In The Business

In The Business

The podcast for young entrepreneurs. Sharing conversations with business owners, CEOs and investors.

  1. This "Boring Business" Gets 500+ Million Views On Social Media: The Maka Twins

    May 4

    This "Boring Business" Gets 500+ Million Views On Social Media: The Maka Twins

    They were told they'd never amount to anything. Now they've got 20+ million views on a single video, cleaned a TfL train, and stopped Simon Squibb in the street.The Maka Twins went from being "looked down upon" their whole childhood and getting a Chatterbox award in primary school, to building one of the UK's most-watched cleaning brands, cleaning TfL trains, airplanes and Big Ben ambitions, pulling 64,000 new followers from a single video and racking up 20+ million views on one branded post for Carhartt. This is their full story. In this episode of In The Business podcast, James and John open up about growing up with no entrepreneurial role models, why their first business flopped when all they cared about was margins, the dream that sparked their student cleaning company, the moment they decided to clean places nobody asked them to clean, bumping into Simon Squibb on the street, how they really think about mentorship, and why "boring businesses make the most money." Whether you're a young entrepreneur just starting out or someone trying to build a brand from zero, this one's for you. 🎙️ In The Business is a podcast for young entrepreneurs, hosted by Harrison Turner and Tom Mumford. We sit down with founders who've built real businesses, from their step one to the first million, and unpack the stories behind the success.If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and leave a comment telling us your biggest takeaway. FOLLOW IN THE BUSINESS👇 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrisonturnerofficial/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthebusinessofficial/ 🌐 Website: https://inthebusiness.club/ FOLLOW THE MAKA TWINS 👇 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themakatwins/ 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@themakatwins 🌐 Website: https://makagroupservices.com/about-us

    49 min
  2. Apr 15

    He Made £150K/Month… Then Lost It All & Went To Prison

    Entrepreneur Tawhid Juneja went from earning £150K/month in healthcare recruitment to cocaine addiction, £2.4M bankruptcy, and 33 months in prison. Now he's rebuilt, owning businesses and football club AFC Welwyn. This is his full story.In this episode of In The Business podcast, Tawhid opens up about growing up with a single mum, building his first recruitment business, how the 2008 recession forced him to pivot into healthcare, the ego and addiction that came with making serious money, what it was really like inside a prison cell, and how he rebuilt his entire life with a £20K loan from his aunt and no mobile phone contract.Whether you're a young entrepreneur just starting out or someone going through a tough time, this one's for you. 0:00 Intro 1:13 Growing up with a single mum 2:09 First business: rec-to-rec recruitment 5:04 Healthcare recruitment, garage to Ed Miliband 6:41 When the drugs started 9:05 How addiction escalated with money 10:02 Drug culture in sales environments 13:30 "I didn't realise until I was in a prison cell" 15:02 Taking cocaine into his own sentencing 16:09 From the high life to prison 18:33 £2.4 million bankruptcy and losing everything 19:56 Mansion to sheltered accommodation to prison cell 23:19 Making £150K/month at the peak 23:35 Rebuilding from zero with a £20K loan 25:42 Running a business from pub wifi on a brick wall 26:18 Advice for young entrepreneurs starting from nothing 27:42 What good market research actually looks like 38:19 Using AI to scale a recruitment business 40:57 Do degrees actually matter to employers? 42:16 "Prison was the best thing that ever happened to me" 45:45 What young people should take from this story 48:47 The single best piece of business advice he's received 49:49 What he'd say to his 25-year-old self🎙️ In The Business is a podcast for young entrepreneurs, hosted by Harrison Turner and Tom Mumford. We sit down with founders who've built real businesses, from their step one to the first million, and unpack the stories behind the success.If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and leave a comment telling us your biggest takeaway. FOLLOW IN THE BUSINESS🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrisonturnerofficial/📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthebusinessofficial/🌐 Website: https://inthebusiness.club/FOLLOW TAWHID JUNEJA🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tawhidjuneja/⚽ AFC Welwyn: https://www.afcwelwyn.co.uk/

    51 min

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The podcast for young entrepreneurs. Sharing conversations with business owners, CEOs and investors.