Screw It Just DO It with Alex Chisnall

Alex Chisnall
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For those who decided to Screw It... and Just DID It. Ranked #1 in Apple Podcasts. Top 1% globally. 5M+ downloads Real stories from founders who took the leap. Hosted by Alex Chisnall. Learn how today’s top entrepreneurs started, scaled, & stayed true to their vision. Official podcast of the Festival of Entrepreneurs: https://www.festivalofentrepreneurs.co.uk Twice Weekly Show every Tuesday & Thursday. If you enjoyed listening, please rate my show. And if you're really generous with your time, please also leave a review so I can help more entrepreneurs.

  1. How Bulk Built a £100m Business with No Investment

    2 天前

    How Bulk Built a £100m Business with No Investment

    In this Bite-sized Screw It Just DO It episode, I sit down with Adam Rossiter and Elliot Dawes, co-founders of Bulk, one of the UK’s biggest sports and active nutrition brands. What started as two university friends buying supplements from the US turned into a £100 million company built without a single penny of outside investment. Adam and Elliot share how they started with £3,000 on a credit card, packed their own boxes, handled customer service themselves, and slowly built traction through word of mouth and online forums. They talk about the point when they realised they had to grow beyond being two founders doing everything, and how one competitor’s sale changed their mindset about scaling. This segment is a raw and honest look at the early grind of building a business and how discipline, persistence, and belief turned a side hustle into one of the leading names in nutrition. Key Takeaways: How £3,000 in credit card debt became the foundation for a multimillion-pound brand. Why doing every role in your business teaches lessons no MBA can. How to recognise the moment to move from startup chaos to structured growth. The power of reinvesting profit and keeping control instead of chasing funding. Why comparison can push you to level up your business vision. 🎧 New episodes of Screw It Just DO It drop every Tuesday & Thursday, so make sure you follow wherever you listen. You’ll hear real conversations with founders who’ve taken a risk, built something from scratch, and figured it out along the way. 🔥 Thanks to everyone who joined us at the Festival of Entrepreneurs at the NEC Birmingham. What an incredible two days of ideas, connections, and real business insights. If you missed it, stay tuned, we’ll be sharing highlights and conversations from the event on the podcast. Stay connected at www.festivalofentrepreneurs.co.uk and follow @festivalofentrepreneurs for news, updates, and future events. Real entrepreneurs. Real stories. Real strategies. 👉 Follow the show. Keep showing up. Screw It Just DO It! #ScrewItJustDoIt #FestivalOfEntrepreneurs #StartupLife #Entrepreneurship

    11 分鐘
  2. How Simon Woodroffe Built Yo! Sushi and Changed UK Dining Forever

    4 天前

    How Simon Woodroffe Built Yo! Sushi and Changed UK Dining Forever

    What drives someone to launch a sushi restaurant with robots, conveyor belts, and a million-pound setup when they’ve never worked in hospitality? In this episode of Screw It Just DO It, I sit down with Simon Woodroffe OBE, the visionary founder behind Yo! Sushi and YOTEL, to talk about risk, creativity, and why going bigger can sometimes be safer. Simon shares how he went from designing rock and roll stages for the likes of Rod Stewart and The Rolling Stones to opening the UK’s first conveyor belt sushi bar in 1997. With no investors and limited cash, he pulled off one of the boldest brand launches in modern British food history, financing it through creative deals with Sony, Honda and All Nippon Airways. From those early days in Soho to building YOTEL and beyond, Simon’s story is one of relentless curiosity, self-belief, and calculated risk. He reflects on what drives entrepreneurs, how to balance creativity with operations, and the importance of raising money with confidence. If you’ve ever questioned whether to take the leap on your idea, this episode proves that vision backed by persistence can build an empire. Key Takeaways Raise money with conviction. Confidence sells your vision as much as the business plan itself.Spend on experience, not advertising. Word of mouth built Yo! Sushi faster than any marketing budget could.Go bigger, not safer. The larger the ambition, the more belief and accountability it attracts.Creativity and execution go hand in hand. Simon’s background in showbiz gave him the tools to design unforgettable customer experiences.Luck favours those who act. Every bold decision opens another door. 🎧 New episodes of Screw It Just DO It drop every Tuesday & Thursday, so make sure you follow wherever you listen. You’ll hear real conversations with founders who’ve taken a risk, built something from scratch, and figured it out along the way.   🔥 Thanks to everyone who joined us at the Festival of Entrepreneurs at the NEC Birmingham. What an incredible two days of ideas, connections, and real business insights. If you missed it, stay tuned, we’ll be sharing highlights and conversations from the event on the podcast.   Stay connected at www.festivalofentrepreneurs.co.uk and follow @festivalofentrepreneurs for news, updates, and future events.   Real entrepreneurs. Real stories. Real strategies.   👉 Follow the show. Keep showing up. Screw It Just DO It!   #ScrewItJustDoIt #FestivalOfEntrepreneurs #StartupLife #Entrepreneurship

    43 分鐘
  3. Starting Epidemic Sound During the 2008 Crash with Oscar Höglund

    10月9日

    Starting Epidemic Sound During the 2008 Crash with Oscar Höglund

    What does it take to start a billion-dollar company during a financial crisis? In this Bite-sized Screw It Just DO It episode, I sit down with Oscar Höglund, co-founder and CEO of Epidemic Sound, to hear how he turned a broken music licensing industry into a global platform used by millions of creators. Oscar shares how he and his co-founders launched Epidemic Sound in 2008 at the height of the recession, why they decided to rewrite the rules of music licensing, and how their vision to “soundtrack the internet” fuelled their growth. His story is a powerful lesson in resilience, timing, and taking risks when others hold back. Key Takeaways: Why starting in a recession can be an advantage for bold entrepreneurs. How Epidemic Sound spotted a broken system and built a solution creators needed. The importance of unrestricted music licensing for the creator economy. Why conviction in your mission matters more than playing by old industry rules. 🎧 New episodes of Screw It Just DO It drop every Tuesday & Thursday - so makes sure you follow wherever you listen. You’ll hear real conversations with founders who’ve taken a risk, built something from scratch, and figured it out along the way.   🔥 Want to take things further? Join me in person this October at the Festival of Entrepreneurs on the 8–9th October at the NEC in Birmingham. The Festival of Entrepreneurs is where 5-10,000 ambitious founders come together to learn from the people who've actually done it. I'm giving my listeners free 2-day passes.   Real entrepreneurs, real stories, real strategies – exactly like what you're hearing right now, but live and in person. Go to www.festivalofentrepreneurs.co.uk and grab your free pass before they're gone.  https://eventdata.uk/Visitor/FestivalOfEntrepreneurs2025.aspx?TrackingCode=ACHISNALL   👉 Follow the show. Turn up in October. Screw It Just DO It!   #ScrewItJustDoIt #FestivalOfEntrepreneurs #StartupLife #Entrepreneurship

    15 分鐘
  4. Darcy Laceby: From Student to Co-Founder of Absolute Collagen

    10月7日

    Darcy Laceby: From Student to Co-Founder of Absolute Collagen

    When most graduates were applying for traditional jobs, Darcy Laceby made a different choice. At 20, she co-founded Absolute Collagen alongside her mum, Maxine, transforming bone broth experiments at their kitchen table into a £50 million challenger brand. In this conversation, Darcy shares the reality of building a beauty business from scratch, navigating early investment decisions, scaling a direct-to-consumer brand, and working in a family-run business. We also explore the challenges of being a young female founder, how to stand your ground with investors, and why belief in yourself can accelerate growth. Key Takeaways: The early days of Absolute Collagen and how a kitchen-table idea became a £50M brandNavigating the challenges of scaling a family businessThe importance of belief, persistence, and trusting your own expertiseLessons in investment, growth, and leading a fast-scaling teamDarcy’s vision for the future of health, nutrition, and personalised wellness 🎧 New episodes of Screw It Just DO It drop every Tuesday & Thursday - so makes sure you follow wherever you listen. You’ll hear real conversations with founders who’ve taken a risk, built something from scratch, and figured it out along the way.   🔥 Want to take things further? Join me in person this October at the Festival of Entrepreneurs on the 8–9th October at the NEC in Birmingham. The Festival of Entrepreneurs is where 5-10,000 ambitious founders come together to learn from the people who've actually done it. I'm giving my listeners free 2-day passes.   Real entrepreneurs, real stories, real strategies – exactly like what you're hearing right now, but live and in person. www.festivalofentrepreneurs.co.uk Register her for FREE: https://eventdata.uk/Visitor/FestivalOfEntrepreneurs2025.aspx?TrackingCode=ACHISNALL   👉 Follow the show. Turn up in October. Screw It Just DO It!   #ScrewItJustDoIt #FestivalOfEntrepreneurs #StartupLife #Entrepreneurship

    54 分鐘
  5. How to Stay Indistractable in Business and Life with Nir Eyal

    10月3日

    How to Stay Indistractable in Business and Life with Nir Eyal

    On this Bite-sized Screw It Just DO It, I sit down with Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Indistractable, to unpack the real reason entrepreneurs get stuck. Nir shares how distraction doesn’t come from phones, emails, or social media, but from within. He explains how boredom, stress, and loneliness drive us towards procrastination and how learning to manage internal triggers can change everything. Nir also reveals his simple mantra of consistency over intensity, showing how small, repeatable actions compound into real change in business, health, and life. Whether you are scaling a startup or just trying to stay focused through the noise, this is a practical, no-nonsense framework you can use straight away. Key Takeaways: Distraction starts from internal triggers, not external interruptions. Time management requires pain management, you must address the discomfort you’re trying to escape. Consistency over intensity builds lasting progress in business, health, and creativity. You can’t outsource focus, you must decide how to spend your time and attention. 🎧 New episodes of Screw It Just DO It drop every Tuesday & Thursday - so makes sure you follow wherever you listen. You’ll hear real conversations with founders who’ve taken a risk, built something from scratch, and figured it out along the way.   🔥 Want to take things further? Join me in person this October at the Festival of Entrepreneurs on the 8–9th October at the NEC in Birmingham. The Festival of Entrepreneurs is where 5-10,000 ambitious founders come together to learn from the people who've actually done it. I'm giving my listeners free 2-day passes.   Real entrepreneurs, real stories, real strategies – exactly like what you're hearing right now, but live and in person. Go to www.festivalofentrepreneurs.co.uk and grab your free pass before they're gone.  https://eventdata.uk/Visitor/FestivalOfEntrepreneurs2025.aspx?TrackingCode=ACHISNALL   👉 Follow the show. Turn up in October. Screw It Just DO It!   #ScrewItJustDoIt #FestivalOfEntrepreneurs #StartupLife #Entrepreneurship

    14 分鐘
  6. How ANNA Money Built a £30m ARR Business for Small Businesses

    9月30日

    How ANNA Money Built a £30m ARR Business for Small Businesses

    On this episode of Screw It Just DO It I sit down with Boris Diakonov and Eduard Panteleev, the co-founders of ANNA Money, the UK-based business account built to make life easier for small business owners. ANNA combines finance, admin and tax tools in one AI-powered platform, complete with its trademark humour and cat logo. In this conversation we cover the “screw it” moment that pushed them to launch, how they chose the UK market despite being newcomers, and what it took to overcome major setbacks like the Wirecard crisis. We also explore how ANNA grew to 50,000 customers, nearly £30 million in annual recurring revenue, and an 80% gross margin. This is a real look at scaling a fintech startup, balancing co-founder dynamics, and keeping customers front and centre. Key Takeaways: Why the UK market was the right place to launch ANNA despite early fears How a bold brand identity helped them stand out in a crowded sector Lessons from surviving the Wirecard collapse and keeping customers onside The importance of listening, adapting and maintaining trust as co-founders How ANNA scaled to £30m ARR and what that means for the future of small business finance 🎧 New episodes of Screw It Just DO It drop every Tuesday & Thursday - so makes sure you follow wherever you listen. You’ll hear real conversations with founders who’ve taken a risk, built something from scratch, and figured it out along the way.   🔥 Want to take things further? Join me in person this October at the Festival of Entrepreneurs on the 8–9th October at the NEC in Birmingham. The Festival of Entrepreneurs is where 5-10,000 ambitious founders come together to learn from the people who've actually done it. I'm giving my listeners free 2-day passes.   Real entrepreneurs, real stories, real strategies – exactly like what you're hearing right now, but live and in person. www.festivalofentrepreneurs.co.uk Register her for FREE: https://eventdata.uk/Visitor/FestivalOfEntrepreneurs2025.aspx?TrackingCode=ACHISNALL   👉 Follow the show. Turn up in October. Screw It Just DO It!   #ScrewItJustDoIt #FestivalOfEntrepreneurs #StartupLife #Entrepreneurship

    49 分鐘

  7. 9月25日

    How Lewis Howes Turned Setbacks into The School of Greatness

    There are moments in life when everything falls apart. For Lewis Howes, it was a combination of his father’s serious accident, a career-ending sports injury, and the global financial crash. He found himself broke, directionless, and living on his sister’s couch. In this Bite-sized Screw It Just DO It episode, Lewis shares how those challenges forced him to think differently. He began seeking mentors, learning business skills, and experimenting with ways to earn money during one of the toughest economic climates in recent memory. What followed was the first step towards building a multi-million dollar business, the launch of The School of Greatness podcast, and bestselling books that have inspired millions worldwide. His story is a practical reminder that setbacks can push you to create entirely new opportunities if you are willing to act. Key Takeaways: Setbacks can create the urgency needed to find a new path. Mentorship accelerates learning and helps you avoid obvious mistakes. Start small, test ideas, and build resilience through action. Tools like LinkedIn can be leveraged to build communities and credibility. Reinvention is possible when you stop waiting and commit to learning. 🎧 New episodes of Screw It Just DO It drop every Tuesday & Thursday - so makes sure you follow wherever you listen. You’ll hear real conversations with founders who’ve taken a risk, built something from scratch, and figured it out along the way.   🔥 Want to take things further? Join me in person this October at the Festival of Entrepreneurs on the 8–9th October at the NEC in Birmingham. The Festival of Entrepreneurs is where 5-10,000 ambitious founders come together to learn from the people who've actually done it. I'm giving my listeners free 2-day passes.   Real entrepreneurs, real stories, real strategies – exactly like what you're hearing right now, but live and in person. Go to www.festivalofentrepreneurs.co.uk and grab your free pass before they're gone.  https://eventdata.uk/Visitor/FestivalOfEntrepreneurs2025.aspx?TrackingCode=ACHISNALL   👉 Follow the show. Turn up in October. Screw It Just DO It!   #ScrewItJustDoIt #FestivalOfEntrepreneurs #StartupLife #Entrepreneurship

    17 分鐘

  8. 9月24日

    Pip & Nut Founder Pip Murray on Growing a Challenger Brand

    This week on Screw It Just DO It I sit down with Pip Murray, the founder of Pip & Nut, the UK’s fastest-growing natural nut butter brand. Pip’s story starts with a marathon training run that sparked an idea for a better product, free from palm oil. That idea turned into Pip & Nut, now stocked in over 8,000 stores and recently crowned the number one nut butter brand in the UK. We cover how Pip went from working at the Science Museum to living rent-free in a shed after winning the Escape the City competition, raising £120,000 through crowdfunding, and navigating the early challenges of scaling a food and drink brand. We also talk about resilience, culture, and why purpose and sustainability matter more than ever when building a business today. This is a raw and honest look at the realities of entrepreneurship: the pressure of being a solo founder, the importance of consumer feedback, and how to hold onto a challenger mindset even after hitting scale. If you’re looking for lessons on leadership, funding, branding, and staying resilient in competitive markets, this episode is for you. Key Takeaways How Pip used crowdfunding and guerrilla marketing to launch Pip & NutThe value of challenger brand thinking in crowded FMCG marketsWhy sustainability, B Corp certification, and purpose strengthen brand loyaltyThe leadership challenges of moving from startup to scale-upHow resilience in business mirrors the mindset needed to run marathons 🎧 New episodes of Screw It Just DO It drop every Tuesday & Thursday - so makes sure you follow wherever you listen. You’ll hear real conversations with founders who’ve taken a risk, built something from scratch, and figured it out along the way.   🔥 Want to take things further? Join me in person this October at the Festival of Entrepreneurs on the 8–9th October at the NEC in Birmingham. The Festival of Entrepreneurs is where 5-10,000 ambitious founders come together to learn from the people who've actually done it. I'm giving my listeners free 2-day passes.   Real entrepreneurs, real stories, real strategies – exactly like what you're hearing right now, but live and in person. Go to www.festivalofentrepreneurs.co.uk and grab your free pass before they're gone.  https://eventdata.uk/Visitor/FestivalOfEntrepreneurs2025.aspx?TrackingCode=ACHISNALL   👉 Follow the show. Turn up in October. Screw It Just DO It!   #ScrewItJustDoIt #FestivalOfEntrepreneurs #StartupLife #Entrepreneurship

    51 分鐘
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For those who decided to Screw It... and Just DID It. Ranked #1 in Apple Podcasts. Top 1% globally. 5M+ downloads Real stories from founders who took the leap. Hosted by Alex Chisnall. Learn how today’s top entrepreneurs started, scaled, & stayed true to their vision. Official podcast of the Festival of Entrepreneurs: https://www.festivalofentrepreneurs.co.uk Twice Weekly Show every Tuesday & Thursday. If you enjoyed listening, please rate my show. And if you're really generous with your time, please also leave a review so I can help more entrepreneurs.

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