We find out how the most successful founders have created immense success but we also want to find out, how did they overcome those toughest obstacles both for the business and personally.
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Two brothers and co-founders of Social Chaps, Elliot and Dominic speak to interesting guests from all walks of life having open, honest and raw conversations.
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#006 | Rosie Millen | “I collapsed, climbed into bed and literally stayed there for 3 years”
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We had the pleasure of speaking to Rosie Millen, otherwise known as Miss Nutritionist. We spoke about how Rosie suffered severe burnout which led to 3 years of being bed bound and struggling with her mental health throughout those years. Rosie explains how she managed to recover from burnout and managed to maintain her business and discusses the sy…
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#005 | James Eder | “Everyone walks around thinking we've got forever and we're invincible”
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James Eder is an Entrepreneur, speaker, mentor & coach who has been on quite a journey both in business & personally. James, Co-founder of Students Beans and founder of Causr, discusses the story of how he came to create both the companies and the hardships along the way. James opens up about the life changing news of being told he’s got a rare hea…
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#004 | Jack Parsons | ''Your health is your wealth''
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Jack Parsons is a young entrepreneur and CEO of the Big Youth Group. He takes through the Big Youth Group's vision and the amazing work they do with young people. Jack discusses his business battle scars and the lessons he learnt from past failures. He speaks openly about the importance of mental health and mental fitness after having his own encou…
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#003 | Brian Wood | “It’s males in general, we don’t like to speak about our feelings, and we have to get better at it”
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In episode 3 of this series, we sat down with Sunday Times Bestselling Author Brian Wood. Brian talks about his experiences serving in the military in Iraq, Afghanistan and specifically about the famous Battle of Danny Boy, which ended up being a major turning point in his life for so many different reasons. We discuss the after-effects of the batt…
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#002 | Ollie Forsyth | “There were days where they’d lock me in a room for days on end”
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We sat down with Ollie Forsyth, an inspirational 21 year old entrepreneur who runs The Makers Podcast. Ollie talks us through his journey of building a business while still at school, building an incredible network and how he dealt with being bullied.
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#001 | Mark Peart | “I was hoping it was a heart attack”
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In our first podcast, Mark speaks openly and candidly about how he dealt with his wife committing suicide. Mark tells us his story and how he’s learning to live with grief. He describes how his friend signed him up for the Channel 4 show SAS: Who dares wins and eventually went on to win it. Just a year on from his wife’s passing, we discuss the imp…
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Charlotte Yarkoni is the Vice President at Microsoft for Growth and Ecosystems. Hosted by Ollie Forsyth.By Ollie Forsyth
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Lara Morgan is a British entrepreneur and the founder and former CEO of Pacific Direct. Having sold her share in Pacific Direct she is now involved in several UK startups. Her first business, Pacific Direct was founded in 1991 at the age of 23. Having arrived in the UK with little or no hotel experience, Lara quickly grew Pacific Direct into a spec…
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Christopher Mirabile: Launchpad Venture Group
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Christopher Mirabile is the Chair Emeritus and Public Policy Chair of the Angel Capital Association and the co-founder of portfolio management tool www.seraf-investor.com. He is also co-Managing Director of Launchpad Venture Group, a venture investment group focused on seed and early-stage investments in technology-oriented companies. Launchpad is …
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In 2001, Rand Fishkin dropped out of college to start a company with his mom, Gillian. Over the next 17 years, that company, Moz, became one of the most high profile and high growth businesses in the marketing software world. In this transparent, vulnerable talk, Rand will walk through some of the biggest regrets, lessons learns, and things he'd do…
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''Hendrik Brandis is a Co-Founder & Partner of Earlybird. Hendrik's current domain focus is web-enabled services. Hendrik is a Board Member of EVCA (European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association) and past Chairman of the EVCA Venture Capital Platform Council. Hendrik brings together long standing investment, operational and entrepreneurial …
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Ricky is a serial investor and entrepreuner. He has built five technology disruptors in fintech and telecoms, each of which also does a bit of good for the world. Before Tandem he founded Azimo and Small World, two remittance businesses, and is managing partner of Hexagon Partners, a private equity firm. He built Tandem to be a digital bank that he…
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Jason Stockwood, CEO at Simply Business. Jason joined Simply Business from global dating website match.com, where he was International Managing Director. He’s also spent time as Managing Director at Travelocity Business, and held roles at Trailfinders, lastminute.com, Skyscanner and The Drinkaware Trust. In 2016, Jason won overall Best Leader at th…
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Tom Blomfield is a British entrepreneur. After studying for a law degree at Oxford University, he founded the UK-based company GoCardless and challenger bank Monzo. In 2013, he was recognised as one of the top five entrepreneurs under 30 by the European Commission. Hosted by Ollie Forsyth.By Ollie Forsyth
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Simon Woodroffe OBE is an English motivational speaker and entrepreneur. He started the sushi chain YO! Sushi in 1997, and appeared as a "Dragon" on the first UK series of Dragons' Den. Woodroffe conceived and launched YO! Sushi after an early spell in television. Hosted by Ollie ForsythBy Ollie Forsyth
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In late 2008, as global financial markets crashed, our founders, Christian Faes and Ian Thomas, saw an opportunity to fill a critical gap in short-term property finance. They set up a mortgage lending business (then called Montello Bridging Finance), which quickly became one of the leading short-term finance lenders in the UK. By 2012, we had launc…
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Simon Beckerman is the founder of Depop, a peer-to-peer social shopping app based in London, with additional offices in Milan and New York City. Depop was incorporated in 2011 and to date, they have raised $43.6m backed by VC's such as Balderton & Octopus. Hosted by Ollie Forsyth.By Ollie Forsyth
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Viktor Calabro has worked within the on-demand staffing industry for over five years. A well-known and well-respected entrepreneur, Viktor launched Staff Finder, the world’s first on-demand staffing marketplace in 2011 now called Coople, (which is backed by Goldman Sachs), and coined the term ‘just in time staff management’. With offices in London …
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Ben Tompkins is a managing partner at Draper Esprit. Draper Esprit is one of the most active venture capital firms in Europe, developing and investing in disruptive, high growth technology companies. We believe the best entrepreneurs in Europe are capable of building the global businesses of the future. We fuel their growth with long- term capital,…
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My latest guest on The TBE Podcast is Boris Wertz, founder of Version One Ventures. Boris is founding partner of Version One and one of the top tech early-stage investors in North America. Born in Germany and based in Vancouver, Boris takes a wide-angle view to find great companies all across North America: from New York and Toronto to Seattle and …
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Sir John Vincent Cable is a British politician serving as Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Member of Parliament for Twickenham since 2017. He was the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from 2010 to 2015. Hosted by Ollie ForsythBy Ollie Forsyth
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James Cadbury is the founder of Love Cocoa. The inspiration behind Love Cocoa comes from founder James Cadbury's, great-great-great grandfather John Cadbury, who setup Cadbury chocolate nearly 200 years ago. The philanthropist built Cadbury on great ethical grounds, looking after its workforce and improving civil rights. With the family no longer i…
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My guest today is Alok Alström founder of AppJobs.com. AppJobs provides jobseekers with job offers from companies like Uber, Foodora, Dog Vacay, TaskRabbit and Postmates. Our goal is to give you reviews and descriptions of these instant-work-apps to help you make quick money doing what you love! You will be able decide on the jobs that you like the…
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Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones is a British businessman, farmer, and founder of "The Black Farmer" range of food products. He was an unsuccessful Conservative Party candidate for the Chippenham constituency for the 2010 general election. The latest guest on The TBE Podcast is Wilfred Emmanuel Jones, founder of The Black Farmer, a gluten free food company, …
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George is an experienced entrepreneur and former banker. Tide is the solution he sought when running several small businesses, to the problem faced by every business owner: insufficient time for the work they love. As a banker, he worked as Product Director at Zopa, Business Strategy Director at Barclaycard, Head of Innovation at RBS and started hi…
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Mr & Mrs Smith began life in 2003 with two adventurous hotel lovers (our real-life Mr and Mrs: James and Tamara Lohan) and has evolved into a global travel club with a million like-minded members in more than 100 countries. Every club has a purpose. Ours is to knock your socks off, with help from the world’s best bedrooms. We don’t want this to be …
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When Monese founder Norris Koppel first moved to the UK from Estonia, he faced a frustrating experience that is all too common. With no UK credit history or utility bills proving his address, he was immediately denied a bank account. Without one, he found it near impossible to receive his salary or rent an apartment. From his painful experience, Mo…
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Sir Charles Dunstone - The Carphone Warehouse
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Sir Charles William Dunstone, CVO is the British co-founder and former chairman of mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse, former chairman of multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company Dixons Carphone, and executive chairman of the TalkTalk Group. This interview is from when Sir Charles spoke at our event in Sep…
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India Hicks - Business Advice For Entrepreneurs
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'India Hicks is a former fashion model. She currently runs her eponymous lifestyle brand, which she founded in 2015.' - www.indiahicks.com.By Ollie Forsyth
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Robert Matthew "Matt" Barrie is an Australian technology entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer of Freelancer.com, a global online freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace.By Ollie Forsyth
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Ollie Forsyth, Founder and Host of TBE. Giving an intro.By Ollie Forsyth
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Eve Sleep: Jas Bagniewski The serial entrepreneur discusses the lessons he learned from his previous business and how his start-up plans to disrupt an ineffective market.By Ollie Forsyth
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