Best Alexiskingsbury Podcasts (2024)

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090: The 6 Levers of Leverage 22:35

2y ago22:35

22:35

The best way for entrepreneurs with kids ("Parentpreneurs") to build the life and business of their dreams... is by utilizing leverage. Leverage allows you to have an exponentially greater outcome or result compared to the level of work or effort. In this episode, I reveal the 6 levers of leverage and give examples of each. This was part of a live …

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089: The 4 Levels of Value 12:48

2y ago12:48

12:48

On today's episode, I walk you through the 4 levels of value - one of the key concepts you must understand and implement if you want to make more money and live the "semi-retired" life. I originally learned of these 4 levels from Myron Golden - speaker, sales and mindset mentor. As an entrepreneur with kids (Parentpreneur) we must work smarter and …

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088: The Handoff 20:44

2y ago20:44

20:44

This is a very special episode as the Parentpreneur Accelerator Podcast returns... under new leadership. After building a solid foundation, Alexis Kingsbury is handing the reins off to Michael Kittinger. Michael is an entrepreneur and father of 4 and his passion is helping other Parentpreneurs build successful businesses, while still having plenty …

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087 : Laura Cross - Inventors & Makers 35:17

4+ y ago35:17

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On this week's episode I am interviewing Laura Cross who runs a children’s education business ""Inventors & Makers"". Laura originally trained as a lawyer, before leaving the corporate life to retrain as a primary school teacher. After teaching in London for a few years, Laura relocated to San Francisco for her husband’s work. Laura spent three yea…

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086: Tory Wagg - The mental health demands on business owners 51:43

4+ y ago51:43

51:43

On this week's episode I am interviewing Tory Wagg. Tory is a Chartered Management Accountant who qualified with CIMA in 2006. She grew up in Hampshire and studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Pembroke College, Oxford. She trained whilst working in industry for Nestle Waters and for the University of Oxford, and went on to start Panthera A…

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085: Amanda Frolich - Teaching preschool children how to be healthy and active... 44:10

4+ y ago44:10

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On this week's episode I am interviewing Amanda Frolich, an award-winning celebrity children’s entertainer and CEO of Amanda’s Action Club, the world’s most fun, physical development concept teaching preschool children how to be healthy and active from an early age. Having spent 28 years working within the early years sector, Amanda was invited by …

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084: Rachael Coyle - How running an online business is lonely 51:51

4+ y ago51:51

51:51

On this week's episode I am interviewing Rachael Coyle, who runs a luxury online baby and childrenswear boutique called Rosie and Lula, which sells clothes and gifts from newborn babies up to 8 years old.Originally an account manager at a digital marketing agency, Rachael fulfilled her dream of becoming a makeup artist, however after having her dau…

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083: Claire Russell – Passion for family play… 42:26

4+ y ago42:26

42:26

On this week's episode I am interviewing Claire; the founder of PlayHOORAY. Claire is an early year’s specialist with a passion for encouraging families with young children to play! Claire runs playHOORAY! an online community of parents, carers and educators where she supports, advises and inspires them to play with their babies and young children.…

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082: Shirag Shemmassian - How to write a memorable personal statement... 54:37

5y ago54:37

54:37

On this week's episode I am interviewing Dr. Shirag Shemmassian; an admissions expert from San Diego, California. Growing up with Tourette Syndrome in a middle-class family, Dr. Shemmassian was often mocked by peers and teachers and discouraged from applying to elite colleges. However, he went on to graduate debt-free with a B.S. in Human Developme…

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081: John Lamerton - The King of Routine 53:18

5y ago53:18

53:18

On this week's episode I am re interviewing Plymouth based dad of two, John Lamerton where we catch up to see how things have moved on for John since our last episode. Labelled as the “King of Routine”, serial entrepreneur John and his business partner Jason set up the Big Idea which is now helping hundreds of business owners improve their business…

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080: Jessica Ashley - An estate agent with a difference 40:21

5y ago40:21

40:21

In this week's episode I am interviewing Oxford based mum, Jessica Ashley.Jessica worked for a corporate estate agent for 10 years before setting up her own estate agent business Amelie’s Estate Agents when her maternity leave came to an end.In this episode, we’ll cover:What it’s been like to go from estate agent to owner of an estate agent busines…

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079: Rebecca Cross - Stepping into your greatness... 45:29

5y ago45:29

45:29

On this week's episode I am interviewing Rebecca Cross. Rebecca Cross is a Business Success & Motivational Strategist who works alongside aspiring female entrepreneurs looking to build their dream business and achieve the lifestyle that they deserve, not in the future but now. Rebecca's goal is to help 2 million women ‘Step into their Greatness’ an…

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078: Joshua & Judy Lisec - How to couplepreneur... 45:30

5y ago45:30

45:30

On this week's episode I am for the very first time interviewing couplepreneurs Joshua Lisec and Judy Shaw, whom together are The Entrepreneur’s Wordsmith LLC.During the first half I interview Joshua and in the second Judy, whilst the other cares for their young son, a real-life example of parentpreneurs. Joshua founded The Entrepreneur’s Wordsmith…

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077: Nicole Clewer - Looking after your mental health and wellbeing 46:13

5y ago46:13

46:13

On this week's episode I am interviewing Nicole Clewer.Nicole is the founder of luxury activewear brand Dot Dash Activewear. Prior to this, she was a celebrity trainer with 10 years experience in the fitness industry ranging from Barre, Crossfit, Powerlifitng and Personal Training. After being an ambassador for a renowned fitness brand for five yea…

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076: Jo Bevilacqua - supporting mothers in starting their own business 45:38

5+ y ago45:38

45:38

On this week's episode I am interviewing Jo Bevilacqua. Jo is the Owner of ""Serenity Loves"" & Founder of ""The Unique Mumpreneur"".Serenity Loves is a hair and beauty salon with onsite creche and the Unique Mumpreneur an online and in person community for women (Mothers or Not) who want to take the first steps to starting their own business or gr…

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075 - Alison Edgar - the benefits of working with a sales coach 46:55

5+ y ago46:55

46:55

In this month's episode I am interviewing Alison Edgar. Alison is the Managing Director of Sales Coaching Solutions, also known as The Entrepreneur’s Godmother. She is one of the UK's Top 10 Business Advisers and #1 in Sales and Marketing.Alison is regularly featured on BBC 1 Breakfast, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian as well as BBC R…

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074: James Golden - learning from our mistakes 48:41

5+ y ago48:41

48:41

On this week's episode I re-interview James Golden.James was one of our first ever interviewees and featured in one of our first episodes - number 14!After starting his business in 2010, he’s had an incredible journey that included getting a bank grant and later hitting rock bottom, overcoming a cancer diagnosis when he was 26, and building his com…

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073: Siobhan Murray - the impact of burnout on our lives 43:47

5+ y ago43:47

43:47

On this week's episode I am interviewing Siobhan Murray.Siobhan is a Positive Psychology Success Coach & Psychotherapist and a Family Mediator.Siobhan holds a First-Class Honours B.A. in Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Diploma in Mindfulness and Wellbeing, is a Master NLP Practitioner, a certified Life Coach and a Mediator and is about to embark o…

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072: Amanda Overend - enjoying books with your children 49:44

5+ y ago49:44

49:44

In this week's episode I am interviewing Amanda Overend. WARNING: Don’t listen with small children as Amanda talks about delivery of presents at Christmas.Amanda is mum to 3 young boys and the Owner of Books & Pieces, which makes buying books easy for families who want to enjoy books with their children.Amanda's background is in sports PR & Media, …

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071: Lucy Parsons - how to reach your full academic potential 44:03

5+ y ago44:03

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This week I am interviewing Lucy Parsons.Lucy is the CEO of Life More Extraordinary and is an academic coach who supports teenagers and their parents through GCSE and A Level exams, teaching them the study skills they need to reach their full academic potential. At the age of nine Lucy decided she would like to study at Cambridge University. She we…

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070: Vicky Warr - the importance of consumer research 46:05

5+ y ago46:05

46:05

In this week's episode I am re-interviewing Vicky Warr.I originally interviewed Vicky 3 months ago and we want so deep into talking about her fitness business that we didn't get chance to cover childcare and how her business is growing.As a reminder, Vicky is the Founder and CEO of Bump and Beyond providing Online Exercise Fitness Video and Healthy…

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069: Graham Harris - bringing ideas to life and creating a business to sell them 43:34

6y ago43:34

43:34

On this week's episode I am interviewing Graham Harris. Graham is the Managing Director of Tech-ni-Fold, which he founded in 1999 whilst balancing a young family at home. As a print finisher at the time he saw the need to eliminate the problem of fibre cracking, which had been a problem that had plagued the printing industry. Since then over 70,000…

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068: Igor Bekker - disruption of the baby product industry 46:01

6y ago46:01

46:01

On this week's episode I am interviewing Igor Bekker. Igor is a former retail executive who is now a co-founder of a direct-to-consumer ecommerce business ""MADE OF"". ""MADE OF"" provides new parents with simple, organic-first and safe everyday baby products, whilst creating consistent shopping experience without exploiting their pockets and time.…

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067: Kelly Pretty - find connected love in a disconnected world 41:12

6y ago41:12

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Kelly is a Soulmate Strategist and Love Mentor, helping you to find connected love in a disconnected world. She teaches intuitively with a number of methods including but not limited to Positive Psychology, Meditation, NLP, deep reflective work and mentoring. Kelly is an expert in the personal development industry and has been a major contributor a…

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066: Alexis Kingsbury - 5 most important lessons learned from 1 year of interviews with Parentpreneurs 32:12

6y ago32:12

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Over the last year I have interviewed over 50 amazing entrepreneurs about how they’ve built businesses whilst having time with their family, I’ve gone back through the last year of episodes to identify the top things I’ve learned. So in this episode, I share my top 5 lessons learned, and exactly which episodes go deeper into these topics to help yo…

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065: Martin Majlund - How to embrace the failure culture 42:19

6y ago42:19

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In this week's episode I am interviewing Martin Majlund, who is the founder of Sky.Garden, an SaaS e-commerce platform built for African retailers. Martin graduated with a Masters in Economic Science in 2006 and then spent 5 years working agency side (advertising) before shifting over to the corporate side in 2011 heading up global tech at Carlsber…

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064: Alexis Kingsbury - Face your fear to start that business 37:47

6y ago37:47

37:47

In this week’s episode, we talk about how starting a new business can be so SCARY! There are a million questions you ask yourself as an entrepreneur starting out in business…What if you fail? What if you never make any money? What if it’s all a waste of time? What if you never get any customers? What if you spend all your savings? What if you get c…

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063: Gwendoline Alderton - combine style, health and mindfulness within interior design 58:04

6y ago58:04

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On this week's episode I am interviewing Gwendoline Alderton. Gwendoline is a professional interior designer creating stylish, elegant and healthy homes for residential clients. Her designs have been published in national interior design magazines. She is also a professional speaker, sought after for radio, conference and private events to speak on…

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062: Vicky Warr - how to be fit, healthy and happy during pregnancy 52:42

6y ago52:42

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In this week’s episode, I am interviewing Vicky Warr, who is Founder and CEO of The Beez Kneez (www.beezkneezhive.com) and Fitness and Healthy Eats for Mums/Moms and Mums to be (online, global). Vicky is a pregnancy and postnatal fitness specialist and nutrition coach, with over 17 years’ experience in the fitness industry. As a mum of two herself,…

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061: Live Group Coaching Call 1:04:43

6y ago1:04:43

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Welcome to episode 61 of the Parentpreneur Podcast. This week is slightly different to usual, because you are invited to listen to one of my live group coaching calls. These are normally part of my Parentpreneur Accelerator program, in which we do a weekly coaching call. However, this coaching call was extra special as I opened it up to individuals…

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060: Sue Atkins - how to raise happy children 52:41

6y ago52:41

52:41

In this week's episode, I talk to Sue Atkins, an internationally recognised Parenting Expert, Broadcaster, Speaker and Author of the Amazon best-selling books “Parenting Made Easy – How to Raise Happy Children” and “Raising Happy Children for Dummies". She has just launched her new Parenting Club and produces ‘The Sue Atkins Parenting Show’ a free …

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059: Karolina Barnes - the power of storytelling 50:20

6y ago50:20

50:20

This week I interview Karolina Barnes, the creative director and editor in chief of ESTILA Studio and Bookazine, with over 150,000 visitors/month. Karolina has been involved in business from her teens when her parents started a family distribution business, building it from zero to 8 million euros per year. After gaining her degree in economics and…

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058: Siam Kidd - how to be a responsible and realistic trader! 1:02:44

6y ago1:02:44

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Today, I am joined by Siam Kidd, who is a full-time investor and trader, owns many businesses and learned how to trade simply through trial and error. Siam became an RAF Pilot fresh from school and began trading and investing in 2004. Siam is the founder of The Realistic Trader, which is a community of thousands of positive like-minded Crypto inves…

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Episode 57: Natasha Freidus - connecting people! 43:59

6y ago43:59

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In this episode, I speak with Natasha Freidus, Founder and CEO of the Needslist, which connects the needs of refugee aid communities quickly and efficiently with those who want to help. Natasha has fifteen years of experience applying human centered design for social good and a long-standing commitment to refugee and migration related issues. She b…

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056: Sarah Haran - from IT to Handbags! 53:36

6y ago53:36

53:36

This week I am interviewing Sarah Haran, who is the Founder of Sarah Haran Luxury Accessories. After 19 years within the Technology Industry, Sarah decided to follow her passion - handbags and accessories. She was inspired to start her own business because she had struggled to find a stylish, high quality functional handbag, so decided to create he…

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055: Richy K. Chandler - when are you going to get a proper job 51:32

6y ago51:32

51:32

In this episode, I welcome Richy K. Chandler. Richy is the creative force behind Tempo Lush, which produces comics and illustrations. Richy's comic publisher business has gone on to produce several highly rated comics. Richy is also the author of "When Are You Going to Get a Proper Job?" and the children’s picture book 'You Make Your Parents SUPER …

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054: Mariessa Devlin - see your business through the eyes of a parent 48:47

6y ago48:47

48:47

Today I am joined by Mariessa Devlin, Managing Director of Enchanted Forest Nurseries and One Cove Road Coffee House. Enchanted Forest Nurseries employ over 110 people across their 5 sites and promote the very highest quality of care, whilst adding value to the families whose children attend. In this episode, we discuss what it was like to co-found…

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053: Katie Massie-Taylor - Tinder for Mums 48:03

6y ago48:03

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Today I am joined by Katie Massie-Taylor, one of the two founders of Mush, the Number 1 app designed for mums to connect with one another and become part of their local mum community. Katie previously worked as a derivatives broker in the City of London. Whilst on maternity leave with her second baby, she randomly chatted to another mum in a playgr…

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052: Pragya Agarwal - building a socially responsible business 41:45

6y ago41:45

41:45

In this episode I’m talking to Pragya Agarwal, a mother of three and owner of two businesses. Before starting her businesses, Pragya worked in academia, completing a PhD and training as an architect while raising her first child as a single parent. She later went on to found her businesses, and now has baby twins too! One business makes wood carvin…

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051: Steve Folland - the freelancer journey 51:27

6y ago51:27

51:27

In this episode I’m talking to Steve Folland, a father, and owner of Creative Video and Content company Foll and Co. Alongside his business, Steve produces and presents Being Freelance, a weekly podcast helping freelancers learn from one another's skills and experience. He also creates weekly vlogs documenting his freelance business and lifestyle o…

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050: The silver bullet for handling all your people issues even when you are busy 54:22

6y ago54:22

54:22

In our 50th episode, I'm going to share something a little different... I recently ran a live workshop at a Mastermind event run for business owners with revenues between £500k and £5m, run by my friends and mentors Dan Bradbury and Kevin Hall. In the workshop I shared an approach that has helped my software business catch, diagnose and solve 95% o…

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049: John Lamerton - coaching to think bigger 50:41

6y ago50:41

50:41

In this episode I’m interviewing John Lamerton, a father of two, bestselling author, entrepreneur and mentor to small businesses. John describes himself as just an average bloke who has gone from being an unhealthy civil servant to living the dream. He says he has transitioned from life as a clock watcher in a stressful work environment, to leaving…

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048: Liz Cameron OBE - The importance of mentoring 49:02

6y ago49:02

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In this week’s episode of the Parentpreneur Accelerator Podcast I am pleased to introduce Liz Cameron OBE, Chief Executive & Director at the Scottish Chambers of Commerce. Liz is an amazing business leader with expertise encompassing all aspects of entrepreneurship. Hailing from bonny Scotland, Liz’s career spans three decades during which she has …

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047: Jeannette Washington - Bearly Articulating 47:03

6+ y ago47:03

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In this episode I talk to Jeannette Washington, founder of Bearly Articulating, empowering parents to bear their entrepreneurial voices, based in Detroit, Michigan, USA. After relocating to Detroit, Michigan, Jeanette started a collective co-working space where parents can work at a desk, and their kids are cared for by guides, with activities like…

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046: Julie Creffield - the fat girls guide to running 47:33

6+ y ago47:33

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In today's episode we are meeting Julie Creffield, mother (of a 5 year-old daughter) and founder of The Fat Girls' Guide to Running. The world's only resource specifically designed for plus size runners. Julie ran her first marathon back in 2005 weighing 20 stone and unable to run to the top of her road. Since then, she's ran 4 marathons and a 40 m…

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045: Rachel Carrell - Airbnb for nannies and after-school childcare 41:52

6+ y ago41:52

41:52

Childcare is a massive issue for parentpreneurs. In this latest episode I interview London-based Rachel Carrell, founder of Koru Kids a childcare service that provides nanny shares and after school childcare. Before entrepreneurship, Rachel worked at McKinsey – one of the world’s most esteemed management consultancies. She became a mother, and soon…

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044: Liane Katz - teaching kids to code 41:05

6+ y ago41:05

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In this episode I am proud to present Liane Katz, the CEO and founder of mama codes. Liane is on a mega mission to get children into coding from a young age. She does this by making coding simple, fun and appealing to youngsters. Liane’s background in digital products and becoming a mother inspired her innovative approach to teaching coding. She ha…

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043: Cai Graham – tools to navigate adolescence 53:44

6+ y ago53:44

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Raising teenagers can be a HUGE test for parents! Equally surviving being a teenager can be difficult for kids. But fear not, in the latest episode of the podcast I interview family coach and parentpreneur Cai Graham. After a varied career, Cai started her business The Mind Model. She focused on coaching Mums wanting to get back into the workplace …

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042: Leona Baker – a winning subscription startup 52:45

6+ y ago52:45

52:45

From jewellery and thrifting to tea shops, and now a monthly subscription of fun! My guest this week has enjoyed a colourful career in the entrepreneurial world. Let me introduce you to Leona Baker, founder of the Lucky Dip Club who deliver a monthly confetti cannon of colour and entertainment to letterboxes around the world. Leona lives her passio…

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041: Lucy Bartlett - how to run a hugely successful kickstarter campaign 46:24

6+ y ago46:24

46:24

In this episode, I interviewed Lucy Bartlett, founder of Bundlebeds, which provides a brand new type of roll-out camping bed, that aims to provide the comfort of your own bed, but can be rolled out in seconds. She founded Bundlebeds with her co-founder, James Clark, in 2016 - which they started via a kickstarter campaign that aimed to raise £25,000…

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