In this episode of The Good Growth podcast, we hear from Will Butler-Adams, CEO of Brompton Bicycle. Few bikes are as recognisable as the Brompton with its foldable design favoured by commuters, making travelling around cities a breeze. Tune in to learn about their global growth ambitions, how running a business is much like a game of whack-a-mole …

Simon Steward, Head of Digital at BGF joins Jimmy this week on the Good Growth podcast. As part of the value creation team at BGF, Simon helps management teams pinpoint key technologies, identify strategic gaps, and build capabilities to maximise business value through technology.

This week on the Good Growth podcast we’re joined by Tim Rea, Head of Early Stage BGF. Tim shares his 20+ years of startup experience, how BGF assesses early-stage growth potential and the disruptive technologies he's excited about.By BGF

Join Jimmy in Edinburgh as he chats to Michael Rolland, Managing Director at The Paint Shed (TPS), and Grahame Clarke Investor at BGF. In this episode, Michael explains how a pre-pandemic website revamp, enabled TPS to pivot from a bricks-and-mortar family business to a thriving online marketplace.

In episode four of the Good Growth podcast Roshni Bandesha, Head of ESG at BGF, joins Jimmy to discuss all things ESG for scaling businesses. While most entrepreneurs start out with the intention of solving a particular challenge, part of Roshni’s role is to support businesses in putting pen to paper to formalise their ESG strategies as they scale.…

In episode three of the Good Growth Podcast, host Jimmy is joined by Dob Todorov, co-founder of IT consultancy and managed services provider, HeleCloud. Alongside BGF Investor Alex Snodgrass. From day one Dob’s vision was clear, to strategically scale his business through to exit. With growth capital he achieved this in just five years — tune in to…

In episode two of The Good Growth Podcast, Jimmy is joined by Eamon Donnelly, co-founder of award-winning kitchen manufacturer and distributor, Uform. Alongside BGF Investor Paddy Grahame. Eamon went from driving around Northern Ireland selling kitchens in his Talbot Sunbeam, to building a tens of million revenue-generating business.…

In our first episode of the series, host Jimmy McLoughlin is joined by Clare Roberts, founder and CEO of Kids Planet, the family business operating 190 nurseries across the UK. Clare shares why she decided to found the business after the birth of her first child, explains Kids Planet’s buy and build growth strategy and how she ensured the wellbeing…

Welcome to The Good Growth Podcast! Join us for insightful conversations on the art and science of business growth with the entrepreneurs who are driving it. Released weekly, episodes from season one include conversations with scaleup leaders Clare Roberts, Dob Todorov, Eamon Donnelly, and Michael Rolland, alongside advice from industry experts. Su…

Out of alignment? This episode is for you if things are feeling crooked, uncentered, and not flowing in a way that lights you up and allows you to serve yourself and others at your brightest. I've got an easy tip to help you kickstart and bring it back together. Join the 6 Week BeingWell Challenge: https://bytracye-156202.square.site/product/6-week…

What if you had 6 weeks to manifest a change in your life? What would it be? I'm challenging you. But first, let's talk about what it might take, since I've flipped the switch in that amount of time on so many aspects of my life and coached countless others to do the same when it comes to their overall wellness - mind, body, and spirit. Join me for…

This baby turned 3 years old! Blowing out candles and sharing lessons from these past, quick, few years of sharing and growing with this incredible community of authentic, unapologetic, unicorns! Inhale. Exhale. Woosah.

It's been a minute since the very first podcast. Although you may know a few things about me, it's way past time for you to get to know me better, where I come from, and how I decided "normal" and comfort zones hold me - and you - back from the ultimate glow up. So, I'm sharing all that guided me to become your #1 cheerleader and why I'm on a missi…

Puerto Rico, you lovely island. Live from amazing San Juan, barely! It was trip of trips to get here for sure. But, that's travel - - and life. Things aren't always seamless. This episode is for you if you love to travel, and know it takes loads of breathwork sometimes to maintain your calm and flow. I've got a few tips! Join me for "Inspirada" Mer…

"Expand" is my word of the year. In this episode, I'm offering three ways to focus on and lean in to glow up your abundance - health, happiness, finances, and more. Join me for Design Your Day: https://bytracye-156202.square.site/product/design-your-day-virtual-wellness-event-january-6th-2024/55?cs=true&cst=custom…

It doesn't have to be Saturday to stop, drop, self care. And, Sassy - my alter ego - has some tips for you to make it a priority in your Awesome Life. Take some time to love on yourself. Let's talk. Join us at Design Your Day #2, January 6th, 2024: https://bytracye-156202.square.site/product/design-your-day-virtual-wellness-event-january-6th-2024/5…

Silence absolutely is golden. It's a game changer for gettin' your true flow on. It's where all of the answers, peace, joy, and ease hang out. So, how do we choose to make more time for it? Let's talk. Subscribe for bytracye newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hl_yC5 Join us for Design Your Day: https://bytracye-156202.square.site/…

A New Year is coming! Here's your chance to Flow into your authentic, unapologetic, unicorn, abundant, happy, healthy life, love! Ditch the resolutions, because they don't work, and the stop signs and decide to design what really works for you, so that you can live fully in your Awesome Life. Let's talk. Register for an upcoming Design Your Day vir…

It's a call, a ping, a visit, an offer from your past showing up just as you're flowing bright and shiny in your life. Do you respond? Depends? I've got some thoughts. Sharing in this episode.

My Auntie knows how to rule over her set boundaries for people, experiences, and all of it, which allows her to live her best - - and I mean her truly best - - loving, present, vibrant life. We can all learn a thing or two or a million from her. I'm sharing with you!

I love food in bowls! Pho, stir-frys, pasta, etc. But, this episode isn't about food. Sorry, not sorry! It's actually about your dreams. In order to live in your dreams you'll need to expand. You'll need to stop trying to cram your big beautiful life into the same place that made you want to grow. You'll need more space to fit in the new stuff and …

The rainstorms in life are going to come - the amazing, the bad, and the ugly. You can't stop them. I say "Bring it!" After a long, wet, early morning walk in the Yucatan, I've got some thoughts on how to make the light summer sprinkles, the pounding cold winter drops, the hail, the thunder, and yes, the lightning downfall of life teach you and gro…

I took a fabulous trip to Portugal and met a lady who challenged me to get back to work on my happiness. It takes a strategy, a plan, and practice to bring the joy into our lives these days with so many distractions. Time to get back to the joy work. Who's with me? Sharing a few tips!

"I want a refund!" If you're grown then you've thought or said these words in your life more than once when you've gotten something you didn't order or ask for. Think about it though, when it comes to your hopes, dreams, and wishes, what if that "green orange" you're looking side-eye at, is in fact exactly what you asked for and what you need from …

When you settle for underneath the penthouse, you get an underneath the penthouse life. Learning ya'll, learning and sharing. What happens when you open yourself up to what's abundantly, truly yours instead of settling? Let's talk.

Oh, you will get into trouble. And love it! What would it be like, feel like, to set an intention to play, to have joy, to be freely in the moment? Let's play like those kids! A few thoughts for you.

If you've ever heard someone say or you've said "What's for me will never pass me", did you think about only the "good" things that you want? Or, have you ever thought that the challenging lessons that life presents are also, well, for you? We're going in on this one! Let's talk.

Why didn't I practice this years ago? Let me tell you! This tip is changing my life by allowing me to reclaim my time and let go of unneeded drama and stress. Are you ready? Practice with me!

If there's a there, I'm not there yet. I'm constantly in the practice of grounding in my place of joy when people, circumstances and experiences seem like they're trying to rip it from my hands. It's all in the practice y'all and I'm sharing my tips on taking back what's yours - joy.

This girl is back on with the tennis lessons a.k.a. life lessons coming from the hard court! And, my coach shared a powerful life hack on adapting to the conditions on the court that stopped me in my beginner forehand tracks. Sharing with you as always. Watch, learn, strategize, wait for it, keep it in play until you've got a line on a clear winner…

Who's the friend who has your back, rings the alarm for your life, and helps you clear the path? Not sure? Let's talk.

Well, I guess that changes things! A diagnosis changes things like lifestyle, yoga poses, watching way too many YouTube "experts", and of course, teaches us all so so many lessons. Glaucoma says "Hello". Time to move a little different. Listen up!

This episode almost didn't happen, that's for sure. But, I'm back sharing, caring, and cheering you on to think on it. What if the best things in your life never happened to you? Well, uncool, right? Ok, then let's ride that thought into action towards our best things we're working on, imagining, being all "little fear" afraid of success or failure…

Everything's a life hack - - even a power outage for everyone but me - - in Mexico. Lessons for staying bright when someone or something tries to dim or turn off the switch for your Awesome Life journey. Sharing from the Yucatan!

No surprises here. We're owning what's manifesting in our lives, because we thought it, we spoke it, we practiced it, and it's here. Meant to do that! Let's reboot this intention thing, shall we?

We've all heard it - - maybe even said it - - "Trust the Process". Cool, so we're practicing having faith in the grand plan for our lives. But, do we trust ourselves to show up, on time, making all of the right decisions, not showing out too much and blowing it, and doing all of the things just so for said plan? Trust yourself much? I know I'm in t…

I spent a few weeks here in the Yucatan wrestling with what I’m calling the “Demon Stomach Infection from the Hellest of Hells”. I won. Bye demon! That said, as always, I learned a few things about life besides "hydrate, hydrate, hydate" and I'm sharing.

Walking into the New Year like...what? What's your word that's going to remind you to live this life full and out loud? Thoughts from Mexico. Woosah, y'all!

"What's the one thing you love about yourself? If you could only give one answer to this question, what would it be? And, wait. Before you answer, I'm encouraging you in this episode to sit with it, hang out with it for a minute. You might be surprised.

Need a light? Here it is. There's definitely a time to get quiet, get still, and ask for guidance. There are also times when you need to be reminded that you've got the power to light that match yourself. This is your self-inspired medicine of the day, of the hour, of the moment. Sharing a word on how I give myself a boost when I need it. Hope it l…

It's time for a word, an ode, a love letter, to these incredible bodies we get to live in. Practicing falling in love with our bodies each moment of each day is, indeed, a practice in the world we live in today. So, allow me to share my take on it with you. Body love baby! Let's talk.

How are you defining your peace these days? What makes you feel like you're talking and walking like your truest self enough to give it a "woosah" at the end of the day? Let's chat.

My visit to New Orleans walked me right into a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane that devastated much of the city and the Gulf Coast. With gratitude that I evacuated unharmed and with much love and light to those residents who are dealing with the aftermath, I offer these words of faith, power, and hope.…

The question of the moment. I've started writing this at the top of my To Thrive list everyday. What if I showed up all her when it's challenging, when I'm about to say "No", when I'm about to say "Yes", when I'm feeling afraid, when I'm doubting my Awesomeness. What if she took charge? Asking for a friend...you. What would that badass do y'all?…

I made it back. Here I am back in the U.S. and whew, y'all! Coming home is teaching me some things about myself and about this journey. I'm giving you my top "Notes to Self" to help you as you show up and rock this Life.

These words - "They need you." - spoken by my mentor and longtime friend have me shook in all of the right ways. So, of course, I'm sharing. Here's yet another reminder, that whatever gifts and talents you were born with and have been shining up, are needed by this world. Know it. Own it. And, recognize that others see it and want, no need, for you…

We often spend the weekend in a mind place other than...the weekend! I recorded a few tips on how to let go and fully enjoy every moment of your weekends - - including that "Monday Blues" feelin' on Sunday night at 9pm for my private client folks and thought I'd share with all of you.

Time to go! I'm finally leaving after a very long, unexpected, but brilliant stay in Southeast Asia. And, it's reminding me of my practice of "Goodbye" - - four things I've been practicing and building the muscle on using when it's time for a season change. Four things that remind me to smile big and move forward. Sharing with you.…

Tennis is my new flow and it's teaching me not only how to hit a ball with a racket, but a few big ol' important life lessons we all need to rock this life like we mean it. Sharing is caring, so here are three "aha moment" winners for you. Woosah!

The list is longer than this, but I'm sharing the top few with you that are on my daily practice agenda. I'm constantly learning and unlearning the things I need to in order to show up brighter. Y'all there's outdated stuff that we've come to believe about ourselves and the world, there are old stories we tell ourselves daily about what we can and …