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Shifties Podcast

by Alex Hughes

Welcome to the Shifties Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shifties. The Shifties Growth Platform supports business owners with the growth of their businesses and it is our mission to contribute to a world where Entrepreneurial projects drive good people, building incredible businesses together.You will find inspiration for your business, ideas and opportunities to implement in your entrepreneurial journey. Hearing from some of the members of the platform and exceptional external guests who add value to business owners.Want to join the platform? https://shifties.co.uk

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Episodes

  1. Tim Lovatt

    Connect with our guest, Tim Lovatt Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other fascinating...

  2. Steve Whitney

    Connect with our guest, Steve Whitney LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other...

  3. Stephen Ferguson

    Connect with our guest, Stephen Ferguson LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33…

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  4. Sarah Lovatt

    Connect with our guest, Sarah Lovatt Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other…

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  5. Sarah Anthony

    Connect with our guest, Sarah Anthony Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other…

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  6. Rachel Hales

    Connect with our guest, Rachel Hales Instagram LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out…

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  7. Nicola Bretherton

    Connect with our guest, Nicola Bretherton LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33...

  8. Naomi Rose

    Connect with our guest, Naomi Rose Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other fascinating...

  9. Mike Farrington

    Connect with our guest, Mike Farrington https://www.instagram.com/... LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing -...

  10. Lynette Ellison

    Connect with our guest, Lynette Ellison LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33…

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  11. Luke Newman

    Connect with our guest, Luke Newman and For Men To Talk LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup...

  12. Lee Smith

    Connect with our guest, Lee Smith Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other fascinating...

  13. Kirsty Roberts

    Connect with our guest, Kirsty Roberts LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other...

  14. Kevin Jeffery

    Connect with our guest, Kevin Jeffery Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other…

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  15. Kenda MacDonald

    Connect with our guest, Kenda MacDonald LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33…

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  16. Mike F and Karl Lewis

    Connect with our guest, Mike F and Karl Lewis LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out…

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  17. Justin Leigh

    Connect with our guest, Justin Leigh LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other...

  18. Jemima Wilcox

    Connect with our guest, Jemima Wilcox LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other...

  19. Janine Hornsby

    Connect with our guest, Janine Hornsby Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other...

  20. Jamie Archer

    Connect with our guest, Jamie and RUOKM8 Instagram LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check...

  21. Jamala Osman

    Connect with our guest, Jamala Osman https://www.instagram.com/... LinkedIn CatBud Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing -...

  22. Jack Scraff

    Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other fascinating guests on this subject on our…

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  23. Ian McLachlan

    LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other fascinating guests on this subject on...

  24. Danielle Bridge

    Connect with our guest, Danielle Bridge and organisation [] LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing…

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  25. Dan Jones

    Connect with our guest, Daniel Jones LinkedIn Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other...

  26. Courtney Reeves

    Connect with our guest, Courtney Reeves Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check out 33 other...

  27. Christine Griffey

    Connect with our guest, Christine Griffey Instagram LinkedIn Shifties Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing -...

  28. Beth Carlsson

    Connect with our guest, Beth Carlsson and Red Balloon Air Red Balloon Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing -...

  29. Barbara Fernandez

    Connect with our guest, Barbara Fernandez Instagram Linkedin Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shifties-speakup Check...

  30. Anne Beamish

    Connect with our guest, Anne Beamish and Indie Cambridge Linkedin Indie Cambridge Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing -...

  31. Anne Bailey

    Connect with our guest, Anne Bailey and Form The Future LinkedIn Form The Future Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing -...

  32. Building resilience and confidence as a couple in business

    Christine Griffey, CEO of Shift Momentum & SCMS joins Alex to talk about their relationship and how we manage to build a life and businesses together. We talk about the importance of relationships and Christine shares her progress from struggling with anxiety, how education helped in the process…

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  33. The reality of the education system for young people

    Beth Carlsson is a passionate advocate for young people's education and has lived experience with mental health. She has combined that passion into a mission with the work she does for Red Balloon Air, Pride in St Neots and so much more. We explore various aspects of the education system,...

  34. How comedy can Help with your mental fitness

    Barbara Fernandez is a comedian on a mission to pursue it as a career at 59, with so much experience in different aspects of entertainment. We discuss the role comedy can play in the conversation around mental health. Connect with Barbara and be sure to check out some of her upcoming gigs -...

  35. The rise of Indie business in Cambridge

    Anne Beamish joins us to talk about independent businesses and share insights from her frame of reference, now 10 years of building Indie Cambridge. Indie Cambridge is on a mission to help the independent scene grow and flourish, both online and in their magazine, The Indie. They also help indies...

  36. How we can show young people the way forward

    The challenges associated with young people today are tremendous and if we relate it to the UK statistics, nearly 500,000 young people approached the NHS with regard to their mental health challenges. Anne Bailey from Form The Future CIC joins us to discuss this and her outlook on how we can all...

  37. Using the pain of my son's death to make others lives better

    Resilience - The Ultimate Superpower! Steve Whitney, joined Alex on #SpeakUp2022 where they talked about how he sadly lost his son in 2020 to suicide. Steve's story is extremely powerful and he shows us that it is possible to find strength in adversity. Connect with Steve Whitney -...

  38. The Great Resignation - Starting your own business is self-development on steroids!

    The Great Resignation is here! Or should it be the great re-think? Are you considering starting your own business? Dan Jones, the Side Hustle King, joined Alex on #SpeakUp2022 where they talked about what it really takes to start your own business and how it is the ultimate tool for...

  39. Hustle Culture - Do we really need it to win the game of growth?

    Are you a hustle addict? How do you protect your mental fitness when chasing growth? Kenda Macdonald joined Alex on #SpeakUp2022 where they talked about this among many other things such as the biases involved with building mental fitness, Stoicism, how our brains are born in urgency and why the...

  40. The role of music when engaging with young people

    Connect with Romsey Mill - https://www.romseymill.org/ Connect with Concrete Rose CIC - https://concreterose.co.uk/ Find out more about our campaign to champion mental fitness for Business Owners in Cambridgeshire and if you can support our fundraising for CPSL Mind that would be amazing -...

  41. F*ck off Linda - How do you talk to your Imposter Syndrome?

    Imposter Syndrome is something all of us experience, the way we process and approach it shapes us. Janine Hornsby is someone who knows too well and as part of the #SpeakUp2022 campaign, shared her journey getting to understand her Linda. Connect with Janine -...

  42. New Year New Shift - An outlook on 2022

    Alex, the founder of Shifties, reflects on where we stand as business owners the day before we move into 2022. Insights and views on where the opportunities exist and how as a business owner, you can leverage what is to come. Quick links to everything discussed on this episode -...

  43. Micro Business Series – Making sense of Intellectual Property

    We welcome Claire Breheny from Stobbs, so much experience to share with intellectual property, Claire is involved in searching, clearing, protecting and enforcement work (including litigation) in a wide range of jurisdictions globally, with particular experience of complex disputes. Well in this...

  44. Micro Business Series – Building a business as a couple

    Alex Hughes invites his fiancé and the real boss in their micro but mighty journey, Christine Griffey, she is the CEO of 3 businesses has put up with Alex for almost 12 years and both of them believe the journey of doing so together has made it so much more fulfilling! They discuss the good, the...

  45. Micro Business Series – Supporting Women Build Side Hustles

    Alex Hughes invites Hayley Summers, Business Coach and Micro but Mighty Entrepreneur, to talk about the opportunity available to women wanting to start their own business, making side hustles a real route to success. They also discuss some of the fundamentals of business that works across sector...

  46. Micro Business Series – Side Hustles you can start from home

    Alex Hughes invites Dan Jones, the side hustle king and bearded digital handyman for a discussion on side hustles that you can start for less than £1000 and from your airing cupboard! They also discuss the idea of buying or building businesses as preferred routes from their own experiences of…

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  47. Micro Business Series - Media Opportunities for Micro Businesses

    Alex Hughes invites Dan Knowlton, Video & Social Media Marketing Agency Co-Founder & Business Anchors Podcast Co-host to discuss the future of media, how micro business owners can capitalise on the opportunities with media and some very interesting takes on how to sell. As a result of his…

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  48. Micro Business Series – Jamming with Jam

    Alex Hughes invites Jamala Osman, TedX Speaker and Social Entrepreneur to talk about her new social enterprise, Cat Bud - The Cattabis Company. They talk about the challenges that are faced by young people caught up in gang culture and how the hustle of those selling drugs on the street can be...

  49. Micro Business Series – What is a Micro Business?

    Alex Hughes explores the definition of what a micro business is and explores the options of building versus buying one. Alex also discusses how he would go about it now, having explored both approaches! We also break down the barriers of entry and share a couple of hacks that may just accelerate...

  50. Shifties Success Stories - James Hume

    Welcome to the Shifties Success Stories with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shifties. In this series, we are going to bring to you real-life stories of Business Owners in our community as they openly share their ups & downs in business. In this episode we welcome James Hume, Your…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Welcome to the Shifties Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shifties. The Shifties Growth Platform supports business owners with the growth of their businesses and it is our mission to contribute to a world where Entrepreneurial projects drive good people, building incredible businesses together.You will find inspiration for your business, ideas and opportunities to implement in your entrepreneurial journey. Hearing from some of the members of the platform and exceptional external guests who add value to business owners.Want to join the platform? https://shifties.co.uk

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Alex Hughes

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Welcome to the Shifties Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shifties. The Shifties Growth Platform supports business owners with the growth of their businesses and it is our mission to contribute to a world where Entrepreneurial projects drive good people, building incredible...

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