All Episodes

#88 The Insider Who Now Teaches Founders to Beat Private Equity

#87 He arrived in the UK with £500 and sold his company to one of word's biggest banks - Anton Padmasiri

#86 Darya Simanovich — I Arrived in London with £300 and Built 15 Businesses. Here’s What Actually Worked.

#85 The Music Entrepreneur Who Sold Out To Stay In - Ian Grenfell of Quietus

#84 He was told his business was worth nothing. Five years later he sold it for millions - on his own terms.

#83 From Bomb Survivor to 32x EBITDA Exit - Andrew Scott’s Extraordinary Entrepreneurial Journey

#82 He Ditched Cash, Bought Bitcoin, Then Listed His Company on the Stock Market: Entrepreneur, Scott Ellam of XCE.

#81 Rachel Murphy - From £0 to Eight-Figure Exit in 1,042 Days

#80 The 2025 Budget: Hidden Traps Every Founder Must Avoid - with tax guru Malli Kini.

#79 The exact playbook to 3 x the value of your business - Graham Stephen of Bizval

#78 Sir Tom Hunter - The Incredible Journey From Market Stall to Billionaire.

#77 “Everyone Exits - You’re either bought out, pushed out or wheeled out” - with Brian Hill

#76 From Council Estate to £70 Million Exit: The Unbelievable Story of Andrew Hulbert

#75 The Nicer Side of Private Equity with Matt Taylor, CEO of Rockpool.

#74 The Deal Maker - Play Nice, But Win with Serial Entrepreneur Phil Hollingdale

#73 Entrepreneurship, AI, and Resilience: Gary Abela on Failure, Success and Exiting Startups

#72 Jordan Walker - Bitcoin on the Balance Sheet: Why Business Owners Can’t Ignore It Anymore

#71 John Stapleton – New Covent Garden Soup Company; the untold story.

#70 - The Entrepreneurial Operating System – the blueprint for business success with Mike Paton of EOS.

#69 The Entrepreneur Whisperer - How To Get Exit Ready with Damian Connolly

#68 Tax Planning Masterclass for business owners - Malli Kini: Head of Entrepreneurs at Blick Rothenberg

#67 How to Create an Unbreakable Mindset - Graeme Godfrey, Entrepreneur and Coach to High-Growth Business Owners.

#66 - Joe Bryan - Creator of ‘What’s The Problem?’ The Most Important Video You’ll Watch This year. The future of money, business and wealth.

#65 From selling software to the CIA to a Multi-Million $ Exit. Lessons in business and life from tech entrepreneur Adam Rossi

#64 Never Sell Your Business for an EBITDA Multiple - 6 x Exited Founder Mack Lackey on designing your perfect exit strategy.

#63 Richard Farleigh (Dragon’s Den) - Succeeding Against All the Odds

#62 Paul Luen - A serial entrepreneur and the author of Eight Figure Entrepreneur: Scale Up While Living A Balanced, Adventurous And Happy Life

#61 - Budget Special with Josie Day and Richard Jameson from leading tax advisers Saffery

#60 From an idea dreamed up at a cricket match to a £ multi-million exit, Magnus Willis, co-founder of Sparkler on his entrepreneurial journey.

#59 Pre Budget Special - A Tax Planning Masterclass for Business Owners with Nimesh Shah, CEO of Blick Rothenberg

The Chocolate Entrepreneur - Helen Pattinson, founder of Montezuma, on scaling, exiting, and then returning to save her company.

From a council flat with an outside loo to a millionaire fintech entrepreneur. Lessons in business and life with Jason Butler

“I sold my business for millions, and then tragedy struck.” An Inspiring Story of Success, Passion, and Resilience - Elizabeth Hopkins

John Rood: Beyond the Exit - An Entrepreneur's Blueprint for Life After Sale.

Marc Adams - Secrets to 10xing Your Business Value and Cashing Out Tax-Free

Josh Keegan - Key Lessons in Building A Thriving, High Profit Business: The Secrets Your Accountant Didn't Tell You.

Phil Bray - From Failure to Success; “I lost my business, my house and my car - and then used the lessons I learned to build a successful business”

S03E19 - Joanna Jensen, founder of Child’s Farm (£40m exit) on what it really takes to succeed as an entrepreneur.

S03E18 - Alexis Sikorsky - The True Story of Selling My Company to Private Equity for $100 Million

S03E17 - James McLaughlin - I sold my business for millions and then lost it all! Lessons for entrepreneurs planning a sale.

S03E16 - Peter Cowley - Public Success, Private Grief

S03E15 - Jeremy Harbour - A serial entrepreneur reveals the secret to building incredible value in your business.

S03E14 - Russ Haworth - On The Business of Family

S03E13 - How to increase the value of your business 12x and get ‘exit ready’ - Business Mentor of the Year, Christine Nicholson.

S03E12 Alex Chisnall - What working with Sir Richard Branson taught me about entrepreneurship, resilience and taking big risks.

S03E11 - Rand Fishkin, the founder who turned down a $250 million offer, reveals the painful truth about life as an entrepreneur.

S03E10 - Ray Trapani from Bitconned (now streaming on Netflix) - an insider’s experience of investing in cryptocurrency.

S03E09 - Victor Haghani - Author of The Missing Billionaires, discusses how entrepreneurs can build and keep wealth.

S03E08 - Bruce Whitfield - The Secret Sauce of Successful Entrepreneurship - learned from 50,000 interviews with business leaders.

S03E07 Dave Butler, CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors - From pro basketball to leading a $600 billion investment business; timeless money advice for entrepreneurs.

S03E06 - The Water King - Allan Feldt sold a business making just £50k profit for £15 million and then went on to a £75 million exit. An inspiring entrepreneurial story.

S03E05 Richard Bearman - Managing Director, British Business Bank. Ideas, insights, and inspiration from the banker who loves to help entrepreneurs.

S03E04 Lee Robertson - pioneering financial services entrepreneur on scaling his business through the power of PR and selling to colleagues via a Management Buy Out

S03E03 Bootstrapping his business to £50m annual revenue - Gurinder Dhillon of Otto Car

S03E02 Back From the Brink - the incredible story of a husband-and-wife team that built an amazing business over 30 years. And then nearly lost it all

S03E01 Roheel Ahmad - CEO of one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe shares his secret sauce of business success.

S02E16 The Best Bits from Season 2

S02E15 Piers Linney shares his entrepreneurial journey from modest beginnings to Dragon's Den and the advice he got from Sir Richard Branson

S02E14 Entrepreneur Bootcamp with Serial Founder, Bob Norton (with 2 free ebooks)

S02E13 Question Everything - the mantra used by Ian Humphris to fuel his marketing scale-up and £23 million exit.

S02E12 Ruth Sturkey - The Unexpected Lessons from Selling My Business. Insights from a former adviser.

S02E11 Artificial Intelligence for your business - Special Episode with Aalok Shukla

S02E10 Jeremy Tobias Tarsh: Rebel Entrepreneur - From Magic Circle Lawyer to a £250m Exit.

S02E09 - Jodie Williams and Jenny Hughes of The Marketing Pod. The secret ingredients to building a world-class business.

S02E08 James Watt - Co-Founder and CEO of BrewDog: Resilience and Vision - The incredible stories behind a billion dollar business.

S02E07 Henry Dimbleby MBE - The fast food entrepreneur who sold Leon for £100m

S02E06 James Crotty - M&A Lawyer - The 8 Steps to a Successful Business Sale and Exit.

S02E05 - The Secret Accountant - How Do You Really Sell Your Business?

S02E04 - Denise Logan - The Seller’s Journey; Selling Your Business is a Transition Not a Transaction

S02E00 - Season II Trailer Episode

S02E01 - Alan Smith Solo episode. Forks In the Road - My Entrepreneurial Journey

S02E03 - Robin Wigglesworth - Author, FT Journalist How Business Owners Should Invest Their Money.

S02E02 - Brian Portnoy - How to Shape a Life of Money and Meaning

Ep.16 - The Best Bits from Season 1

Ep.15 - Louise Grubb - Business lessons from a 2-x exited female founder currently building her third business.

Ep.14 - Third Time Lucky - City legend, Dickie Burrows on selling his financial company at the third attempt.

Ep.13 - Damian Milkins and Simon Hancock - The magic formula that helped secure a $65m exit for two London tech entrepreneurs

Ep.12 - Mark Telford - Small Giants: How to use your business to design your ideal life

Ep.11 - Stefan Wissenbach - The most profound entrepreneurial story you will hear this year

Ep.10 - Be Careful What You Wish For - Neil Simpson of The Corner sold his business. And then bought it back!

Ep.9 - Don Fraser - The Entrepreneur’s Wealth Manager - Insights and inspiration from 30 years of advising business owners.

Ep.8 - Media entrepreneur Richard Bridgwood on building and selling a multi-million-pound TV company (Peppa Pig included!)

Ep.7 - Mike Ames - The dark side of business success and how to avoid it.

Ep.6 - Susan Bradley - The Sudden Money Institute

Ep.5 - Timo Armoo - Fanbytes: 8 figure exit at age 27

Ep.4 - The deal maker who sold the companies behind Sex Education & Paddington Bear

Season 1 Trailer: Alan Smith - Message from the host

Ep.3 - Business lessons from a serial entrepreneur who built and sold 5 businesses and is now building his 6th and most important.

Ep.2 - The rollercoaster ride to a £50m exit

Ep.1 - Scaling to a £100m ARR business and successfully exiting