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Matt Kelly | The Midnight Pod — 198 episodes

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Quitting millionaire investment banking career to start a £ 9-figure cat food brand | Marco Pacifici

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The real dichotomy of founder freedom

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Trying out new versions of our best selling product - founder product development process

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The freedom to create your own founder loneliness & isolation

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Cernucci founder reveals everything about the journey from zero to £100m+ | Fred Buckley

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The realities of being an ADHD founder - risk taking, obsession, intensity & being misunderstood...

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Audit your inputs

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I left my role at Spacegoods...

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The road to a sub 2:50 marathon...

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3 founders debate the honest realities of building brands in 2026 | The Midnight Pod Episode 80

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This is the most important new product we have EVER launched! Showing you BTS of launch campaign

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The honest truth about the last 12 months

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I got a formal diagnosis. Here's what's actually wrong...

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I've been hiding real health problems while running an 8-figure ££ brand as a solo founder...

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Admitting the dark reality of my extreme burnout after years of 24/7 work with zero rest - Ep 114

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Come with me from Dubai to London Office for Board and Team meetings + BTS on brand update - Ep 113

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The extremely exponential cost of complexity as you scale - tough lessons from 2025 - Ep 112

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This is the single most important thing in your entire business as a founder - Ep 111

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How did Spacegoods perform in 2025? What are my goals for 2026? - Ep 109

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Very deep in the trenches, what no one else shares on the internet - Ep 108

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Literally all I do is work in this chapter of life, raw update from the trenches building - Ep 107

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Extremely Honest Q&A - Ep 106

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The messy middle part of building a scaleup brand past 20 employees - everything is hard - Ep 105

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Reflecting on limiting beliefs, the founder mindset paradigm and entrepreneurial worldview - Ep 104

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The Single Biggest Mistake I've made as Spacegoods founder over the past 3 years - Doc Ep 103

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How my role as Spacegoods founder has changed from day one to now, 0 to £20m+ run-rate - Doc Ep 102

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The Mission Critical Importance of Your Environment If You Want To Be Successful - Doc Ep 101

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Consumer Startup Fundraising Q&A: Pitch Decks, VC, Teams, Lifestyle Funding & Exits - Doc Ep 100

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Raising Money £££ For Consumer Brands Explained (Angels, VC, PE, My Experience + Story) - Doc Ep 99

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Extreme Logic: The Mental Framework To Change Your Life - Doc Ep 98

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Back to Bali Lock-In: BTS My Founder Productivity System (KPI Dashboard + Ai Tools) - Doc Ep 96

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A Simple Work From Home Day in The Life Scaling Spacegoods to £50m - Goblin Mode - Doc Ep 95

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Meeting Gymshark CEO, Spacegoods BTS Office Tour & Intro to Some of the Team - Doc Ep 94

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In Paris for our Investor AGM - Comparison to £300m revenue, £250m exits and perspective - Doc Ep 93

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Very Honest Car Chat - Recent £££ Wins, Challenges, Painful Lessons & Reflections - Doc Ep 92

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Stay Paranoid - Doc the Journey Ep 88

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So Busy I Get Nothing Done, So Ambitious I've forgotten how to have fun - Doc the Journey Ep 87

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Remote vs In Person, My Founder Role, Hiring an MD, Personal Brand Debate - Doc the Journey Ep 86

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Mountain Top Run with the Boys in Cape Town, Rock Bottom Physique & Fitness - Doc the Journey Ep 85

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I Flew to Cape Town Last Minute for NYE at My Friend's new Insane Mansion - Doc the Journey Ep 84

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Momentum & an Ambitious Network & Environment Is The Most Important Thing - Doc the Journey Ep 83

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Things Feel a Bit too comfortable right now, I need to push way way harder - Doc the Journey Ep 82

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Some thoughts in Emirates First Class with the OG Spacegoods Team Member - Doc the Journey Ep 81

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Some Reflections on Location, Life & Growth on a Cosy Sunset Yacht Trip - Doc the Journey Ep 80

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Scaling Spacegoods from Zero to £12m and Lessons Along the Way, Supercar Q&A - Doc the Journey Ep 79

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I'm Homeless so I Came to Dubai - What Does a Typical Day in Life look Like? - Doc the Journey Ep 78

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Hiring 7 New Roles and Some Thoughts on Interviewing & Hiring in General - Doc the Journey Ep 77

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A Review of Black Friday Weekend Numbers £££ and Scaling Up - Doc the Journey Ep 76

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What Got you Here Won't Get you There - Doc the Journey Ep 75

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Reflecting on the Ambient Sense that I Need to be Doing & Achieving Way more - Doc the Journey Ep 72

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Finally Hitting £1m per month, Consumer is REALLY hard & Life Moves by Quick - Doc the Journey Ep 71

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Rogue Sofa Q&A and General Chat from a Barcelona Apartment - Doc the Journey Ep 70

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An Update on Scaling, Hiring, Product, Lessons & Focus - Doc The Journey Ep 69

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Selling the Brand, UK v Overseas, New Brand Ideas, Advice to Myself - Q&A - Doc The Journey Ep 68

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You Need to Keep Everything as Simple and Focused as Possible, Always - Doc The Journey Ep 67

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A Few Thoughts on Perspective & Comparison in Life - Doc The Journey Ep 66

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Back in Bali, Calling Myself Out, Committing to the YouTube Once Again Lol - Doc The Journey Ep 65

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A Car Update about What's Been Happening Recently - Doc The Journey Ep 64

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I've Had a Very Important Realisation About The Last Few Years... Doc The Journey Ep 63

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Got a Small Office, Big Ups and Downs in March, Am I Happy in London? - Doc The Journey Ep 62

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I Raised £2.5m Seed Funding from Top Tier European VCs, Here's Why I Did it - Doc The Journey Ep 61

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A BTS Breakdown of the Spacegoods Team Structure as an £8m run-rate Brand - Doc The Journey Ep 60

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A Very Honest Update on Regret, Feeling Like a Failure & Painfully High Standards - DTJ Ep 59

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Goals for 2024 - Hitting £10m, Hiring New People & The Next Chapter - Doc the Journey Ep 57

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Where Have I Been? Spacegoods 2023 £££ Numbers in Review and lessons learned - Doc the Journey Ep 56

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You Have to Be Mad to Play This Game, But I Still Want to Build Brands - Doc the Journey Ep 55

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Scaling to £1m Per Day & Proper Financial Strategy - Seamus & Connor | The Midnight Pod Episode 79

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30 Years Building Businesses, Lesson and Advice - Steve Bolton | The Midnight Pod Episode 78

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Creating & Growing the Ultimate Offline Brand in 2023 - Hector Hughes | The Midnight Pod Episode 77

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It's Been a Very Rough Month, Making Tough Decisions and Back to the Basics - Doc the Journey Ep 54

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Raising $22m to Buy & Build Future Brands - Laurence Booth-Clibborn | The Midnight Pod Episode 76

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Nationwide Retail Launch, New Website & an Honest Update on Scaling in 2023 - Doc the Journey Ep 53

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A Rogue QnA In a Krakow Hotel with 24 Yr Old Founder of $15m Skincare Brand - Doc the Journey Ep 52

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We are All Making It Up as We Go & The True Price of Failure in This Game - Doc the Journey Ep 51

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Top 10 Things I Learnt Scaling to £2m+ In The First Year with A New DTC Brand -Doc the Journey Ep 50

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The Grass is Always Greener? Letting my Standards Slip & Setting New Goals - Doc the Journey Ep 49

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Almost Everyone is Lying, Moving Out & Focus will Make or Break Your Biz - Doc the Journey Ep 48

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An Update on Life & Business - New Products, New Hires, Leaving London & more- Doc the Journey Ep 47

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From Legal Career to Brand Building and Making Movies - Brad Morley | The Midnight Pod Episode 75

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I'm Sick of Everyone Ripping My Brand - The Downside of Building in Public - Doc the Journey Ep 46

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The Man Behind all of Your Favourite Creator’s Brands - Shan Hanif | The Midnight Pod Episode 74

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I Don't Want to Run a DTC Brand - Doc the Journey Ep 45

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Building a £ Multi-Million Agency & Education Empire - Jordan Platten | The Midnight Pod Episode 73

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From Corporate Banking to Bedding Brand & Dragons Den - James Higgins | The Midnight Pod Episode 72

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Building Brands, Agencies & Travelling The World - Jem Bourouh | The Midnight Pod Episode 71

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From Drawing Logos to Building Brands my Entire Adult Life | My Story so far - Doc the Journey Ep 44

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From Drop shipping at 18 to $15m Skincare Brand at 24 - Jordan Smyth | The Midnight Pod Episode 70

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Back to Bali, Meeting Pod Fans, Feeling Guilty for Enjoying Things Too Much? - Doc the Journey Ep 43

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Scaling & Exiting a Jewellery Brand for 7 Figures at 22 - Simon Bjorn | The Midnight Pod Episode 69

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Building a 7-Figure Biz at 21, Principals in Marketing & Frauds -Zarak | The Midnight Pod Episode 68

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Pool Party (Midnight) Social Club is Now a Real Thing, Here's the Details - Doc the Journey Ep 42

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From Finance Career to Leading Cult London Gym Founder - Nick Denby | The Midnight Pod Episode 67

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The Toxic Work Mindset I've Developed Recently & Remembering Why I Started - Doc the Journey Ep 40

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Dominating the CRO Agency Space, Twitter Growth & Life - Carl Weische | The Midnight Pod Episode 66

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What Is It Really All For? Reflecting now the Honeymoon Period is Over - Doc the Journey Ep 39

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Building a Multi-Million £ Ice Cream Brand from Scratch - Henry Milroy | The Midnight Pod Episode 65

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Things Change, People Move on and Life Doesn't Stop for Anyone - Doc the Journey Ep 38

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Dealing with Plateaus, Imposter Syndrome & Hiring the First Senior Role - Doc the Journey Ep 37

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How This Founder Raised £13m With No Product or Revenue

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Launching A Successful Multi-Million £££ Fashion Brand & Taking It To The Next Level - Jordan Jones | The Midnight Pod Episode 63

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Money, Suppliers, Hiring, Lifestyle, Fitness, Relationships + Life - Q & A | The Midnight Pod Ep 62

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I Bought a Giant 6 Meter Mushroom, Hiring an MD & New Pod Events Coming Soon - Doc the Journey Ep 36

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Creating Dream Factory, Team Building & Startup Culture - Graham Hussey | The Midnight Pod Ep 61

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Building a £100k per Month Only Fans Agency from Scratch - Markuss Hussle | The Midnight Pod Ep 60

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Showing Exactly How I Came Up With The Brand Idea from Scratch before Launch - Doc the Journey Ep 35

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From Grad Schemes to Redefining the Tequila Industry - Pimentae Drinks | The Midnight Pod Ep 59

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We're at £300k per month profitable - here's my plan to 3x that this year - Doc the Journey Ep 34

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Building a £ 7 Figure SAAS and Leading Design at Triple Whale - Zach Murray | The Midnight Pod Ep 58

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Dream Dust Launch, EU Warehouse Expansion, Hiring & Product Number 3 - Doc the Journey Ep 33

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£25m Rev and 7 Years In The Ecom Game - Wins, Losses & Lessons - Matt Kelly | The Midnight Pod Ep 57

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Here's my Exact 2022 £££ Numbers Review and Plans for 2023 Brand Growth - Doc the Journey Ep 32

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£50m Per Year Combined - Brand Owners Discuss Growth/Tactics in 2023 - Q+A | The Midnight Pod Ep 56

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From BTEC Dropout to Multi 6-Figure Profit Shopify Agency - Jordan Hill | The Midnight Pod Ep 55

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Setting my 2023 Goals, Gaining Perspective, Dream Dust, Bali & Sunburn - Doc the Journey Ep 31

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First Year Numbers £££, Most Valuable Advice & 2023 Goals - Year End Q&A | The Midnight Pod Ep 54

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Back to Bali with the Boys, Getting a Tattoo & New Year Business Focus - Doc the Journey Ep 30

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Foster Care to Military to Celeb Fashion Brand Founder - Jason Armstrong | The Midnight Pod Ep 53

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The Real Goal Is Freedom & Fun - You Can Be Rich in More Ways Than One - Doc the Journey Ep 29

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From Market Stalls to £5m per month with a Fragrance Brand - Connor Martin | The Midnight Pod Ep 52

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I Truly Want To Die Sometimes - The Most Honest Video I've Ever Made - Doc the Journey Ep 28

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From Broke & Bored to Agency + Brand Group Owner at 26 - Adam Power | The Midnight Pod Ep 51

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Featuring in My Own Brand Movie, Selling out of Stock & Speaking to VC Funds - Doc the Journey Ep 27

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Spending £1m, Relationships, Exit Plans, Mentors, Fitness & Life - Q+A | The Midnight Pod Ep 50

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Hardest Moments, Ad Creatives, Hiring, Marathon Training + Dream Dust | Midnight Podcast Episode 49

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Black Friday Review, Private Equity Meetings & 2023 Plans - Documenting the journey - Episode 26

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I'm Raising £1,000,000+ To Scale To The Moon in 2023 - Documenting the journey - Episode 25

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Financial Goals £, Media Buying, How to Start, Am I Happy? Q+A - Documenting the journey- Episode 24

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Behind the Scenes Making an 80s Film & The Creative Process - Documenting the journey - Episode 23

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Entrepreneurship is Lonely as Fuck, BFCM Prep & Daily Admin - Documenting the journey - Episode 22

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7 Figures in 6 Months, Growing Pains, Microdosing & Seasons - Documenting the journey - Episode 21

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Why I Started Running - Documenting the journey - Episode 20

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Why I've Stopped The Podcast & How To Find ££ Investors - Q&A - Documenting the journey - Episode 19

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I'll Feel Like a Failure Until £1,000,000 Per Month - Documenting the journey - Episode 18

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Being on Made in Chelsea & Launching a Beer Startup - Harvey Armstrong

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Passing 10,000 Customers & Tripling Monthly Revenue - Documenting the journey - Episode 17

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Growing a sustainable DTC startup brand to £££ 9 figures - Freddy Ward | Midnight Podcast Episode 47

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Corporate Slave to Online Money, Twitter Fame & Philosophy - David Hunter | Midnight Podcast Ep 46

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Back in Marbella with Best Mates, Scaling, Tanning & Thinking - Documenting the journey - Episode 16

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Life as a YouTuber, Getting Cancelled & Finding Fulfilment - Spencer Elmer | Midnight Podcast Ep 45

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Showing you Inside My Ad Accounts & Feeling Uninspired - Documenting the journey - Episode 15

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Building 3 Multi-Million £££ Property Companies at 25 - Tyler Newman Part 2 | Midnight Podcast Episode 44

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I Have £500k to Scale with, What am I spending it On? - Documenting the journey - Episode 14

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The Journey to Building a £££ 9 Figure Brand at 26 - Hugo Tilmouth | Midnight Podcast Episode 43

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Two New Products, Moving Into Retail & Finding Purpose - Documenting the journey - Episode 13

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The 3 Year £££ Plan, Hiring an FD & Entrepreneur Philosophy - Documenting the journey - Episode 12

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My Mentor & Investor Reveals How to Get Rich Building a Brand - Documenting the journey - Bonus Ep

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I Raised Another £???, The Challenges of Freedom & Mentors - Documenting the journey - Episode 11

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£250k in First 3 Months & Everything Is Going Wrong Again - Documenting the journey - Episode 10

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£1m/month target, 20k Units, New Products & Avoiding Disaster - Documenting the journey - Episode 8

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Raising more Money, Scaling Too Fast & Lifestyle Design - Documenting the journey - Episode 9

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Ep 42 - Money, Success, Highs, Lows & Life Lessons Chat with Tyler Newman

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Scaling to £10k a Day, 2 New Hires & First 3000 Customers - Documenting the journey - Episode 7

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Ep 41 - Highs, Lows & Stories of 10 Years Brand Building - Dave Powell

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Ep 40 - Reflections, Life Lessons & Advice to my Younger Self - Matt Kelly

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Hustle House Marbella, Stress Free Scale & Leveraging Network - Documenting the journey - episode 5

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Ep 38 - Building a $$$ 7 figure Shopify SAAS Company at age 23 - Noah Tucker

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TikTok Organic, Scaling up, Selling Out & Hitting ££ Rev Goal - Documenting the journey - episode 4

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Ep 38 - Building a Multi-Million £££ Cleaning Brand - Jack & Charlie Rubin

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Pressure is a Privilege, Instagram is fake, Business is Hard - Documenting the journey - episode 3

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Ep 37 - Raising £££ Millions to Start a Controversial Dating App - Vihan Patel

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How Much £££ Revenue In The First Month? Planning & Scaling - Documenting the journey - Episode 2

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Ep 36 - Launching Space Goods, Daily Routine, Mindset & Relationships - Q + A

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'Nothing Exists Until You Create It' - Documenting the journey - Episode 1

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From Rock Bottom to Making $$$ Millions as a YouTuber - Jordan Welch | Midnight Podcast Episode 35

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Ep 34 - Building an 8 Figure £££ Viral Brand During a Pandemic - Ed Hodge

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Ep 33 - From Uni & Banking to Global DJ Touring & Entrepreneurship - Kim Sane

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Ep 32 - Generating £ Millions Online at 18 Starting from Zero - Franco Crean

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Ep 31 - Building an Ecommerce Brand & Fulfilment Empire at 26 - Connor Martin

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Ep 30 - Quitting Corporate Life to Build £££ Multi-Million SAAS - Jack Bayliss

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Ep 29 - How to Start, Biggest Lessons, New Brand, Harsh Truths & Life - Q + A

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Ep 28 - Multi-Million £££ Reselling SAAS Business in Early 20s - Crep Chief

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Ep 27 - Building & Exiting Global Brand - 10 Year Hairburst Story - Jimmy Hill

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Ep 26 - £ Million a Month with Lux Personal Shopping Brand - Jack Zambakides

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Ep 25 - Founding a Multi-Million £££ 40 Person Agency in London - Max Whicher

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Ep 24 - Building a £ Million Custom Shoe Empire from Scratch - Matt Burgess

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Ep 23 - Making 8 Figures Building & Selling a SAAS Business - Alex Packham

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Ep 22 - Broke Uni Grads to 7 Figure Agency with 23 Employees - Soar With Us

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Ep 21 - Building a Million £££ Agency While Battling Cancer at 19 - Suhit Amin

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Ep 20 - Forex Guru £££ Multi-Millionaire turned Ed-Tech Founder - James Watts

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Ep 19 - Making Millions £££ from Agency & Brand Building at 25 - Arsalan Khan

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Ep 18 - Serial Entrepreneur on Inventing, Brand & Philanthropy - Saif Siddiqui

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Ep 17 - Hitting 1 million+ monthly listeners without a label - Santino LeSaint

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Ep 16 - Building a Million £££ Fashion Brand at 22 - James Moore

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Ep 15 - £10m+ Business Acquisition Stories, Lessons & Reality - Nick Atherton

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Ep 14 - Money, Women, Depression, Crypto & Psychedelic Ventures - Iman Gadzhi

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Ep 13 - Rowing the Atlantic, Marine Mindset & Extreme Endurance - Bruce & Nutty

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Ep 12 - Building a Nightlife Empire, Celebrities & £100k Bottles - Asher Grant

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Ep 11 - Music Money, Live Shows, Touring & Learning the Industry - Deeps

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Ep 10 - Tokyo Olympics Heartbreak, GB Rowing & Future of Sport - James Rudkin

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Ep 9 - LinkedIn Success, Relationships & Tinder Murderers - Natasha Vilaseca

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Ep 8 - From College Dropout to Ecom Brands & Audi R8 at 22 - Chris Bamber

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Ep 7 - £30m Pet Brand Empire, Forbes List & Finding Happiness - Adam Reed

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Ep 6 - Multi-Million £££ Self Made Fashion Brand at 25 - Jordan Jones

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Ep 5 - Corporate Wall Street to Multi-Million £ Agency in Dubai - Adrian Aidid

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Ep 4 - Crazy Property Stories, Personal Branding & Lambos - Tyler Newman

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Ep 3 - How To Get Verified, £250k Username & Only Fans Money - Adam Jordan

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Ep 2 - Building a £100k/Month Digital Product Business at 23 - Billy Harris

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Ep 1 - from £10m Self Made Business to Rock Bottom - The Neon Beach Story