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The Start Up To Grown Up Podcast — 81 episodes

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The £20k trade show mistake I won't repeat

2

Everything you need to manage a small team, in three processes

3

How to stop waking at 2am worrying about your numbers

4

Your revenue has dried up. Here's how to fill your pipeline fast

5

How to build your marketing function: person by person

6

How to create high-quality content when your mind has gone blank

7

The growth premium no one warns you about

8

10 tactics to reduce your stress levels that you wouldn’t find in a text book

9

AI and LinkedIn broke my marketing (this is what I did next)

10

How to make a clear decision even when your brain's in panic mode

11

The 5 specific moves that made me redundant from my own business

12

How to eliminate your emotional baggage when managing people

13

5 subtle (and not so subtle) signs that you have a performance problem with a staff member.

14

The £20k trade show lesson I won’t forget

15

3 decisions that turned my empty pipeline into a waiting list to work with me

16

How to win clients without feeling like you’ve turned into a salesperson

17

How to restart your business development activities when you’ve gone quiet

18

Feeling like you are falling behind on AI adoption? Here's what to do first

19

The day I found out that my team were b*tching about me on a private Whatsapp group

20

You're showing up. So why aren't the leads coming?

21

How to finally have the conversation you've been too scared to have

22

The estate agent who won my business didn't do anything special (and what you can learn from them)

23

These 4 beliefs that made you and your firm successful are now sabotaging your firm's growth

24

Why your ideal clients have already shortlisted someone else (Before you knew they were looking)

25

Why your best referral sources aren't sending you work (and it's not what you think)

26

The clients you can't let go of are the ones holding you back

27

The lead generator sitting in plain sight (that most firms ignore)

28

How to turn meetings with existing clients into invoiceable business (without adding more to your plate)

29

Most business owners quit their podcast after episode 3 (here's what to do instead)

30

Where did the week go? (And why it keeps happening)

31

New year, same problems? Here's why nothing changed

32

How to get clients to say yes (without chasing or discounting)

33

The pitch slap and other ways to lose friends on LinkedIn

34

Working harder won't get you there (here's what will in 2026)

35

Everyone talks about scaling up. Nobody talks about scaling down.

36

The tough love I keep giving clients (because it works)

37

Why I can't stop doing the one thing that's limiting my business

38

These 3 words are driving my focus in 2026

39

They sent me an email apologising for "breaking my business" (and this is how I recovered)

40

The 9 pieces of software I couldn't run my business without

41

The seven habits that keep me standing when most business owners quit

42

How to actually take time off at Christmas

43

The real reason you keep hiring the wrong people

44

How to stay mentally strong when your business is under pressure and trading conditions are tough

45

Why your marketing isn't working and how one simple document can fix it

46

Which one of these excuses are you using for your business growth being stuck?

47

15 ways your life will unexpectedly change (and not always for the better) as your business moves from growing to scaling

48

That article I wrote about being 'meh'... I didn't have the full story.

49

This question could solve your frustrations with scaling your business

50

What to do when your team wouldn't step up

51

The Introverts’ Guide To Networking

52

What it really takes to get a referral (it's not what you read on social media)

53

Why we feel the compulsion to overwork (and how to stop).

54

Lost Your Mojo for Running Your Firm? Here’s How to Get It Back.

55

How to find the gems in your team

56

4 key lessons for every business owner from my first therapy session

57

The 5Ps to make sure that Business Development always happens

58

How to put your marketing on autopilot

59

What I wish I had known 3 years ago

60

4 micro habits to stop burnout (before it starts)

61

The strategy I never wanted to learn - how to stop running yourself into the ground.

62

What I did next when my rheumatologist told me I was broken

63

From 0 to 1000 subscribers in 9 months: My exact playbook

64

The 4-step plan I’m using to get back in control of my business

65

5 ways to reduce your stress levels so they permanently stay down (no yoga required!)

66

Why that small voice of doubt is holding your business back (and how to quieten it)

67

Steal my top idea to consistently generate new business

68

Not just a bad day? 6 tips for when life (and business) feels "Meh"

69

How AI has broken 2 of my businesses (and what I am doing about it)

70

Fix these 4 core Business Development processes before you try to scale

71

6 lessons to help your business recover from critical setbacks

72

How to deal with your firm’s Dysfunctional Star (without losing your sanity)

73

4 signs that an employee’s performance has dropped (and what to do about it)

74

10 myths which are stopping your business from scaling sustainably and profitably

75

The science behind why you won’t delegate

76

Why your brain fights business growth (and how to stop it)

77

13 tips on how to stay calm in even the toughest of conversations

78

Are you being gaslit by clients or staff? How to spot and stop it

79

7 crucial steps to implement when a key employees leaves your business

80

6 emotions that drive real business growth (if you listen to them)

81

How to make your message stick: 6 tried-and-tested tips