The Small Business Sessions (Enterprise Nation)
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| 10 Oct 2023 | Ailis Topley: From lockdown hobby to £1m business | 00:37:49 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back! | |||
| 17 Oct 2023 | Sarah de-Vere Drummond: The travel brand that grew during the pandemic | 00:23:48 | |
It's time for episode two in season six of the Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Builder.ai and JP Morgan. | |||
| 24 Oct 2023 | Alice Benham: Why founders should take messy and uncomfortable actions | 00:38:20 | |
It's time for episode three in season six of the Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Builder.ai and JP Morgan. Alice has since gone on to launch a successful podcast, run retreats, work with hundreds of one-to-one clients and be featured in top publications like Forbes and Business Insider. ---- | |||
| 01 Nov 2023 | Kay Suppamas: The entrepreneur embracing the mental health boosting power of plants | 00:26:59 | |
It's time for episode four in season six of the Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Builder.ai and JP Morgan. In 2016, after the sudden loss of her father, Kay realised the importance of putting your wellbeing first and how plants can support mental health. She then started a journey to creating a business that revolutionises how city dwellers, with limited access to green space, interact with nature. In the episode, we hear Kay's inspiring story and her tips for business success. ---- | |||
| 08 Nov 2023 | Rachel Waring: How to use Pinterest to boost your business | 00:25:17 | |
It's time for episode five in season six of the Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Builder.ai and JP Morgan. Rachel is a wedding stylist turned creative marketing consultant. She supports independent businesses to produce creative content and show off their best work. ---- | |||
| 15 Nov 2023 | Daisy Morris: How to build an engaged and meaningful community around your business | 00:31:29 | |
It's time for episode six in season six of the Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Builder.ai and JP Morgan. In the episode, we discuss the power of community and how founders can build a strong and authentic community around their business. The business.connected hub is a free online training programme of workshops, webinars and e-learning modules designed to help businesses go digital, adopt new technology, and stay safe online. | |||
| 22 Nov 2023 | Cameron Smith (Cazza Time): TikTok masterclass from a creator with 400,000 followers | 00:35:03 | |
It's time for episode seven in season six of the Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Builder.ai and JP Morgan. As Cazza Time on Instagram and TikTok, Cameron has built up a following of more than half a million people who enjoy his tips on everything from tax and student loans to money saving ideas and investments. ----- | |||
| 29 Nov 2023 | Cat Byrne: How to create a brilliant brand and tips for great design | 00:30:23 | |
It's time for episode eight in season six of the Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Builder.ai and JP Morgan. ----- | |||
| 06 Dec 2023 | Navjot Sawhney: The entrepreneur transforming lives with washing machines | 00:21:22 | |
It's time for episode nine in season six of the Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Builder.ai and JP Morgan. Navjot is a former Dyson engineer, and he was volunteering in India when he noticed the burden placed on women by unpaid domestic work. This inspired him to design the Divya, a crank-handle manual washing machine that is off-grid, fully sustainable and saves both water and time. | |||
| 13 Dec 2023 | Cynthia V Davis: Why business owners should embrace diversity and inclusion | 00:27:14 | |
It's time for the 10th and final episode in season six of the Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Builder.ai and JP Morgan. Cynthia has more than 20 years of experience in the recruitment industry having worked within and recruited for several well-known large brands. In 2015 she started her own business to help organisations become more inclusive and make recruiting decisions that better reflect our diverse society. | |||
| 24 Sep 2024 | Elsie Rutterford: From blogger to multi-million pound beauty brand | 00:34:47 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a seventh exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. During the fascinating chat, Elsie and Dan discuss growing a multi-million-pound brand, creating the world's first carbon negative skincare product, raising finance, getting stocked in major retailers, personal branding and more. ----- | |||
| 01 Oct 2024 | Marnie Swindells: Behind the scenes of The Apprentice with the 2023 winner | 00:23:30 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a seventh exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. ----- | |||
| 08 Oct 2024 | Jade Beason: How to grow a successful YouTube channel | 00:29:22 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a seventh exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. Jade began her career in marketing and sponsorship, but quit corporate life in 2021. She used her eight years of experience to turn her YouTube channel into a six-figure business shortly after uploading her first video. In the show, we discuss switching from a side hustle to a full-time business, and how to grow a successful YouTube channel, plus Jade's tips for growing a subscription service and making the most of social media to power your entrepreneurial success. | |||
| 15 Oct 2024 | Dhruvin Patel: The founder who turned down a Dragons' Den deal but went on to raise £1m | 00:41:27 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a seventh exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. Whilst studying optometry at university, Dhruvin launched the initial development of his blue light filtering technology that make eyes healthier, improves sleep and boosts happiness. Since then, the business has grown into an international brand that has helped more than 300,000 eyes in over 147 countries. Ocushield also appeared an BBC TV's Dragons' Den and secured investment from Peter Jones and Tej Lalvani. The deal ended up not going through, but Ocushield went on to get £1m in funding, much more than they secured on the show. ----- | |||
| 22 Oct 2024 | Erika Robinson: 'Small businesses have a superpower that big companies don’t have’ | 00:26:04 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a seventh exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. During her career, Erika has spent two decades working across strategy and finance for some of the UK's most recognisable brands, including financial software giant Intuit, and mental health company Headspace. Erika is also a small business owner herself so has an in-depth understanding of entrepreneurs' priorities and predicaments. In 2019, she founded Picnic, a play centre where children can learn about the world by acting out roles in everyday life, such as putting out a fire, delivering the post and serving customers in a shop. The business has employed over 30 people and welcomed 200,000 parents and children through its doors. In the show, we discuss Erika's tips for how to succeed with your digital marketing, her lessons from working in top companies, why she believes small businesses have several superpowers that big companies don't have and her experiences running her own small business. Constant Contact offers email and digital marketing tools that make it easy for your small business or nonprofit to get the attention and revenue it deserves. | |||
| 30 Oct 2024 | Kat Pither: The founder who turned using yoga to boost mental health into a successful business | 00:40:41 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a seventh exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. Kat first got into yoga while in rehab to deal with anxiety, PTSD and addiction. That love of the practice led her to becoming a yoga teacher, and she started Yogi Bare as a side project. During the brilliant conversation, Dan and Kat discuss using yoga to deal with mental health, starting a product business, encouraging a strong and supportive community around a business, building an ethical and sustainable company, growing a team and lots more. | |||
| 06 Nov 2024 | Christian Azolan: How artists and creatives can achieve business success | 00:37:40 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a seventh exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. After a work contract ended due to the coronavirus pandemic, he began creating digital illustrations. That hobby soon turned into a business as Christian used the downtime during lockdown to create a brand for selling his limited edition artwork online. Since then, Christian has had several successful exhibitions, and achieved a significant amount of press coverage for his work. In the episode, Dan and Christian discuss how artists can commercialise their work, his brilliant advice for how small business owners can make media headlines, the importance of knowing your numbers, how he is bringing artists together via a social enterprise collective, the business boosting benefits of being an Enterprise Nation member, and lots more! ----- | |||
| 13 Nov 2024 | Stephen Lane: Film memorabilia collecting hobby to £35m business | 00:38:09 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a seventh exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. His collecting hobby became a business in 1998 and more than 25 years later, Propstore has 70 employees in London and Los Angeles and more than 25,000 square feet of archived props and costumes. The business also turns over £35m despite Stephen having taken on no external investment. Since it started, Propstore has located and auctioned thousands of famous items to collectors around the world. Items include the lightsaber used by Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back, Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones Fedora, and guitars played on stage by the Gallagher brothers from Oasis. In an insights and advice packed episode, the entrepreneur discusses turning a love for movie props into an actual business, how he tracks down memorabilia to sell, reaching a £35m turnover despite taking on no external investment, establishing a business in the US, running a business during several economic downturns and lots more. ----- | |||
| 20 Nov 2024 | Steve Folland: How to be a successful freelancer | 00:31:13 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a seventh exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. With a long career in radio, Steve went freelance in 2013 and hasn't looked back! Alongside his work creating videos and podcasts for other people, he launched his own show, Being Freelance, in January 2015, followed by the Being Freelance vlog in 2016. Steve, who has been using Dropbox since 2013, also runs the Being Freelance community and is the co-host of Doing It For The Kids, a podcast for freelance parents which won gold for Best Business Podcast at the British Podcast Awards in 2021. In the show, Dan and Steve discuss topics including:
Dropbox is the one place to keep life organised and keep work moving. Tools include Dropbox, File Request, Dropbox Replay and Dropbox Sign. ----- | |||
| 08 Jan 2025 | Richard Harpin: The founder who sold his business for £4 billion | 00:33:46 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a eighth exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. Richard grew HomeServe into a FTSE 100 listed business, with thousands of employees serving millions of customers around the world. In 2023 he sold it to Brookfield Asset Management for £4.1 billion. Richard has stayed on as chair of HomeServe EMEA. He also invests in other entrepreneurs via Growth Partner and in 2023, he acquired Business Leader, a platform and membership community supporting mid-sized firms. With Richard's huge entrepreneurial experience, this is a podcast you don't want to miss! ----- | |||
| 15 Jan 2025 | Clare Andrews: Turning a love for air fryers into a business and 100,000 social media followers | 00:28:55 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a eighth exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. Clare's culinary journey began during the lockdowns of 2020 when she was gifted an air fryer. She began to explore the full potential of the popular kitchen gadget and shared her air fryer recipes on Instagram. Clare now has more than 100,000 followers on Instagram, has published three bestselling cookbooks and has appeared on several air fryer-themed TV programmes. In the show, we discuss Clare's journey to becoming a social media influencer plus her tips for growing a following online, writing a book and attracting media coverage. ----- | |||
| 22 Jan 2025 | Lynsey Crombie, Queen of Clean: How to build a big community online | 00:32:13 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a eighth exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. Lynsey first joined Instagram in 2016 and posted an image of her newly clean floor with a bottle of product. Despite having only 40 followers, she got 190 likes and realised she was on to something. Within six months, Lynsey had 7,000 followers, started being paid by brands to promote their products and became the UK's first cleaning influencer. Nearly a million people now keep up to date with Lynsey's cleaning tips on social media, she has written several books, and she makes regular appearances on television shows including ITV's This Morning and Good Morning Britain. In the episode, Lynsey and Dan discuss topics including:
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| 29 Jan 2025 | Elyssa Desai: How founders can overcome imposter syndrome and burnout | 00:30:54 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a eighth exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. Elyssa is a mindset expert, speaker and coach who guides business owners and others through their what am I doing with my life moments. A huge focus of her work is helping individuals to understand and reprogramme their mindset so they can confidently achieve their dreams. In the inspiring episode, Dan and Elyssa discuss topics including:
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| 05 Feb 2025 | Josh Kleiner: The story behind the Sandwich Sandwich viral sensation | 00:30:54 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a eighth exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. The family business started with a small shop in Bristol in 2010 and now has three branches in the south west city. In 2023, the business was named Uber Eats Restaurant of the Year and won £100,000. This allowed the father and son team to open a flagship London store which is so popular that people queue for up to an hour to buy their lunch. The success of the business has also been helped by social media. Its famous giant sandwiches have gone viral many times, with TikTok influencer Kalani Ghost Hunter telling his three million followers that it was "one of the best things he has ever put in his mouth". In the show, Dan and Josh discuss:
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| 12 Feb 2025 | Jake Bucknall: Selling pizzas in lockdown to a thriving food business | 00:36:21 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a eighth exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. Chef Jake started the company in South London in 2020 with his former tour guide friend Jacob as a dinner for 100 people. But then lockdown hit so they decided to sell pizzas outside Jacob's mum's house. The popularity was so great that they ran out of space and moved to a pop-up site. That has now been developed into a permanent pizzeria, alongside another bar, selling their pizzas in a central London pub and running four events a month. In the show, Dan and Jake discuss topics including
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| 19 Feb 2025 | Saasha Celestial-One, Olio: How to build a successful app | 00:22:56 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a eighth exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. The idea for Saasha's groundbreaking business came about when her business partner Tessa Clarke trawled the streets looking for someone who might be able to use her spare food when she was moving house. The two friends tested their solution in a WhatsApp group for neighbours in North London, and it's now an app used by millions around the world for finding what they need and sharing what they don't with local people. In an inspiring episode, Sasha and Dan discuss:
----- The business.connected hub is a free online training programme of workshops, webinars and e-learning modules designed to help businesses go digital and adopt new technology. | |||
| 26 Feb 2025 | Olly Tyler, Shroot: Buying a failing business and turning it into a success | 00:24:07 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a eighth exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partners Vodafone Business, Constant Contact, JP Morgan and Dropbox. Shroot creates eco-friendly, biodegradable cards that come with everything you need to grow microgreens, including the pot. It's a gift, card, experience and snack all in one. Olly didn't start the business, but bought it as a failing venture. He has since turned it into a great success, and has also purchased two other businesses; Kabloom and Bottle Farm. In the inspiring episode, Olly and Dan discuss topics including:
Big thanks for tuning into series eight of the Small Business Sessions. Look out for series nine coming soon! ----- The business.connected hub is a free online training programme of workshops, webinars and e-learning modules designed to help businesses go digital and adopt new technology. | |||
| 15 Jun 2021 | S5 E1: How to build a rebel business | 00:37:58 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast sponsored by Starling Bank, is back! Every week for 12 weeks, freelance journalist Dan Martin speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about their tips, insights and inspiration for how to start and grow a brilliant business. First up is Ben Keene, co-founder of Rebel Book Club. | |||
| 22 Jun 2021 | S5 E2: Starting a lockdown business and the power of pivots | 00:29:09 | |
The coronavirus pandemic has been tough for many people but for some entrepreneurial individuals, it has been the time to start their own company. One of those new business owners is Katrina Borissova, founder of vegan soap brand Little Danube, who incorporated her new venture on 23 March 2020, the day the prime minister announced Britain was going into lockdown. | |||
| 29 Jun 2021 | Growing the Cambridge Satchel Company from a £600 start-up into a £40m business | 00:37:40 | |
Entrepreneurs start businesses for many reasons. For Julie Deane CBE, it was to pay for her children to go to private school because her daughter was being bullied. She invested £600 to get her idea off the ground and just five years later, the Cambridge Satchel Company was valued at £40m. Julie joins journalist Dan Martin to share her super inspiring story. This one is a must listen! | |||
| 06 Jul 2021 | The future of banking for small businesses | 00:23:15 | |
This week journalist Dan Martin is joined by Symmie Swil, head of SME Banking at Starling Bank, and David Beardmore, ecosystem development director at Open Banking Implementation Entity to discuss how small businesses can embrace modern banking services. Symmie shares the vision of Starling Bank's founder Anne Boden for launching the digital bank, her views on the future of physical bank branches and how the company is supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs. Another exciting development for small businesses is open banking, which helps you move, manage and make more of your money. David Beardmore joins the podcast to explain how open banking can benefit small businesses and how it has been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. | |||
| 13 Jul 2021 | How Brexit is impacting on small businesses | 00:27:19 | |
The transition period for Britain's exit from the European Union ended on 31 December 2020 so how has Brexit affected the UK's small businesses? Freelance journalist Dan Martin is joined by Mike Wilson, founder of Go Exporting, and Philip Salter, founder of The Entrepreneurs Network, to discuss it. | |||
| 20 Jul 2021 | The eco-founder behind a thriving plastic free marketplace and Instagram community of 200,000 | 00:31:47 | |
The statistics are shocking: One million birds and 100,000 marine animals a year die from plastic pollution, eight million pieces of plastic end up in the oceans every day and for every mile of UK beaches, there are 5,000 pieces of plastic. It was figures like that which drove Beth Noy to launch Plastic Freedom. What started as a £300 investment to sell some of her favourite plastic free products is now a booming online store with over 3,000 brands. She has also built an Instagram community of 200,000 followers. | |||
| 27 Jul 2021 | How to find the right funding for your business | 00:21:40 | |
This week we're talking business funding. In an advice-packed episode, Oliver Krishnan from Starling Bank and Ryan Hyde-Smith from Funding Options join journalist Dan Martin to demystify the world of finance and explain how to decide on the best option for your business, how to manage debt and common mistakes to avoid. | |||
| 03 Aug 2021 | How great advice can power your business success | 00:33:47 | |
Research shows that those business owners who take on advice grow their companies faster than those who don't, but with so much advice out there it can be hard to work out which advice to take on. As you'll know if you're an entrepreneur, you have a lot of plates to spin, so when should you seek advice and ask for help from others? And how do you go about picking the advisers to use? Joining journalist Dan Martin to discuss all that are two brilliant Enterprise Nation adviser members:
To find out more about Enterprise Nation and to listen to previous podcasts, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcast | |||
| 10 Aug 2021 | How digital technology can transform small businesses on the high street and beyond | 00:26:46 | |
This week we're looking at how digital technology can transform small businesses of all types. Whether you're selling products or services online or you're looking to reach customers from a physical store, by embracing the latest technology you can drive the sales and growth of your business. Joining journalist Dan Martin to discuss how to digitally transform your business are Sajni Shah, co-head of product at Starling Bank and John Hoyle, founder of Sook, a company providing adaptive and fully personalised retail spaces which business owners can rent by the hour. | |||
| 17 Aug 2021 | The best friends who built 'the Airbnb of luggage' | 00:34:50 | |
Running a business that’s 100% focused on travel during a pandemic is quite the challenge. | |||
| 24 Aug 2021 | How understanding your business finances will drive your entrepreneurial success | 00:25:02 | |
We love accountants at Enterprise Nation and this week we're joined by a great one! Joanna Drinkwater, Enterprise Nation adviser and managing director of Grant McKnight, speaks to journalist Dan Martin about an absolutely essential skill for successful entrepreneurs; understanding your finances. | |||
| 31 Aug 2021 | The serial entrepreneur on a mission to help 10 million new founders | 00:29:00 | |
We've reached the end of series five of the Small Business Sessions. Joining us for the final episode is the brilliant serial entrepreneur, Simon Squibb, who has made it his mission to help 10 million people start and grow a business through The Purposeful Project. | |||
| 18 May 2016 | Colin from The Podcast Host | 00:12:45 | |
The first session is with The Podcast Host founder Colin Gray. Colin was an early adopter of the podcast medium, back when it was clunky and took up a lot of storage space. Today his whole business is built around offering advice to businesses seeking to build a sleek audio content marketing strategy to push their business into the stratosphere.  | |||
| 25 May 2016 | Aimee from ACT Coaching | 00:09:58 | |
The second session is with Aimee Teesdale, founder of ACT Coaching. Specialising in one-on-one and group sessions on emotional intelligence, Aimee is on a mission to educate small business owners as to why it is so important for their success and leadership. As well as her tips on that the entrepreneur also explains how she's managed the rollercoaster ride comes with an entrepreneurial adventure.  | |||
| 01 Jun 2016 | Annabel from Tuck n' Snug | 00:11:12 | |
The third session is with Annabel Anderson, founder of Tuck n' Snug. She was at her wits end with two young children who slept terribly. Doesn't sound much fun does it?! It was exactly that though that led her to develop her children's bed linen which prevents little girls and boys from knocking their duvet and pillow onto the floor, waking up cold and crying out for their parents.  | |||
| 15 Jun 2016 | Jonathan from Intranet Future | 00:12:48 | |
The fifth session is with Jonathan Pollinger, Enterprise Nation Adviser member and founder of Intranet Future. Whilst for some of us the changes in the digital world seem to happen faster than lightening, Jonathan thrives on that and loves being up to date with latest social media developments. Listen for some super helpful practical tips on benefiting from the power of social and how to better manage your time.  | |||
| 22 Jun 2016 | Theo from Tahouts | 00:11:15 | |
The sixth session is with Theo Wasserberg, Enterprise Nation member and founder of female fashion brand Tahouts. He was inspired by a picture of his sister wearing some cool trousers on the steps of a temple. It looked like a ready made brand to him; he just had to start making them! Theo was straight in at the deep end setting up Tahouts as it launched just as he was finishing off his business degree. Obviously handy timing in a lot of ways, but it did mean that he had a bit of a crash course in doing everything all at once which can only be a great thing when it comes to featuring on the Small Business Sessions!  | |||
| 29 Jun 2016 | Elizabeth from Digitise This | 00:09:06 | |
The seventh session is with Elizabeth Malone-Johnstone, founder of Digitise This. Elizabeth is a lady who's always on the hunt for new experiences and challenges and in this session she recommends running your own business as a way to satisfy that. Listen for tips on building on community around you when going it alone and the importance of continual learning.  | |||
| 08 Jun 2016 | Mark from MB Languages | 00:12:49 | |
The fourth session is with Mark Bailey, founder of MB Languages. The company, which provides specialised language training, wasn't what Mark originally set out to do. With an economics degree and a background in finance, his decision to go travelling found him teaching English by accident and that's where it all began! This session has some great advice about how useful your old contacts can be even when you find yourself wanting to do something a little bit different.  | |||
| 06 Jul 2016 | Jordan from GripIt Fixings | 00:09:21 | |
The eighth session is with Jordan Daykin from GripIt Fixings. Aged just 21, he is already running a £10m business and was the youngest entrepreneur to receive investment on BBC TV's Dragons' Den. His podcast is a must listen!  | |||
| 13 Jul 2016 | Ricky from T-Sticks | 00:12:38 | |
The ninth session is with Enterprise Nation member and T-Sticks founder Ricky Kothari. He is on a mission to transform the way we brew a cup of tea, putting an end to scooping out soggy teabags with your fingers once and for all! After being challenged by none other than prime minister David Cameron to develop his business, Ricky quit his management consultant day job to focus on T-Sticks full time. This session has some great, first hand advice around the importance of understanding the customers that you're selling to, how to create an experience round your brand and getting to trips with your USP.  | |||
| 20 Jul 2016 | Genevieve from Genevieve Sweeney | 00:10:22 | |
The 10th session is with Enterprise Nation member Genevieve Sweeney. She founded her UK manufactured premium knitwear brand when her passion found a new mission. A life long knitter, she started restoring old machinery and was introduced to a network of amazing knitters who were forced out of the industry after factories closed. The young entrepreneur now works with family run mills to create her contemporary designs and is breathing new life in to a traditional practice. This session is an inspiring example of the power and strength of what can be created when people who are really passionate about what they do, work together.  | |||
| 27 Jul 2016 | Rob from Gruhme | 00:14:42 | |
The 11th session is with Enterprise Nation member Rob Hallmark, founder of Gruhme. It was definitely not the usual career progression for Rob who went from being a corporate lawyer on the hunt for a value-for-money but high quality male grooming brand, to being so frustrated he couldn't find one that he set one up himself! In his session Birmingham-based Rob is super honest about how tough it can be to start a brand but he's equally as honest about the immense satisfaction there is around eventually being approached about it once you've managed to build one. A firm believer in taking thing step by step and focusing on making a product that you would actually want to buy rather than being too distracted by what the big guys are up to, this member is a mighty fine example of entrepreneurship.  | |||
| 02 Aug 2016 | Hannah from Good Deed Dating | 00:11:50 | |
The 12th session is with Enterprise Nation member and founder of Good Deed Dating, Hannah Whitehead. Hannah came up with the idea for the company, which co-ordinates volunteering opportunities for single people, after spotting a lack of young, single professionals helping out charities. After a year putting the building blocks in place, she gave in her notice to start running Good Deed Dating full time. This session is a great example of what can be created from the power of pulling in a few favours and what can be achieved by surrounding yourself with the right people.  | |||
| 10 Aug 2016 | Steve from Doopoll | 00:13:37 | |
The 13th session is with Enterprise Nation Classic member and Doopoll co-founder Steve Dimmick. Cardiff-based Doopoll is an online service that helps employees, students, friends, and club members make more honest decisions together. Head to an anonymous page and give your opinion on something with a swipe or a click. No words to type, super fast and completely un-influenced. Be warned, in this session Steve does get emotional! A real example of how much passion and emotional investment is often tied up in entrepreneurial adventures.  | |||
| 17 Aug 2016 | Esther from Teahuggers | 00:14:55 | |
The 14th session is with Enterprise Nation Classic member and Teahuggers founder Esther Thompson. Four bouts of tonsillitis, 10 years mulling over the idea, and a little nudge from Enterprise Nation's StartUp Saturday one day business class gave coffee addict Esther the confidence to launch healthy tea brand, Teahuggers. She is a big advocate of the power of passion for what you're doing as well as the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people. Now with a range of 10 different teas to her name and stockists including Selfridges and Jamie Oliver, it seems that's rather a winning formula!  | |||
| 24 Aug 2016 | Henry and James from Deakin & Francis | 00:15:18 | |
The 15th session is with Enterprise Nation members and Deakin & Francis directors, Henry and James Deakin. Most children are used to playgrounds growing up, but not Henry and James. Their fun was centred around learning how to melt and bend metal in the Birmingham jewellery factory that was founded by their family 230 years ago. As the current owners of Deakin & Francis, England's oldest family jewellers, the brothers keep the heritage of a company founded in 1786 whilst simultaneously allowing it to evolve and grow to a business that's now retailing all over the world with a flagship London store in the pipeline. This session is a fascinating insight in to the behind-the-scenes-workings of a family run business and the importance of absorbing the knowledge of those who have gone before you.  | |||
| 31 Aug 2016 | Neomi from Neo-Slip | 00:10:33 | |
The 16th session is with Enterprise Nation member and Neo-Slip founder Neomi Bennett. Neomi left school without any qualifications but once she'd had her family, decided to study nursing as a mature student. It was a study project that led to her launching her own product, Neo-Slip, which now counts the NHS as one of its clients. Neo-Slip is a little bag that goes over a patient's foot to help combat the difficulties with putting on anti-embolism stockings. With 25,000 people in the UK dying each year of deep vein thrombosis after they've had an operation, most of which could have been avoided, the product is much needed. Neomi's intention was never to start her own business though so this session is a great example of how entrepreneurial ideas can come right out of nowhere.  | |||
| 07 Sep 2016 | Marina from The Perfume Garden | 00:09:48 | |
The 17th session is with Enterprise Nation member and The Perfume Garden founder Marina Barcenilla. Marina distinctly remembers sniffing just about everything that passed her by so it's no surprise that she ended up as a perfumer! She founded The Perfume Garden five years ago, which focuses on creating luxurious fragrances inspired by nature for a whole range of different products from perfumes to skin care to candles and home fragrances. Self taught and a big experimenter, The Perfume Garden has really blossomed in the last year with a recent run of awards but Marina is the first to admit that it has taken time and a lot of patience to get to this stage which is probably very reassuring for a lot of us to hear!  | |||
| 14 Sep 2016 | Nazia from Ibraheem Toy House | 00:10:01 | |
The 18th session is with Enterprise Nation member and Ibraheem Toy Store founder Nazia Nasreen. Standing terrified in front of journalists doesn't sound like the perfect night out, but the brains behind the UK's first online Islamic toy store summoned the courage and it paid off! That pitch at Enterprise Nation's Meet the Journalists even in Birmingham led to her being featured in the Economist and local publication, Business Quarter Magazine. Nazia then attended one of our digital bootcamps and met a brand strategist and a packaging expert, both of whom she's now working with. If you ever needed a session that encourages you with real life examples of just how many opportunities are out there when you step out of your comfort zone, this is it!  | |||
| 21 Sep 2016 | Gabriella from Annellino | 00:13:09 | |
The 19th session is with Enteprise Nation Member and Annellino founder Gabriella Turner. Gabriella discovered an Aladdin's Cave when visiting her grandmother in Italy who wanted to buy her a graduation present. She fell in love the 150-year-old workshop operated by a third generation goldsmith which inspired her to set up fine jewellery brand, Annellino. Gabriella's 18 carat gold products are now made in the workshop using a technique followed by Renaissance sculptors. Listen to this session for an inspiring discussion about supporting artisan producers, the importance of outsourcing to experts and how to stay motivated when working on your own.  | |||
| 28 Sep 2016 | David from David Harris Magic | 00:08:50 | |
The 20th session is with Enterprise Nation member and founder of David Harris Magic, David Harris. With a father who performed magic to entertain him for hours on end, it's perhaps not surprising that David Harris ended up being a magician for a living. Swapping a career in security services to getting paid to have fun and entertain people has required years of practice and a commitment to spending at least two hours a day on his craft. The one trick he hasn't quite mastered though is how to explain to people that doing magic really is what he actually does as a job!  | |||
| 05 Oct 2016 | Robert from NRG Digital | 00:09:54 | |
The 21st session is with Robert Edmonds, Enterprise Nation member and founder of NRG Digital. Robert is a three times BAFTA nominated director, producer and editor and spent 17 years in the TV industry working on some of Britain's most popular primetime shows including Grand Designs and Crimewatch. Rob has now moved into the commercial sector and founded NRG Digital, which creates content driven video and events for some of the biggest brands in the world. Tune into this week's session for discussion around the importance of building trust, dealing with the loneliness of going it alone and what makes great content.  | |||
| 12 Oct 2016 | Grace from StatueFindr | 00:09:43 | |
The 22nd session is with Enterprise Nation member and StatueFindr founder Grace Everett. Author Grace Everett had an idea for a book about London's great statues that morphed in to an idea for an app. She has now launched StatueFindr which provides a new way to explore the diverse range of sculptures in the city of Westminster. Spot a statue, check the app and you'll get information about the statue and the artist who created it. Listen to this session for a great discussion on setting goals and Grace's brilliant answer to our regular question asking what superpower entrepreneurs would like to have.  | |||
| 19 Oct 2016 | Simon from Version 22 | 00:10:51 | |
The 23rd session is with Simon Lyons, Enterprise Nation member and founder of product design studio Version 22. In this session Simon offers up some great advice about the struggles that so many start-ups face over cashflow and knowing what to prioritise when. Both of his products have been launched through crowdfunding and it was his first campaign that got him chatting to our founder Emma Jones on Twitter. That chat led to him featuring on a panel at one of our events and a piece in the Economist. Since then he has visited 10 Downing with us and secured a piece in The Sunday Times after our Meet the Journalist events in Nottingham. If we ever need a testimonial, we know who to call!  | |||
| 26 Oct 2016 | Precious from Etieno Skincare | 00:14:38 | |
The 24th session is with Enterprise Nation member and Etieno founder Precious Jason. Diagnosed in 2012 with leukemia. Precious struggled to find natural products that were safe and nourishing enough to the mend the damage that was done to her skin after treatment. That gave her the idea for Etieno, a range of skincare products that make life easier for cancer patients. Setting up a business whilst undergoing cancer treatment unsurprisingly has brought challenges but it has also provided Precious with a great testing ground, canvassing feedback from everyone that crosses her path including medical consultants and those next to her in the waiting room. This is the lady who a year ago came as an audience member to Enterprise Nation's Beauty Exchange with her early stage product, to this year's event where she joined us on stage with a stack of awards under her belt. It's stories like that as well as Precious' own personal journey that make the Small Business Sessions what they are.  | |||
| 02 Nov 2016 | Mel from This Mum Runs | 00:13:33 | |
The 25th episode is with Enterprise Nation member and This Mum Runs founder Mel Bound. As an exhausted Mum, Mel Bound was desperate to regain a bit of time to herself and put a post on a Facebook group one evening to see if anyone else fancied joining her for a jog in the park after she'd put the kids to bed. 75 women showed up from just that one post and now her community This Mum Runs boasts over 4,000 members. This Mum Runs focuses on creating a space where time strapped mums can regain a bit of headspace by doing exercise together without feeling intimidated or under pressure to loose weight or get fit. Her success was rewarded on 21 October when she was crowned Female Start-up of the Year at our Festival of Female Entrepreneurs on 21 October. We recorded a podcast with Mel before she took to the stage to pitch. This Small Business Session oozes with Mel's infectious enthusiasm about what she's getting up to and why she's doing it. Inspiring and then some.  | |||
| 09 Nov 2016 | Cat from Piccolo | 00:12:06 | |
The 26th episode is with Enterprise Nation member and Piccolo founder Cat Gazzoli. With culinary legend Prue Leith as a mentor and an investor plus a child nutritionist and a creative with a branding background with brands like Itsu as co-founders, Cat Gazzoli has already got a pretty good cheerleading squad for her organic baby food brand Piccolo. The entrepreneur is passionate about ethical sourcing from small independent family farms and gives 10% of profits to the National Childbirth Trust from her products which are already stocked in Waitrose and Asda just six months after launching. We recorded this session at the Festival of Female Entrepreneurs in Bristol on 21 October before Cat took to the stage to pitch for the title of Female Start-up of the Year.  | |||
| 16 Nov 2016 | Deborah from Henpicked | 00:22:25 | |
The 27th episode is with Enterprise Nation member and founder of Henpicked, Deborah Garlick. A very special session this week as it was recorded live on stage at Enterprise Nation's Festival of Female Entrepreneurs last month. After spotting a gap in the market for a website catering for woman over 40, Deborah Garlick co-founded Henpicked with some friends to cater for the things that they wanted to see talked about online. With no formal editorial team involved, the sites features stories written by real woman about happiness, health and wealth.  | |||
| 23 Nov 2016 | Krisi from Bluebird Tea Co. | 00:20:33 | |
The 28th episode is with Enterprise Nation member and co-founder of Bluebird Tea Co. Krisi Smith. With her partner Mike, tea mixologist and Enterprise Nation member Krisi founded Bluebird Tea Co. The couple are on a mission to do what other people do with cocktails but using tea blends instead. Big and unusual flavours are their thing with combos like rhubarb and custard, cherry bakewell and mulled cider alongside more familiar blends such as Earl Grey and English breakfast. Adamant that it would be a retail business above everything else, the entrepreneurs turned down offers from supermarkets including Waitrose and Tesco and now have three of their own stores in Brighton, Bristol and Tunbridge Wells, a successful e-commerce platform, a team of 30 people and have recently taken on their second warehouse. That all seems a very long way from the oh-so-familiar spare bedroom operation that kicked it all off.  | |||
| 30 Nov 2016 | Mary from Memrica | 00:12:43 | |
The 29th session is with Enterprise Nation member and Memrica founder Mary Matthews. Mary is inspirational founder of Memrica, an app that is truly life changing. The service creates what the entrepreneur describes as a 'back up memory' and helps people who are anxious about forgetting people and places which impacts on their social confidence and, for many, leads to depression. Mary's story is a very personal one having been encouraged to start the business after her sister died of motor neurone disease and remembering her quickly became vitally important. This session is an absolute must-listen.  | |||
| 07 Dec 2016 | Ada from Trove | 00:11:28 | |
The 30th episode is with TROVE co-founder and Enterprise Nation member Ada Okpe. TROVE is a company that sources local items such as luxury toiletries, guidebooks and fresh coffee to be left for guests by Airbnb hosts. With his co-founder Tom, he was inspired to start the business after travelling in the US staying in Airbnb properties and a luxury hotel in Las Vegas. Noticing that the hotel has plenty of in room treats that the Airbnb rooms didn't, the entrepreneurs had their lightbulb moment and TROVE was born.  | |||
| 14 Dec 2016 | Sally from Worktaster | 00:13:14 | |
The 31st session is with Enterprise Nation member and Worktaster founder Sally Tomlinson. Lying exhausted after tackling the New York marathon isn't the obvious time to come up with a business idea, but that's what happened to Sally Tomlinson. Sally is one of the brains behind Worktaster, a platform for young people aged 14 to 19 to find the work experience they need to get started on their career journey. It helps schools to monitor what they're up to and report their findings to Ofsted at the same time as giving businesses a hassle free way of engaging their local community.  | |||
| 21 Dec 2016 | Carole from Tuckshop Flowers | 00:13:56 | |
The 32nd session is with Enterprise Nation member and founder of Tuckshop Flowers Carole Patilla. Carole chatted to us on a break between dashing from one Christmas wreath making workshop to another which makes a very fitting festive finalee to our 2016 podcasts. After being asked to organise the flowers for her brother in law's funeral and at a point of feeling dissatisfied with her 20 year teaching career, Carole decided it was time to make a living out of doing something that she really loved. Tuckshop Flowers now provides arrangements for weddings, funerals and events, all sourced from Carole's suburban garden, allotment and the brilliant Flowers from the Farm network, which aims to increase the proportion of flowers bought in the UK that are also grown here from the current 10%.  | |||
| 11 Jan 2017 | Sophie from My Warehouse Home | 00:16:17 | |
The 33rd session is with Enterprise Nation member Sophie Bush. Is the New year inspiring a bit of a sort out at home? Well perhaps the first of our 2017 Small Business Sessions might get your idea cogs whirring! Sophie is the founder of My Warehouse Home. After moving in to a new warehouse flat herself, she left her job at Conde Nast to set up her own magazine aimed at people living in or interested in high end warehouse conversions or industrial buildings. The publication is now read in 60 different countries worldwide and Sophie has also developed an e-shop and is looking forward to her first coffee table book which is due to be published this spring. Sophie's global ambitions led her to join our trade mission to Amsterdam last year.  | |||
| 17 Jan 2017 | Rachel from Air | 00:09:32 | |
The 34th session is with Enterprise Nation member Rachel Maclean. As the co-founder of a HR platform aimed at small businesses, Enterprise Nation member Rachel Maclean's Session should be helpful as well as inspiring! Rachel quit her full time job in HR after 20 years to set up Air because she saw a real gap in the market. The Enterprise Nation member runs her business predominantly out of Birmingham but makes the most of the benefits of remote working with her employees spread all over the globe including five employees based in Russia. The next team meeting is happening in Prague which definitely sounds like an added benefit!  | |||
| 25 Jan 2017 | Ceri from Natural Kitchen Adventures | 00:11:46 | |
The 35th session is with Enterprise Nation member Ceri Jones. A natural chef wasn't much of a thing five years ago when Ceri left her job in the music industry and went off to San Fransisco to train as one. How things change! With the recent launch of the Natural Kitchen Adventures app which is based around seasonal recipes, plus cooking for clients on yoga retreats and teaching classes of her own, Ceri, a trained chef who cooks with seasonal whole foods that are organic and local whenever possible, certainly has her work cut out!  | |||
| 28 Feb 2018 | Series two, episode one: How to work with a mentor | 00:16:36 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about various stages of starting a growing a successful business. To kick us off, Oliver Bridge, founder of men's shaving supplies and toiletries business Cornerstone and his mentor and growth adviser, Richard Fifield, discuss how surrounding your business with support gives it the best chance to thrive. To find out more, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastHuge thanks to audio and podcast production service, Podraffi, for recording and editing this podcast.  | |||
| 07 Mar 2018 | Series two, episode two: Changing lives & getting stocked by big businesses | 00:20:16 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. Next up, Simon Coley, co-founder of Karma Cola, discusses his Fairtrade drinks brand which gives part of the proceeds to organic cane sugar and real cola nut farmers in Sierra Leone. He also discusses how he got stocked in major retailers and restaurants. To find out more, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastHuge thanks to audio and podcast production service, Podraffi, for recording and editing this podcast.  | |||
| 14 Mar 2018 | Series two, episode three: Building a world class team | 00:14:32 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. Next up, Gary Turner, UK managing director at Xero, discusses how to build a world class workforce for your business. To find out more, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastHuge thanks to audio and podcast production service, Podraffi, for recording and editing this podcast.  | |||
| 21 Mar 2018 | Series two, episode four: How a Hackney brand took on the world and is winning | 00:18:25 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. Next up, Jacqui Ma, Enterprise Nation member and founder of Goodordering, discusses building a global start-up. To find out more, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastHuge thanks to audio and podcast production service, Podraffi, for recording and editing this podcast.  | |||
| 28 Mar 2018 | Series two, episode five: What makes great businesses great | 00:18:47 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. Next up, Peter Czapp, co-founder of The Wow Company, discusses data, measuring performance and the characteristics of great businesses. To find out more, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastHuge thanks to audio and podcast production service, Podraffi, for recording and editing this podcast.  | |||
| 04 Apr 2018 | Series two, episode six: Getting small businesses financially fit | 00:12:42 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. Next up, Ed Sanford from accountancy firm Chaddesley Sanford discusses accounting best practices for small businesses. To find out more, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastHuge thanks to audio and podcast production service, Podraffi, for recording and editing this podcast.  | |||
| 11 Apr 2018 | Series two, episode seven: How to access alternative finance | 00:12:09 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. Next up, Anil Stocker, co-founder of MarketInvoice, discusses alternative finance and growing his own business from three co-founders in 2011 to a team of over 100. To find out more, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastHuge thanks to audio and podcast production service, Podraffi, for recording and editing this podcast.  | |||
| 18 Apr 2018 | Series two, episode eight: Steal the show with SEO | 00:16:47 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. Next up, Enterprise Nation member Jamie Hewitt from Rocketship WP shares tips for getting your website high up the search engine rankings. To find out more, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastHuge thanks to audio and podcast production service, Podraffi, for recording and editing this podcast.  | |||
| 25 Apr 2018 | Series two, episode nine: 'We want to build the biggest brand in the world' | 00:14:00 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. Next up, James Gold tells the inspiring story of fashion accessory brand Skinnydip London. He discusses its growth from an idea to selling through ASOS, Urban Outfitters, Selfridges and Top Shop and more plus his very ambitious plans to expand across the world. To find out more, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastHuge thanks to audio and podcast production service, Podraffi, for recording and editing this podcast.  | |||
| 02 May 2018 | Series two, episode 10: Rebel with a cause | 00:14:26 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. Next up, Adam Thompson, commercial director at plant-based organic food and drink brand Rebel Kitchen, discusses running a for profit brand with strong sustainable values. He also talks about supplying products to major retailers including Waitrose and Sainsbury's and advertising the brand on the London Underground. To find out more, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastHuge thanks to audio and podcast production service, Podraffi, for recording and editing this podcast.  | |||
| 09 May 2018 | Series two, episode 11: Show me the money! How to get an investor | 00:15:21 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. Next up, Jenny Tooth, CEO of the UK Business Angels Association, the trade body for angel and early stage investing, discusses the ins and outs of finding and working with an angel investor based on over 20 years' experience of facilitating access to investment for SMEs. To find out more, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastHuge thanks to audio and podcast production service, Podraffi, for recording and editing this podcast.  | |||
| 16 May 2018 | Series two, episode 12: 'The pizza tracker for massage therapists' | 00:12:18 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. Next up, Giles Williams, co-founder of Urban Massage, discusses the inspirational story of his on-demand massage booking platform. To find out more, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastHuge thanks to audio and podcast production service, Podraffi, for recording and editing this podcast.  | |||
| 08 Aug 2018 | S3 E1: Why entrepreneurs should be more pirate | 00:26:57 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation and powered by Xero is back for series three! Each week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones MBE speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. To kick off, we have a revealing interview with social entrepreneur Sam Conniff Allende who discusses his entrepreneurial journey from a business during the nightclub boom at the start of the millennium, suffering death threats and massive debt to growing a digital agency with a conscience and writing his book, Be More Pirate, which reveals how the radical strategies of pirates provide solutions for making your mark on the 21st century. To find out more, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastThis podcast was recorded and edited by audio and podcast production service, Podraffi.  | |||
| 15 Aug 2018 | S3 E2: Building the UK's number one health and fitness podcast | 00:13:49 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. Next up is Ben Coomber, a man who used to be obese and suffered with IBS, ADHD, Eczema and Asthma. He went on to lose five stone of fat and put on three stone of muscle and created Ben Coomber Radio, which is now the UK’s number one rated health and fitness podcast. He has also worked with major UK companies like Twinning’s Tea, O2 and Sky TV, is a keynote speaker on fitness issues and has coached thousands of people via his Fat Loss for Life programme. To find out more about the Small Business Sessions, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastThis podcast was recorded and edited by audio and podcast production service, Podraffi.  | |||
| 21 Aug 2018 | S3 E3: Forecasting your future and growing a business that lasts | 00:14:09 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. In this episode, Hannah Dawson, founder of forecasting and reporting platform Futrli, discusses how having a strong understanding of your numbers gives business owners confidence in where they’ve been, how they are operating today and where they're going. She also discusses how has grown her own business, her plans for going global and where she turns for support. To find out more about the Small Business Sessions, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastThis podcast was recorded and edited by audio and podcast production service, Podraffi.  | |||
| 29 Aug 2018 | S3 E4: How to take your business global with online marketplaces | 00:15:26 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. In this episode, Paul Grey, co-founder of A2X, joins us from New Zealand to share very useful insights from his decade of experience doing it himself and helping thousands of other business owners sell products to customers around the world through online marketplaces like Amazon and eBay. To find out more about the Small Business Sessions, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastThis podcast was recorded and edited by audio and podcast production service, Podraffi.  | |||
| 05 Sep 2018 | S3 E5: Building a £500m workplace giant | 00:19:21 | |
The Small Business Sessions from Enterprise Nation is back and powered by Xero. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. Charlie Green and Olly Olsen worked for serviced office properties but recognised that the industry needed a modern shake-up. That change is now The Office Group, which has over 15,000 members working across 33 buildings, 31 of which are in London, with six more due to open next year. In this podcast, Charlie and Olly discuss how community has always been at the heart of the business, their tips for running a business with a friend and why they decided to sell the company for £500m. To find out more about the Small Business Sessions, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastThis podcast was recorded and edited by audio and podcast production service, Podraffi.  | |||
| 12 Sep 2018 | S3 E6: Can artificial intelligence really transform your small business? | 00:19:27 | |
The Small Business Sessions podcast from Enterprise Nation and powered by Xero is back for another inspiring episode. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. This week we look at artificial intelligence. Everyone is talking about AI but what is it, why do you need to know about it and how can it help your small business? Gary Turner, Xero co-founder and UK chief executive, answers those questions and argues why despite concerns over the rise of AI, automation can sit alongside humanisation. To find out more about the Small Business Sessions, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastThis podcast was recorded and edited by audio and podcast production service, Podraffi.  | |||
| 19 Sep 2018 | S3 E7: Data do's and don'ts: GDPR is here so what happens now? | 00:14:41 | |
The Small Business Sessions podcast from Enterprise Nation and powered by Xero is back for another inspiring episode. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. It was hard to avoid the term 'GDPR' earlier this year. New European regulations governing the way businesses manage data were headline news and we all got very used to those 'please stay on our mailing list' emails! Four months on, we catch up with Enterprise Nation members Alice Stephenson from Stephenson Law and Gerrard Fisher from Astrid Data Protection for tips on what happens now that GDPR is with us.To find out more about the Small Business Sessions, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastThis podcast was recorded and edited by audio and podcast production service, Podraffi.  | |||
| 26 Sep 2018 | S3 E8: The man helping your business get paid on time | 00:17:05 | |
The Small Business Sessions podcast from Enterprise Nation and powered by Xero is back for another inspiring episode. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. This week we look at the massive issue for small businesses of late payment. We're joined by Paul Uppal, the small business commissioner appointed by the government to help small businesses deal with tardy payers. To find out more about the Small Business Sessions, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastThis podcast was recorded and edited by audio and podcast production service, Podraffi.  | |||
| 03 Oct 2018 | S3 E9: Making sales, battling business rates and why two founders are better than one | 00:15:56 | |
The Small Business Sessions podcast from Enterprise Nation and powered by Xero is back for another inspiring episode. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. This week we meet Lacey Hunter Felton and Nico Bonfiglioli, co-founders of The Hunter Collective, a unique co-working salon studio and event space in London for freelance beauty and fashion experts. We're also joined by Helen Prowse from Square, the company set up by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey that takes the drama out of taking payments. Together with Emma Jones they discuss taking payments, making sales and how technology can help you do it. Lacey and Nico also discuss the impact of massive increases in business rates and the benefits of two founders with different skills and personalities. To find out more about the Small Business Sessions, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastThis podcast was recorded and edited by audio and podcast production service, Podraffi.  | |||
| 09 Oct 2018 | S3 E10: The state of Britain's small business economy in real time | 00:14:24 | |
The Small Business Sessions podcast from Enterprise Nation and powered by Xero is back for another inspiring episode. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. This week, Xero co-founder Gary Turner discusses the company's groundbreaking new Small Business Insights service which highlights from a sample of 300,000 small businesses issues such as cashflow, late payment and exports. In a fascinating conversation, he discusses issues including the average late payment period suffered by small businesses and how FTSE 350 companies are the worst offenders. The entrepreneur also explains how this valuable and groundbreaking data is being presented to government to better inform ministers on exactly how the UK's smallest businesses are operating. To find out more about the Small Business Sessions, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastThis podcast was recorded and edited by audio and podcast production service, Podraffi.  | |||
| 17 Oct 2018 | S3 E11: The tax revolution you need to know about | 00:13:53 | |
The Small Business Sessions podcast from Enterprise Nation and powered by Xero is back for another inspiring episode. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. This week, Damon Anderson from Xero and Jonathan Bareham from accountancy firm Raedan discuss the government initiative which aims to see the end of the tax return and transform the tax system by 2020. Businesses, starting with those above the VAT Threshold, are required to submit tax information digitally in an effort to make systems and businesses more efficient and deal with the £9.4bn tax revenues lost each year due to errors. An estimated 1.2m small businesses will be impacted by the initial rollout of Making Tax Digital changes next April. Around 500,000 of them are currently using spreadsheets, paper or nothing to manage their tax! If you're one of them or even if you're not tune in and start planning early! To find out more about the Small Business Sessions, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastThis podcast was recorded and edited by audio and podcast production service, Podraffi.  | |||
| 23 Oct 2018 | S3 E12: The entrepreneur who raised £57m to help people have a good kip | 00:15:45 | |
The Small Business Sessions podcast from Enterprise Nation and powered by Xero is back for another inspiring episode. Every week Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business. In the last episode of the current series of the Small Business Sessions podcast with Xero we meet Jas Bagnieowski, co-founder of mattress company Eve. Eve is a company which saw massive growth very quickly. In its first year, the business sold 11,000 mattresses and made a turnover of £3.5m. It also raised £57m, much of which came from the company going public in 2017. But the losses were high too and in July 2018, Bagnieowski quit following a profit warning after a 61% sales growth, short of the 100% growth expected. We recorded this podcast before the entrepreneur stepped down but have chosen to still release it to give insights into the early growth of the business. To find out more about the Small Business Sessions, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastThis podcast was recorded and edited by audio and podcast production service, Podraffi.  | |||
| 25 Sep 2019 | S4 E1: A mindset for growth from day one | 00:29:35 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast powered by Xero, is back! For series four, a brilliant line-up of entrepreneurs and experts share insights and inspiration on how to start and grow a brilliant business. Hosted by Enterprise Nation head of content Dan Martin, we'll be covering issues including business growth, retail, late payment, mental health and alternative finance over 12 episodes. For episode one, we're joined by Emma Jones, who launched Enterprise Nation after starting and selling a business from home after just 15 months and Anne Timpany, who built a one man band domestic plumbing business into a multi-million pound building services group. As an introduction to the subjects covered in the series, Emma and Anne discuss having a growth mindset, chasing late payments, female entrepreneurs' attitude to risk and small business owners' mental health and wellbeing. To find out more, go to https://www.enterprisenation.com/podcast  | |||
| 02 Oct 2019 | S4 E2: Making Tax Digital and choosing the perfect accountant | 00:17:39 | |
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast powered by Xero, is back for another episode. Series four, hosted by Enterprise Nation head of content Dan Martin, features a brilliant line-up of entrepreneurs and experts sharing insights and inspiration on how to start and grow a brilliant business. In episode two, Sylwia Kotarba from Accounts and Legal discusses Making Tax Digital (MTD), the government initiative which aims to see the end of the tax return and transform the tax system. Since April, businesses with turnover above the £85,000 VAT threshold have been required to submit tax information digitally in an effort to make systems and businesses more efficient and deal with the £9.4bn tax revenues lost each year due to errors.In the podcast, Kotarba explains what MTD is, what you need to do to comply and what happens if you don't. She also provides great advice on how to select the perfect accountant for your business. To find out more, go to www.enterprisenation.com/podcastUseful resources relevant to this podcast:Making Tax Digital government advice: https://buff.ly/2p98ACXEnterprise Nation Making Tax Digital hub: https://buff.ly/2oi6ZKu  | |||