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Leeds Business Podcast

On the Leeds Business podcast I chat to inspiring, fascinating and super-impressive Leeds Business Owners, lifting the lid on their own unique personal business journeys; the ups, the downs, the successes and the failures and their own secret sauce. We also get a unique ‘how to…’ from each guest, to assist you on your own business journey. In addition we speak the city’s movers and shakers, and specialists on everything business related. I’m speaking to Founders who have sold their business for

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52:23

I've built 10 £1m+ businesses - Nigel Botterill,...

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2024/03/27

This week we speak to Nigel Botterill, Founder of Entrepreneurs Circle.Nigel tells us why bootstrapping is the WRONG way to run a business, how incompetence launched his most successful business, the day he found £500k missing from his business bank account and the bedroom business that went multi-million pound in months.He also gives a 'how to' that, to quote Nigel, is "the most powerful 'how to' that you have ever had on the podcast." INTRODUCING NIGEL BOTTERILLNigel Botterill - serial

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49:15

Start up to £mm sale in 7 years - Alistair Maiden,...

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2024/03/20

In this week’s episode we talk to Alistair Maiden, founder of legal tech company, Syke.Hear business tales and learnings from the legendary Ken Morrison, Alistair’s eureka moment for the business, how the business grew to an eventual multi-million pound sale in the US plus the hard changes that needed to take place after sale.Plus, what’s it like buying an abattoir?INTRODUCING ALISTAIR MAIDENAlistair began his career as a lawyer, practising commercial and technology law for several years. Whilst

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36:28

How to win at property development - Christine...

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2024/03/13

In this week’s episode we speak to local property developer and interior designer, Christine Yorath. Christine talks us through her property career, plus how she started a skincare business when returning from Vancouver, the almost accidental launch of a successful property letting business and teaches us how to avoid getting stabbed in the back in the office.INTRODUCING CHRISTINE YORATHChristine Yorath is an interior designer, property developer and consultant to property developers. She was

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32:19

How to grow your business by acquisition with Jon...

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2024/03/06

If you’ve ever considered, or want to learn more about, growing your business by acquisition, you’ll want to listen to this week’s guest, Jon Graves, Founder & CEO of Northern Telecom. Jon has grown his business by 7-fold in three years via 13 acquisitions. In part two of our discussion Jon shares with us some of the good, and bad, acquisitions that he’s done, talks us through the need to systemise his pre-pack DD, discusses the difficulties and processes in integrating acquisitions and then

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36:45

Jon Graves - Founder & CEO, Northern Telecom (growth...

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2024/02/28

If you’ve ever considered, or want to learn more about, growing your business by acquisition, you’ll want to listen to this week’s guest, Jon Graves, Founder & CEO of Northern Telecom. Jon has grown his business by 7-fold in three years via 13 acquisitions.Jon tells us all about his acquisition strategy, shares the learnings from some of his early mistakes and gives us all a great ‘how to’ when it comes to buying businesses via a pre-pack.He also tells us about his ultimately disastrous purchase

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42:49

Jamie Bentley - CEO, Stephenson Personal Care

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2024/02/21

In this week’s episode we speak to Jamie Bentley, CEO of Stephenson Personal Care.Jamie tells us all about how it feels to take over as fifth generation in a family firm, selling in the states looking like a cross between Tim Nice-but-Dim and Hugh Grant, the feeling when landing your first million dollar deal and how a brilliant ‘train set’ analogy sparked his Eureka moment.Plus he tells us about a great opportunity to get MBA students to work on your new business idea.INTRODUCING JAMIE

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35:37

Chris Bax - Co-Founder, Bax Botanics

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2024/02/14

Chris Bax, co-founder of Bax Botanics, tells us how this ‘professional tree-hugger’ husband & wife team launched an outdoor experiential business, and then their award-winning alcohol-free gin-like drink. You get to meet Ebenezer, Edith and Hefzibah and hear how Chris feels that getting liquid on lips is the toughest part of the business, along with a great piece of advice in the ‘How to’.You’ll have to listen up to find out who the Hollywood A list actor was that Chris failed to recognise when

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36:01

Carrie Rose - Founder, Rise At Seven (the growth &...

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2024/02/07

In part two of her interview Carrie Rose of Rise At Seven discusses the exit of her co-founder, re-structuring the business to reflect the aim of generating demand and then capturing demand, bringing a management and support team in, establishing an American office, a basic ‘how to’ to improve your company’s SEO and Carrie’s key learnings from her business journey.INTRODUCING CARRIE ROSECarrie Rose, is founder and CEO of one of the fastest growing agencies in the UK & US - search-first creative

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39:39

Carrie Rose - Founder, Rise At Seven (the rise and...

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2024/01/31

Hear how Carrie Rose went from launch to £7.2m turnover in four years, winning 80 awards in two years on the way, how she turned down Lord Sugar, the importance of brand and company culture, the importance of processes and systems, the issues she encountered managing exponential growth and how she copes with managing staff older than herself.There's also a great 'how to', in building your own personal brand.INTRODUCING CARRIE ROSECarrie Rose, is founder and CEO of one of the fastest growing agencies

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30:35

Jamie Peacock - Rugby League legend and motivational...

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2024/01/24

What does it feel like when you’re the best in the world at something, and then can’t do that anymore? In this week's episode we speak to Rugby League legend Jamie Peacock MBE, who is now a business coach and motivational speaker.Jamie tells us how the skills and habits that took him to the top of the tree can help you in your business, how captaining a team helps with presentation skills and he shares with us how to build confidence (and dealing with Imposter Syndrome) amongst other great

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44:16

Michael Michaelson - ex-CEO, CLC Finance

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2024/01/17

What does it feel like when you’re moved out of the family business that you’ve run for 25 years? In this week's episode we speak to Michael Michaelson ex-CEO of CLC finance.Michael, very candidly, talks us through what he calls his ‘rags to riches to rags story, how the banks caused him ‘2 years of hell’ and how difficult it can be to finally let go.He talks to us about the importance of people and communicating in the business world plus there’s a great ‘How to’ when it comes to dealing with a

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52:24

Zandra Moore - Co-Founder and CEO, Panintelligence

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2024/01/10

In this week's episode we speak to Zandra Moore, CEO of PanIntelligence.Zandra shares with us a super cheap and really effective marketing tactic that she used and that can get your business noticed, the triggers that brought about a successful Series A funding round, why she didn’t change her business card when she was promoted to CEO, the key role an incubator played in her journey and the need for support and structures for female founders.Plus there’s a great ‘How to’ when it comes to taking a

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31:49

2023 Highlights - Part 2

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2024/01/03

For this week's episode, we took the time to look at the highlights from episodes 11 - 20.£20m businesses crashing.... identifying the perfect business.... an amazing new business pitch.... how to be a great boss.... drug-dealing arrests and more....There are some great learnings and fascinating business tales.If you've not yet listened to an episode, or have but missed a few, give this one a listen. Have a watch or listen;If you'd like to listen to, or watch, the whole episode of any of the guests

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35:26

2023 Highlights - Part 1

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2023/12/27

For this week's episode, we took the time to look at the highlights from episodes 1-10.Perfect business plans.... the Simon Cowell effect.... bootstrapping.... how to run a tech project when you're not a techie.... 'tweaking' pre-launch customer research... not being first to market... the problems of Brexit and more....There are some great learnings and fascinating business tales.If you've not yet listened to an episode, or have but missed a few, give this one a listen. Have a watch or listen;If

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38:04

Alex Craven - CEO & Co-Founder Data City

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2023/12/20

In this week's episode we speak to Alex Craven, CEO and Co-founder, founder of The Data City.Alex tells us about the sale of Bloom Agency, the harsh lessons learnt when selling a business, how and why the business sale went so badly wrong, half a million pounds worth of contracts without trying with his new business, data City and how ADHD and the risks it encouraged affected Alex’s business journeyINTRODUCING ALEX CRAVENAlex founded a digital agency and MarTech company in 1999 and sold in 2016,

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27:55

Alex Craven - ex-Founder, Bloom Agency

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2023/12/13

In this week's episode we speak to Alex Craven, ex-Founder of Bloom Agency and now CEO and co-founder of The Data City.Alex tells us about the launch of his first business, Bloom Agency, one of the first digital businesses in the UK, what Alex describes as a mind-bending receivership meeting, getting rid of 385/400 clients and the huge growth triggered by 2008 financial crash.INTRODUCING ALEX CRAVENAlex founded a digital agency and MarTech company in 1999 and sold in 2016, Alex has been

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44:19

Russell Bisset - Founder, Northern Monk

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2023/12/06

In this week's episode we speak to Russell Bisset, founder of Northern Monk brewery.Russell explains to us the key role his Grandmother played in launching the business, the importance of collaboration in business, particularly in the early days and the different challenges that direct to customer, off-trade and on-trade bring. He also shares with us his ‘Apprentice Challenge’ solution to big business problems.And he explains how a focused brand positioning can help your business to

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43:09

Martin Wolstencroft - Founder, ARC Inspirations

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2023/11/15

This week we speak to Martin Wolstencroft, Founder & CEO of the company behind Banyan, Manahatta or Box.Amongst other things, Martin discusses the four features you must have to ensure your business is a success. He also tells us how he re-mortgaged his house and put EVERYTHING on the line to launch his first bar in Headingley, why and how he streamlined 10 different bars into three distinct but complimentary brands, his advice, and questions, for anyone wanting to run their own business and

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51:08

Jacob Hill - MD, Offploy

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2023/11/08

In this week’s podcast we meet Jacob Hill, MD of Offploy. Jacob tells us all about his start-up at the age of 19 that brought him business awards and £300,000 of angel investment but also talks about the mistakes made that brought it all crashing down.He then shares with us the story of his arrest and subsequent prison sentence that changed his life forever, and the positives that have subsequently come from it.He also explains how you can access a pool of top quality staff with exceptional levels

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44:55

Lee-J Walker - Joint MD, TheBusinessDesk.com

Leeds Business Podcast ·

2023/11/01

In this week's episode we speak to Lee-J Walker, joint MD at TheBusinessDesk.com.Lee explains to us the essential business skills learnt from being an engineer AND an army reservist, the importance of understanding different cultures when doing business internationally and, from his own experiences, what to look out for when doing an MBO.He also tells us why 3.5million people per year read the BusinessDesk.com, what their business mode is (its ACE by the way), and how The Business Desk was affected

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