In this final episode of this 3-part series, I speak about senior hires and the most important thing to find when bringing people into your business. This is a must-listen for anyone who is thinking of hiring, or has hired and wants to learn

How to make your first hires (part 2 of 3)

Sep 9th, 2020 18m 20s

Throughout August, I received a lot of questions around hiring. The topic and answer deserves a lot of detail, and last week I started to go into it on what was the first of a 3-part episode run on how to hire for scaling a business, and here

How to make your first hires (part 1 of 3)

Sep 2nd, 2020 16m 22s

Without question, one of the most important factors in the success of any business is your ability to hire the right people. With this being such an important topic, I wanted to cover it in depth and have made this a 3-part episode, with the f

Dealing with mental health in entrepreneurship (part 2 of 2)

Aug 5th, 2020 16m 10s

Last week I spoke about mental health in business, and the question deserved an in-depth answer, so I decided to make it a two-part episode. Hopefully sharing these thoughts and my story will help somebody in some way, that’s the reason for do

Dealing with mental health in entrepreneurship (part 1 of 2)

Jul 29th, 2020 13m 54s

Building a business, especially bootstrapping, can bring a pressure, stress and loneliness that will test any human at times. When you’re flying high and things are going great, it’s all roses but it’s impossible in any business to not have mo

Customer acquisition strategies for bootstrapped or low budget companies

Jul 15th, 2020 26m

Last week I was asked the question about what customer acquisition strategies I’ve used and what my advice would be to bootstrapped brands. I shared some stories of the early days of how we did it at Myprotein® and I felt I had a lot more to sa

How I acquired my first customers with the start-up Myprotein® with a small budget

Jul 8th, 2020 18m 54s

If you’re bootstrapping a business or starting with a small budget, you need to be smart with how you get your first customers, and the ways that you approach it can make or break your early years. I wanted to share how I approached acquiring o

The importance of self-reflection in business

Jul 1st, 2020 9m 22s

Self-reflection is something that has come to me later in my journey. I was always head down in the business and it's by stepping away and taking the time that I’m able to reflect properly, and it’s led to some interesting thoughts and been key

How I came up with the idea for Myprotein®

Jun 24th, 2020 12m 31s

This question gets asked often and I wanted to start to dive into what the initial ‘eureka!’ moment was that led to Myprotein®. Whilst I’m documenting this story in full currently through writing my first book (due Spring ‘21), I wanted to touc

My advice if you’re looking to take investment

Jun 17th, 2020 13m 6s

Overdrafts, loans, angel investors, crowdfunding, private equity. When launching or growing a business, the decision on how to finance it is the most important you’ll ever make. It can mean the difference between surviving and thriving, but can

Are all the startup opportunities finished?

Jun 10th, 2020 16m 29s

When I founded Myprotein, I used a £500 overdraft and a garage floor. In this episode, I discuss what I learnt during that time and my three key components to starting out. I also consider whether I believe the business would be as successful i

How has COVID-19 fundamentally changed business?

Jun 10th, 2020 11m 17s

This episode comes at a time when the global economy is shifting into unknown territory. The Coronavirus pandemic has changed the way business operates, and for many, the impact it has had will mean almost certain failure. There is not one sect

Why I’m starting a podcast

Jun 10th, 2020 11m 37s

This episode is very much the beginning of my journey, and a personal insight into why I wanted to start this podcast. When I first launched Myprotein, I had so many questions and although it eventually proved a huge success, I made plenty of m