This week, Jamie talks to Aimée Ramos, owner of GoodEye Vintage (https://goodeyemarket.com/) about her attempt to put a stop to fast fashion. They discuss growing up in New York, tarot card readings and her biggest business challenges.

In a special edition of 9 to when? Jamie surprises Mat with a Christmas quiz (how many festive businesses can you guess are real or fake?), they discuss employees taking the pee with excessive toilet breaks, and both can’t decide if small business owners should be more Santa or more Scrooge.

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Music by:

Death of Lovers by John Hall

Christmas by Blowfelt

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In this episode, Jamie chats with William Adoasi of Vitae London, a unique watch company that doesn't break the bank. Vitae is Latin for life, and the business' aim is to be the fashion brand changing lives: for every watch they sell, they help support a child in sub-saharan Africa through education. Find out more at https://vitaelondon.com/. 

In the latest episode, Jamie talks about extreme capitalism and whether a business should always have a social purpose, Mat looks at a new invention to charge your phone on the go – from your head – and they both geek out over Lord of the Rings, but get a bit stuck on how it best relates to small business. 

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“All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.”

– J.R.R. Tolkien

Today, Jamie chats with David Brear of 11:FS, a challenger consultancy with big plans to revolutionise the world of digital banking. 

Mat and Jamie reunite to talk about start up funding options, slick new channels for social media pioneers to explore, concluding with an all round discussion about the merits of what Eminem thinks about his past.

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“People can try to reinvent themselves. I don’t think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you’ve done up to now.”

– Eminem

This week on the podcast Jamie interviews founder of Vurchoo Jewellery, Alex Angel–Benscher. Alex runs an ethical jewellery company that takes designs from drawings done by children in Rwanda, Guatemala, India and Cambodia, and turns them into beautiful jewellery. Alex kindly gave listeners 15% off anything on his website so go and check it out as he has some really great pieces. His website is: 

Read the article here: https://www.iwoca.co.uk/finance-explained/business-crowdfunding/

In an after-hours special, Jamie explains word of mouth marketing for small businesses, Mat goes growth, growth, growth with the government’s new grant and they both look into one very specific line of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, but are they overthinking it?

“And thus the native hue of resolution

Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,”

— Hamlet

Read the article here: https://www.iwoca.co.uk/finance-explained/small-business-grants/