9 to when?

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9 to when? episodes

September 05, 2019Week 7. Welsh business, self-watering plants and Maya Angelou.
In this evening edition of 9 to when? Mat discusses why employed people think businesses are important, Jamie attempts to explain what happens to sound when you turn a piano on its nose, and both of them agree (for once) on whether mixing untruths into business practice is ever a good thing.
News
Small business in Wales are the UK’s most ‘community conscious’

Company reputation matters for three in four brits
Innovations
Meet the Standing Grand - a brand new piano invention

The indoor smart plants that water themselves.
Finance explained
What is Trade Credit?
Brilliant or bonkers?
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
– Maya Angelou (“Maiya Angelo”)
“My dear, the real truth always sounds improbable, do you know that? To make truth sound probable you must always mix in some falsehood with it. Men have always done so.”
– Stepan Trofimovich in Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Audio: Death of Lovers, John Hall | Opsound
39 min
August 29, 2019Week 6. Remote working, robot golf balls and Vincent Van G—
Today, Jamie talks about the National Living Wage, Mat wants an AI contact book with a camera and the most unusual of unusual names and absolutely no one can remember what exactly Michelangelo painted.
News
Four in ten small firms increasing prices due to higher wages amid calls for Low Pay Commission independence

How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely
Innovations
Robot golf ball knows where the hole is, and rolls in no matter where it’s aimed

OrCam MyMe
Finance explained
What is peer to peer lending?
Brilliant or bonkers
“I don't know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream.” ― Vincent Van Gogh

“The greater danger for most of us isn’t that our aim is too high and miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” — Michelangelo
Audio: Death of Lovers, John Hall | Opsound
34 min
August 22, 2019Week 5. Movie-making, vegan meat, and Dolly Parton
In this episode, Jamie acts out bits of Quenton Tarantino’s new movie (badly), Mat examines Amazon’s good small business behaviour, and both of them can’t agree on the business use-case for a bionic zoom lens.
News
Amazon has done more good than bad for small business

Streaming could kill UK independent film industry, experts say
Inventions
Could we all be vegan in the future?

Contact Lens That Zoom in the Blink of an Eye
Finance explained section
What’s a bridging loan?
Brilliant or bonkers
Marvin Schwarzs: So Rick, who's gonna beat the shit out of you next week? Mannix? The Man from U.N.C.L.E.? The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.? How about Batman and Robin?
[pantomimes the fight choreography]
Marvin Schwarzs: Ping! Pow! Choom! Zoom!
Down goes you,
down goes your career as a leading man.
Once upon a time in Hollywood | Bonkers
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”
- Dolly Parton | Brilliant
38 min
August 15, 2019Week 4: Missing holidays, Romeo’s bad advice and the salmon cannon
After a slight timetable change, Mat mulls over business owners too busy to go on holiday, Jamie questions the poor planning of the Post-It Note's creator, and absolutely no-one can agree if the term "bronkers" accurately describes Ernest Shackleton.
Business News
More than 500,000 SME owners 'have not had a holiday since 2014'

UK retailers demand business rate cuts to save high street stores
Innovation
Inventions that were created by accident

Why we’re all obsessed with the fish tube

Mat’s meme about the salmon cannon
Finance explained
How does a business know if it needs finance?
Quotes - brilliant or bonkers
‘Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.’ - William Shakespeare

“Loneliness is the penalty of leadership, but the man who has to make the decisions is assisted greatly if he feels that there is no uncertainty in the minds of those who follow him, and that his orders will be carried out confidently and in expectation of success.” - Ernest Shackelton
38 min
August 06, 2019Week 3: Rental clothes, hoverboards and Henry Ford
In the latest episode, Mat discusses rental caravanning and the gig economy, Jamie goes back to the future with high-flying hoverboards, the topic of merchant cash advances is casually advanced and absolutely no one seems to know what Henry Ford invented.
Show Notes:
Business News
”We've made £10k from renting caravans”

FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards 2020
Innovations
Hire calling: why rental fashion is taking off

French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses the English Channel on a flying hoverboard
Finance explained
What’s a Merchant Cash Advance?
Brilliant or bonkers?
"Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain."
- Henry Ford
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt
31 min
July 26, 2019Week 2: Spectachrome turkeys, gin and June
This week, Mat talks about how July is killing our Christmas dinner, Jamie explains how a business lets you see the world like a Wes Anderson movie, the mammoth topic of managing cash-flow is broached, and absolutely no-one can agree who said these famous inspirational quotes…

Show Notes
Hot hot Europe might result in UK shortage of turkeys for Christmas

UK experiences expectedly strong retail sales in June, kick-started by "secondhand goods at charity shops and antique dealers"

Sunglasses that let you see the world like a Wes Anderson movie

Scottish Island gets a brand new distillery after 220 years

‘Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.’
— "Winston Churchill"

'It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.'
— J. K. Rowling (or Albus Dumbledore)

Music: Death of Lovers (Acoustic), John Hall, Opsound
32 min
July 22, 2019Week 1: Fish shops, olderpreneurs, and debentures
In our inaugural episode, Jamie manages to get the name of the podcast wrong within the first 30 seconds, Mat explorer the ethics of shooting inanimate objects, there's a bit of business news – Richard Branson gets the okay, but Jeff Bezos doesn't. We're still learning, so please send (constructive) feedback to [email protected] or visit iwoca.co.uk/insights for more even more small business news and features.
Show Notes
Business news
Fish and chip restaurant closes because the owners don't believe in fishing anymore

The UK's first parcel postboxes are launched - good for small businesses?

Are Instagrammable vegan chocolate lollies a clever idea or a cynical marketing ploy?

From selling vaping kit to creating a senior dating scene: meet the UK's 'olderpreneurs'
Finance explained
Just what the hell is a debenture?
Sayings/mantras
“A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well—Jeff Bezos
“If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later”—Richard Branson

Music: Death of Lovers (Acoustic), John Hall, Opsound
31 min

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