What happens when you quit accounting, stumble into the internet boom, and accidentally build one of the UK’s first online bingo empires? In this episode of The Launch Podcast, Phil Fraser, founder of the Leeds Business Podcast and online gaming veteran, shares how he went from clueless graduate to digital trailblazer—bootstrapping a business from his living room to a multi-million pound exit.

💡 Learn about:

Making bold career pivots (and surviving them)

The early days of online gaming and affiliate marketing

Navigating hiring, culture, and painful layoffs

How to sell a business and actually walk away

Building a business around lifestyle vs scale

This is real talk from someone who's been through it all—no fluff, just valuable insight for anyone building or scaling a startup.