In this week's episode we have Bejay Mulenga MBE, who is the founder of the training, recruitment and development company, Supa Network where he has worked with brands such as Apple, Google, Amazon, Sony Music, Uber, Coca-Cola, Facebook, Nike and much more.

In this episode we discuss:

- Bejay's creating his first business at 14 and earning £200k at 18

- Building a training business and working with Facebook and Apple

- Why you shouldn't quit your job too soon for a business

- How Bejay generated £5 million with his business

- How to overcome mental obstacles as an entrepreneur

- Lessons from 15 years of business and much more

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Preview

1:10 - Intro

1:46 - Meet Creative Entrepreneur Bejay Mulenga MBE

7:04 - Growing up in East London 

12:16 - Tide Ad

13:40 - Creating my first business at 14

16:23 - Making over £200k at 18

23:08 - Working with Facebook in 2017 

25:16 - How to work with brands like Facebook, Apple etc 

27:40 - Success has many fathers 

33:25 - The importance of patience

35:04 - Creating the UK’s first pop up market

36:10 - How Bejay achieved so much at 19

39:36 - I’ve never been comfortable in business!

48:13 - Building an influencer marketing platform at 22

52:29 - Don’t leave your job to start a business!

58:11 - How I generated £5 million in revenue in 10 years

1:01:12 - Why I continue to show up even after 15 years of business

1:04:23 - What next set of problems could society have

1:07:57 - Key lessons from 15 years of business

1:12:23 - Overcoming mental obstacles

1:18:37 - What mistake would I change ?

1:23:53 - Inspiration for wanting to help people with their health

1:27:25 - How I’m helping people with their health

1:32:19 - Advice to new entrepreneurs

1:34:38 - Final words

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