Chris Jones is a successful business owner with multiple companies in Oxfordshire. He founded Boys and Girls Promotions, an event staffing agency, Events Boards Oxford, which creates step and repeat boards for events, and Generator Hire Oxford, which provides mini generators for events.

In this episode of The Wise Why, Chris talks about his entrepreneurial journey and challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic. He shares his insights and wisdom as a seasoned entrepreneur, particularly in sales and business development. He also talks about the challenges his company faced during the COVID-19 lockdown and their plans with other events industry companies to enable a swift return to business when the rules changed.

Listen to this episode to learn more about Chris Jones and his work in the events industry.

Episode 48 The Wise Why - Chris Jones and Kirsty van den Bulk - Chapters

00:00 Hello and welcome to The Wise Why

00:25 Chris Jones says hello

02:15 Leaving a salaried job

04:13 Gloo and Boys and Girls

06:28 Accidental Entrepreneur

07:57 learning to adapt

09:23 The hidden events staff

10:42 Stoner House, Blenheim Palace, and Hillary Clinton

12:29 Life in events

14:28 Covid-19

21:00 Getting back to normal

23:48 Clubhouse and forever learning

25:35 feel the fear and do it anyway

26:16 Inspired by people

30:38 Always ask the silly question

32:01 You are on Your own journey

33:58 Resilience

35:23 Audience comments

36:15 Question to Kirsty

37:51 You smiled all the way through that

38:42 Seed money

39:32 Close

Contact Chris:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/boys...  / boysandgirlspromotions  https://www.instagram.com/boysandgirl...  / bagpoxford  #empowerment #events #videopodcast