Joining us in the booth this week is Adam, founder of BeardGang Members, where he's created beard products for men.

This episode includes:

- Quitting football and working in the investment industry

- How he managed to sell 50,000+ beard products

- Details behind his “£25,000” TFL bus advert

- Why he set up his own record label, working with his artist A1 Rico and much more!

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Preview

01:18 - Take Off Into

01:53 - Why Inflation is out of control!

06:51 - Into to Adam

08:22 - My mum didn’t want me to go school in Tottenham!

10:50 - I don’t like authority!

13:08 - I always wanted to be rich

16:49 - Harry Redknapp watched me play football

20:11 - Football robs you of your youth!

22:28 - Working for a dodgy investment company promising £100k

26:24 - They weren’t trying to make clients any money!

28:32 - Being a trainee in a financial institution is demeaning!

32:51 - Spending £5000 on a sample for 1st business

35:08 - The birth of BeardGang members

36:38 - Spending £10,000 on a marketing course!

39:14 - Creating my first product!

42:16 - Selling 50,000+ products

45:23 - Spending £25,000 on TFL buses

49:51 - Starting a record label!

56:22 - A1 Rico is better than Central Cee and Stormzy

01:00:38 - Advice for starting an e-commerce business

01:04:26 - Final words

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