How I Crushed It

By howicrushedit

Is success mainly determined by talent, hard work or luck?

Winner of the "Best Business Podcast" at the 2025 Black Podcasting Awards.

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November 02, 2023 Emmanuel Asuquo - The funniest financial expert in the UK
Emmanuel Asuquo is a Financial Adviser, author, and motivational speaker. He is also a popular TV personality who you may recognise from BBC 1 show We Are England, Channel 4 show Secret Spenders and Save Well Spend Better.

Emmanuel's book: Get Your Money Right

Twitter: @TheEmaneffectUK

Instagram: @theemaneffectuk

Website: www.emmanuelasuquo.com

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48min
October 02, 2023 Maggie Alphonsi - Rugby World Cup winner
Maggie Alphonsi is a rugby World Cup winner. She won 74 caps and scored 28 tries playing for the England national team and in 2012 was awarded an MBE for services to rugby. A columnist for the Daily Telegraph, she has been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2016 and since then has become the first former female player to be part of a TV broadcast team for a men’s Rugby World Cup and is a pundit on ITVs coverage of the current Men's Rugby World cup.

Maggie's autobiography: Winning the Fight

Twitter: @maggiealphonsi
Instagram: @maggiealphonsi

Join us at the UK Black Business Week this week for the Ultimate Celebration of Black Excellence!

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53min
October 01, 2023 Tayo Oguntonade - Property expert and TV personality
Tayo Oguntonade is a successful property investor, mortgage advisor and also a popular TV presenter. He can currently be seen on the BAFTA award-winning Great House Giveaway on Channel 4. He's also been featured on Channel 4 show Steph’s Packed Lunch, Rip Off Britain and Morning Live and is fast making a name for himself as a trusted property and consumer advice expert. He and his wife have also created the successful property related Youtube channel Brickzwithtipz.

Twitter:@brickzwithtipz
Instagram: @brickzwithtipz
Website: www.tayooguntonade.com/
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56min
September 07, 2023 Stephanie Boyce - President of the Law Society of England and Wales 21/22
Stephanie Boyce is a solicitor and from March 2021 to October 2022, she was President of the Law Society where she made history by becoming the sixth female, and the first person of colour to become president of the professional body. A passionate diversity champion, she has also been involved with the HM Treasury and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy taskforce to boost socio-economic diversity. She has also made the Power List 100 Most Influential Black People in the UK in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and was jointly awarded the 2022 Burberry British Diversity Awards-Inspirational Role Model of the Year

Twitter:@IStephanieBoyc1
Website: https://www.istephanieboyce.com

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52min
August 18, 2023 Jessica Hope - PR guru to the stars
Jessica Hope is an award winning PR expert and the founder and managing director of Wimbart, a London based boutique PR agency. Wimbart specializes in the African tech startup sector, with a focus on Sub Saharan Africa and the MENA region. She is a regular speaker, panelist, and mentor on Tech in Africa and has been recognised both in the UK PRWeek Powerbook 2019-23 and in the Provoke EMEA “Innovators to Watch” 2021 list. In 2023 she was named BME PR PRos' Founder of the Year and Wimbart was voted Agency of the Year.

Instagram: @wimbarthope
Website: https://wimbart.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-hope-wimbart/
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37min
August 01, 2023 Shannon Bono - Artist defeating the doubters
Shannon Bono is an artist and also an Associate Lecturer currently living and working in London. As well as her works being exhibited across the world, Shannon is also currently one of ten leading artists from the UK commissioned by King Charles to create portraits of ten pioneering members of the Windrush Generation.

Instagram: @bonosart_
Website: www.bono-art.com
BBC Documentary - Windrush: Portraits of a Generation
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49min
July 14, 2023 Kyle Walker - Sky Sports presenter making waves
Kyle Walker is a SJA British Sports Journalism nominated Sky Sports presenter and reporter who also regularly works for Manchester City TV, EA Sports and FIFA. On this episode he talks about growing up in Moss Side, how he got his big break in TV and what interviewing Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp is like.

Instagram: @kylewalker115
Twitter: @kylewalker115
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56min
June 27, 2023 Dr Dion Terrelonge - Fashion pioneer
On the podcast this week we speak to Dr. Dion Terrelonge who is a chartered Psychologist, a researcher and fashion stylist. She is also considered one of the pioneers of fashion psychology in the UK. In this episode we talk about Vogue departing editor Edward Enninful, how fashion tastes change as you get older and why many black women are getting into fashion psychology.

Instagram: @thefashionpsychologist_
Website: www.thefashionpsychologist.com
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59min
June 09, 2023 Tunji Akintokun MBE - Tech leader & philanthropist
On this podcast this week we speak to Tech leader and philanthropist Tunji Akintokun. He is currently a senior director and leading the UK and Ireland Marketing Solutions team at LinkedIn. A keen African contemporary art collector, and former top junior athlete he was awarded an MBE in 2018 for services to young people from ethnic minorities in Science and Technology. He explains why having good mentors and personal champions can be the most powerful thing you can do for your career

Twitter: @tunji_akintokun
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tunjiakintokun

Your Future Your Ambition
Further information about fostering in the 70's and 80's
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May 19, 2023 Keisha Thompson - Trailblazing Artistic Director
On this podcast this week we speak to Keisha Thompson who is a Manchester based writer, performance artist, mathematician and producer. Keisha is the Artistic Director and CEO of Contact theatre based in Manchester, Chair of radical arts funding body, Future’s Venture Foundation, an ITC board member and recipient of The Arts Foundation Theatre Makers Award 2021 . In this interview Keisha talks about her love of Manchester, how she got into the Arts, and what she is most proud of in becoming the Artistic Director of Contact.

Instagram: @shebekeke
Twitter: @Keke_Thom

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FAQs about How I Crushed It:

How many episodes does How I Crushed It have?

The podcast currently has 69 episodes available.