In The Business

If you have ever thought “What the hell do I do with my life?” and felt like uni is your only option, this episode is for you.

Harrison and Tom sit down with India Elsom, founder of Engaged Social Media and Marketing, to answer real questions about life after school. They cover feeling stuck, whether uni is actually right for you, how gap years and work experience really play out, and what kind of person should choose uni, apprenticeships or going straight into business.

We also dig into the brutal realities of why confidence often matters more than grades, how to start a business while at uni, whether you should get a job first, and in the grand scheme of things how much A levels actually matter compared to real experience.

Gavin Bell (who sold his company last year) breaks down you questions about “How do you sell a business?”

You’ll learn:

• Where buyers come from (and why “list it on a site” usually brings time-wasters)

• How businesses get valued (EBITDA multiples, revenue multiples, net profit)

• How to push your multiple up by building what acquirers want (team, systems, lower risk)

• The earn-out trap and how to protect yourself with clear expectations + scenario planning

• When to start preparing (hint: way earlier than you think)

Charlotte Giddings didn’t start a brownie empire because she wanted to. She started it because she had no other choice.

During lockdown, with £2 left,a startup loan hanging over her, and no way to open her café, she made one decision that changed everything: “If I make 50p today, it’s 50p more thanyesterday.”

In this episode, Charlotte reveals:

·       How a single Facebook post turned into a nationwide brownie brand

·       Why she refused to compromise on quality even when she was broke

·       The brutal reality of building a business with kids, debt and no plan B

·       How she bounced back from delivery disasters, eaten parcels, and constant setbacks

·       Why standing out today means building a brand,not a product

·       The power of personality, story and authenticity in e-commerce

·       And how she landed multiple TV appearances, including ITV’s Be Your Own Boss

This is the raw, unfiltered truth of what it actually takes tocreate something from nothing; resilience, identity, obsession, and refusing to quit when everyone else would.

If you’re building a business and feel like you’re running outof options, this episode is going to hit you hard.

In this episode, Paul Avins breaks down exactly why the school system fails entrepreneurs, why the UK culture holds back ambition, and how to build the mindset required to scale a business in today’s world.

Paul reveals the truth about entrepreneurship, from overcoming fear and scarcity thinking to understanding leverage, building a network, and using AI to grow faster than ever. If you want to learn how top founders think, how million pound businesses are built, and how to escape the limits of your environment, this episode delivers real answers.

Perfect for anyone searching for content on entrepreneurship, success mindset, business growth, sales skills, LinkedIn strategy, AI skills, scaling companies, and UK vs US culture around ambition.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Why the school system is not designed for entrepreneurs

• How UK culture kills ambition compared to the US

• The mindset difference between people who scale and people who stay stuck

• Why only 7 percent of entrepreneurs ever reach one million in revenue

• How to build an abundance mindset and remove fear based thinking

• The importance of environment, network, and peer group

• How to use leverage to grow a business faster

• Why sales and marketing skills are essential for founders

• How LinkedIn creates real opportunities for young entrepreneurs

• Why AI skills and prompt engineering will become the highest paid skills

• What separates a one million business from a ten million business

• How successful founders think about risk, opportunity and timing

If you searched for how to start a business, how to scale a company, how to improve your mindset, how to grow on LinkedIn or why use AI to gain an advantage, this episode is for you.

In this episode, we sit down with Josh Robinson, founder of LMSUK, a global entertainment brand built on helping creatives turn their art into a real, sustainable business.Josh shares how he went from sneaking backstage at festivals as a teenager to running a company that works with artists, producers, and creators across the world. His journey shows what’s possible when creativity meets practicality, and why most talented people still struggle to turn their passion into income.We talk about what artists get wrong about success, why emotion beats logic in marketing, and how to build a career in the music and creative industries without waiting for permission. Josh also breaks down why failure helped him grow, how LMSUK scaled internationally, and the mindset shift that separates professional creatives from hobbyists.If you’re a creative, founder, or anyone trying to build something from scratch, this episode will give you a blueprint for turning passion into a business.

In this episode, Alex breaks down why most young entrepreneurs sabotage themselves, why talking to real customers beats every marketing playbook, how loneliness destroys early-stage founders, and why your network the decides whether you actually make progress or just look busy online.

Small business owners jump on Reddit every day asking the same thing:“Why is everything in my business so slow, messy, and chaotic?”In this episode of Reddit Asks In The Business, we put the internet’s most-asked questions straight to Andy Skinner, a Lean Six Sigma specialist who fixes broken processes, removes waste, and helps businesses run like actual businesses. Not duct-taped chaos machines.From admin overload and bad onboarding systems, to pointless automation, broken CRMs, messy accounting, and the bottlenecks that kill growth… Andy breaks down your questions on how to spot the real problems, where the waste is hiding, and what to fix first.

Steve Chadwick spent 40 years in the corporate world before turning his focus to helping business owners master their mindset. In this episode he shares why most founders feel trapped by the very business they built, how to shift from “I have to” to “I choose to,” and why great leaders delegate not dominate.We get into the Reticular Activating System, your brain’s internal filter, how to reprogram your thinking to spot opportunities instead of obstacles, and why talking openly about stress isn’t weakness, it’s leadership.If you’re burning out, over controlling everything, or stuck in “I’ll do it all myself” mode, this episode will hit hard.You’ll get:• How to train your mind to back you, not block you• The power of “I choose to,” regaining control over your business and life• Real leadership lessons from managing 400 plus people• Why confidence starts with self acceptance, not fake bravado• How to build teams that actually believe in the missionReal mindset tools from someone who’s lived both sides.

In this episode we sit down with Ian March, a mindset and hypnosis coach who helps entrepreneurs regulate their nervous system and rebuild calm from the inside out.

Ian breaks down what happens when you lose control under pressure and how simple breathing techniques can instantly reset your body and mind. He explains the power of meditation, visualisation, and posture in building real confidence and why separating your identity from business outcomes is the key to staying grounded.

If you’re running a business and constantly operating in fight or flight, this one will hit home.

You’ll get:

• A proven breathing technique to calm your system in seconds

• How to use meditation and visualisation to stay centred

• The link between posture and confidence

• Why your self worth shouldn’t rise and fall with results

• How hypnosis actually works and why it’s not “woo woo”

Stillness isn’t weakness. It’s control.

Rohan (Plannex) breaks down how to win by going tighter, not broader, serving a defined niche (financial planners) and shipping before you overthink. We get into why the best companies start microscopically small, how to turn a community into real world events, and why “just do it” isn’t a slogan, it’s the operating system. If you’re still polishing the plan six months later, this one’s for you.

You’ll get:

• How Rohan found traction by focusing on one niche and letting it compound naturally.

• How to move from zero to first event without burning cash.

• Momentum > perfection: shipping cadence, not shiny decks.

• Anti regret mindset replace “what if” with “I did, here’s what I learned”

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