In this episode we sit down with Dom Beaven, one half of a husband and wife team that saw an opportunity in the wedding gift list space and capitalised on it. He explains how Prezola:

• Built an online business to take on physical incumbents
• Used industry trends to direct change in the organisation
• Tackled issues such as sustainability in a creative way
• Created a company where people see career opportunities

GUEST: Dom Beaven HOST: Hunter Ruthven TAGS: small business, SME, leadership, business improvement, management, startup, entrepreneurs, productivity, innovation, food industry For more on Be the Business, subscribe to our newsletter here www.bethebusiness.com

In this episode we sit down with Lily Simpson, founder of healthy meal delivery business Detox Kitchen. She talks us through some of the challenges she's overcome in her quality-first foodie mission so far:

• Scaling up at the right time to maintain quality
• Being in tune with industry trends not a slave to them
• How to find meaningful mentor relationships
• When to follow instincts and when to follow the data

GUEST: Lily Simpson

HOST: Hunter Ruthven

TAGS: small business, SME, leadership, business improvement, management, startup, entrepreneurs, productivity, innovation, food industry

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In this episode we sit down with Matt Lumb, former CEO of Tangle Teezer – the innovative hairbrush brand.

Matt covers pretty much everything he went through during his seven years at Tangle Teezer. Phenomenal growth, tick. Zero staff turnover, tick. Company cult or culture? Tick. Global distribution strategy, tick. Flat management structure, tick. And how come they still manufacture everything in the UK?

GUEST: Matt Lumb

HOST: Hunter Ruthven

TAGS: small business, SME, leadership, business improvement, management, startup, entrepreneurs, productivity, innovation, retail, manufacturing, innovation,

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In this episode we sit down with Joan Murphy, CEO of Move Your Frame – the feel-good fitness studio people.

Joan talks to us about:

• The fun of scaling up a fitness business in Central London
• Why the biggest leap was going to four locations
• Why they're settling at seven sites for a while
• Why she still teaches classes and works on reception

GUEST: Joan Murphy

HOST: Hunter Ruthven

TAGS: small business, SME, leadership, business improvement, management, startup, entrepreneurs, productivity, innovation, fitness industry

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In this episode we sit down with Nick Coleman, CEO of Snaffling Pig – the perfect-with-a-pint pork scratchings people.

Nick is a leader who absolutely relishes the small stuff inside his business. He buys walkie talkies to save his staff shoe leather. He stands in his warehouse to look at footfall efficiencies. He picks packaging waste off the post-room floor to calculate the cost-savings to be made. He draws circles round scissors and sticky tape so that people don't waste time looking for them. It all adds up to some very copiable innovations and a fascinating guy. Oh and listen out for Nick's cashflow woes and impostor syndrome – it's not just us then!

GUEST: Nick Coleman

HOST: Hunter Ruthven

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In this episode we sit down with Anthony Fletcher, CEO of Graze – the healthy snack box people.

Anthony has taken Graze from a fledgling snack delivery service to a brand that's stocked by supermarkets around the world. Before that he was with chirpy drinks brand Innocent for six years and says the skills needed to succeed in the two scale-ups were similar. He talks to us about:

• Not letting your ego get in the way – expecting your first hypothesis to be wrong
• Not believing in big market research reports – ask customers what they think instead
• Not getting lost in data – work out which bits of information can help which people
• Coping with growth and international expansion – it involves thousands of cardboard bunnies

GUEST: Anthony Fletcher

HOST: Hunter Ruthven

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In this episode we sit down with Humphrey Cobbold, former CEO of Wiggle and current CEO of PureGym. He talks us through some of the turning points he's seen in these fast-growth fitness businesses:

• Simple decisions that disrupt industries (who says you can't sell wetsuits online?)
• One surprising touch that tripled web sales
• Letting customers do some of the work for you
• To-do list tips – all you need is a three-column spreadsheet

We interviewed Humphrey in his office next to a PureGym so listen out for the motivational music…

GUEST: Humphrey Cobbold

HOST: Hunter Ruthven

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