Kizzi's Friday Game Changers

Levi Roots was selling his homemade sauce at the Notting Hill Carnival when he was talent-spotted for the Dragons’ Den TV show in 2007. After serenading the dragons with his guitar, he whetted appetites for his sauce, securing a £50,000 investment from Peter Jones. The Reggae Reggae brand now has more than 50 products. And Levi’s Caribbean food and drink empire is now said to be worth around £35m.  
 
 This week's show also includes music from Mick Owar and business advice from our Game Changer Elite. This week's elite are conscious leadership expert Mirjana Boznovska and innovation consultant Sanj Surati.

This week I’m joined by Sam Rowe ---  CEO of Ignition, the world-class exhibition, events and experiences company.  Ignition is a pretty outstanding organisation because its founded on an ethos  that’s quite unique  – people, planet and then profit.  With a ‘Positive Difference’ mission, Sam built a company offering a positive experience for staff, partners and clients, as well as encouraging others in their industry to develop more sustainable practices.

This week's show also includes business advice from real estate mover and shaker Lauren Moore, a book of the week recommendation from  Richard Blanford, founder and chief executive of cloud and IT infrastructure company Fordway and music from Dirty snowman society.

The business podcast show featuring business leaders with extraordinary musical talent.  This episode showcases:

David Frangioni

David Frangioni is an award-winning veteran of the music industry.  David is the CEO & co-founder of Artist Development firm All Access IDA and CEO and founder of ground-breaking technology company Audio One. 

Priscilla Silcock AKA Sapphira

Priscilla Silcock or better known as her performer name Sapphira. 
Sapphira is a heart-centered Australian burlesque author, entrepreneur, singer/songwriter and teacher who believes in positivity.  Sapphira is the founder of Sapphira’s Showgirls, an academy that empowers women through self-expression  and she’s also the driving force behind the Ibiza Burlesque Festival. 


Stephanie M. Casey

Stephanie M. Casey is CEO of Lovage Inc.  Lovage Inc. is a Creative Agency, based in Dallas, Texas, offering exceptional WIX website development & design, custom branding, creative collateral, and related marketing strategy.

Stephanie has worked in major, indie, and new media on both coasts and in Texas for 25 years. Her wide variety of communications, media, business, and production experience led to the creation of Lovage.

This week's Friday Game Changer Elite are Ninja Speaking Coach Frances Cahill, Richard Tang, Founder & Chairman of Zen Internet, Andre Watson, CEO of Ligandal, nutritionist Jenna Hope and Jackson Kerchis - COO of www.StudentFi.org

We also have totally excellent music from Chris Barez Brown of Upping Your Elvis

This week's show is a Boss Star special.  We showcase some amazing music from some of the most talented business people in the world. If you'd like your song to be played on Boss Star, email  [email protected] and introduce yourself.

I spend time with the hugely inspirational Brad Burton.  In 2006 Brad started his own business from scratch.  At that time he was £25K debt and delivering pizzas on the side to keep his new business afloat.  Flash forward to 2020 and Brad has become one of Britain’s top motivational speakers and a million pound business owner with over 65,000 followers and his own social media GIFs!

During our conversation Brad also explains why he believes it's better for business owners to start with nothing.

A very special edition of Kizzi's Friday Game Changers. Boss Star features original songs or compositions performed by business owners and managers. Our Game Changer Quiz  is a five minute feature where a business person is in the hot seat and quizzed on a specialist subject of their choice.

This week's Boss Star includes music from:

- Damon "DaRil" Nailer. Damon is a songwriter, producer, artist, author, speaker, consultant, and educator.

- Jen Jeavons - the founder of Brisbane based digital agency Pixel Palace - and the former writer, producer and performer of Australia’s most played radio pop song in 2001.

- Yule Guttenbeil - founder/director of a legal startup, mode.law

- David Hernandez, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at lotus823

In the hot seat on The Game Changer Quiz is Chris Kaiser, CEO & Founder of Click A Tree

Update: After thorough research, we decided that Chris was right and elephants do indeed sleep standing up.  Congratulations Chris on a fantastic quiz. 10 out of 10.

My guest this week is business game changer Ben Harper founder of Clarity Stack.

Ben is an entrepreneur, author, public speaker and business owner with a clear focus on digital and data. He is also the founder of fast-growing software as a service company Clarity Stack. Clarity Stack makes a difference to organisations by providing data and insight services from its three offices, including two in the UK and one in Florida.

This week I’m joined by Les Flitcroft an incredibly gifted trainer, presenter, and practitioner of PRANIC HEALING®. Last year Les was nominated as one of the world’s top ten energy healers by the energy healing magazine and he’s dedicated his life to teaching and spreading the message behind his work to as many people as possible. As well as being a busy lecturer and full time PRANIC HEALING® Instructor, Les has a thriving healing practice and he’s been responsible for healing thousands of people with a multitude of ailments.

This week's Friday Game Changer Elite are Ninja Speaking Coach Frances Cahill, Richard Tang, Founder & Chairman of Zen Internet, Andre Watson, CEO of Ligandal, nutritionist Jenna Hope and Jackson Kerchis - COO of www.StudentFi.org

We also have totally excellent music from Chris Barez Brown of Upping Your Elvis