The Smart Connector

Matt Siddell, is MD of Tropolis – a revolutionary online training business which he created in 2019 and launched in 2020. An entrepreneur with an economics degree from the University of Manchester, Matt established a business called Kin in 2001 after spending three years in financial services. Matching heirs to unclaimed inheritances, Matt grew this to a team of 45 and traced heirs to estates exceeding £100 million in value. 

Seven years later, and with the world of real estate beckoning, Matt established his real estate development company Opulen in 2011. While building a rental portfolio in Reading, UK, he also entered the prime London market, managing projects for clients and himself with works that included refurbishment, basements, extensions, loft conversions and cinemas in a mix of Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian and Grade II listed properties.

In 2015, Matt founded the Progressive Property Network (PPN) Knightsbridge event at the Royal Thames Yacht Club. This became the flagship event of the franchise within which it operated and inspired others to follow suit, essentially because he was the first to ban people from selling courses from the front of the room.

With a wave of momentum behind him, Matt also established Qandor, where his mission was clear: to create an environment where real estate developers, investors and business owners regularly and exclusively interact with the aim of collaborating on existing and new projects upwards of £1m in value. 

This exciting interview between Jane and Matt discusses his journey to success and the exciting multiple business and real estate ventures he is or has been involved in. (Connection Central)

ABOUT THE HOST: Jane Bayler is a serial entrepreneur, investor, speaker, event host and business scale up expert. She had a 20 year history in global media and advertising, before becoming a serial entrepreneur herself, with multiple businesses in real estate, marketing and education. Having grown and sold a £6M brand identity business to US communications group Interpublic, today she is most passionate about and committed to serving other entrepreneurs – helping them grow their businesses and achieve their best lives. 

Enquire about working 1:1 with Jane, book a call here: https://bit.ly/2Z07DML

Discover Jane’s Ideal Client Success Accelerator Programme here: www.idealclientsuccess.com/masterclass

Michael Garvey is Managing Director of Chandler Garvey, a leading commercial Real Estate consultancy in the South East of England. He is also a Chartered Surveyor and Real Estate Consultant, and a philanthropic and high profile businessman who has invested significant time and effort into the Buckinghamshire business community over the past 10 years. Michael is Founder and Chairman of Buckinghamshire Business First, an organisation that supports 12,000 business members in Buckinghamshire, and is also the Growth Hub for the county. He is a board member and Vice Chair of the Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership, playing an significant and active role chairing many groups focused on infrastructure, transport and governance. Michael’s passion is to see other businesses succeed and to support the Buckinghamshire economy, and in turn assist the national economy to grow. In this interview Michael and Jane discuss the importance of relationships and connections to real estate investment success, and why trust – put to the test over time - is the ‘glue’ that makes successful transactions happen smoothy and quickly. (Entrepreneur Spotlight)

ABOUT THE HOST: Jane Bayler is a serial entrepreneur, investor, speaker, event host and business scale up expert. She had a 20 year history in global media and advertising, before becoming a serial entrepreneur herself, with multiple businesses in real estate, marketing and education. Having grown and sold a £6M brand identity business to US communications group Interpublic, today she is most passionate about and committed to serving other entrepreneurs – helping them grow their businesses and achieve their best lives. 

Enquire about working 1:1 with Jane, book a call here: https://bit.ly/2Z07DML

Discover Jane’s Ideal Client Success Accelerator Programme here: www.idealclientsuccess.com/masterclass

Public speaker, investor and scale up specialist Nick Bradley has a background in growing and scaling VC and Private Equity backed businesses. Having successfully built, bought and sold a number of companies, and removed himself from day-to-day operations, his focus now is on helping entrepreneurs get to where they want to be, in business and in life; as well as investing in growth businesses and backing turnarounds - with the ultimate aim of creating value from significant capital events.

Nick is passionate about personal and professional development - showing up and being the best version of himself every day. His bigger vision is to help bring entrepreneurial skills, experience and mindset to people in developing nations - so they can follow their dreams, live life more on their terms - utilising entrepreneurship as a global force for good.

Nick is also host of the popular and inspiring Scale up Your Business podcast - one of Jane's all time favourites, which you can listen to here: https://apple.co/30H3Rc8

(Connection Central)

ABOUT THE HOST: Jane Bayler is a serial entrepreneur, investor, speaker, event host and business scale up expert. She had a 20 year history in global media and advertising, before becoming a serial entrepreneur herself, with multiple businesses in real estate, marketing and education. Having grown and sold a £6M brand identity business to US communications group Interpublic, today she is most passionate about and committed to serving other entrepreneurs – helping them grow their businesses and achieve their best lives. 

Enquire about working 1:1 with Jane, book a call here: https://bit.ly/2Z07DML

Discover Jane’s Ideal Client Success Accelerator Programme here: www.idealclientsuccess.com/masterclass

Business reputation expert Aarti Raicha’s marketing agency SWS (Strategic Web Success) helps businesses succeed, through her powerful niche service - building social proof, and managing reputation, through the power of positive online reviews. 

Having served over 1,000 businesses globally since 2012, SWS works across a range of disciplines to achieve results for their clients, using tools such as retargeting/display ads, social media, reputation enhancing videos, ad banners and funnel creation.

Warren Buffet once said “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.” This is why reputation management is such a critical aspect of business and brand success. Companies are often judged, and purchases made, because of end user reviews. Therefore reputation management is a strategic tool that helps business owners understand what they’re doing right in their business, as well as finding out what's not working. The discussion around change and its implementation based on end-user feedback creates a powerful connection with customers, making them understand they are engaged with a company that not only acknowledges feedback, but also makes changes based on it. 

In this fast paced interview with Jane, Aarti relates how she acquired her first handful of clients through offering a bespoke personal service, before growing her team to 40+. She also discusses the power of reputation management, why business today is more transparent than ever, and why social proof is so closely linked to sales success. (Entrepreneur Spotlight)

ABOUT THE HOST: Jane Bayler is a serial entrepreneur, investor, speaker, event host and business scale up expert. She had a 20 year history in global media and advertising, before becoming a serial entrepreneur herself, with multiple businesses in real estate, marketing and education. Having grown and sold a £6M brand identity business to US communications group Interpublic, today she is most passionate about and committed to serving other entrepreneurs – helping them grow their businesses and achieve their best lives. 

Enquire about working 1:1 with Jane, book a call here: https://bit.ly/2Z07DML

Discover Jane’s Ideal Client Success Accelerator Programme here: www.idealclientsuccess.com/masterclass

David Hunt is a prominent figure and thought leader in the clean technology sector. Hailed as a leading green entrepreneur by the Financial Times, David also presents at industry events such as EcoSummit, Energy Storage Europe, Solar & Storage Live and Fully Charged Live. Host of the ‘Leaders in Cleantech’ Podcast, he was also chosen as one of 25 LinkedIn Top Voices 2018, where he has over 150,000 followers.

David is a frequent contributor to trade publications such as Energy Storage News, Solar Power Portal, PV Tech, Clean Energy News and Smart Cities World. His industry insights have been quoted in UK broadsheet newspapers such as The Guardian, The Independent, The Telegraph and the Sunday Times. Being well versed in business and economics, he has also lent his voice to the likes of BBC Radio Four and ITV’s 6 o’clock news. 

David’s drive to accelerate growing cleantech markets led him to set up Hyperion Executive Search Ltd, a talent acquisition company specialising in the cleantech - that places C-suite talent where it’s needed. Hyperion has been helping businesses grow and succeed since 2014, with offices in Liverpool, Munich and Austin, TX. David’s headhunting team now operates across EMEA and the US. Before this, David co-founded an award-winning multi-technology renewable energy installation business, sat as a policy board member with the UK Renewable Energy Association, and was a member of PRASEG (Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group). 

In this inspiring interview, David and Jane discuss the future of energy and the e-mobility revolution. (Connection Central)

ABOUT THE HOST: Jane Bayler is a serial entrepreneur, investor, speaker, event host and business scale up expert. She had a 20 year history in global media and advertising, before becoming a serial entrepreneur herself, with multiple businesses in real estate, marketing and education. Having grown and sold a £6M brand identity business to US communications group Interpublic, today she is most passionate about and committed to serving other entrepreneurs – helping them grow their businesses and achieve their best lives. 

Enquire about working 1:1 with Jane, book a call here: https://bit.ly/2Z07DML

Discover Jane’s Ideal Client Success Accelerator Programme here: www.idealclientsuccess.com/masterclass

Mark Shraga is a passionate and holistic telecoms entrepreneur with a proven track record for creating high performance, value rich business propositions and launching them to the market. He is the brand creator and founder of New Star Networks (NSN) Ltd, Cloud 100 Ltd and NSNrg Ltd, as well as the owner of executive coaching company Brighter Lives Ltd and owner of the Martial Arts Club at Shodokan Aikido West London. At New Star Networks Mark’s customer proposition enables distributors to deliver Mobiles, NextGen solutions, traditional fixed line and much more, dual branded, all on one bill to the customer. Brighter Lives delivers tailored Coaching Solutions to individuals and businesses, with a goal to unleash the excellence in everyone. With a methodology based on listening closely to the clients needs and then applying a range of proven techniques to create a series of steps that will take them to the business and or/life path they truly desire. In this fascinating interview, Jane and Mark discuss his route to success and the multi million pound sale that enabled him to work ON his business as well as pursue his passion for spiritual and holistic personal development.

(Entrepreneur Spotlight)

ABOUT THE HOST: Jane Bayler is a serial entrepreneur, investor, speaker, event host and business scale up expert. She had a 20 year history in global media and advertising, before becoming a serial entrepreneur herself, with multiple businesses in real estate, marketing and education. Having grown and sold a £6M brand identity business to US communications group Interpublic, today she is most passionate about and committed to serving other entrepreneurs – helping them grow their businesses and achieve their best lives. 

Enquire about working 1:1 with Jane, book a call here: https://bit.ly/2Z07DML

Discover Jane’s Ideal Client Success Accelerator Programme here: www.idealclientsuccess.com/masterclass

As Chief Executive Officer of London based Hyve Dynamics, Cecilia Harvey has over 20 years experience in finance and technology. She is an advocate for responsible technology leadership that seeks to inspire, elevate and disrupt global businesses and communities. Graduating from Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Cecilia was soon captivated by the energy of Wall Street and the lure of a career in banking. After working her way up in the banking industry, her roles have since included being the COO of Citigroup Markets and Securities Services Technology, and positions with Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital and IBM.

Cecilia’s recent achievements include being featured in Forbes Magazine in 2019 as a leading lady in technology, a 2018 We Are The City TechWomen 100 winner. Cecilia is also the founder and chair of Tech Women Today, a professional organisation focused on connecting and advancing women across various areas of technology. (Connection Central)

ABOUT THE HOST: Jane Bayler is a serial entrepreneur, investor, speaker, event host and business scale up expert. She had a 20 year history in global media and advertising, before becoming a serial entrepreneur herself, with multiple businesses in real estate, marketing and education. Having grown and sold a £6M brand identity business to US communications group Interpublic, today she is most passionate about and committed to serving other entrepreneurs – helping them grow their businesses and achieve their best lives. 

Enquire about working 1:1 with Jane, book a call here: https://bit.ly/2Z07DML

Discover Jane’s Ideal Client Success Accelerator Programme here: www.idealclientsuccess.com/masterclass

Swedish science journalist and author of several popular science books on medicine and health, including the best-selling Health Revolution - which extolls the benefits of an anti-inflammatory lifestyle. Maria Borelius is a columnist and founder of the Ester Foundation, which supports marginalised immigrant women to start businesses. She also works as a communications advisor to scientific institutions, pharmaceutical and tech companies globally. Maria has previously held the post of Minister of Commerce in Sweden and CEO of the Global Microfinance Organization Hand in Hand International. She has a degree in biology, physics and mathematics and a master's degree in science journalism, and has lived in the UK for the past seventeen years. In this fascinating interview Jane and Maria discuss the impact of an anti-inflammatory diet on wellbeing and entrepreneurial success. (Entrepreneur Spotlight)

ABOUT THE HOST: Jane Bayler is a serial entrepreneur, investor, speaker, event host and business scale up expert. She had a 20 year history in global media and advertising, before becoming a serial entrepreneur herself, with multiple businesses in real estate, marketing and education. Having grown and sold a £6M brand identity business to US communications group Interpublic, today she is most passionate about and committed to serving other entrepreneurs – helping them grow their businesses and achieve their best lives. 

Enquire about working 1:1 with Jane, book a call here: https://bit.ly/2Z07DML

Discover Jane’s Ideal Client Success Accelerator Programme here: www.idealclientsuccess.com/masterclass

As a marketing automation and digital marketing specialist with over 30 years of marketing experience and over 16 in digital marketing, Andy Phillips helps business owners understand marketing automation, how they can use it within their business and how it works with the internet and social media to gain them a competitive advantage. This interview focusses on his process and methodologies, and also announces his exciting new initiative – a digital platform that help solopreneurs, start ups and established businesses who want to develop a new product or service, to conceive, create and market something that sells fast. (Connection Central)

ABOUT THE HOST: Jane Bayler is a serial entrepreneur, investor, speaker, event host and business scale up expert. She had a 20 year history in global media and advertising, before becoming a serial entrepreneur herself, with multiple businesses in real estate, marketing and education. Having grown and sold a £6M brand identity business to US communications group Interpublic, today she is most passionate about and committed to serving other entrepreneurs – helping them grow their businesses and achieve their best lives. 

Enquire about working 1:1 with Jane, book a call here: https://bit.ly/2Z07DML

Discover Jane’s Ideal Client Success Accelerator Programme here: www.idealclientsuccess.com/masterclass

Norwegian Thorsten Heller is CEO, Co-Founder and Chief Innovator / Chief Disruptor at Greenbird Technology, a global business with headquarters in Norway. Greenbird has a special interest and focus on Digital Transformation, Innovative Business Models for the Energy Revolution and Disruptive Technologies driving the Digital Utility. Jane met Thorsten through his Marketing Director Frederik ten Sythoff at the Hypergrowth Marketing Conference in London, and was so impressed by his authenticity, character and commitment to serve all his stakeholders to the full, she was super excited to interview him. In this interview Jane discusses Thorsten’s commitment to leading his business with compassion and integrity, and how he subscribes wholeheartedly to the concept of putting people first. (Entrepreneur Spotlight)

ABOUT THE HOST: Jane Bayler is a serial entrepreneur, investor, speaker, event host and business scale up expert. She had a 20 year history in global media and advertising, before becoming a serial entrepreneur herself, with multiple businesses in real estate, marketing and education. Having grown and sold a £6M brand identity business to US communications group Interpublic, today she is most passionate about and committed to serving other entrepreneurs – helping them grow their businesses and achieve their best lives. 

Enquire about working 1:1 with Jane, book a call here: https://bit.ly/2Z07DML

Discover Jane’s Ideal Client Success Accelerator Programme here: www.idealclientsuccess.com/masterclass