Business Without BS

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Steve Barnett, COO at QuadReal Property Group, a global real estate investment, operating and development company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. We hear more about Steve's humble begins, his journey to the C-Suite, his views on Politics as well as getting to personally know more about the man behind the infectious charm and big s...

Meet Steve Barnett, Chief Operating Officer at QuadReal Property Group, a global real estate investment, operating and development company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. Steve has been of the company since the start in 2016 and is on the Board of Directors. Our chat is part about Steve's work with QuadReal and (the best) part about the charming man himself. Kick back, press play and...

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Phil Bernie, Co-Founder of KeyPay, a revolutionary cloud based payroll solution. We hear more about the man behind the name, how he got to where he is today, his fu*k ups and failures and why he feels the need to reinvent payroll. We also hear Andy speak with absolutely no filter. You have been warned .. BWB is powered by Oury Clark

Meet Phil Bernie, Co-Founder of KeyPay, a cloud based payroll solution like no other! Phil is also a self-proclaimed closet computer scientist, a purveyor of the ever-questioning status-quo as well as being a former professional rugby player. Doesn't sound like your average chat about payroll, right ? Well it wasn't .. far from it in fact. Press play and hold on to your trousers. BWB is powered by...

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with David Ricciardi, President & CEO of Proximo, an information services company specialising in Big Data which David founded in 1997. With over 30 years of experience in building, managing and utilising big databases for companies like Mercedes-Benz, L’Oréal and Time Warner, and now with a new UK based subsidiary open for business, David and P...

Meet David Ricciardi, President & CEO of Proximo, an information services company which he founded in 1997 specialising in Big Data. David’s experience spans more than 30 years and has led him to build, manage, and utilize large databases in industries as varied as financial, automotive and health care. David spends much of his time now as an advisor to clients, helping them plan and execute o...

This week's BWB Extra continues our chat with Alan Donegan, co-founder of the award-winning Rebel Business School, Finance School and podcast with the aim of helping people start their own businesses, take control of their finances and avoid debt. And they provide it all for free! because Rebel raises its capital through sponsorship which means they can give away the best education to those who ne...

Meet Alan Donegan, co-founder of the award-winning Rebel Business School, Rebel Finance School and the Rebel Entrepreneur podcast. He became financial independent at 40 years old and now uses his time to help people from all walks of life to start their own businesses, take control of their finances and avoid debt. Rebel's mission was borne out of Alan’s own personal experiences where he was force...

This week's BWB Extra continues our chat with Scott Hallsworth, ex-Nobu London Head Chef who launched his very own Freak Scene as a pop-up in July 2017. Pre-Covid, Freak Scene went on to become the ever-popular restaurant in the heart of Soho, London and is opening in a new location very soon. We get to know more about what makes Scott tick, his perspective on the realities of business in food and...

Meet Scott Hallsworth. As head chef at the acclaimed Nobu for six years, Australian-born Scott has mastered the art of Japanese cuisine. His modern style combined with the explosive smoky, umami flavours found in his dishes make him one of London's most popular chefs. Nobu was where Scott learnt how to cook Japanese food at the highest level and spent six years at the helm of the Michelin-starred...

BWB Extra continues our very special conversation with Martin Wolf CBE, Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times where we dig deeper and discuss Modern Monetary Theory, the effects of the energy crisis on the economy and what SMEs should be doing to prepare, and pose questions like: What are the UK's alternatives to the EU? Can Britain become a global superpower again? What does the futu...

Kicking off 2023 with a very special conversation with Martin Wolf CBE, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times. Martin has received honorary doctorates from six universities, including the London School of Economics and was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 for services to financial journalism. Martin's also won a raft of awards including th...

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Phil Ives, Business Development Partner at BEAN Partners, a corporate finance and business intelligence advisory firm offering intelligence-led strategy to support growth, fund raising, and both 'buy and sell' side M&A. We get to know more about what makes Phil tick, how the future looks for him and BEAN Partners, as well as hearing about h...

Meet Phil Ives, Business Development Partner at BEAN Partners, a corporate finance and business intelligence advisory firm that provides the middle market with a differentiated service offering intelligence-led strategy to support growth, fund raising, and both 'buy and sell' side M&A. For the past decade, Phil has travelled the globe as an award-winning speaker, including for Vistage (the wor...

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Mallory Khalifa, Managing Director of Animated Storyboards a full-service Animatics company that specialising in high-quality storyboards, Animatics, Cinematics and Test Commercials. We get to know more about what makes Mallory tick, what drives her to be the business leader she is today, and we discuss the quirky differences between the Brits...

Meet Mallory Khalifa, Managing Director of Animated Storyboards (ASB) a full-service Animatics company that specializes in high-quality storyboards, Animatics, Cinematics, MoCap, Pre-Vis Test Commercials Mallory started her career in America within the advertising sector working for the prestigious ad agency, Leo Burnett in Chicago where she decided to transition to the production side of thi...

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with David Spickett, Founder of The Car Crowd - the UK's first fractional ownership platform dedicated to passion assets with the aim of democratising investment, starting with classic cars. We get to know more about what makes David tick, how he came to be doing what he does, the next top 3 cars he has his investment eye on and discuss what the fut...

Meet David Spickett, Founder of TheCarCrowd - the UK's first fractional ownership platform dedicated to passion assets with the aim of democratising investment .... starting with classic cars. Initially based in financial services and consultancy, most recently as the managing director of a UK Fintech business lending company​ ​Liberis​, ​David formed TheCarCrowd in 2019 with a vision to demo...

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Lewis Maleh, Founder & CEO of Bentley Lewis, an award winning global boutique executive search firm where we get to know more about what makes him tick and how he came to be one the leading global minds on what's next in the workplace, how hiring and attracting talent is evolving and what people are really looking for from work. Check out L...

Meet Lewis Maleh, Founder & CEO of Bentley Lewis, an award winning global boutique executive search firm with presence in London New York, Miami, Berlin, Lithuania and India. Lewis is one the leading global minds on what's next in the workplace, how hiring and attracting talent is evolving and what people are really looking for from work. He recognises trends early and helps others understand...

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin, co-authors of Chokepoint Capitalism. Cory is a renowned science fiction author, activist and journalist who’s written a range of highly acclaimed books, and Rebecca is a Professor of Law at Melbourne University and Director of Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, and in this chat we get to kno...

Meet Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin. Cory is a renowned science fiction author, activist and journalist who’s written a range of highly acclaimed books, his most recent being Chokepoint Capitalism co-written with Rebecca Giblin, a Professor of Law at Melbourne University, an Art Future Fellow and Director of Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia. If you've ever wanted to know how...

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Andrei Dolnikov, Founder & CEO of Binyan Studios, and president of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators. We dig deeper into Andrei's perspectives on what healthy company culture should look like, and hear about Binyan's core values which make up the bedrock of the company's ethos. And with Andrei being half Russian half Ukrain...

Meet an Andrei Dolnikov, is an Interior Architect, and the Founder & CEO of Binyan Studios, a leading 3D Animation Studio specialising in bespoke architectural images and films. Andrei founded BINYAN in his Sydney living room with the ambition to do nothing short of shaping the future of architecture, and based the company's vision on seven pillars: ● Ethical transparency ● Entrepreneurial exp...

We continue our conversation with Michael B Hancock, the Mayor of Denver USA where we talk about how Michael got into politics and worked his way up to becoming Mayor, and ask what's next for him once he finishes serving his last term in office. All of this alongside our staple BWB questions where we dig a little deeper and get to know more about the man in Strong Mayor's suit. BWB is powered by O...