Making It Work

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from our Season 3 special. Ben Brooks explores the value of company culture for small businesses. Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer  

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 3, Episode 9. Our entrepreneurs discussed the mistakes they made in that first year. Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer  

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 3, Episode 8. When is it finally time to quit the day job? Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer  

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 3, Episode 7. In this episode, our entrepreneurs discussed the tricky topic of micromanagement. Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer  

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 3 Episode 6. Navigating the murky waters of customer opinions. Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer  

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 3, Episode 5. In an SEO-led world, how can entrepreneurs gain that vital edge? Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer  

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 3, Episode 4. Our entrepreneurs discuss the value of awesome packaging. Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer  

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 3, Episode 3. Just why do entrepreneurs find it so hard to stop and smell the flowers? Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer  

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 3, Episode 2. Supply chains are rattling worldwide. How do small businesses cope? Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer  

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 3, Episode 1. How do you hire – and keep – good people? Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer  

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 2, Episode 4. In this episode, our entrepreneurs discuss the role that innovation plays in the path to success. Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer  

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 2, Episode 7. We talk about the pros and cons of going global. Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 2, Episode 1. Our entrepreneurs discuss the opportunities and challenges of seasonal selling. Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 2, Episode 6. Online reviews are a hot topic. How do you handle the raters and haters? Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from our Season 2 'Ask the Expert' Special. Jason 'Retailgeek' Goldberg discusses the changing retail landscape for small business owners.   Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 1, Episode 3. What are the pros and cons of hiring your nearest and dearest? Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 1, Episode 8. Competition is a constant companion to doing business, but just how can small companies compete with the giants? Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 1, Episode 2. In this episode, we talked about the tricky business of firing your employees. Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 1, Episode 7. In a competitive employee market, just how can you make your people feel valued? Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from Season 1, Episode 6. Our entrepreneurs talked about the shark-infested waters of investors and investing. Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer

We all make mistakes. And making mistakes can be frustrating, even if we all know, deep down, that's the best way to learn. But when you've raised the stakes and invested all of your time, energy and money into a brand new business, that frustration can turn into disaster and failure. The question is, at what point does a mistake go from 'vital life lesson' to 'end of the road'? In Season 3, Episo...

We've all thought about quitting our jobs. Some may have even fantasized about it. But while most of us are waiting for that lottery payout before we march into our boss's office, entrepreneurs will have to bite the bullet at some point. The burning question is: when? In Season 3, Episode 8 of Making It Work, we speak to Graham Veysey and Fisk Biggar of Graham+Fisk's Wine-In-A-Can, Christa Cotton...

Small business owners can have a big problem with micromanagement. But one person's toxic work culture can be another's collaborative approach, and when you own your own business, striving for perfection can mean you're a stickler for a tried-and-tested method. So is micromanagement even a bad thing? In Season 3, Episode 7 of Making It Work, we speak to Stephanie Duncan of Harmony Harvest Farm, Ch...

We've already given the Making It Work entrepreneurs quite the grilling this season. So as they take time out to source new suppliers and update their investors, Tom got a class in 'culture' from HR Influencer Ben Brooks. In this Season 3 'Ask the Expert' special of Making It Work we talk to PILOT CEO Ben Brooks about why a distinct company culture is vital for sustained success and why diversity...

"Got a minute? We'd love to hear your feedback" is a phrase we've all become familiar with. Whether it's through a pop-up, email or good old-fashioned phone call, small businesses are keener than ever to know what we think. But in an era of social media and online reviews, is this candid criticism always welcome? In Episode 3, Season 6 of Making It Work, we speak to Stephanie Duncan of Harmony Har...