Evolve to Succeed

As well as telling the story of his own entrepreneurial journey, host Warren Munson reviews the experiences of several guests that have appeared on the show over the past few years. From hospitality and IT, to gaming, nursery school owners, olive farmers and more, this episode examines the joys and challenges of entrepreneurship from a wide variety of perspectives. 

Nigel Smith is managing partner and solicitor at Ellis Jones Solicitors , which have offices in Dorset and Hampshire as well as London. From his serendipitous path to becoming a lawyer, the pleasures and challenges of running a professional services business and watching members of the team develop, other topics covered include adapting to the changing landscape of professional services, Ellis Jon...

Warren Munson joins host Emma Sheppard and fellow guests Leanne Spencer —bestselling author and expert in corporate wellbeing—and Rachel Harris—Director of striveX and founder of ACCOUNTANT_SHE —to talk about the very important topic of entrepreneurship and mental health. With rising costs, economic uncertainty and recruitment challenges, SME owners are under considerable pressure at the moment. I...

Richard Eastham is founder of Feria Urbanism , an award-winning design practice that connects community aspiration with urban planning projects to design thriving hubs of activity that benefit people, the natural environment and the local economy. Amongst other achievements and accolades, Richard has been nominated as one of the four most inspiring people in the planning and design profession by t...

Carna Wilson and sisters Dani and Mel Bowen founded Muddy Boots Nursery School in 2014 while they were all still in their 20's. Their original vision was to start a nursery where children can spend as much time as possible outside, exploring, learning, getting dirty, challenging themselves, testing out ideas and growing their imaginations. Fast forward to 2023, and there are now  five Muddy Boots...

After more than twenty years of drug addiction, which included three years on the street, three years in prison, and four years in rehab, Steve Wyatt found a talent for furniture restoration and used it to restore his own life. He now owns a furniture restoration space called Restored Retro and collaborates with Repair Shop star—as well as friend and mentor—Jay Blades by stocking Jay & Co's furnit...

Gina Felce is the co-founder and COO of Tailwind Games , a video game development studio  working within the Roblox metaverse that has raised more than $4-million since its creation in 2021. Gina was also one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2022. Amongst other things, you'll hear how Gina transitioned to tech from a career in costume design, what she's learned from her experience of angel and venture cap...

Gordon Fong is the CEO and co-founder of tech company Kimcell , which contains three businesses within it—Datacenta Hosting, e-mango and X-Net. Gordon is deeply passionate about making connections, both in the technical sense and the personal one. His goal is to enhance and champion business in Dorset, and part of this has been Kimcell's expansion into the Dorset Innovation Park.

Kelli Aspland and Laura Waters are the founders and directors of Solar Buddies , a child-friendly sunscreen applicator. Their story began in 2011 whilst discussing issues they were both encountering, along with other fellow parents, about how they children could apply sunscreen safely and effectively whilst not in their care. Fast forward twelve years and their award-winning product has been featu...

Kevin Dawson is the owner and managing director at Dawsons Bang & Olufsen , which has been designing, supplying and installing industry leading audiovisual systems for an incredible 90 years. Kevin himself has been with the company, which is a family business, for almost 43 years.  The podcast covers topics such as the pleasures, pressures and complexities of a long-running family business, Kevin'...

Darren Colley is the managing director at Iracroft , a premier supplier of a comprehensive range of metal pipe and tube fabricated products for diverse industry sectors. As well as his role at Iracroft, Darren is also a member of and an Ambassador for The Institute of Directors and sits on the Regional Advisory Board of MakeUK. Darren is self-professed r esult-driven senior executive, with extensi...

Will Rolph (left), together with brother Harry, produce Two Fields olive oil from a small farm in Greece. Olive oil farming was something they both unexpectedly fell into, and it's a great story of love, learning, reconnecting to nature and the value of taking things slowly. Both Will and Harry have found profound meaning in the simple olive, and the act of producing their small batch olive oil ha...

Steve Coburn is managing director at Project Five ,  a multi-award winning outsourced IT Support company that works with local businesses of all sizes in Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire. Amongst other things, Steve is also president and director at the Surrey Chamber of Commerce, chairman of Collectively Camberley—a business improvement district—and owns the Login Lounge , a 20,000 square foot, li...

Jo Barry is managing director at Platinum Care Solutions Group ,  which has been providing care solutions in Hampshire for over 20 years. Alongside its sister companies—Acre Care and Safe Harbour—Platinum Care is the largest, independent, care group on the south coast, as well as being award-winning. 

Nida Leard is the founder of Nida Leard Consulting, where she advises world-class experts to become what she terms 'legendary market outliers'. She is also the author 'One to Millions Entrepreneur', host of the Nida Leard Podcast, and a former Fortune 500 executive with more than two decades experience in business, psychology and personal development. 

Gerard McSharry is the owner and director of Higherground , a flooring company that's been in business since 1990. Remarkably, Gerard has wanted to be a business owner since the age of eight and is therefore an entrepreneur through and through. Being at the helm of your own business certainly comes with its ups and downs, and over time Gerard has seen quite a few. Recessions, wars, a banking crisi...

Helen Stacey is the managing director and owner of Aspire —a boutique recruitment agency based in Dorset. She has over thirty years of experience in the sector and set up Aspire to stand out from the crowd and align with her values.  Her career includes building what was, at the time, the largest independently owned recruitment agency in the South, growing it from nothing in 1999 to a turnover of...

Adam Walker has been the owner of Adam Walker Property Company since 2001, Director of the real estate consultancy Re:curate and most recently the co-founder of Foundry – co-working spaces aimed at empowering local businesses. Adam is a natural entrepreneur, having co-founded a highly-successful coin operated and gaming machine supply company with his uncle aged just 19. Following that, Adam turne...

Carly Jermyn is the CEO and Property Litigation Solicitor at Woodstock Legal Services. One of her specialities is dispute resolution, and this episode includes her opinions and advice on the topic, not just as it applies to property disputes but in a broader context as well. Amongst other things, there are also discussions around female empowerment, progressive leadership and the role that AI and...

Sammi Adhami is co-founder and COO at Fiit , the UK's number one fitness app. From the inception, Sammi and Fitt's mission was to make exercise a habit for everybody. Backed by the insight of fitness experts, data scientists, engineers and DJs, the app gives its members a highly-motivating, efficient and addictive workout experience, and access to a community that helps you level up and keep those...

Oscar Brooks is the co-founder of V88 Apps , a premium no-code agency which currently has over 60 clients in nine countries.  This is a particularly impressive stat, considering that V88 is barely three years old and was started at the height of the pandemic. T opics on the agenda include finding out how Oscar went from biochemistry graduate to entrepreneur, what no-code is and how it's going to e...

Matt Hammond is the founder and CEO of  Talk Think Do , a software development company that strives to solve complex business problems with cloud applications. As well as his informed insights into the future of tech, including AI and the metaverse, Matt reveals how he fell into the world of computing almost by accident, looks back on a career that includes time spent in Formula 1, discusses how h...

James Appleby is Group Sales Director at the logistics companies DG International and Pro Carrier .  His understanding of human motivation, behavioural styles and peak performance states has seen him work at the highest levels in a number of sectors, including professional services, politics and football.  He discusses topics from leadership, emotional intelligence and aligning your vision and val...

Damien Roux, CEO of Drimify , and Christopher Bradley, Drimify's content creator, discuss the present and future of gamification, and how a business can use it to enhance both its marketing and human resources.

Tom Crosshill is an investment trainer and entrepreneur who spent many years on Wall Street. As well as demystifying a lot of investment jargon, Tom talks about passive investing and how to select the right stocks, explains the difference between ETFs and Index Funds, lists a few things to avoid, including trying to predict the markets, and discusses how to prepare yourself emotionally for investi...