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Riding Solo on el poddy this week Fancy riding shotgun? Simply shove my waffle in your ears. This week, I’ve picked 11 lessons from the 4 years of podcasting with INSANE GUESTS I’m referring to these DAILY. So hope they help you too. 4.5 years of value, stuffed into 45 mins. Get ya chops round it asap Lemme know if you like these, can do more. May do a sales one too ON THE MENU: 1. THE SINGLE Bigg...

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An EXTRAORDINARY conversation on leadership Laden with Sparkling Easter Eggs of Wisdom You’ll never find these in a-gimpy-bore-you-to-death-business-book. Osh is an wonderful storyteller We recorded the poddy in the infamous Green Room. The Green Room hides behind the bar, where punters clamour, chinwag and pine-for-pints It’s sacred. sacrosanct Splashed with art. Sensory overload. At night, it mo...

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Honour to sit down and chinwag with Marketing Genius, James Smith. James built a WHOPPA social following through honest, direct, empathetic marketing. Last year, he moved into the challenger space, launching Neutonic (a nootropic blend of research-backed ingredients to help boost your productivity) with Chris Williamson and Luke Betts. Our conversation is JAM-PACKED with GOLD. ON THE MENU: The Suc...

Ben Branson founded Seedlip Drinks .  Seedlip pioneered the Low to No movement.  The Low to No Movement helped more people go sober. More sober people, led to more happier people.  More happier people, more productive people. We REALLY don’t understand the power of Sober (just yet)  It’s unfathomably enormous.  In 50 years, we'll teach kids in school.  Going sober is discovering coffee.  Going sob...

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It’s Christmas. I’ve stuffed my face all week. Drunk. Don’t know what day of the week it is. And am having some rest as 2025 is going to be HUGE Reposting one of the most downloaded episodes of all time which was recorded 2 years ago with Waitrose. Alas.  Back to the left overs  Normal service resumes next week  🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►St...

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Why do so many food & drink brands struggle on D2C?  Why do MOJU or SURREAL absolutely kill it ? Jack Rubin knows D2C better than anyone I know  The D2C Donny  Honour to wax lyzzy about how he’s built Purdy & Figg into a HUGE WHOPPA brand  Love D2C or love Behavioural Science - you’ll love this  ON THE MENU:  1. Charlie Munger’s Lollapalooza Principle for Building HUGE D2C Brands  - Busine...

James Watt shares why price laddering is the ultimate growth hack most brands ignore. From £1.25 basics to £10 ultra-premium brews, discover how BrewDog uses this strategy to attract everyone—from first-time buyers to hardcore fans. We break down how offering different price points boosts accessibility, creates perceived value, and drives trade-ups to more profitable products.   📙Download HUNGRY...

Book a North Star Demo - by emailing the legend here kieran@northstarbc.co.uk Wanna land Tesco Sainsbury's CoOp or Waitrose & Partners in 2025? Well, my friend, good news listen up. Delighted to welcome Kieran South founder of North Star on to the poddy  We chat all tingz Category management Category Management is THE secret weapon you didn’t know you needed  The thread from founder vision &lt...

Ever wondered what it takes to run a top-rated gastropub? Brendan from The Unruly Pig breaks down why Michelin-starred restaurants often struggle to make money, dealing with sky-high costs for fancy ingredients and skilled chefs⁠. What's super interesting is how they've cracked the code at The Unruly Pig. While fancy Michelin spots might serve 45-60 people on a Saturday night, they're pumping out...

Recently, I’ve had to really really DIG IN. Grind. Grind. Chew glass. Wade in. Full send. Gary delivers a Masterclass in Grit & Sales Our conversation really helped me. I know it’ll help you, too. ON THE MENU: 1. Why going bankrupt is a death by a thousand paper cuts - but it’s the best day of your life too 2. Sell. Sell. Sell. Why too many brands skip Challenger Brand “Leg Day” - you HAVE to...

 Tarquin's Cornish Gin is a perfect example of how passion, creativity, and strategic spending can transform limited resources into a successful food and drink brand. Driven by obsession and love for the craft, Tarquin Leadbetter refused to outsource, instead mastering the distillation process himself. His approach combined resourcefulness—like affordable local branding and budget-friendly equipme...

In 2016, I read Business For Punks. One of the greatest business books of all time. And, a huge inspiration to start HUNGRY. Total honour to sit down with James Watt , BrewDog founder This is a F*CKING BANGER!!!!!! Deffo watch on Youtube if you can, first time we’ve recorded in 4K cinematic a.k.a grown up cameras. ON THE MENU: 1. The Swimming with Sharks Gratitude Rule: “there’s a 100 billion to 1...

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The Unruly Pig is The UK’s Best Pub 🐷 Number 1 & Winner – UK Top 50 Gastropubs Awards 2024 🍺 National Restaurant Awards 2024 Top 100 -#56 🐷 GQ Magazine Food & Drinks Awards 2023 – “Best Pub” 🍺 Taste of East of England Awards 2023 – Winner & Gold Award 🐷 The Sunday Times-Best Sunday Roasts in the UK 2024 🍺  The Good Food Guide 2024 – “Britain’s 50 Cosiest Pubs” The food is slap-ba...

Tarquin Leadbetter dives into his absolutely genius strategy of focusing on local brand building in Cornwall, capturing the seasonal tourist market, and gradually expanding nationally. He describes how he used a regional focus to market cost-effectively across the UK—a concept he calls the "Doom Bar effect" - based on the small brewery born on the North Cornish coast that scaled to become the UK's...

In 2018, Jeremy Pang built a HUGE cookery school, School of Wok in Covent Garden So huge, so forward thinking Tesco , Sainsbury's , Waitrose & Partners come knocking. Suddenly,  School of Wok launches into 1200 stores Happy days?  Right?  Well,  that’s when it started to go wrong (all revealed in our conversation)  Thankfully, Jeremy Pang is a total legend.  Relentlessly resourceful.  Go gette...

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Tarquins are a brand I adore. A brand who followed no “rules”. Tarquin turned beautifully constrained budgets from headwind to tailwind They’ve built a WHOPPAAA business, by not focusing on London. Distribution Density> Distribution Breadth Brand Depth > Brand Awareness Die Hard Fans> Meek Fans LOVED this episode.  ON THE MENU: The Prudent Path to Profitability: Why Founders must OBSESS w...

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