Dan Pope

HUNGRY.

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HUNGRY is THE podcast for Challenger FMCG & Hospitality Founders wanting to pour gasoline on growth. We chat with the industry BIG HITTERS. We ooze out the HIDDEN success secrets they’ve never told before and dive deep into their gut-wrenching failures, so you avoid them. We help you grow bigger, faster, stronger. Over the last 6 years, we’ve chatted to some insane guests on the poddy:Rory Sutherland, Seth Godin, Jamie Laing, SpencerMatthews, Tom Kerridge, Sir John Hegarty,The founders of SOHO House, TRIP, The Devonshire, Tony’s Chocolonely, Vita CocoLook, I’ll be blunt,HUNGRY is NOT your norm...

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Dan Pope

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How Black Bear Burger Use Behavioural Economics to WIPE OUT Five Guys & Shack Shack 04.11.2024 1:47:29

I remember the day with marble-polished clarity. The day I sodomised my first Black Bear Burger Brixton. 2020. In the strangled-mangled shackles lockdown, at my mates on Efra road. A celestial chubby steaming parcel of joy arrived. Lip-smackingly, soul-spankingly, face-melting YUM. My fave Burgus in London, and Stew is an absolute G ON THE MENU: Packvertising Genius: How Black Bear Burger turned...

Espresso: Will Storr, The Status Game Author: Why Your Food & Drink Brand Is Ruining Your Identity?! 30.10.2024 8:45

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Seth Godin: All His Food & Drink Strategy Secrets in a 57 Min Conversation 28.10.2024 53:33

TOTAL HONOUR to sit down for a podcast part two with the legend Seth Godin. We go DEEP into the Strategy + Brand + Storytelling Secrets of the best challenger brands Tony’s Chocolonely vs. Cadbury’s Blank Street Coffee vs. Starbucks Nespresso vs. Kenco Farmers Markets . Supermarket Lettuce Teaser below, fully eppy Monday morning ON THE MENU: David Chang Momofuko + Brussel Sprouts with bacon Rule:...

Espresso: Unveiling The Hidden Marketing Genius of Heinz Ketchup 24.10.2024 3:53

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Espresso: Seth Godin Heinz Ketchup's One Marketing Secret 24.10.2024 5:41

BOTIVO’s 12 Unusually Lavish Brand Building Principles That Could Change Your Life 21.10.2024 1:48:51

a brand building master class like you've NEVER head before Botivo Drinks | B corp are one of my fave brands The level of DEPTH Imme Ermgassen and Sam Paget Steavenson have gone into to build BOTIVO is CRAZY You're in for an ABSOLUTE TREAT ON THE MENU: 1. How BOTIVO was Born out of a Unusual Request at Lavish Parties like Calvin Harris, Ellie Golding, Prince Harry & Megan 2. Always Go Agains...

Espresso: Alex Smith, No Bullshit Strategy: MOJU and Oatly Strategy Secrets (shhhh keep quiet) 17.10.2024 10:53

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Espresso: How To Wipe Out Aperol Spritz This Winter (2x your revenue with half the volume) 17.10.2024 16:16

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The Challenger Founder's Photographer: Unusual Lessons You’ve Never Been Told From Jamie Laing, Tom Straker, Reece James 14.10.2024 1:54:25

Art vs. Commerce: How Elspeth balances creative freedom with business realities. Photographer Elspeth Vincent's journey, highlighting her artistic development and the business lessons she learned. Early Inspirations: Elspeth’s family influences and initial artistic explorations. Role of Mentorship: How photographers like Hanina shaped Elspeth’s growth. Finding a Unique Style: What makes Elspeth's...

Espresso: Will Storr, Why 3* Michelin Restaurants Have Completely Ruined Food 10.10.2024 8:56

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Jack Stein: Life and Travel Lessons from Rick Stein, Captaining The Stein Ship into Future Waters, Vanilla Bass & The Dangers of 1% Improvement, Surfing and Cooking 07.10.2024 1:59:58

Absolutely LOVED this conversation. Jack is well-traveled, well-read and well-fed. Whipper-smart and great fun. Perfect ingredients for a perfect conversation partner. Our conversation oozed and grooved from Surfing to Sauces, Bad Bosses to Best MBA’s Jack’s taken the reigns from Rick and is captaining the Stein Ship into future waters. You’re in for a treat. ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are....

Espresso: How Innocent Drinks Overcame Near Death in 2008 03.10.2024 15:50

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7 Brilliant Basics of Onboarding to Make New Employees SMASH IT OUT THE PARK 02.10.2024 46:10

Delighted to wax lyzz with mi amigos PJ and BM. MKJ Ignite are a sponsor of the poddy. They’re great friends. And, yes, they’re recruiters (ohhhh gawwddd, I just used the “R” word) (cuff me Mr. Officer) Chill-AAxxxx, they're TOTAL LEGENDS People don’t talk about onboarding enough. Imagine walking into a 5* hotel and your room is a complete tip. You’d be miffed. So many founders and brands are w...

Tyrrells Crisps & Chase Distillery Founder: 36 Years of Brand Building Wisdom in 3 Hours, The Future of Food, How Gut Health Goes Mainstream 30.09.2024 2:56:58

"There are no rules, so create your own rules” - Tyrell’s Crisps & Chase Distillery founder: 16 Controversial Lessons from a £40 Million Exit and a £75 Million Exit to DIAGEO “…there are laws, but there are NO RULES” Back for a part two, with the Food & Drink OG DON Will Chase builds and flips. A MasterClass in Life and Brand building. Loved it. It’s long. Very long. So take it in slowly....

Espresso: Innocent Founder ONE HARSH TRUTH to Become a Household Brand... Be Different + Better 26.09.2024 10:34

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13 Simple Strategies to Quickly Raise Money for BONKERS Ideas, Win Insane PR for FREE and 10x Creativity on 10x Less Budget - Leo Taylor YUMBUG 23.09.2024 1:53:24

Making bugs mainstream is a brilliantly bonkers idea. I love brilliantly bonkers people. This Poddy was bonkers and brilliant yummy wisdom left me bug-eyed n’ bonked out Leo is an EXCEPTIONALLY bright visionary Leo sees bugs on bougie small plate menus in Shoredtich, Cricket Con Carne demolished on hungover Boxing Days in Glasgow And, SpBug Bol with Garlic bread for your Tuesday Tea (certy: the be...

Espresso: How Innocent Won a Tesco Listing - Negotiation Tactics from a Master "Be Flexible in the Moment and know when to say "yes"" 19.09.2024 11:44

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Will Bowlby, founder Kricket: Revealing The Hidden Marketing Genius of Kricket Modern Indian Restaurants and London’s Favourite Cocktail Bar SOMA, Soho 16.09.2024 1:33:35

Me loves me’s a-bitta Kricket. A raucous rollercoaster of Mumbai-melting, Bombay-bouncing, spice-slapping flavour Bowls you over. Smacks tastebuds for 6. Often, with my brother, we roll up, hunker down, nestle in, zonk out at their Brixton site: unadulterated gluttony erupts. And, the name, Kricket - I think - maybe - is one the greatest brand names of all time. Cricket, the sport, played in Engla...

Espresso: Seth Godin, 3 Golden Rules for Creative High Performance Cultures 12.09.2024 9:33

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innocent Drinks Founder: 17 Timeless Brand Building Laws to Scale a £310 Million Brand (…You’ve Never Heard Before) 09.09.2024 1:16:34

When I started the poddy, I scribbled on scruff paper a list dream brands Top of list: Innocent Innocent are THE OG challenger brand. The Innocent Illuminate (or Alumni) all built WHOPPPA brands: Giles, Barney, Emma, Peter Oden, loads more All extol fruitful learnings from Fruit Towers. Many see Innocent as a Brand & Marketing machine (they are). In this episode Adam Balon revealed something m...

Espresso: YOU are not your BUSINESS - Mike Davies on his Mental Break Down, Intervention, and Recovery 05.09.2024 12:17

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11 Powerful Brand Storytelling Secrets: Build Deeper Connection with Consumers, Spread Your Idea Further & Faster (…this will BLOW YOUR MIND) 02.09.2024 1:58:30

In 1994, Steve Jobs said - “The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller .” “The storyteller sets the vision, values, and agenda of an entire generation that is to come” Today's Episode with Will Storr will make YOU a better storyteller to your team. Your brand a better storyteller to your consumers The learnings in this are TOTALLY different from every episode I’ve ever recorded. Will...

Espresso: PerfectTed's One Secret To Building an INSANE Creative Culture to unlock Tesco, Waitrose, Ocado, Sainsbury's in ONE Year 29.08.2024 9:44

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7 Weird Reasons Willy’s Pies Are The NEXT BIG Challenger Brand: Failing at Watford Football Club, Launching at Arsenal & Fulham, Winning Investment from Ian Wright, Ocado Launch 26.08.2024 1:26:03

Building a brand = Jump off the cliff and build the plane on the way down “there are no set rules to build a challenger brand” Will and Josh, from Willy’s Pies live and breath those adages Brash oblivion confidence - mixed with naive intelligence tempered with a big ol’ dose of cynical pragmatism good humour Willy’s Pies is the wonderful story of action = momentum. momentum = magic. magic = more m...

Espresso: Seth Godin How Shake Shack Keep The Magic as They Scale 22.08.2024 5:17

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