In The Business

Everyone says AI is taking graduate jobs. Danilo McGarry, who spent 20 years running some of the biggest AI programmes in the world, says the truth is far more uncomfortable: lazy leadership in the boardroom. In this episode Danilo reveals the boardroom politics behind mass job cuts, why AGI could arrive by next summer, what OpenAI's finances really show, why Elon Musk is wrong about universal...

Roei Samuels was nearly thrown out of school at 14. He was selling burned CDs in the schoolyard before most people knew what a side hustle was. Years later he grew the sports media company RealSport to 9.5 million monthly users and engineered the buyer into acquiring the whole business. Then he did something most founders never would: he walked on stage and tried stand up comedy. In this episode R...

They were told they'd never amount to anything. Now they've got 20+ million views on a single video, cleaned a TfL train, and stopped Simon Squibb in the street. The Maka Twins went from being "looked down upon" their whole childhood and getting a Chatterbox award in primary school, to building one of the UK's most-watched cleaning brands, cleaning TfL trains, airplanes and B...

Entrepreneur Tawhid Juneja went from earning £150K/month in healthcare recruitment to cocaine addiction, £2.4M bankruptcy, and 33 months in prison. Now he's rebuilt, owning businesses and football club AFC Welwyn. This is his full story. In this episode of In The Business podcast, Tawhid opens up about growing up with a single mum, building his first recruitment business, how the 2008 recessio...

Ask for anything else and the clue is in the name. Flat White Or F*ck Off is a concept by Rory Sutherland brought to life by Tom Noble, Charlie Hurst, Will and Lucia Sudlow. Serving only one product, the business is a bold experiment in simplicity and provocation. In this episode we speak with the founders about the £27,000 pop up in London, what's next for the brand and why they started this...

Paul Sherratt is the Founder & CEO of GloveGlu , the company behind the world’s first goalkeeper glove grip spray. In this interview, we take Paul back to step one...the moment GloveGlu began. He shares how the idea came to life, the early challenges he faced, and the key lessons learned while scaling the brand into a global business. In The Business is a podcast that takes entrepreneurs and f...

Grace Hardy is a content creator, accountant, bookkeeper, and business owner. In this conversation, she shares why she decided to start her own business and the very first steps she took to launch her company. Timestamps: 00:00 Choosing the Unconventional Path 01:12 The Decision to Start a Business 02:50 Building the Business: First Steps 04:06 Client Acquisition Strategies 07:47 Content Creation...

Raising investment isn’t about having a “cool idea.” It’s about proving you can execute, sell, and build something real without acting entitled or wasting investors’ time. In this episode, angel investor Phil McSweeney (40+ investments; thousands of pitches seen) breaks down what actually gets a yes, what gets you ignored, and the fastest ways founders accidentally sabotage themselves. What you’ll...

Why is it so hard to find an angel investor and what are you doing that makes it harder? In this reddit asks Q&A, Phil McSweeney (angel investor with 40+ investments, mentor/coach to startups, author) answers the questions founders actually ask when they’re trying to raise: where to find angels, when to pitch, how to spot a bad investor, how to think about equity, and what a pitch deck is real...

In this episode, we sit down with Andrew Keith Walker a founder known for seeing the “direction of travel” early. Unpacking what separates real trend-spotters from people who just chase hype. We cover: • How tech disruption really works (and why the winners often come back with a new value proposition, think Rolex, vinyl, print).   • AI: why it matters, and how it will actually show up (embedded i...

What happens when you’re 17, smashing school, and still decide to walk away because the business is growing faster than the timetable? In this episode, we sit down with Finley Hyett, a 17-year-old entrepreneur who dropped out in Year 12 to go all-in on his Cardiff-based digital marketing agency. We unpack the part most people skip: how you earn trust when you’re young, how you build real self-beli...

In this episode, we sit down with Gavin Bell to unpack how he went from solo social media freelancer to building Yatter a paid ads agency he deliberately designed to sell and successfully exiting in just a few years. Gavin breaks down the difference between a lifestyle business and a sellable business, and why most founders say they want an exit but structure their company so nobody would actually...

In this episode, Andrew Hulbert breaks down the real, uncomfortable truth behind his journey. How the working-class upbringing shaped him, the sacrifices that nearly cost him everything, and the relentless mindset required to scale a company faster than anyone around him. He exposes the myths around “work–life balance,” explains why most founders fail before they even start, and shows exactly how...

Unsecured vs secured business loans. What’s the real difference, what do lenders actually care about. In this episode, finance broker Kat Edwards breaks down how business lending works in plain English: What a “good” vs “bad” rate looks like right now, why your personal credit score matters even for a business loan, and the biggest mistake founders make when they’re desperate for funding.  What y...

Giles Denning joins us to break down how he went from nightlife and hospitality to building PerformX Live a 6,000-person fitness business event reshaping the industry. We dive into why he quit alcohol, how he rebuilt his networkfrom scratch, the real mechanics of getting speakers and partners, why most people build events wrong, and why “mental fitness” is so important for modern men. If you’re bu...

In this episode, were joined by Ellis Bennett, owner/director of EA Accountancy, who works with agency owners, young entrepreneurs and startups (around 400 clients) and breaks down the most common questions he hears from people building income on the side. We cover: • When you actually need to file Self Assessment (and the £1,000 trading allowance that catches people out) • What you can claim as e...

In this episode, we sit down with emotional intelligence coach Nick Atzeni to dismantle the lies you tell yourself about how self-aware you are. If you think you can run a business, lead people, or even hold a relationship together without understanding your own emotions, this conversation will expose the gaps you’ve been ignoring. Nick breaks down:• Why you don’t actually listen and how to fix it...

A 17-year-old entrepreneur (Finley Hyett) takes on the biggest questions young founders ask: where to start, how to be taken seriously, and what to build first to stack skills fast. We break down confidence, handling pushback, standing out, networking intelligently, and the real trade-off between service businesses and “faceless” models like dropshipping. Plus how to think about AI/“machine learni...

If you have ever thought “What the hell do I do with my life?” and felt like uni is your only option, this episode is for you. Harrison and Tom sit down with India Elsom, founder of Engaged Social Media and Marketing, to answer real questions about life after school. They cover feeling stuck, whether uni is actually right for you, how gap years and work experience really play out, and what kind of...

Gavin Bell (who sold his company last year) breaks down you questions about “How do you sell a business?” You’ll learn: Where buyers come from (and why “list it on a site” usually brings time-wasters) How businesses get valued (EBITDA multiples, revenue multiples, net profit) How to push your multiple up by building what acquirers want (team, systems, lower risk) The earn-out trap and how to prote...

Charlotte Giddings didn’t start a brownie empire because she wanted to. She started it because she had no other choice. During lockdown, with £2 left ,a startup loan hanging over her, and no way to open her café, she made one decision that changed everything: “If I make 50p today, it’s 50p more thanyesterday.”   In this episode, Charlotte reveals: ·       How a single Facebook post turned into a n...

In this episode, Paul Avins breaks down exactly why the school system fails entrepreneurs, why the UK culture holds back ambition, and how to build the mindset required to scale a business in today’s world. Paul reveals the truth about entrepreneurship, from overcoming fear and scarcity thinking to understanding leverage, building a network, and using AI to grow faster than ever. If you want to le...

In this episode, we sit down with Josh Robinson, founder of LMSUK, a global entertainment brand built on helping creatives turn their art into a real, sustainable business. Josh shares how he went from sneaking backstage at festivals as a teenager to running a company that works with artists, producers, and creators across the world. His journey shows what’s possible when creativity meets practica...

In this episode, Alex breaks down why most young entrepreneurs sabotage themselves, why talking to real customers beats every marketing playbook, how loneliness destroys early-stage founders, and why your network the decides whether you actually make progress or just look busy online.

Small business owners jump on Reddit every day asking the same thing:“Why is everything in my business so slow, messy, and chaotic?”In this episode of Reddit Asks In The Business, we put the internet’s most-asked questions straight to Andy Skinner, a Lean Six Sigma specialist who fixes broken processes, removes waste, and helps businesses run like actual businesses. Not duct-taped chaos machines....