Millennial Masters

From Afghanistan to burnout to Better Happy , Mike Jones has lived every extreme. After five years in military intelligence (including two tours with Special Forces), Mike chased fulfilment across Thailand, Nepal, and Australia… only to find himself building a business that drained the life out of him. In this episode, we unpack how hustle culture broke him, and how he rebuilt a business (and mind...

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack or 🎧 listen now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and YouTube Millennial Masters is brought to you by Jolt ⚡️ The UK’s top web hosting service This week’s Millennial Master is James Augustin, Founder of Particle Execution From launching a Pokémon lucky dip at school to building one of Dubai’s fastest-growing AI automation agencies, James is proof that grit, spee...

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack or 🎧 listen now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and YouTube Millennial Masters is brought to you by Jolt ⚡️ The UK’s top web hosting service What if pageants were less about looks and more about legacy? Jasmine Foley is International Ms 2024 and founder of Empress Media Academy , where she helps women build their brand, voice and confidence through pageantry....

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack or 🎧 listen now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and YouTube Millennial Masters is brought to you by Jolt ⚡️ The UK’s top web hosting service -------------- Most brands try to fake authenticity, but Rob Smith built his on it. Rob and his brother James didn’t have a background in drinks, big investors, or industry connections. What they had was a gap year discov...

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack or 🎧 listen now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and YouTube Millennial Masters is brought to you by Jolt ⚡️ The UK’s top web hosting service Stefan Husanu ’s story is anything but conventional. Arriving in London with no qualifications and barely any money, he took whatever work he could find — hustling his way from construction sites to running his own busine...

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack or 🎧 listen now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and YouTube — Millennial Masters is brought to you by Jolt ⚡️ The UK’s top web hosting service What happens when Disney sends you a cease and desist? Most people panic. Amy Morris built a global entertainment empire. She went from performing on cruise ships to launching Pop Up Global , taking on an entire industr...

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack or 🎧 listen now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and YouTube Millennial Masters is brought to you by: — Jolt ⚡️ The UK’s top web hosting service— Offwork 🏖️ The employee perk that actually gets used This week, Millennial Masters takes you beyond the stratosphere with Joshua Western , co-founder and CEO of SpaceForge — the company making space manufacturing a re...

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack or 🎧 listen now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and YouTube Millennial Masters is brought to you by: — Jolt ⚡️ The UK’s top web hosting service— Offwork 🏖️ The employee perk that actually gets used This week’s Millennial Master is Jack Good , founder and CEO of Reuseabox . What started as a scrappy eBay hustle selling second-hand cardboard has turned into a fu...

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack or 🎧 listen now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and YouTube Millennial Masters is brought to you by: * Jolt ⚡️ The UK’s top web hosting service* Offwork 🏖️ The employee perk that actually gets used Alice Casiraghi is a designer in the circular economy, an expert in sustainable food systems and climate tech, and a master lecturer on how to rethink business for...

This week’s Millennial Master is Kamal Ellis-Hyman — a speaker, entrepreneur, and mentor who’s redefining success for young professionals through his business Aim A Little Higher . From a childhood of side hustles to building a business that empowers the next generation, Kamal’s journey proves one thing: self-awareness is the real game-changer. 📺 Watch the full episode on Substack or 🎧 listen no...

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack or 🎧 listen now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and YouTube Millennial Masters is brought to you by: * Jolt ⚡️ The UK’s top web hosting service* Offwork 🏖️ The employee perk that actually gets used This week’s Millennial Master is Kieran Jones , CEO of Freethought Group , who’s proof that success doesn’t always come from rapid-fire growth. Starting his first b...

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack or 🎧 listen now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and YouTube Millennial Masters is brought to you by: * Jolt ⚡️ The UK’s top web hosting service* Offwork 🏖️ The employee perk that actually gets used This week’s Millennial Master is Nick Telson , an entrepreneur, angel investor, and podcaster who’s rewriting the rulebook for startup success. After scaling Design...

This week’s Millennial Master is Thibault (Tibo) Louis-Lucas , a serial entrepreneur who turned setbacks into stepping stones. From his early ventures and failures, to the breakthrough success and multi-million acquisition, Tibo has perfected the art of solving real problems and building products with impact. In this episode, Tibo shares his journey of rapid iteration, finding product-market fit,...

This week’s Millennial Master is Gemma Price , founder of HubGem. From taking the leap into self-employment to scaling a niche business into a global success, Gemma explains how she navigated challenges with resilience and a culture-first mindset. In this episode, she shares her secrets for building a thriving remote team, mastering personal development, and redefining work-life balance as a paren...

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack or 🎧 listen now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and YouTube Millennial Masters is brought to you by: * Jolt ⚡️ The UK’s top web hosting service * Offwork 🏖️ The employee perk that actually gets used Ryan Carruthers is a serial entrepreneur whose journey spans trading PlayStation games as a teenager, scaling a Betfair tips empire, and building communities that...

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack or YouTube Millennial Masters is brought to you by: * Jolt ⚡️ The UK’s top web hosting service* Offwork 🏖️ The employee perk that actually gets used Francesca McClory is a dedicated stay-at-home mum turned entrepreneur, who transformed her life through sheer self-belief. In this episode, Francesca shares her experiences of scaling her business, FutureCloud Ac...

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack Millennial Masters is brought to you by: * Jolt ⚡️ The UK’s top web hosting service * Offwork 🏖️ The employee perk that actually gets used Michael Buckworth is a seasoned mergers and acquisitions expert turned entrepreneurial powerhouse. He traded the high-stakes of top law firms for the gritty realm of startups. With over a decade of experience navigating bi...

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack Sam Holmes and Harvey Armstrong’s journey from a chance train encounter to launching Prime Time is a masterclass in friendship, resilience, and the power of building in public. Known for their stint on Made in Chelsea , Sam and Harvey brought their entrepreneurial journey to life on-screen and social media. This authenticity not only earned them a loyal fanbas...

📺 Watch the full episode on Substack Yehong Zhu’s story is a blend of journalism, technology, and entrepreneurial spirit. A Harvard graduate, she began as a business reporter at Forbes, uncovering market trends, before transitioning to Product Manager at Twitter, where she bridged media and tech. Now, as the founder of Zette, a Silicon Valley startup tackling paywall fatigue, Yehong is reimaginin...

This bonus episode of Millennial Masters features a condensed version of Barney Hussey-Yeo’s evidence to the UK House of Lords inquiry on scaling AI and creative tech. Barney is the founder and CEO of Cleo, the financial AI assistant founded in the UK in 2016 and later scaled in the US. In this session, he lays out a blunt view of why the UK keeps producing talent, startups, and technical breakthr...

Dumi Siwo built his way in. After moving from Zambia to the UK at 13, he ran into the same wall a lot of young people do. Getting a foot in the door was harder than it should have been, so he made his own entry point. That started with club nights, cameras, artists, DJs, and being close to where culture was actually moving. It grew into Firmative, a creative business that has gone on to work with...

Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana works in a part of the world where pressure reveals what people really stand for. With a background in law and leadership, and now as CEO of Impress, the UK’s independent press regulator, she sits close to some of the hardest questions in media, trust, accountability, and organisational culture. In this episode, we get into what ethical leadership looks like when decisions...

William Stokes moved from engineering in oil and gas into property, then used that shift to build something bigger. He started by converting commercial buildings into residential units before spotting a gap in the market for well-designed co-working spaces outside London. That became Co-Space. Today, the business has three live locations, dozens more in the pipeline, and a clear bet on where work...

Peter Watson is Managing Partner of Featured Group and has been in business since he was 16. Since then, he has built, scaled, and exited companies across multiple industries, using sharp marketing, smart bets, and a way of working that turned ADHD into an advantage rather than a limitation. He is especially interested in how AI and emerging technology can challenge stale business models and help...

Millennial Masters started with a simple question: What does it really take to build something that lasts? After 14 years of the startup grind and plenty of hard lessons along the way, I wanted to create a space where millennial founders, leaders, and entrepreneurs could share their journeys… the real ones, with all the wins, losses, and everything in between. This podcast and newsletter is for an...