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The world's first applied futurist, 'the low-budget Tony Stark', and all-round good-guy, Tom Cheesewright, arrives on the pod to talk us through his career, including the book that set him on his career path, spending lockdown building cars with his daughters, and working for NASA. Sam also has to eat his words about this not being a real job. We hope you enjoy it.... You can find Sam...

I met David Nolan when he was my University Lecturer. If I questioned something he was saying, he would ask me how many Royal Television Awards I have (it's 0) and then tell me how many he has (it's 5)... Since then, he's had a huge influence over my career. He's a multi-award author, journalist, filmmaker and radio producer and loves an all-you-can-eat buffet. In this episode, we...

Thom Hetherington is a leading voice in the UK food and drink and arts and culture industries. In this episode, we talk about his varied career from starting out as a marine biologist, launching Restaurant Magazine and the 50 Best Restaurants in the World, to struggling through a financial crisis and eventually exiting his business. He also mentions his hometown of Glossop unprompted 782 times......

Dawn Goddard is the CEO and Founder of Deus Management. An experienced and in-demand publicist, representing Alisha Lehmann, Danny Simpson and ‘Tiny’ Tim Bradbury amongst others. In this episode, we talk about her unconventional entry into the industry, what a good publicist does and how businesses and individuals should handle a crisis. I hope you enjoy it… You can find Sam on socials at @SamJone...

Paul Cheetham-Karcz is the founder of Sedulo. In this episode, we discuss Sedulo's growth from an accountancy practice into the behemoth they are today. Also included is a look at Paul's humble beginnings, 'the best work experience ever', and an in-depth look at how the company has grown. We also discuss the incredible work that Paul and the Sedulo team do with the Sedulo Foundatio...

This week’s episode starts in Zimbabwe and leads us to growing one of the fastest growing businesses in the UK. Ross Green is the CEO of Embryo and the person most dedicated to sales that I know. This episode talks through his sales strategies, growing his business and coping with tragedy… You can find Sam on socials at @SamJonesMCR Produced by Sally Rutter Adverts Chatting with Cherubs: ⁠https://...

In this episode, I'm very fortunate to be joined by one of my favourite comedians, the brilliant Hannah Platt. We track Hannah's career from initially getting into burlesque, to planning to write jokes for others to say on stage, to how she made the leap to performing. You can find Sam on socials at @SamJonesMCR Produced by Sally Rutter Adverts Chatting with Cherubs: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/cha...

From starting out at Page 3 to building more businesses than some people have had hot dinners, Rhian Sugden joins us in the hot seat this week to talk about her beginnings in Bury to running multiple businesses across different industries. I'm also desperate to make this Bury Branson nickname catch on, so if you can call her that from now on, that would make me very happy. I hope you enjoy it....

Court in the day. Live at the Apollo in the evening. One of the UK’s fastest rising comedians. A leading immigration lawyer. An award winning burlesque performer.  Sikisa is living multiples careers at once and smashing them all. In this episode we discuss how her mother gave her the option of being a ‘A lawyer, a doctor or dead’, through her multiples careers and her performance on BBC’s Live At...

Are you a scoundrel or a gentleman? In this episode, Johnny ‘The BaBa’ Shanahan joins us to discuss the rise of Barber Barber... You can find Sam on socials at @SamJonesMCR Produced by Sally Rutter Adverts Chatting with Cherubs: https://www.instagram.com/chattingwithcherubs/ Dogs4Rescue: https://dogs4rescue.co.uk/

Atul Bansal is my favourite creative and the head of Sheila Bird design studio. This is a pretty wide-ranging episode featuring his creative process, recovering from a turbulent time at college and hands-down the best ‘naming a business’ story I’ve ever heard… You can find Sam on socials at @SamJonesMCR Produced by Sally Rutter Adverts Chatting with Cherubs: https://www.instagram.com/chattingwithc...

Louise Emmott is the Managing Partner of Kingsdene ( https://kingsdeneproperty.com/ ). This episode dives in at the deep end to how she bought her business out of a much bigger one, and her journey from PA to Managing Partner. This is a really inspiring episode with some good insights on working for Hugh multi national businesses and then small ones too… You can find Sam on socials at @SamJonesMCR...

Nick Thornhill is the CEO of Bedspace and the Bedspace Trust ( https://bedspace.co.uk/ ). We discuss how he has gone from being a self confessed ‘wrong un’ to leading one of the UK’s most prominent care organisations. It features his journey from being an unambitious skiver, to buying his co-founder out of the business. You can find Sam on socials at @SamJonesMCR Produced by Sally Rutter Adverts C...

Richard Gahagan is the CEO of We Are Adam ( https://www.weareadam.com/ ). In this episode we discuss the recent sale of his business to his employees, how he fell into recruitment and how they have set themselves apart in a crowded market. Also features an incredible story about possibly the worst way to make a first impression in your clients office. You can find Sam on socials at @SamJonesMCR Pr...