Real World Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial Evolution: Overcoming Business Hurdles and Attaining Startup Triumphs with the Real World Entrepreneurship Podcast. Welcome aboard to another insightful episode of the Real World Entrepreneurship Podcast with big-league guests Bhairav Patel and Alan Clarke. In every entrepreneurial voyage, navigating the hazardous waters of business failures plays an instrumental part. This episode...

Welcome back to another episode of the ‘Real World Entrepreneurship Podcast’. Alan Clarke and Bhairav Patel draw your attention, in this episode, to a deeply disruptive issue within start-up landscapes - sexism. The issue paints a worrying scenario when it comes to interactions between investors and female founders. In addition to chronicling cases of sexism, the episode discusses more sinister fo...

Join hosts Alan Clarke and Bhairav Patel in this enlightening episode of The Real World Entrepreneurship Podcast as they unpack the various dimensions of startup creation. Today's episode circles around market validation, a critical step in the journey of an entrepreneur, and further extends to the importance of building a reliable network and spotting the right resources. Understanding whether yo...

Welcome back to another intriguing episode of The Real World Entrepreneurship Podcast. Our guests for this episode are Bhairav Patel and Alan Clarke who are frontrunners in the field of business and organizational management. Change may be a constant in life, but when it comes to managing change within organizations, the process presents unique challenges. In this episode, we unpack the crucial as...

In this podcast, we discuss the importance of hiring the right people for a business. We call upon the wisdom of Adib Bamieh from Bamboo Orchard who suggests that therea re three core characteristics you should look for when hiring someone: self-motivation, communication, and humility. He also suggests that it is important to understand what a potential hire does in their previous role and how muc...

In this episode of the Real World Entrepreneurship Podcast, join Alan and Bhairav, as they traverse the often intimidating landscape of entrepreneurship. The duo digs deep into the dynamics of starting a company, covering critical aspects like defining each co-founder's role, handling equity shares, and managing investors responsibly and effectively. Beginning with an exploration of co-founder rol...

In this episode, Alan and Bhairav discuss the potential for a financial crisis and its implications for those starting up a business. They note that there has been a huge influx of funding into AI businesses in the first six months of 2020, whereas other areas are becoming harder to raise money in. They discuss the importance of planning for the worst case scenario and having a good hard look at w...

In this podcast, the hosts Alan and Bhairav, discuss the changing face of early stage funding Gone are the days that a hockey stick graph in a pitch deck will elicit excitement from investors, nowadays they are more savvy and want to see real numbers behind the figures they are presented It has always been important to target the right investors for your business but nowadays if you don't know you...

Many people start off solo but then realise quite quickly that they need a co-founder to help compliment them with the skills that they may not have In this episode we talk about what you need to look for in a co-founder and whether you really even need one at all

Running a business is not for everyone and in this conversation Alan and Bhairav talk about the realities of running a business We talk about how founders need to concentrate on the areas they have expertise in and hire in the speciality skills when needed In addition we talk about the tough nature of running your own company, how it can be a very lonely place but the rewards can be great

In this podcast we discuss the legals that are needed when creating your own business We go though the different types of documentation needed, what compliance is required as well as the importance of having a great shareholder agreement

The fourth season of "The Real World Unfairship Contracts" podcast focuses on the topic of starting a business and getting it up and running. In this episode, the hosts discuss the essential technology and tools needed to start a business. They begin by recommending basic productivity tools such as Google Suite, Microsoft 365, and Outlook. They also mention alternative tools for those who prefer n...

This week we are talking to author, speaker and mentor Jan Cavelle

Is it all money and glory? Will you become a billionaire within the first year? Will investors shower you with money and you can retire in a few years? Well those are the ideas many of us have in our head when it comes to ideals of entrepreneurship but what is the reality? In this episode Alan and Bhairav talk about the pros and cons of running your own business and they take the wisdom of the int...

What is it really like being an entrepreneur? What are the different stages of the journey and what should you know along the way? In this podcast Alan and Bhairav talk about the steps that every entrepreneur must take and what it is really like taking them We did some research this week and our aim is to seek to see whether what you find online accurately reflects what we have seen in real life

In this week's episode we talk about the different people that can help you start your business, we cover specific advisors such as legal and financial to coaches and mentors - the differences between the two and how you have to be careful before you implement the advice of others

A question that many people ask themselves on a daily basis - should I start a business? Well the answer to this is mixed, for some people the choice is easy because there is no choice, they by necessity need to start a business in order to survive For others the question is more difficult to answer because they may be in a secure, well paying job and have a family or others to support In this pod...

In this episode Alan and Bhairav are joined by Medial Relations Trainer Colin Kelly Colin talks about how business owners can obtain the maximum exposure for their business through multiple channels We also debate the following questions: What have been the biggest in social media over the past 5 years? What are the new social media trends business owners need to be aware of? What do businesses ne...

In this podcast Alan and Bhairav talk with Mark Farrar-Brown from Fit to Lead Mark is a coach to CEOs of scaling businesses and in this podcast he shares a number of insights with us from the world of entrepreneurship, most notably the 5 questions you need to answer as a start-up founder in order to create a winning strategy As you can expect, this episode, like all others goes off topic and the t...

In this episode Alan and Bhairav talk about budgeting! How much should you be spending on different things? How do you know if it is too much or too little? Should you be changing the way you spend because of the recession?

In this episode Alan and Bhairav talk with Gary Ennis from NS Design Gary is the co-author of " Embrace the Space " and is a social media and digital skills trainer In this space we learn: What do we mean by social media? What are the latest trends we should be looking out for? How should you, as a business owner, approach social media Why not all social media channels are your friend How to get t...

In this podcast Alan and Bhairav debate the meaning of the term "resilience" and whether there is such a thing and if it is a skill that can be learned

In this week's podcast Alan and Bhairav talk about Atom CTO's marketing journey It has been a number of years since Bhairav talked about his experiences of marketing and in this podcast, he gives an update on where Atom is today with regards to marketing and the key lessons he has learnt The main takeaways from this podcast are: You should approach marketing in the same way you would any other fun...

As a start-up founder are you thinking about your business from a global perspective? Do you look at what is going on overseas and take inspiration from the way others have solved problems and feed their thinking into your own This week's podcast was meant to be about whether now is a right time to start a new business but as ever we veered off topic and talked about how the rest of the world sees...

In this podcast you'll hear from Brant Cooper, author of a new book called Disruption Proof Brant is an exponent of mission driven teams where companies provide teams with clear objectives and let them get on with the day to day management of tasks to reach those objectives He also discusses his book Disruption Proof where he discusses how disruption proof organisations are Resilient, Aware and Dy...