Screw It Just DO It with Alex Chisnall

Welcome to Episode #280, with Adam Kamani, a serial entrepreneur who's looking to disrupt the property market along side his co-Founder Charlotte Kamani. The Kamani name is synonymous with success in the fashion industry, Adam grew up in the entrepreneurial family behind the fashion giant Boohoo. Upon taking the reins to the Kamani Property Group, he launched Movestreets, which aims to innovate by...

Welcome to Saturday's Solo Episode #279. In this week's episode, I want to talk about my My One Page Business Plan To Get Started Now. In order to get started in whatever you need to do, you always need to have a plan. For any business, it is important to think about 3 important things and this podcast is centered on these things: WHAT you're gonna sell WHO is gonna buy it HOW are you gonna get pa...

Welcome to Episode #278, with Adam Dodds, founder and CEO of Freetrade, a next generation investment app offering free stock trading in the UK for the very first time. During this episode, Why You Need Crowdfunding & Venture Capital for Your Business, Adam and I will be talking about: Transparency and engagement to your customers are key ideas for business to succeed Listening to your customers an...

Welcome to Saturday's Solo Episode #277. In this week's episode, I want to talk organizing all the tasks you need to do in your life. I have a simple way of doing this and it's called DDD or Do It, Delegate It or Ditch It. Planning and organizing all these tasks helps you focus on what needs to be done, when to do it, and how to do it so you can efficiently and effectively achieve your goals. It's...

Welcome to Episode #276 with Gagan Biyani, co-Founder and President of Udemy, the largest online education company, and was co-Founder and CEO of Sprig, a food delivery company. During this episode, Learning Through Doing, Gagan and I about: Learning through doing instead of listening which has the greatest impact. Self reflection helps you stay on course of your goals Not getting caught up in wha...

Welcome to Saturday's Solo Episode #275. In this week's episode, I want to talk about 90 Days to Smash Your #1 Goal. You can achieve so much in 90 days or less if you maintain a positive mindset and outlook. The most important thing is for you to start immediately, start now. Focus on what you can control and be stoic on what you cannot. Identify that goal then persevere. Do what you need to do an...

Welcome to Episode #274 with Rob Moore, self made property investor, businessman, entrepreneur, a best selling author with 9 books, has 3 world records in public speaking and 2 podcasts - "The Disruptive Entrepreneur" and "The Money Podcast". At the age of 25, Rob was £50k in consumer debt and five years later, he was a self-made multi-millionaire. He co-founded Progressive Group – starting with P...

Welcome to Saturday's Solo Episode #273. In this week's episode, I want to talk about How to Fund Your Startup in a Pandemic and I'll be focusing on five different ways: Bootstrapping Family and Friends Angel Investment Crowdfunding Venture Capital Useful links: Crowdfunding through Kickstarte r and Crowdcube

Welcome to Episode #272 with Jonathan Petrides, founder and CEO of allplants as we talked about Building a Business that is Earth-Friendly, Sustainable and Healthy. JP is the serial entrepreneur behind plant-powered food company allplants. From an innovative London kitchen allplants uses bold flavours and hyper convenience to help us all to eat healthier and nourish the planet - bringing more plan...

Welcome to Saturday's Solo Episode #271. In this week's episode, I want to talk about The Hunger Games Cull of 2020. During this pandemic, there are a lot of uncertain things in the world and one is if we get to keep our jobs. If you are experiencing this at moment, know that there are stages of accepting this - shock, anger, rationalizing what happened, and finally complete acceptance. Remember t...

Welcome to Episode #270 with Richard Goldsmith, an award winning entrepreneur and founder of Moju Natural Performance Drinks. During this episode, Richard and I will be talking about Why E-commerce is Essential for the Future of Modern Brands and chatted about: Building an E-commerce business inside a retail business, how challenging it is but how critical it is to the success of modern brands The...

Welcome to Saturday's Solo Episode #269. In this week's episode, I want to talk about How to Influence People - and Lead. For people to follow your lead, you must first make a positive influence to them. To be able to do this, you must first truly understand them - their needs, wants and likes. 

Welcome to Episode #268 with my friend Olly Whittle, founder and director of Swarm Social. During this Wednesday episode, Olly and I talked about Facebook and Instagram Ad Strategies to Double Your Sales in Just 30 Days. We covered the following: Knowing your audience and being very specific and sensitive to what your audience likes and needs Knowing your break even point and target return on ads...

Welcome to Saturday's Solo Episode #267. In this week's episode, I want to talk about Staycation: Should I Stay or Should I Go? I will be talking about several things: - freedom of location - freedom of time - freedom of movement - working from home versus working from an office or fixed location

Welcome to Episode #266 with Patrick M. Powers, founder of the world's 2nd biggest business meet-up, VIP Dinners, with over 27,500 members. He can get you connected with anyone, anywhere. Patrick has authored a few books including How to Conquer Fear of Public Speaking and Turn Your Contacts into Cash. During this episode, Patrick and I covered the following: how to create prospects on demand the...

Welcome to Saturday's Solo Episode #265. In this week's episode, I want to talk about Snowboard 100 Days a Year and setting and resetting the goals that you can achieve in the next 120 days before the year ends. During the episode, I'll be talking about setting up your habits and routines and why you should keep tracking them to help you become successful. Screw It Just Do It has a new Instagram a...

Welcome to the trailer for Episode #264 with Geordie Wardman, from OneStop DevShop. During this episode, Geordie and I will talk about his experiences on jumping off an airplane to put out forest fires and how now, he has several tech based companies and manages to still ski 100 days a year while managing all of his businesses. We talked about a bunch of different things: how having a mentor is a...

Welcome to Saturday's Solo Episode #263. In this week's episode, I want to talk about How To Be More Accountable and my journey to running a marathon. Things don't always go according to plan. We don't usually make it the first time. It takes several tries and failures to be able to succeed. But we need to keep on trying. We need to set a time and commit to hit our goals. Screw It Just Do It has a...

Welcome to Episode #262: From Accidental Founder to 24 Million Users with Michael McDerment, Co-Founder and CEO of FreshBooks. During this episode, Mark and I will be talking about: the 7 ways he almost killed his company and how you can avoid something similar why raising money doesn't always solve your problems and why FreshBooks created a secret competitor company Some helpful links: Looking fo...

Welcome to Saturday's Solo Episode #261. In this week's episode, I want to talk about how Getting Started is the Hardest, Yet Easiest Thing to Do. It's about embracing fear, taking action and getting started. You need to take that first step and just #Screwitjustdoit. Screw It Just Do It has a new Instagram account. Follow us here . Check out my new project, the Inner Circle Mentorship Program, to...

Welcome to Episode #260 with Hannah Anderson, co-founder of Social Chain, one of the world's most influential social media publishing houses. She is also listed as 25 Most Influential Women in Britain. During this episode, Hannah and I will be talking about Adjusting Social: What's Changed and How You Should Adapt. We will be talking about finding your content and showcasing what you're most passi...

Welcome to Saturday's Solo Episode #259. In this week's episode, I want to talk about How to Rebuild Your Confidence. Confidence is build overtime by repetitively doing the same action over and over again. Making yourself get 1% better everyday. And practice every day, every week, every month until you get as close to perfection as you can. Learn more Michael Jordan's Netflix documentary called Th...

Welcome to Episode #258 with Mark Masters, the owner of the content marketing consultancy, the ID Group. He also runs the awesome website You Are The Media. During this episode, Mark and I will be talking about How to Build a Loyal Email List. But before you can build thousands of followers, it is important to start with the first ten people. And focus on that first ten followers. We will be discu...

Welcome to Saturday's Solo Episode #257. In this week's episode, I want to talk about how being Consistent and Persistent Wins the Race! Success is not an overnight event. It takes days, months, years to be able to successfully achieve your goals. And throughout this timeline, being consistent and persistent everyday will help you get there. And that's a fact. Learn more from Andy Frisella and his...

In this week's episode, I am joined by Ben Keene, co-founder of the Rebel Book Club & Virgin StartUp mentor and business advisor. During this episode, Ben and I will be talking about Tribe Building: How to create and strengthen community within your business. We will be discussing: Trust as the main component to tribe building The 5 R's for tribe building: Reason, Ritual, Rhythm, Respect and Rewar...