Screw It Just DO It with Alex Chisnall

"If you keep on trying something long enough you will figure it out. A lot of people aren't willingly to put that time in." I say to my team "Fail faster, faster, faster, faster. I want you to fail twenty times today so that we can get to the next step and figure out what to do next. Every time we fail we learn something new, and we continually whittle down the possibilities of what will work. Tha...

Welcome to episode #154: Patience, Plateau's and perseverance. Why do we expect overnight success?   I went for a 5K run the other night to try and beat my personal best. I was initially pissed off that I didn't get it. But in retrospect, I'm more pissed off that I quit. I quit with about 250 yards left to run when I realised that I wasn't going to get a PB.   I know I shouldn't have quit. I shoul...

"I met Steve Hindy and he was the owner of Brooklyn Brewery. The first time I'm at a brewery. I thought "This is cool, they're making a lager, but it's not boring and it's beautifully packaged." I came back and said that's what I want to do. So I then built a brewery in the basement of the pub out of clapped out this and that. We went from brewing one day a week to brewing seven days a week. I was...

A couple of things resonated with me this week. Chatting to ex-Dragon Piers Linney for last week's episode with Antler in London, and then listening to Tony Robbins chatting to former heavyweight champion of the world Mike Tyson. Piers launched his #Startup with Piers Linney course and, among other things, we discussed why everybody isn't successful - when all of the information to succeed is alre...

"I was being hounded by the producers at the BBC. I went to the Virgin Fast Track event, Richard Branson was on stage asking 'Who wants to come on a safari with me'? So I said 'why not?'. He then said 'for this much money' and I thought 'God, I can buy a Porsche' for that. Everyone was sat there saying 'don't do it Piers', but I put my hand up. I ended up at at Sir Richard's private game reserve i...

Welcome to Episode #150! Today I'm going to be talking about #75HARD. A little over 3 months ago I randomly came across a podcast, Episode #290 of The MFCEO Project by Andy Frisella : A 75 Day Guide To Winning The War With Yourself. In it he launched his program, #75HARD, which has now become a worldwide movement.  I decided shortly after listening to this episode to start the programme myself. Th...

"June 27th of June 2013. For months we had been talking about when we would launch. I phoned Stuart and said 'Time's up. We're going.' I set up a PayPal link, put a post out on social media and to our email list saying this is the product, this is the secret. Literally within two hours we'd sold about £12,000 of products. Stuart called me and said 'We don't have any DNA tests yet' - so we had to s...

Welcome to episode #148. So I decided to take some of my own advice from this podcast, and Screw It, Just Do It. After four enjoyable years helping over 500 entrepreneurs obtain over £5 million in business funding and mentoring, I've decided to call it a day, and follow my passion. Here's what I've decided to do next... Let's StartUp! If I can help you please email alex@screwitjustdoit.org  or con...

"I never wanted to be a rugby player and 18 years later we are where we are. Everything I do is based on my passions and it's trying to navigate those waters of only doing things that you're interested in. The people who are super-successful in life are people who started a business because they actually loved doing it and as a by-product they made a load of cash. A lot of people who are desperate...

If you come to one live event during the rest of 2019, you need to come to this one! This is our annual get-together and I would personally love to see and meet you. So on Episode #146 I'm talking about the launch of this October 17th's Entrepreneur Summit 2019 event at there Hilton Bournemouth in partnership with Sunny Bird PR . We've got NINE amazing A-List speakers, plus a couple of really inte...

Welcome to Episode #145 where this week I'm more super-excited than usual. Firstly my guest is Rob Da Bank, legendary DJ turned festival curated and podcaster. Secondly, we're launching our annual day-long event for entrepreneurs. Thirdly I'm launching a new business.. For full details of this year's event on October 17th in Bournemouth at the UK's #1 Hilton hotel go to the Screw it, Just Do it Fa...

In Episode #144 I talk about how to monetise a podcast. There's barely a day that goes by that somebody won't ask me about monetising podcasts. A common mistake is in thinking that the only way to monetise a podcast is through sponsorship. Another one is in thinking that you can monetise your podcast straightaway. I'm sorry to disappoint you but podcasting isn't a get-rich-quick scheme. Like any v...

" I won't dive into the details but I got booted out of school when I was young. I'm dyslexic so I find it really hard to concentrate in classrooms, and because of that I acted up in school and I was quite naughty. There was a group of us who weren't leading a very productive lifestyle as teenagers so my life really wasn't going anywhere. So at the age of 21 I knew I had so much potential and my p...

When I set my 2019 goals over Christmas I decided to focus on this podcast and get it to the number one position on the iTunes chart. Why? Because it was a measurable and achievable goal. However, if you had asked me two years ago if it was a SMART goal I would have said no - and laughed you out out of the room. My first week I had two downloads!! Clearly my mum and my wife.. So to now - just a we...

Welcome to episode #141 with Huel founder Julian Hearn. Fevertree, Gymshark, and Brewdog are all great British success stories. They have all disrupted existing categories and built phenomenal brands and incredible businesses.  Huel is set to eclipse them all. 40 million meals sold to 80+ countries. Year 1 - £0.75m - 2015 Year 2 - £5.7m - 2016 Year 3 - £14.1m - 2017 Year 4 - £40m - 2018 This is th...

On June 20th we celebrated a bunch of things: two years of this podcast, three years of live events, plus a brand new product launch courtesy of Jimmy's Iced Coffee: a Flat White in a can. And a beautiful looking can it was too. It seemed apt to be joined by Jimmy's founders Jim Cregan and Suzie Owen. They did, after all, host our first ever live event back in 2016 at their HQ in Christchurch. We...

Welcome to episode #139, and the second anniversary of this podcast - Screw it, Just Do it. I'd like to take this opportunity to thankyou personally for listening and supporting this show. It's THE most favourite thing that I do, and has given me so much pleasure, opened so many doors and opportunities, and introduced me to so many incredibly knowledgable and inspiring entrepreneurs.  I never set...

Welcome to episode #138. I take a look at what platforms I believe give you the best chance at growing your brand in 2019 We're nearly 6 months into 2019, as good a time as any to take a step back, review how far you've come - & how far you've got to go. So which platforms am I getting the best reach & engagement from? Funnily enough...podcasting is 100% the best for reach, whilst Linkedin and Fac...

On today's show it's my pleasure to welcome Norwegian entrepreneur Magnus Grimeland , the ex-Navy Seal and Harvard graduate who's co-founded Antler , a Global Startup-Generator, who's mission is to turn the world's top talent into great founders of great companies. Well, if you're a regular listener to the show you know that it takes a lot to blow me away when it comes to new businesses, new ideas...

What would it be worth to you if you could 100X traits in yourself like confidence, self-belief, discipline, & grittiness...& completely transform your life? These are not traits you are born with, but skills you develop. Andy Frisella is the host of podcast MFCEO Project  an entrepreneur and CEO of $100m US Supplement business 1stPhorm. He's spent more than twenty years figuring out how to master...

"What I've discovered, what probably makes me different is that lots of people try, try, try and give up. They're like 'This isn't working, I'm over it'..Even when I'm over it I try and find something. I try and build myself up, to find something to keep going." In Episode #135 I welcome Sherrille Riley, the founder of Nails & Brows Mayfair and her award-wining collection Beauty Edit Mayfair. Sher...

Welcome to episode #134 in which I discuss how you can figure out your competitor's Facebook Strategy. Following the fall-out from Facebook's data breach last year they decided to be a little more transparent. So transparent in fact, that you are now able to view your competitor's Facebook ad strategy. Shortest episode I've done, but something I wanted to share with you asap! I found this super-in...

"When we were younger we were really passionate about the spirit-mixer market and always quite fascinated by the limits and choice in the tonic water and mixers. We used to make sodas for friends and family in our kitchen, we were always in the tonic-mixer market so we were definitely just following our passion.  We were only going for about 6 months when we got the Foodpreneur award from Richard...

Welcome to episode #132 and on today's solo show I'd like to talk to to you about designing your ideal workday. This is not your dream retirement plan Richard Branson-style, sat in your hammock having played a game of tennis on your private island. This is based on reality...This is meant to be achievable and where you see your future in however many years. Let's StartUp!

"I ended up having a one-to-one experience myself with this exercise - pair up with a stranger and look into their eyes - I'm introverted, generally speaking. I didn't have a partner, I thought I'll sit this one out and it struck me the only person in the room who didn't have a partner was Tony Robbins so I walked up and suggested maybe he be my partner and he agreed and we had this eye contact mo...