The Blueprint Podcast

From Employee to Entrepreneur   Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Blueprint Podcast.   In this episode, we're celebrating Property Entrepreneur Strategy Day Award Winner 2023 (Programme) - Mr Hugh Mowat.   From working 60-70 hours a week as a full time employee to becoming a full blown property entrepreneur with multiple properties in his portfolio in less than 3 years.    Hugh's story...

I get invited to speak on podcasts all of the time and most interview questions are very similar:   How did you start? What are the biggest problems you've had?  How do you make money?  What are the best deals you've done?    But recently, I was invited to a very special podcast and interviewed by a very special guy, Ravinol Chambers, who hosts the Evolving Door podcast and in this podcast, I was...

You can't paint a masterpiece whilst you're running on a treadmill.   One of the most consistent challenges that we see with entrepreneurs who are trying to start and scale businesses is that they get caught up in the day to day and on the urgent part of the business and do not have the time or the capacity to focus on the important.   Using the two practices of Cave Time and Prime Time, which I'l...

In this Deals, Deals, Deals Podcast Series, we go Behind the Scenes on some of the UK's most Creative, Lucrative and Award-Winning Deals 🤩   Happy New Year! It's our 2nd anniversary of the Deals Deals Deals Podcast and after having Dan Hill as the first guest, our host Mark Barrett invited Dan back to discuss how he turned a £1m mistake into a 3500k profit plus his most recent dream home purchase...

Welcome to the next episode of The Blueprint Podcast. I hope you had a great Christmas Day and are enjoying the festivities!   What I want to do is share with you in this podcast, a gift that I've shared for the last couple of years, it's for you to do with your friends, your family, your children, or your partner over the Christmas period to allow you to reflect and consolidate on the year that's...

Observe the masses and do the opposite. Warren Buffett says that you should be fearful when others are greedy and you should be greedy when others are fearful.    The last opportunity we saw in the market to do low competition, high profit deals was the COVID-19 pandemic and the next opportunity is fast approaching.   This episode of The Blueprint looks at this window of opportunity and the five t...

High Performance Entrepreneurship with Kids   Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Blueprint Podcast.   In this episode, we're joined by investor, entrepreneur, and mother - Ms Claire Reid   Being an entrepreneur is hard, and so is being a mum. Combining the two can be near enough impossible for most entrepreneurs.   Claire has made it her mission to maintain the highest levels of success,...

Now THIS is going to be a podcast you DO NOT want to miss!    Check the link in my bio!!   It's time for another episode of our HUGELY popular SIX ROUNDS VIP Guest podcast!   In this episode Property Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 Sarah Lloyd is taking on Daniel Hill to go behind the scenes with six surprise topics which neither have any idea of!    In this Six Rounds, at 10 minutes apiece, Dan and...

The biggest mistake we see people make in wealth creation is thinking that bigger is better - more revenue means more profit.    The reality however, is not how much you make, it's how much you keep.    If you are not already managing your own personal finances down to the penny, the reality of you being able to manage six or seven figures in your business is going to be very challenging indeed. ...

In this Deals, Deals, Deals Podcast Series, we go Behind the Scenes on some of the UK's most Creative, Lucrative and Award-Winning Deals 🤩   In this latest DEALS DEALS DEALS Podcast, our host Mark Barrett introduces Tom Appleton who recently joined the Property Board and they discuss Tom's background as a footballer and then, after an injury, as a coach in Los Angeles.   With Christmas, the seaso...

The world is conspiring against you and the reality is in 2023, you actually have to work very hard if you want to become focused on what you're doing, become disciplined at taking yourself forward and avoiding all the trip ups and challenges of day to day life, be that social media, junk food, sugar or notifications on your iPhone that are there to distract you all day long.    If you want to clo...

Whilst most entrepreneurs spend their lives running around being busy, running on the treadmill and just trying to keep things going, on Property Entrepreneur, we make sure that every year is our best year on record and that every time we move round a new 12 month cycle, we're writing a brand new chapter of our book.    In order to do that, we create a Life by Design in our personal life and a str...

From Public Sector to Property Investor   Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Blueprint Podcast.   In this episode, we're celebrating Property Entrepreneur of the year 2023 (Programme) - Mr Michael Taylor   From working in the public sector as a doctor for two decades to becoming a full time property investor and handing in his notice in 2 years!   Michael's story is nothing short of insp...

Now THIS is going to be a podcast you DO NOT want to miss!    Check the link in my bio!!   It's time for another episode of our HUGELY popular SIX ROUNDS VIP Guest podcast!   In this episode, our VIP Expert for The Board, Adam Lawrence, is taking on Daniel Hill to go behind the scenes with six surprise topics which neither have any idea of!    In this Six Rounds, at 10 minutes apiece, Dan and Adam...

Success and failure are both very predictable and as soon as you start a business one of the highest value activities you can do is build a team.   As you move through the gears and start, systemise and scale your company, there are three types of team you will need within your business and you'll have to change and shed the skin as you step change through them.   Each of these three teams can be...

In this Deals, Deals, Deals Podcast Series, we go Behind the Scenes on some of the UK's most Creative, Lucrative and Award-Winning Deals 🤩   In this month's Deals Deals Deals podcast, our host Mark Barrett introduces our latest guest, Dan Norman. Dan recently made the decision to level up and make the investment in joining the Property Entrepreneur Board after being on Property Entrepreneur Advan...

Many people ask me about the benefits of having a Non-Exec Director in their business and also about the opportunity for them to become a Non-Exec Director themselves.   In this podcast, I'm going to take you through the three considerations for all Non-Exec Directors:   what they are how it works what they do   and how to ensure that all parties get a huge return on investment within a win win wi...

There is no such thing as a free lunch, however, there is such a thing as huge revenues and massive margins when you know how to be very savvy and highly strategic.    In this podcast episode of The Blueprint, I'm going to show you how to create money for nothing. It's 100% guaranteed free money for all and all you need to understand is how to build out the perfect package and take it to market. ...

For those who think that property investment and development are a get rich quick scheme, this episode of The Blueprint shares the sobering realities of what can actually happen in practice.    This podcast shares my million pound mistake, which cost me £10,000 a month for nearly a year before revising the strategy, changing the approach and finding the solution.   The biggest mistake that I've ma...

Having been behind the scenes of hundreds of different companies and trained and consulted on 1000's of others, a consistent issue I see in property is property developers that do not make money.    The most common reason that I see for this, is that they are treating what is essentially a profit or an asset income stream as a cash flow business.   If you're currently into property development, or...

Following on from a hugely popular episode titled '167 Pull the Cord', in this week's Blueprint podcast, we're going to be looking at the slightly taboo subject of anxiety, stress and panic attacks.   Whilst many people may experience these and choose not to discuss it, it's only a topic that has recently been tabled for open market discussion, and in this episode I'm going to share behind the sce...

In this Deals, Deals, Deals Podcast Series, we go Behind the Scenes on some of the UK's most Creative, Lucrative and Award-Winning Deals 🤩   In this month's Deals Deals Deals podcast, our host Mark Barrett introduces our latest guest, David France, to go through his property journey from being a joiner to becoming a Property Entrepreneur.   Dave is based in the Lake District and has been in prope...

Most property investors believe that bigger must be better, however, the reality is most entrepreneurs are running around building businesses that do not make money.    In this podcast, I'm going to take you through the four step Growth Cycle blueprint which will enable you to understand where you are in your business, which step is next and how you can get into the top 5% of New Age Property Entr...

Back in the day when I was a fast growing Empire Builder Property Entrepreneur, the definition of success to me was a big business with a head office, national offices around the UK and a huge team doing multiple seven figure revenues.    However, as the market has changed, my experience has grown and my results have increased, I've realised there's a lot of legs in being a highly leveraged, highl...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Blueprint Podcast.   In this episode, we're welcoming one of our Property Entrepreneur Board Members to the Property Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.   From rat race to big ticket business, this person is Suzi Carter, Board Member and owner of Commercial Property Academy, who's doing some big big deals and actually won Deal of the Year at Board Level last yea...