John Glover

The Burnout Files

Business EN ↓ 6 episodes

Most business podcasts tell you how to win. This one tells you what winning actually costs. The Burnout Files is a podcast about the side of entrepreneurship that doesn't make the highlight reel. The sleepless nights. The bad decisions. The years you carried the weight alone and told everyone you were fine. The moments you nearly walked away and the ones that made you stay. Every episode, host John Glover sits down with founders, leaders, and builders for the kind of honest conversation most people only have behind closed doors. About failure. About mental health. About what it really takes to...

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John Glover

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"This Sh*t's Not My Sh*t" | Mark Scott co-founder at Bella & Duke | The Burnout Files 08.07.2026 1:28:42

Mark Scott is a serial entrepreneur, co-founder of Bella & Duke, and now building Torus Tree: a man who left school with no qualifications, spent years selling door-to-door out of a bag, and only found out at nearly fifty why none of that early failure to "keep up" was ever about intelligence. He was taken from his mother at four, raised by his grandparents, and diagnosed dyslexic only last ye...

"It's tiring being fake" | Mark-Paul Buckingham, Founder of Reactec | The Burnout Files 24.04.2026 1:29:41

Mark-Paul Buckingham is a multi-exit founder, PhD engineer, chair of a mental health charity, and a man who has spent his entire career building things the world wasn't ready for yet. The suspension system he developed in 2001 turned up in Audis in 2015. The wireless charging technology he built in 2008 is now everywhere. He designed the isolated power tool handle used across the industry. He didn...

"The darkest hour is always the one before sunrise" | Tony Crolla, Vittoria Group | The Burnout Files 25.03.2026 1:06:22

In this episode of The Burnout Files, host John Glover sits down with Tony Crolla, founder of the Vittoria Group: one of Edinburgh's most enduring hospitality businesses, now in its second generation. Tony's parents came to Scotland from Italy in 1967 with nothing. They opened a café on Leith Walk. Tony was working the floor at 12 years old. By his mid-twenties he was married, running the business...

"You can't get the biscuits without the blisters" | Danny Campbell, Hoko Design | The Burnout Files 06.03.2026 1:05:24

In this episode of The Burnout Files, host John Glover sits down with Danny Campbell, founder of Hoko Design, architect, and judge on BBC Scotland's Home of the Year. Danny started Hoko because he became obsessed with one idea: that home is where the most important moments of your life happen, and architects have been ignoring the people who live in them. He launched the practice before he was ful...

"What The F*** Am I Doing?" — Colin Frame, Founder of Stellar Omada 20.02.2026 1:23:52

THE BURNOUT FILES "What The F*** Am I Doing?" — Colin Frame, Founder of Stellar Omada Host: John Glover Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes -- EPISODE SUMMARY Colin Frame built Stellar Omada from nothing in 2018. No investors, no safety net. Today it's one of Scotland's fastest-growing consultancies and he's targeting £50 million revenue by 2027. He's also the British Business Entrepreneur of the Year. Bu...

The Burnout Files | Official Trailer 19.02.2026 1:00

What does it really cost to build something from nothing? The Burnout Files is a new podcast hosted by John Glover — honest conversations with founders and entrepreneurs about the side of business that doesn't make the highlight reel. The setbacks, the sacrifices, and the very human stories behind building a company. New episodes coming soon. Subscribe so you don't miss the first episode: