The MARA Podcast

In this episode we’re talking business with James Connelly James is the founder of Fetch, a company he started back in 2009 when he was just 23, and in 2014 the company was acquired by Dentsu Aegis for a reported $48m. Fast forward to today, and 10 days ago James announced that he was stepping down from the company and in his own words ‘having a gap year’ In this episode James talks about: - why h...

In this one I talk about how my role is constantly changing, and how me and James have to think about our roles as co-founders, and think about the roles of the team - GB x

#41 Why I’m not drinking for 2 months What started this? Why am I telling everyone? Why my mates don’t understand and how I’m feeling about it all - GB x

In this one I talk about public speaking, how much I love it, and how I want to do more - GB x

In this episode we’re Talking Business with Jason Stockwood Jason is the Vice Chairman of Simply Business and it’s difficult to sum up his career in a paragraph ... Vice-Chairman & CEO at Simply Business (acquired for £400m in 2017) Non-Exec at Skyscanner MD of Match.com & Lastminute.com Simply Business won ‘best place to work in the UK’ in ‘15 & ‘16 Jason was voted ‘Best Leader in the UK’ in 2016...

In this one I talk about what it’s been like getting to know some of the most successful people I’ve ever met and how it feels to get the chance to sit down and talk business & life with them on the podcast - GB x

In this one I talk about suicide ...

In this one I talk about how I’m actually starting to believe that I’m good at my job ...

In this one I talk about my teeth and why they’ve affected me so much | #36 I finally got my teeth fixed

In this episode we’re Talking Business with James James is my best mate and co-founder @sanctus and in this one we talk about one topic in particular ... ‘How you do business is more important then why you do business’ We started by talking about the concept of a ‘glassbox brand’ and how companies have nowhere to hide anymore now that people get to see behind the scenes through social media and pl...

#035 I’m scared of giving away our finances In this one I talk about building the finance team, giving away control and how I feel about it 😱💰* I also talk about avoiding finance with my last business and looking back, although others managed it, I wish I’d been more involved - GB x

#34 I’m being made redundant

Talking Business with Mills | Episode 9 Mills is the co-founder of ustwo, a company he has built w/ best mate Sinx over the last 15 years, with 100s of employees and studios all over the world More recently Mills has built and invested in many different companies and last year he also launched his podcast ‘THE JFDI CAST’ In this episode Mills talks about: - how it feels putting your purest, reales...

In this one I talk about who has inspired me most when it comes being yourself in business ... #33 Is being yourself good/bad for business?! (my inspiration)

In this episode we’re Talking Business with Damien Lane - Damien is a partner at Episode 1 VC and a prolific angel investor - in this one Damien talks about what it’s like ‘being himself’ as an investor, how he’s made his money, stories from some of his favourite investments and Damien is also an investor in Sanctus so we talk about our relationship and how great/challenging we are to work with -...

In this one I talk about how some of my friends (and me) are developing new levels of self-awareness and theres a huge upside ... it’s a superpower | #32 Self-awareness is a superpower

Last night I went to an event and unexpectedly got thrown in front of Gary Vee ... GB x

Yesterday in the gym I got approached by a PT but his approach wasn’t what I expected - Play the long game - GB x

Today I met one of the biggest brands in the world and I was nervous ... not much more to say on this one! - GB x

FROM PLAYING AT GLASTONBURY TO DRAGONS DEN • . In episode 7 we’re talking business with one of our investors ... . Tom is an entrepreneur + angel investor and has an amazing story where he started his career in a band playing at Glastonbury ... . Tom talks about how he made his money and got to where he his building his most recent company profitably from the ground up . Scott asks the questions a...

I’ve met with a few people this week who have all said the same thing to me ... I’m scared of failing ... something that’s held me back a lot and holds everyone back ... it’s a massive topic that I’ll cover in a full episode on Talking Business at some point but I wanted to get my thoughts down in this voicenote first - GB x

In this one I talk about how recording the next episode of Talking Business with Tom, one of my investors, and Scott, has reminded me why I’m doing this podcast - GB x

In this one I talk about some of the feelings I’ve been keeping below the surface, some of what I’ve learned about myself recently, and how the experience of Sanctus coach @valentina has helped me see things differently - GB x

In this one I talk about my new morning routine - 6am wake up, 7am gym, 8am ice shower - and I talk about what this has done for my mindset at work - GB x

In this one I talk about how long it took to get 1000 listeners compared to 2000 listen(er)s ... I talk about what life’s like at Sanctus right now & how I’m keeping the right frame of mind, and I have some exciting news GB x