The Millennial Entrepreneur

In this episode, I spoke to Troy Ericson, email marketing expert. In the episode, we covered: • Why you should take email marketing seriously for your business, the results you should expect and can you still do it today • How to start establishing email as one of your marketing and sales channels - the strategy • The step by step process of setting up a content plan when it comes to email marketi...

In this episode, I spoke to Akshay Ruparelia. He is famed as the founder and ex-CEO of Doorsteps.co.uk . He sold over £1 billion in houses over the space of three years, marking him youngest on the Sunday Times Rich List 2018 on asset value. Most recently, in 2021, he was the youngest honoree, featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list and he has also become renowned for disrupting the market...

In this episode, I spoke with Harrison Cantel, a social media strategist. A huge advocate for short-form video content and how it can be used to elevate your personal brand or business. We covered: - Why you should be interested in short-form video content and the results and opportunities you should expect when dedicating time to it, whether it is on your personal brand or business - Who short-fo...

In this episode, I talked to Gaby Mendes, Founder and Host of Talk Twenties, a knowledge hub and podcast dedicated to helping people in their twenties figure out life steps including finance, career and relationships. We cover: Why she decided to start Talk Twenties and how the original idea for it wasn’t actually a podcast How she developed the podcast into an overarching business The growth stra...

In this episode I spoke to Bart-Jan Leyts, founder of Loreca, a start up that helps hotels rank higher on travel search engines using an algorithm he designed We covered: How Bart-Jan first tested an algorithm using excel and how you don’t need specialist knowledge or coding experience to test it out, showing how anyone can do it. He outlines the tools you can use How he expanded the start-up from...

In this episode, I spoke to David Carlin, a payments startup founder that has built a community of other payments entrepreneurs. We covered: How to start a payments firm Is it too late to get into payments Do you need to have years of experience within finance in order to start a payments firm? --- This episode is sponsored by Zencastr, my #1 podcast tool. They provide a crystal clear sound and go...

In this episode I spoke with Ethan Golding, founder of Team Hustle, an agency that works with consumer brands to create TikTok content to bring new traffic, leads and eventually sales into businesses TikTok can be an incredible tool and Ethan opens up about how you can use TikTok effectively to generate noise for your business and gain ROI. We talked about: What sort of impact should you expect if...

In this episode, I spoke with Spencer Vann, the co-founder of Surplus Fund, a business that connects people who are owed money unknowingly from the government and other organisations unknowingly to make a claim. We covered: How an injury spurred Spencer to start in entrepreneurship Why people are owed money without knowing that they are owed money How billions of pounds is left unclaimed in the UK...

In this episode I spoke with Yin Noe, the CEO of Pennychain and is now pivoting into a new business called Iconic, a platform letting you purchase fractionalised assets and alternative investments. In 2021, AccelerateHER & Google named Yin as one of the UK’s Top Inspiring 50 Tech Leaders which was announced in the Financial Times. In this list, she is one of the youngest winners & the firs...

In this episode I spoke with Shivani Pau, the host of A Millennial Mind, a leading podcast discussing all things mindset and growth for young people. She has amassed thousands of followers on Instagram and subscribers to her podcast to have taken the leap to quit her job and do it full time. We talked about: From chatting to various guests on her podcast, what is the biggest self-development and m...

In this episode, I spoke with Rhys Jackson, the founder of T in Techno, one of the largest communities dedicated to techno music with 120k followers on Twitter and one of the largest record labels within techno Rhys also manages social media for some top artists, as well as top Premier League football players both playing and retired. We covered: How Rhys started his journey into music with creati...

In this episode I spoke to Charlie Rogers, a content creator and writer, talking about how young people can empower themselves on the path to ‘self-mastery’. Charlie believes all great achievements start with self-mastery. So we covered: What exactly is ‘self-mastery’ and how it can benefit you in achieving impact in whatever you do The top challenge young people face when it comes to self-mastery...

In this episode, I spoke to Karl Lokko, the Chairman at Black Seed, one of the largest if not the largest VC dedicated to empowering black founders. Karl is a former gang leader from Brixton. He’s seen friends stabbed, killed, and imprisoned. The story of how Karl harnessed his gang-ridden life experiences, and how that turned him into a force for black founders in his community and beyond is trul...

In this episode, I spoke with Saffron Sumner, founder of Twenties Legacy, a community of founders, freelancers and creators in their twenties. We spoke about: What is the ambition of Twenties Legacy and also how she decided to grow the community via a Facebook group and to highlight how Facebook groups are still thriving and how you can use them to build your own communities Why Saffron decided to...

In this episode, I spoke with David Chapman, the founder of a leading NFT project, the Kusama Kings. The Kusama Kingdom is the highest grossing community led project in the Polkadot ecosystem. Offering holders private access to unique investment opportunities within web3 startups. We covered: How David decided to launch an NFT project, not coming from a Web3 background himself, where he was a qual...

In this episode, I spoke to Jordan Schwarzenberger, the manager of The Sidemen, one of YouTube’s biggest collectives of content creators, Europe’s largest YouTube collective. It’s an extremely interesting episode to see the behind the scenes of what goes into creating one of the most successful YouTube collectives on the planet, while also creating their own brands like a vodka, a subscription ser...

We are almost at episode 100! So, in this solo episode, to lead up to the magic 100th episode, I will be covering: My personal top 5 podcast episodes I have recorded in 2022 What’s to come with the podcast going beyond 100 episodes, And a reveal of some guests recording soon --- Zencastr Sponsor a Podcast: https://zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur2 FREE SHARE WORTH UPTO £200 🤑: https://magic.freet...

In this episode, I spoke with James Roycroft-Davis, founder of Luna and a mental health advocate helping entrepreneurs to deal with metal health struggles informed by his own battle within his startup We covered: The mental health struggles James has faced as an entrepreneur running his own startup and raising funding and why he attributed his self worth to if he could get funding How he dealt wit...

In this episode, I spoke with Arun Anand, the CEO of electric vehicle charging company, Electric Miles. Electric Miles is a cleantech company developing the world's most intelligent Internet of Energy (IoE) electric vehicle charging solution. They connect EV and home batteries with the best computer intelligence to help users save energy costs by tracking user behaviour to adequately charge the ba...

In this episode, I spoke with Ryan Felix, the co-founder at Altbe, a learning, wellbeing and engagement platform for businesses. Ryan has an interesting journey into entrepreneurship where he started his journey with affiliate marketing while living in Thailand and Vietnam as a way to sustain himself while living abroad and teaching English. We covered: Why Ryan decided to move to Thailand after h...

In this episode, I spoke with Jake Clarke, YouTuber and 18 year old Head of Growth of Mana. We covered: Why Jake decided to start his YouTube channel, the tips he had to growing a YouTube channel that many of you might like to hear. He carried on after all his friends gave up How he landed a head of growth position at a cool startup at only 18 years old from starting out as an intern to later bein...

In this episode, I spoke with Shoaib Ahmed, personal branding expert, working with individuals to build their voice on LinkedIn, grow followers and ultimately generate opportunities from a stronger personal brand. We covered: Firstly, the results and opportunities he has benefited from growing his own personal brand. With almost 13,000 followers on LinkedIn, the in-bound opportunities that Shoaib...

In this solo episode, I cover: What projects I am working on currently and an update on where they are The productivity practices I use that I have seen the best results with to maximise my time and results How I have avoided burnout with all the things I have on the go --- FREE SHARE WORTH UPTO £200 🤑: https://magic.freetrade.io/join/sina/5778b9e3 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel...

In this episode, I spoke with Jordan Palmer, co-founder of Lixir Drinks, an innovative drinks brand specialising in flavoured tonic mixers aimed at a younger audience. We covered: Why Jordan decided to launch a drinks brand within this space and how differentiation is key given how crowded a market it is How they found a drinks manufacturer and how they overcame the expensive large minimum order q...

In this episode, I spoke with Colin McGraw, the co-founder of Oysters Clothing, a clothing brand that is powered by dropshipping. Their mission is to promote environmental and animal conservation through their clothing, as well as donating 10% of net profits to charities. We covered: The honest truth behind the journey of starting and growing a dropshipping clothing brand. Colin goes into depth ab...