The Millennial Entrepreneur

In this episode I spoke with Hansa, the founder of Sukoon, a health-tech company focusing on battling health inequity, especially within the cardiac space We spoke about: - The unique challenges that arise with starting a health-tech company, compared with other sectors - Debating about whether to build a start-up focusing on problems within developing or developed countries - The strategies Hansa...

In this episode, I spoke to Brendan Coates, a gut and wellbeing expert. Brendan has built a business around his passion, where he generates tens of thousands of dollars for each course that he creates around health and wellbeing. We talk about: How Brendan originally got into health and wellness - you will never guess the origin, but as a hint, the story took place in a strip club of all places Ho...

In this episode, I spoke with Jacob Zander, the founder of Feel Your Soul, a Californian clothing brand. If you are have a brand and are looking at the growing by using the phenomenon that is TikTok and are wondering how to leverage it to grow your brand and ultimately get sales, this is the episode for you! The majority of this episode is about TikTok and how you can harness it — a real mastercla...

In this episode I spoke with Rohan, founder of the really cool clothing company, DOLLYMIX STUDIOS. If you want to run a clothing brand and harness the power of influencer marketing, this is the podcast for you! In the conversation, we chatted about: How Dollymix grew massively using influencer marketing without spending anything He outlines his strategy for approaching influencers and how he gets...

In this episode, I spoke with the two founders, Danielle and Julie of a brand new dating app, Fourplay. It’s a new dating app focusing on double dates In the episode we covered some really great topics such as: How they came up with the idea of building a double-dating app from their own personal journey How they managed to build an app with no experience in tech or start-ups themselves, being hea...

In this episode, I speak to Kamal, Instagram influencer, fitness entrepreneur and founder of Fortitude Fitness. We had an amazing chat and there was so much value for you guys. We cover:  How he created a successful fitness brand and a gym from the ground up, starting from scratch and the steps he took to do that  How he grew and monetised his Instagram to now making thousands of pounds...

Thank you so much for the support so far - it has been incredible.  This is a solo-episode sign off for the year and what you guys can expect going into the new year! --- The Millennial Entrepreneur publishes a new episode EVERY WEEK, showcasing the most inspirational young hustlers and analysing their journeys. Be sure to share and subscribe. Don't forget to leave a rating and a review as it...

In this episode, I spoke with Lauren Ayriss, the founder of On Your Socials, a social media and marketing agency. We covered topics such as: Why she decided to start her marketing agency, leaving her job to do so and how she has seen huge growth in the space of less than a year How she deals with the mental health side of things as she is always exposed to social media and we go into her past batt...

In this episode I chat with Jemma Smith, the founder of The Education Hotel, a tutoring company, providing tuition services to students all around the world. We cover topics such as: - How Jemma decided to leave her job of a strategy consultant after hating it, and building a business out of her passion of tutoring  - How she started the business by herself, to now having over 70 tutors on he...

In this episode I chat with Arthur, one of the founders of the edgy clothing brand; Young Goat We cover some amazing topics such as: How and why he and his friends started the clothing brand and how it became so iconic in the city of Bristol to now gathering orders from across the world, as far as South Korea Advice to other young founders looking to start their own fashion clothing brand and how...

In this episode, I had an incredible chat with Ben Leavitt; Youtuber with over 60,000 subscribers at time of recording, podcaster and social media strategist. We cover some amazing topics such as: How he grew his Youtube channel from almost no subscribers to over 60k in the space of only a year, and the strategies he used that you can easily copy when starting your own Youtube channel How much Ben...

In this episode, I had an amazing chat with Sam Harris, TEDx speaker, podcast host and the founder of Syncify, a social podcasting app that aims to make the whole experience of listening to a podcast way more social and interactive than it is now. I wish I could make a more detailed intro but this conversation with Sam was the most random and hilarious podcast episode to date, covering: The hilari...

In this episode, I spoke to Lauren O’Donnell, the founder of Oatsu, an overnight oats brand, that is plant-based, probiotic-rich, and all round delicious breakfast pots. Lauren was working within the finance industry and quit to pursue Oatsu, so I chat to her about where the idea came from and her thought process behind deciding to go full-time on her passion. Exclusive Discount Code: MEPod Websit...

In this episode, I am talking with Belle Lawrence, the founder of Annabelle Lawrence Swim, a luxury swimwear company that focuses on creating bespoke swimwear lines, that are designed to turn heads.  We chat about how she started her very own fashion brand and what the experience was like moving from graduating a fashion degree from university to starting her very own swimwear brand. She lear...

In this episode, I had had a fantastic chat with Stefanie Sword-Williams. Stef is a huge believer in self-advocacy and empowerment to lead people to freely and openly talk about their achievements proudly. And so, we talk about the origin story of her business called F*ck Being Humble of how it started as an Instagram page to turning into her becoming a published author to delivering talks to huge...

In this episode, we are talking with Clara Baldwin, the founder of a marketing agency company called Ground Plan Studio in the US.   We had an incredible conversation about how she got into entrepreneurship from an origin of personal family struggle when growing up, forcing her to create an income for herself so she could afford to go to university.  And of course, we talk about how this...

In this episode, I spoke with the amazing Erifili, the founder of The Z Link, a social media marketing agency focusing on helping businesses reach the Gen Z audience. So unsurprisingly, we talk about the inception of the idea, but also how brands can develop marketing strategies to best reach Gen Z, by covering best platforms to use and best practises to use when it comes to platforms like Instagr...

In this episode, I spoke with Callum Jenkins, the founder of a drone videography company. We chat about how he he went travelling, filmed his adventures and decided to do this commercially with his own business. We chat about how he has battled mental health challenges on his entrepreneurial journey and how he is coming out a stronger entrepreneur as a result. And we also talk about how he pitched...

In this episode, I spoke with Sophie Taylor, the founder of Sophie’s Iced Nut Blend, a nut-based iced coffee brand.  We talk about her journey from working in a cafe at 17 and creating a new nut-based iced coffee, selling it to other cafes, to then creating a brand around herself and then is now set to launch her amazing nut-based iced coffee brand in a well-known supermarket very soon. We al...

In this episode, I spoke with Alex Groves, an entrepreneur that helps other start ups gain funding for their business. In our chat, we talk about how a start up can go about raising funds and uncover the tricks of the trade and also what not to do. He’s seen amazing businesses not get funding in the place of other weaker businesses because of these simple mistakes. We also end the conversation abo...

Today I spoke to Tom from Potion Universe. Really exciting episode, because this is the first time we have a guest on that has started a business around the food and drink space! Potion Universe is an alcoholic cocktail drinks brand and we talk about the origins of the recipe where it was discovered just by accident at their own house to an idea of building a business around it to finally where th...

In this episode, I spoke with Charlie Bullock, the founder of Kaampus, a start up he founded while at university that was eventually acquired by a larger company, Gradtouch, who he is now working for.  Kaampus is a start up focused on connecting student societies to corporates who would want to sponsor them. We talk about the origins of Kaampus and how he managed to start it while at universi...

In today's episode, I spoke with Jess Saumarez, the co-founder of Hedira.  If you are a plant-lover, you will absolutely love this episode because Hedira and Jess are on a mission to make people take better care of their house plants through their app. We had an amazing chat about how she started this journey a year ago now from an idea and her testing the idea through her acting like a chatb...

I talk to Timi, also known as Mr MoneyJar. He has started an initiative to educate people on personal finance. He has grown his following rapidly and has educated many young people on topics such as pensions, savings, best ways to save up to buy a house, making money and much much more. In this episode, we talk about how he got the idea to start Mr MoneyJar, while sharing secrets on how to make mo...

In this episode, I spoke to Sonya Barlow , founder of LMF Network ( https://www.lmfnetwork.com/ ), an initiative to empower and promote diversity in tech. She has been named one of the most influential women in tech by ComputerWeekly.com and we discuss her life right now as a freelance speaker and tech consultant, hosting workshops and talks for the likes of PwC, Vodafone, Royal Mail, just to name...