The Small & Supercharged Podcast

Rachel Watkyn is an incredible lady. She discovered the need for The Tiny Box company when trying to start another business, ended up on Dragons' Den (and got investment!) by accident, supports women in business... and all this from less than ideal beginnings that included hospitalisation and being put into care at a very young age. Despite this, Rachel has not only created an incredible company t...

Everyone does Black Friday, right? Well no, no they don't, and this podcast shares why you shouldn't if it doesn't work for you. Business is about profit, and whilst many businesses see orders increase when they slash their prices, if it isn't making profit, then why on earth are you doing it?! When Black Friday rolls around, a number of businesses, particularly smaller ones, feel that to be in wi...

Lucy Gray, aka Doodling Lucy, was told that you couldn't make a business from art. This was by a teacher... what a shortsighted statement that was.... Initially, she listened to this limiting and, quite frankly, inaccurate statement, taking action on it and taking a course in psychology at university. But, luckily, the opportunity presented itself for Lucy to embrace her talents again and create D...

One Minute Briefs isn't just a fun outlet that has created a community of well over 100k, but it's actually a brilliant way to think about so much, as Nick Entwistle, creator of One Minute Briefs, explains. I've followed Nick and One Minute Briefs for a long time and have been wowed by the creative concepts created by his community in just one minute. When nothing is a 'stupid idea', and speed mea...

Let me take you back to when you started this journey. You may have had a big goal and you then chipped away at it to get there. But what happened then? Did you continue to say 'yes' to things that got you to your goal, even if it meant you weren't really heading in the right direction for your next goal? Today, it's a deep one... Lately, I've been giving this subject a lot of thought. I've been t...

A little while ago, I stumbled across Hunter & Gather, a brand that taps into ancestral knowledge of nutrition and health, combines this with a modern lifestyle, and then creates products that are unapologetically not the cheapest available... but the strong educational aspect of the brand explains why. I loved so much about the brand, so I reached out to co-founder Amy Moring to see if she'd come...

Tech can be overwhelming - but by burying your head in the sand, you're doing yourself, your business and your life a disservice. In fact, you're probably making all of the above a LOT harder. That's why you need to listen to this week's episode - it could change your world! Podcast guest, Beverly Clarke MBE, wasn't born into tech, quite the opposite, but has evolved and adapted over the years to...

Feeling a bit down or uninspired? I promise you, by the end of this podcast with Charlie Hindley, you won't! I met Charlie when he was wearing a cloak on a street in Edinburgh, ready to guide a group of people around a graveyard. Yes, it's the truth, but only part of it. Charlie (I spoke about Charlie a few episodes ago) guided the Potter Trail when I was on holiday in Edinburgh. Now, I love Harry...

Lucy Hall is a complete powerhouse. Not only is she the lady behind Digital Women (and its goal of empowering 1 million women through digital skills and education), but she's also the founder of social media event Social Day, the Digital Women Awards, has run her own agency, and does a lot more too. Lucy's passion for digital started from a young age when her love of eBay and selling on there led...

Sophie Gregory, also known as @farmer_in_training, is a first generation farmer with a 400 strong organic dairy herd. What might comes as a surprise is that she actually started out as an accountant! Her husband's passion to have a dairy farm coupled with having her first child created a route into farming that she didn't expect. Learning from the calves upwards, Sophie threw herself into the farm...

'Nothing was ever accomplished in uncomfortable underwear' - a quote I, and many others, wholeheartedly agree with. And it comes from the founder of Stripe and Stare, a brand dedicated to righting this! Katie has grown this business from her kitchen table, sampling products and testing them at a small scale up to the multi million pound company it is today, that names Fearne Cotton and Oprah (yes,...

Inspiration and inspirational people are all around us... but we don't always see them, do we? Perhaps we are too bogged down in the day to day to notice? Or maybe some of us just can't see it when it's standing in front of us?  On a recent trip to Edinburgh, I met an amazing chap called Charlie. Dressed in a cloak, he gave a group tour with a Harry Potter theme, and I- as well as the rest of the...

No, that wasn't a typo. Today we're talking about the ability to find a problem to every solution, how you can identify this unhelpful behaviour, and how it's limiting you and your own growth. A little while ago, I had a random chat with someone who had this way of operating. They explained their issues, I asked questions and they generated ideas that would have be helpful in overcoming the issues...

Sarah Elebert is not new to the Small & Supercharged Podcast, but her latest venture, co-founded with best friend Nichola, is. The duo started their business, Envious Styling, to help provide women with stunning dresses to rent that made them feel a million dollars, but they did it differently. The dresses are selected to fit specific sizes and shapes, and Nichola provides styling advice (she's a...

In the UK, we're now part way through the second week of the summer holidays, and I know how hard it can be. You have work, the heat, life, and now full time child activity provider/cook/cleaner/fixer/adjudicator of sibling squabbles to add to the list. It's a lot. As a mum of two lively boys, I wanted to share some tips that have helped me this summer holiday so far, just in case one helps you. I...

What do cookies, creativity, Regé-Jean Page, Zoella AND Brazilian Bum Bum Cream have in common?! It's Baked By Steph, a brilliant, fun, hobby turned business that Steph Giordano started in 2019. Steph became obsessed with beautiful biscuits and the decoration of them as a hobby. As she perfected her fun designs, people started to notice, and this quickly turned into people asking to buy her creati...

Fast fashion is a regular feature on many a newsfeed for all the wrong reasons. These cheap and often poor quality garments aren't designed to be with their purchaser for long, and are set to be worn a few times before finding their way to landfill. But there's another way. Enter Lulu O'Connor, founder of The Clothes Doctor. During her previous career in the City, Lulu began to notice her own buyi...

Lemonade Dolls is one of the fastest growing lingerie brands in the UK. It started life - as a community initially - when its founder, Lemon Fuller, started an Instagram account in 2017. She had worked in the entertainment industry for a number of years and kept seeing her incredibly talented friends suffer with a chronic lack of self confidence. It annoyed her. So she created a community to suppo...

Urgh- if I had a penny for every time I see someone's work stolen online, I'd be a pretty rich woman. And think, if the people who had their work stolen earned money from it, they'd be a lot better off too! On today's episode, I'm talking about sharing v. stealing, copyright infringement, the importance of asking (and waiting for!) permission, big bills and why IT'S NOT OK TO STEAL. I've had a few...

An open ended title, but a very apt one- on episode 300, I'm asking for your opinion on the kind of podcasts you love the most. I believe that anything we do should be under constant revision- we shouldn't just do one thing and stick with it forever because it 'works', we should always be striving to improve and iterate, and with over 300 episodes in the bag (more than 300 as the Podmases aren't n...

The world of PR is constantly evolving. Not all that long ago, it was all about press releases and building relationships with traditional media, whereas now it's this alongside social media, influencers, events, content creation and a lot more. To survive, let alone thrive, agencies need to adapt, and Bloxham PR, lead by founder Kaylie Bloxham, is one that has pivoted, adapted and grown in a cons...

Ah- deep question, right? But it's more business related, why are you the one for your customers, rather than why are you the best of a bad bunch? The current political campaigns at play teach many things- why it's impolite to shout over each other, why fact checking matters, and why repeating why the other person is bad isn't a good marketing strategy. By pinning you conversion hopes on a client...

Rebecca Honeywell-Ward started Honeywell Bakes as a way to help juggle the demands of children, stay creative, tap into a trend, and the need to earn money years ago. From the kitchen table, her business was born, and quickly scaled to premises when the house became filled with boxes for the company's delicious bakes.  But the journey hasn't been easy. From saying no to a huge company because of i...

Don't worry, I won't be telling you how to vote and I won't be discussing policies here... but I was slightly surprised to see Rishi pop up amongst the hilarious dog and cake making videos that usually seem to invade my TikTok feed. He was talking about one of his policy announcements, dispelling myths... and doing it in a very clever way that was native to the platform, was designed in line with...

Marina Gibson has just released her first book- Cast Catch Release- but the journey to get to where she is now has been anything but smooth. The story begins when she was a child and her family spent a lot of time fishing. Although she wasn't all that interested at the time, over the years her interest grew and became a huge passion that helped her in her darkest times and has now become a career...