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Richard Pryce talks to entrepreneurs who share their story about how they managed their entrepreneurial journey and what they would have liked to know before getting started. Our mission is to help business owners elevate to the next level.
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We help small business owners, who are struggling with building online awareness and customer loyalty, and want to set their business up for the next level of growth.
Follow on IG: https://instagram.com/itsjustbusinesshq (@itsjustbusinesshq)
enquiries: richard@itsjustbusiness.co
More about It's Just Business HQ:
We help small business owners, who are struggling with building online awareness and customer loyalty, and want to set their business up for the next level of growth.
Follow on IG: https://instagram.com/itsjustbusinesshq (@itsjustbusinesshq)
enquiries: richard@itsjustbusiness.co
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In this episode, I speak to Giles Harrison, a co-founder of Sculpd, a home-pottery craft kit business. Born in lockdown and now selling internationally, Sculpd is taking pottery further than it’s ever been before. Developing a modern approach to home crafts has been a core focus of the business. Since launching, they have sold over 100,000 air dry pottery kits to over 60 countries. Sculpd is now at the forefront of driving an increase in the UK’s growing DIY movement. <br></br>Giles talks about how they managed to launch in one week and grow the business without any investment or outside funding and continue to expand through cash flow.<br></br>Giles speaks about how the crafts industry is community-led and how they have embraced the close culture of loyal crafters.This episode is packed with great lessons Giles has learnt in his first year of business, from learning about the target market to refining the customer personas. It's one not to miss!
In this podcast episode, I chat with Dean Rogers, founder of Rogue Productions, a theatre company that makes games, or a game company that makes theatre, depending on who you ask... Either way, they’re all about letting audiences play! They make award-winning escape games, immersive theatre, treasure hunts, experiential events, interactive plays. Dean is a pioneer of immersive entertainment. He has been behind some of London’s biggest immersive successes and some of his previous work includes the hit immersive theft experience Heist which he co-created with difference Engine, Time Run and The Crystal Maze Live Experience.Dean talks about how his experience in acting and being involved in the creation of escape rooms like the heist, where participants needed to escape a three-storey building with a stolen painting!Dean talks about his recent launch -The Perfect Crime. The Perfect Crime will combine immersive theatre, live, action, a gripping storyline, problem and puzzle solving and a race against the clock. From the creators of the sell-out ‘Heist', this is guaranteed to be another truly unique immersive experience!We talk about what makes a great immersive experience, the perfect price, the best group size and what makes a good Kickstarter campaign. This is definitely one to listen to.
In this episode, I talk with Tom Lionetti-Maguire, the founder of Little Lion Entertainment, an immersive experience business that created the Crystal Maze experience. <br></br>Tom and I spoke about how his acting background helped him discover his competitive socialising business idea. Tom talks about how he managed to launch his business with £1m presale tickets on the IndieGogo crowdfunding platform. This allowed Tom to launch and have a successful first year without spending any money on marketing! <br></br>Since launching, Tom has expanded to Manchester and putting on other experience shows. We also discuss why people love being active and passive.<br></br>This is another great episode interviewing a strong UK business that is growing rapidly.<br></br>Visit the It's Just Business website today.Follow us on Instagram @itsjustbusinesshq
In this podcast episode, I chat with Dave Hamlet, a co-founder of Zoom 1hr, an on-demand ordering platform and delivery service.Dave talks about how his experience in the army and working in sales influenced his journey to building Zoom 1hr with his co-founder, Kevin. Having worked in large FMCG brands like Gatorade and Monster, he took his learnings from these big corporates to help him build Zoom 1hr.<br></br>Zoom 1hr is challenging the likes of Deliveroo and Just Eat, but focusing on rural areas in the UK, starting from their home town Shropshire, they have managed to grow the business to turnover £665k in 2020 and on track to deliver over £2.5m in 2021.We discuss the importance of branding and building a strong culture as a business leader, how their Non-executive board have added value, how Dave hires people on a Skill-Will axis.<br></br>This is another great episode interviewing a strong UK business that is growing rapidly.<br></br>Visit the It's Just Business website today.Follow us on Instagram @itsjustbusinesshq
In this podcast episode, I chat with Param Kanabar the CEO of NOQ. NOQ is a food and drink ordering app solution to solve the pain of long queues. Param thought about the idea while at a festival in Portugal. Param and his co-founders have bootstrapped the business and managed to launch in the midst of COVID. Param talks about his service-for-equity deal with a software development house and his plans for 2021 after their Seedrs fundraising.<br></br>Visit the It's Just Business website today.Follow us on Instagram @itsjustbusinesshq
In this podcast episode, I chat with Murat Feimoglu, co-founder of HairFare, a hair & beauty chair rental marketplace platform. Murat and his co-founder identified that a lack of technology and innovation in the hair and beauty industry left a fragmented way for hairdressers and beauty specialists to find new locations to work. HairFare also provides a better way for shop owners to market their underutilised space and chairs by listing them on the platform. <br></br>Murat talks about launching his business during COVID and using a PR agency to gain awareness. We also discuss the business model of HairFare and how big the freelancer hairdresser market is in the UK.<br></br>We also discuss how HairFare managed their Seedrs fundraising and the involvement required. This was a really interesting interview with Murat, I highly suggest giving it a listen to find out more about HairFare.<br></br>Visit the It's Just Business website today.Follow us on Instagram @itsjustbusinesshq
In this episode, I talk with Martha Swift, the owner of Primrose Bakery, a London-based cake shop. Martha founded the business more than 14 years ago and over that time grew the business to three locations.<br></br> After expanding the business to multiple locations, Martha eventually realised she was becoming further removed from what she loved doing most - baking and being closer to customers, so she decided to go back to basics and scale back the business and as a result enjoys being a business owner once again. <br></br> We discuss how tough it is to run a business when you are so attached and want to ensure high quality and the challenges of managing multiple locations. Martha also discusses she uses WhatsApp to connect with customers easier. This was a great interview with a seasoned entrepreneur, Martha shares her story filled with passion, sweat flour, and joy.<br></br>This was a great episode as I spoke to the two founders full of passion and clarity about their brand.<br></br>Visit the It's Just Business website today.Follow us on Instagram @itsjustbusinesshq
In this podcast episode, I chat with Elin Roberts and Christopher Kong, co-founders of Better Nature, a conscious food-tech company. Better Nature is trying to introduce the wonders or tempeh to the world. Tempeh is made from fermented soybeans and high in protein. It originates from Indonesia, but Better Nature has been busy in the kitchen seasoning and cooking it up to make it more appealing to markets outside of Asia.<br></br>Chris and Elin talk about their journey developing the idea and launching their online business, which has seen tremendous growth in 2020, its first trading year.With a strong team and mission-driven brand, Better Nature looks poised to continue its success. They talk about their mouth-watering open rate of 35% in their monthly newsletter. We discuss their use of Google Ads and how they think about branding.<br></br>This was a delightful episode as I spoke to the two founders full of passion and clarity about their brand. <br></br>Visit the It's Just Business website today.Follow us on Instagram @itsjustbusinesshq
In this podcast episode, I chat with Leo Johnson, a co-founder of Dodo Pubs, a pub group and brand. Dodo pubs is a chain of quirky, casual and warm neighbourhood pubs in South East England.<br></br>Leo talks about how he and his co-founder, Chris, got together and built their local neighbourhood pub brand group over the past 12 years, from their first pub in Oxford, England. <br></br>Leo talks about how importance standard operations procedures (SOPs), systems and processes were to scale their business. Leo also talks about the average cost to launch and open a new pub location. <br></br>We also discuss the impacts of COVID-19 and how it has forced him and his co-founder to think about efficiency and profitability. <br></br>Leo also talks about what they learnt from opening a gastropub and increasing customer expectations that come with that.<br></br>Visit the It's Just Business website today.Follow us on Instagram @itsjustbusinesshq
In this podcast episode, I chat with Peter Crawford and Daniel Blatchford, co-founders of Sip Champagnes.Sip Champagnes is an e-commerce champagne business. Peter and Dan launched Sip in July 2020 with a global ambition to deliver highly curated artisanal champagnes to peoples doors.<br>With Peter's in-depth knowledge of wines and champagne and Daniel's experience as a product manager, they joined forces to play on each other's strengths and expertise.<br>In this episode, we talk about getting friends and family to be your first fans and how Brexit has impeded their business. The critical first hires they made in the company.<br>Dan and Peter are soon to raise a funding round on Seedrs. If you're interested, check them out.<br></br>Visit the It's Just Business website today.Follow us on Instagram @itsjustbusinesshq
In this episode, I chat with Rafael Rozenson, founder and CEO of Vieve, a protein water CPG business. Rafael left his corporate career in FCMG to hit Solopreneur street. Rafael has grown sales mainly through online and Amazon as well as international distributors. It took him 3 years to get his first paycheck after self-funding Vieve with a startup loan from Virgin. <br></br>Visit the It's Just Business website today.Follow us on Instagram @itsjustbusinesshq
In this podcast episode, I chat with Ruari Fairbairns, founder of One Year No Beer (OYNB). Ruari shares his fascinating story about how he became an Oil Broker after meeting one on a plane to Ibiza, becoming very successful at oil broking, commanding a high 6-figure salary to then leaving as he wanted to make a bigger impact on the world.Ruari went from an "intrapreneur" to entrepreneur and wanted to move from successful to significant.One Year No Beer sells programmes (challenges) to help people gain control of their drinking habits. Ruari has also started to expand the business to include other wellness offerings. He has built a large community of 90,000+ people who sought to join the tribe of people who want to see a better version of themselves.<br></br>Visit the It's Just Business website today.Follow us on Instagram @itsjustbusinesshq
In this episode, I chat with Mike Turner, co-founder of Bird and Blend Tea Co. Mike joins the show to talk about how he grew Bird and Blend Tea Co with his partner Krisi to a 7-figure business in the UK. <br></br>Bird & Blend Tea is an independent, award-winning, tea company on a mission to spread happiness & reimagine tea! <br></br>Mike shares his fascinating entrepreneurial journey which started as an idea on some ski slopes in Canada to a market stall business and then a fully established business with 11 locations and growing. <br></br>Mike talks about the importance of customer service, how they validated their business model every so often, how important they use the retail shops to showcase their products and how they use financed the growth of the business with crowdfunding and business loans. Mike talks about how the business managed during COVID and how they have used COVID to find great opportunities negotiating new locations to expand.<br></br>Visit our website: https://itsjustbusiness.co
In this episode, I talk with Rich Marshall, owner of Pall Mall Barbers, a successful Barbering business founded in Pall Mall, London. Rich talks about his journey buying his first store in 2005 and how he expanded his barbering business to have 7 locations, including one in New York. <br></br>Rich shares how hard the first five years was in business and how he managed to get through the hardship, train his staff before he went travelling for a year. When he came back he had a strong vision and passion to push it as far as it could go. <br></br>Rich talks about how stressful it was to open his first international store in the Rockafella centre in New York and how he has managed to adapt during 2020 and COVID-19. <br></br>We also uncover an interesting story about his brand and pall mall. <br></br>There is a bunch of great stuff we cover in this conversation, don't miss out!<br></br>Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/itsjustbusinesshq (@itsjustbusinesshq)<br></br>Visit our website: https://itsjustbusiness.co
In this episode, I talk with Asher Budwig, owner of Lolas Cupcakes, a successful cupcake business in London. Asher talks about his journey purchasing the business in 2011 and how he has grown the business into an 8-figure business.<br></br>Asher shares the importance of customer service and keeping his brand promise to keep customers loyal. He shares how he adapted the business during COVID-19 to fill a void for his customers by adding online grocery shopping which will do another 7-figures in its first year of trading.<br></br>We also go over his experience franchising the brand internationally and how newsletters have been a key part of his marketing strategy, with a 15-20% open rate!<br></br>There is a bunch of great stuff we cover in this conversation, don't miss out!<br></br>Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/itsjustbusinesshq (@itsjustbusinesshq)<br></br>Visit our website: https://itsjustbusiness.co
In this episode, I talk with Jamie Conway, Founder of WhyBuy, a home goods rental company launched in midst of COVID-19, June 2020. Jamie shares his journey to launching WhyBuy.app, how he validated his business idea with Google Ads and how he managed to raise funds.<br></br>Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/itsjustbusinesshq (@itsjustbusinesshq)<br></br>Visit our website: https://itsjustbusiness.co
In this episode, I talk with Matthew Cortland, Founder of The Cauldron, a cocktail mixology experience business. Mathew and his co-founder, David, have grown The Cauldron to a 7 figure business in two years with 5 bars across the world. With a successful PR campaign to help the business launch, Matthew shares his interesting story of how he started the business, how he found his co-founder, how they have survived COVID-19 and what marketing channels have helped his business grow.<br></br>Follow us on Instagram: @itsjustbusinesshq<br></br>Check out our website: https://itsjustbusiness.co
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