Leading entrepreneurship podcast following the most inspirational young entrepreneurs and how they started their journeys, along with how they overcame challenges and rejections to get to where they are now. The show is hosted by Sina Sadrzadeh, co-founder of Wing, Great British Entrepreneur Awards: Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 Finalist and the TargetJobs One to Watch Undergraduate of the Year 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Hey It Gets Better, the podcast, brings inspiring stories of the ups and downs of life to the ears of those who need to hear that things just get better. Stories from founders, authors, creatives and more, Hey It Gets Better is a podcast of hope that even when we are lost, things do ultimately get better.
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In this episode, I spoke with Sam Matanle, founder of Batch LDN, a casual suit brand. Both provide fashionable styles, while also counteracting fast-fashion waste culture by producing collections in batches We covered: ✅Why Sam decided to start a suit brand and how Batch LDN is different ✅How they are growing in an industry that is incredibly crowd…
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In this episode, I spoke with Izzy Prior, founder of Spark Social and LinkedIn growth expert. 🌟 We covered: ✅The opportunities growing your LinkedIn personal brand can bring you ✅The overall strategy in order to implement how she grew her LinkedIn following and how you can do the same ✅The dark side of LinkedIn and the mental obstacles that come wi…
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In this episode, I spoke to former Made in Chelsea star and co-founder of The Cirkel, Eliza Batten We covered: ✅️ Eliza’s background as a Made in Chelsea star, how she got involved, her craziest experiences, and whether being a founder is harder than being on reality TV 🌟 ✅️ Whether being a founder is harder than being on reality TV and how bei…
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In this episode I spoke to Alex Merry, a public speaking coach that has trained many corporate speakers and has not only spoken at TEDx himself, but organised it. We covered: ✅️ Why public speaking is so important to entrepreneurs to the success of your business 🎤 ✅️ How to improve your confidence when on stage or pitching 💁 ✅️ How to build a conne…
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In this episode, I spoke to Dylan Rich, sales coach and founder of Automated Revenue, a platform that trains salespeople. We covered: ✅️ Why sales are so important in the startup space regardless of the type of entrepreneur you are ✅️ How to construct a sales cycle and tips on closing a sale ✅️ Common mistakes people make when selling and how you c…
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In this episode, I spoke to Lucy Lettice, co-founder of &SISTERS, a sustainably focused period care brand. In the episode, we covered: ✅️ Why Lucy decided to start a brand within women’s health ♀️ ✅️ The importance of education and how &SISTERS educate women at scale with the dangers of existing products on the market in terms of impact on their he…
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In this episode, I spoke with Sean Ruane, the founder of Mind Data, a startup focusing on tracking mental health data for individuals We covered: ✅️ How Sean personally suffered with mental health issues himself that pushed him to the brink of suicide 🧠 ✅️ Why he decided to seek therapy and why he decided to endeavour on a mission to improve the me…
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In this episode I spoke to Lewis Ellis, former star of The Apprentice and founder of marketing agency, Hussel Marketing 💼 We covered: ✅️ Behind the scenes of The Apprentice and how he got to the top 5 of the competition. How life changed for him after the TV show 📺 ✅️ What Lewis was like at a young age where he got into business slightly later - wh…
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In this episode, I spoke to Myles Dickinson, the youngest person ever to get investment on Dragon’s Den solo with his business Haze Cards, sealing investment from Steven Bartlett 🤯 We covered: ✅️ How he started Haze Cards in his university bedroom at the age of 18 and how he grew the business to generating over £120k in revenue in the first 6 month…
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In this episode I spoke with Tanya Marwaha, founder of Championing Youth Minds, a platform that helps young people with mental health We talked about: ✅️ How Tanya started her journey battling with her own mental health 💪 ✅️ How Tanya being from a South Asian background impacted her ability to seek help 🌍 ✅️ How she hosts workshops and how she has …
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In this episode, I spoke with Parker Olson, the founder of Forij - an award winning granola enriched with vital brain nutrients (derived from mushrooms) We covered: ✅️ How he started the business while living in a tent in his back garden to make more space for raw ingredients in his room ✅️ Why Parker decided to start a business within mushrooms ✅️…
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In this episode, I spoke with Anand Mistry, co-founder of ProjectCHAKRA. We covered: ✅️ What is the mission and purpose of ProjectCHAKRA and how to bridge that gap between opportunities in socially driven opportunities and talent 🤝 ✅️ Why he decided to run workshops in developing nations and universities 🌎 ✅️ How they are harnessing gamification to…
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In this episode, I spoke with Maya Raichoora, a mental fitness coach working with professionals and global brands. We covered: ✅️ What is mental fitness and how Maya’s story started with her suffering in hospital at the age to 15🤯 ✅️ How you can use visualisation 💭 -- YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8Pd3VD2lZbjSoc-OCtp1w REE SHA…
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In this episode, I spoke to Writesonic founder and CEO, Samanyou Garg. We covered: ✅️ How Writesonic started, becoming one of the first generative AI companies that got accepted into Y Combinator 🤯 ✅️ What his stance is on the world of AI currently 🌍 ✅️ How you can build a business around AI, how easy it is to start, and the mistakes founders make …
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In this episode I spoke with AJ, former CEO of one of the largest community of entrepreneurs in the world, Foundrs. 🗺️ In the conversation we cover: ✅️ Why he believes community amongst entrepreneurship is so important and how you should be viewing community as a young entrepreneur💪 ✅️ How he got the role in Foundrs after getting rejected the first…
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In this episode, I spoke to Holly Simmons, co-founder at Niya , a platform that connects organisations to a global community of underrepresented people. We covered: ✅️ How she grow Niya as a two-sided marketplace ✅The power of networking and the impact it has delivered for her ✅️ We she decided for Niya to be very niche, where they are catered to m…
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#122: Improve your Health Holistically as a Young Entrepreneur from an NHS Doctor - Dr Ally Jaffee
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In this episode, I spoke with Dr Ally Jaffee, NHS doctor and co-founder of Nutritank , a think tank for holistic health and preventative medicine. We spoke about: ✅️Why she decided to start her own business as a junior doctor in the NHS ✈️ ✅️The importance of holistic health 🧑⚕️ ✅️The health issues young entrepreneurs face and how to tackle these …
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In this episode, we returned back Ben Leavitt onto the podcast. We covered: ✅️ Why you should consider YouTube as a business growth channel 🔗 ✅️ Short form vs long form content - where and how should they be used and what growth metrics should be defined here 📉 ✅️ YouTube SEO and what businesses get wrong with a YouTube growth strategy 🎥 --- YouTub…
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In this episode, I spoke to Ciaran Savage, founder of Card Industry Professionals and Forbes 30 Under 30 Winner. We covered: ✅️ How he got started in payments and how others can enter too ✅️ How he wanted to become an actor but got his girlfriend at the time pregnant at a young age for both forcing him to reprioritise his life ✅️How he scaled his p…
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In this episode, I spoke to Ian Nene, a former actor and monk. We covered: ✅️ How Ian started his spiritual journey ✅️ What are young entrepreneurs' purposes, values and how do you find them ✅️ The most significant challenges young entrepreneurs face currently when it comes to finding purpose and happiness and how to confront them. --- YouTube Chan…
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In this episode, I spoke to Danielle Theobald, TikTok, Instagram and Pinterest growth expert We covered: ✅️ Why you should be considering Pinterest as part of your marketing strategy, the numbers blew my mind ✅️ Which businesses should consider it to get the most impact ✅️ How you can implement a strategy and how it plays into the overall social st…
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In this episode, I spoke to Matt Haycox, founder and entrepreneur. We cover: - How he started in entrepreneurship, starting in business at 16, to becoming the UK's biggest strip club owner by 27 - How he went bankrupt at 28 - What he looks for when investing in businesses --- YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8Pd3VD2lZbjSoc-OCtp1w…
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In this episode I spoke to Josh White, Forbes 30 under 30 and co-founder of CanO Water. This is a huge business Josh has created built on the concept of canned water. Extremely simple but scaled massively We cover: - How he came up with the idea and scaled it given an extremely crowded market and also the product itself being extremely simple. Wher…
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In this episode I spoke to Forbes 30 Under 30 Winner and co-founder of Rotaro, Georgie Hyatt. Rotaro is the leading fashion rental platform for luxury brands and ethical fashion activists. We covered: ✅️Why she decided to leave her role to focus on circular fashion👗 ✅️ The issue of fast fashion and how technology can solve it 💻 ✅️ Her process of la…
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In this episode I spoke to Lara Acosta, LinkedIn personal branding expert We covered: - How Lara grew her following from zero to thousands in a matter of months and the impact it had on her and her business in terms of the opportunities she got - The step by step strategy in order to implement how she grew her LinkedIn following and how you can do …
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In this episode, I spoke to Ryan Williams, co-founder of Komi, a social media content agency that he exited We cover: - How Ryan started his journey making football meme pages. - How much money Ryan and his team were generating on a weekly basis with Facebook and Twitter pages and the most they made from one video, it is crazy. - Why he decided to …
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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 settin…
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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 ha…
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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…
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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 po…
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In this episode, I chatted with Sean Ruane, the founder of Mind Data. After suffering from suicidal depression in 2015, Sean made it his mission to pay it forward and became an advocate for person-to-person therapy. Sean graduated First Class from Buckingham Business School and joined the founding team of an HR tech start-up in London, which grew r…
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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 t…
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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 podca…
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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 talk…
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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 …
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In this episode, I chatted to Alex Manzi who is the host of the UK's number 1 Life Coaching podcast 'In The Moment'. After going through his own battles with Depression and Anxiety, Alex decided to start a platform to help inspire people to live with more clarity and happiness, by challenging the way they think, opening up their minds and inviting …
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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…
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In this episode, I chatted with Zak Marks, co-founder & CEO at Kitt Medical. Zak has been deathly allergic to nuts all his life. He tries to always keep two adrenaline auto-injectors on himself, but they’re bulky, easy to forget and expire often. He originally designed Kitt (called ana. at the time) during his final year of university as he wanted …
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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 p…
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#102: Creating One of the Largest Music Communities & Independent Record Labels Globally – Rhys Jackson
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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: H…
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In this episode, I chatted with Amy Louise Jackson. Amy is a Self Discovery and Empowerment Coach, NLP Trainer and Business Mentor dedicated to helping ambitious humans get unstuck, beat the overwhelm and take action to live a life that lights them up! Having spent the first 30 years of her life doing what she calls 'tick-box living', Amy understan…
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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 challen…
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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 …
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In this episode, I am joined by Sina Sadrzadeh. We talk about Sina's experience of entrepreneurship and the closing of his first business Peppercorn. We also speak about finding your identity. Sina is the co-founder of Wing, the digital in-person networking tool aiming to completely eradicate paper business cards and innovating in-person events. Si…
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#99: Facebook Groups for Building Communities & LinkedIn Personal Branding Results – Saffron Sumner
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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…
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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 f…
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This week I am joined by Caitlin Rozario, an incredibly impressive human. Caitlin is the co-founder of interlude, a new way for businesses and workers to supercharge their productivity through the power of high-quality work breaks. Caitlin is determined to drive positive change in workplace culture and ultimately make work days better. A content ma…
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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…
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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 …
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We're back! Thank you for joining us for the second season of Hey It Gets Better. In this episode, I am joined by Rachel Martin. Rachel is a TEDx speaker, content creator, author, business owner and most importantly... an accountant! Bright, passionate, engaging and committed to her craft, Rachel is a skilled accountant who is changing the industry…
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