£5M to £35M in 3 Years | Steve Sharp, NUVO | E372 | Steve started on his own business at 21. There’s 400 of them now
I was chatting to Steve Sharp , CEO and founder of Nuvo, on the pod this week. An accountancy firm in Derby, 400 people, built by buying up the practices whose partners wanted to retire. He left school at 16, qualified at 20, the youngest in the country that year, and set the firm up […]
E372 | Oliver Cummings: left Goldman Sachs for a 4-person startup. built a 60,000 expert network
Oliver Cummings left Goldman Sachs for a four-person startup and built a 60,000-expert board network. The test he uses on leaders is the one many hiring processes skip.
E371| Hamish Grierson The Hire We Made 10 Years Too Late
Thriva's decade-late hire reveals why brilliant products stall when nobody can explain why they matter.
E370 | James Ashford, 8-Figure Founder: The Person You’re Protecting Is Destroying Your Business
James Ashford explains why weak founder beliefs, principles and standards make every visible business layer wobble.
E369 | PolyAI’s Nikola Mrkšić: The Companies Ignoring AI Are About to Be Wiped Out. Is Yours One of Them?
Nikola Mrkšić explains where AI improves customer service, where rushed agents fail and why inaction leaves companies exposed.
E368 | 60% of Revenue Gone Overnight. From £1.5m to £10 million.
Matthew Duhig - CEO & co-founder of FX Digital.
E367 | He started at 45. By 48, he was standing at an ATM staring at £2 million.
Simon Woodroffe shares how deep research, early control and a timely operations handover shaped his restaurant business.
E366 | 300 hostages. 100% back alive. Here’s what he learned.
Apply hostage negotiator Scott Walker's lessons on conflict, emotional control, careful listening and solving the right problem.
E365 | The paid five-day hiring trial many senior candidates refuse
Luke Tobin's paid five-day working test exposes which senior candidates are serious before you commit.
E364 | He rebuilt a yacht company from zero, then got diagnosed with cancer
Paul Adamson explains rebuilding Oyster Yachts from collapse, leading through pressure and managing his emotional state during cancer treatment.