E372 | Oliver Cummings: left Goldman Sachs for a 4-person startup. built a 60,000 expert network

E372 | Oliver Cummings: left Goldman Sachs for a 4-person startup. built a 60,000 expert network

Published 5 September 2026

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

E371| Hamish Grierson The Hire We Made 10 Years Too Late

Published 6 August 2026

Thriva's decade-late hire reveals why brilliant products stall when nobody can explain why they matter.

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E370 | James Ashford, 8-Figure Founder: The Person You’re Protecting Is Destroying Your Business

Published 2 July 2026

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?

E369 | PolyAI’s Nikola Mrkšić: The Companies Ignoring AI Are About to Be Wiped Out. Is Yours One of Them?

Published 18 June 2026

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.

E368 | 60% of Revenue Gone Overnight. From £1.5m to £10 million.

Published 4 June 2026

Matthew Duhig - CEO & co-founder of FX Digital.

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E367 | He started at 45. By 48, he was standing at an ATM staring at £2 million.

Published 21 May 2026

Simon Woodroffe shares how deep research, early control and a timely operations handover shaped his restaurant business.

Scott Walker - Kidnap Negotiator - Scale To Win with Dominic Monkhouse

E366 | 300 hostages. 100% back alive. Here’s what he learned.

Published 7 May 2026

Apply hostage negotiator Scott Walker's lessons on conflict, emotional control, careful listening and solving the right problem.

Effective hiring test to filter candidates quickly and improve recruitment quality.

E365 | The hiring test that weeds out half your applicants instantly

Published 23 April 2026

Luke Tobin's paid five-day working test exposes which senior candidates are serious before you commit.

Paul Adamson

E364 | He rebuilt a yacht company from zero, then got diagnosed with cancer

Published 9 April 2026

Paul Adamson explains rebuilding Oyster Yachts from collapse, leading through pressure and managing his emotional state during cancer treatment.

Lee Smith, business expert, discusses growth from £200k to £2m without extra marketing.

E363 | Lee Smith: from £200k to £2m without spending a penny on growth

Published 26 March 2026

Lee Smith went from DJ to jeweller to running IT firms, discovering mergers that changed everything.

Founder who lost everything in a bad deal, then grew a million-person following.

E362 | This founder lost everything in one bad deal, then built a million-person audience

Published 12 March 2026

Learn how Eric Partaker rebuilt after losing everything, grew a million-plus LinkedIn audience and rethought balance, hiring and happiness.

Alex Cooper

E361 | Alex Cooper: The guy who built UK COVID testing now knows what your customers are thinking

Published 26 February 2026

Discover how Alex Cooper moved from the military and UK COVID testing to using AI to simulate customer behaviour.