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Rachel Elnaugh: ‘I’m moving out of that old capitalist business paradigm’

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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Welcome to the second series of Small Business Snippets, the podcast from SmallBusiness.co.uk.
Today’s episode features Rachel Elnaugh, businesswoman, author, speaker, mentor and one of the original Dragons. We talk about her time running Red Letter Days and what it means to be an evolutionary entrepreneur.
Have a listen to it in the media player below.

You can also catch our episodes with:

Businesswoman and Dragon, Deborah Meaden
Entrepreneur and The Apprentice 2005 candidate, Tim Campbell
Gousto CEO, Timo Boldt
Entrepreneur and The Apprentice 2018 candidate, Jackie Fast
Investor and former Dragon, Piers Linney
Investment fund manager, Nicola Horlick
Supermodel turned entrepreneur, Caprice

We’ve got podcast episodes from the first series looking at:

How one business owner’s mental breakdown caused her to see trolls from her past
How one entrepreneur hired a videographer to track their every move and build their business brand
How funding a business led one entrepreneur to stress-related alopecia
One entrepreneur’s first professional public speaking engagement
Adapting to UK life and learning English before starting a business
Securing seed funding
Finding the perfect head of customer care
Reaching a £1 million annual rate of return
Boosting client numbers from 30 to 850
Starting a brand new business from scratch

To find out more about Small Business Snippets, you can download the trailer.
If

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Why your small business needs its own podcast

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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Firms are keen to set up their own small business podcast to bolster their brand and take advantage of the medium’s exponential growth.
According to 2019 figures from Ofcom, around 7.1m people now listen to podcasts each week. That breaks down to one in eight people which is a 24pc increase on the previous year. It seems that new audiences are still emerging – half of respondents have started listening to podcasts in the past two years. Regular podcast listeners consume an average of seven podcasts per week.
Three quarters said they’d listened to a podcast of a BBC radio programme, the highest proportion of any type of podcast, with iPlayer Radio (now BBC Sounds) being the most popular audio-only service for all age groups.
Ofcom’s findings, combined with RAJAR, Chartable and BBC, revealed that entertainment is the most popular podcast category, followed by comedy and discussion/talk shows.
Interestingly, 22pc of people who own a smart speaker use them to listen to podcasts – one in five homes in the UK now own one or more smart speakers.
Small businesses have already started to carve into the world of business and branded podcasting, but you might recognise these

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Deborah Meaden: ‘The shortest pitch I’ve ever seen was 11 minutes. It was just wrong on all counts’

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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Welcome to the second series of Small Business Snippets, the podcast from SmallBusiness.co.uk.
Today’s episode features Deborah Meaden, businesswoman, author and Dragon. We talk about her definition of success and what makes a disastrous investment pitch.
Have a listen to it in the media player below.

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You can also catch our episodes with:

Entrepreneur and The Apprentice 2005 candidate, Tim Campbell
Gousto CEO, Timo Boldt
Entrepreneur and The Apprentice 2018 candidate, Jackie Fast
Investor and former Dragon, Piers Linney
Investment fund manager, Nicola Horlick
Supermodel turned entrepreneur, Caprice

We’ve got podcast episodes from the first series looking at:

How one business owner’s mental breakdown caused her to see trolls from her past
How one entrepreneur hired a videographer to track their every move and build their business brand
How funding a business led one entrepreneur to stress-related alopecia
One entrepreneur’s first professional public speaking engagement
Adapting to UK life and learning English before starting a business
Securing seed funding
Finding the perfect head of customer care
Reaching a £1 million annual rate of return
Boosting client numbers from 30 to 850
Starting a brand new business from scratch

To find out more about Small Business Snippets, you can download the trailer.
If you want to listen to the podcast

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Tim Campbell: ‘Only two of us knew what The Apprentice was!’

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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Welcome to the second series of Small Business Snippets, the podcast from SmallBusiness.co.uk.
Today’s episode features Tim Campbell, an entrepreneur and the first winner of The Apprentice back in 2005. He discusses his views on apprenticeships and the idea behind one of his more unusual business ventures.
Have a listen to it in the media player below.

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You can also catch our episodes with:

Gousto CEO, Timo Boldt
Entrepreneur and The Apprentice 2018 candidate, Jackie Fast
Investor and former Dragon, Piers Linney
Investment fund manager, Nicola Horlick
Supermodel turned entrepreneur, Caprice

We’ve got podcast episodes from the first series looking at:

How one business owner’s mental breakdown caused her to see trolls from her past
How one entrepreneur hired a videographer to track their every move and build their business brand
How funding a business led one entrepreneur to stress-related alopecia
One entrepreneur’s first professional public speaking engagement
Adapting to UK life and learning English before starting a business
Securing seed funding
Finding the perfect head of customer care
Reaching a £1 million annual rate of return
Boosting client numbers from 30 to 850
Starting a brand new business from scratch

To find out more about Small Business Snippets, you can download the trailer.
If you want to

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