Founder Stories — Episode 26: Matt Pyke Scaling a digital agency the smart way, without burning out In this episode, Simon Kallu sits down with Matt Pyke, founder of Fly High Media, to dive into the real story behind building and scaling a successful digital marketing agency. Matt shares his journey from doing everything himself — admin, marketing, sales, delivery — to building a team, protecting his time, and focusing on sustainable growth. We cover: Why strong client relationships are the foun...
Apr 28, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 26
How James and his partner Claire are helping those in midlife reclaim control over their bodies, minds and life..and how you can too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Hear Jame Collier's Founder Story - How he became co-founder of Huel, one of the fastest growing nutrition brands in the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 17
How Sam used an ADHD diagnosis to understand himself better and fuel his business growth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 16
Hear Ben's Founder Story from an in person personal trainer, to partnering with Lucy to create a leading fitness app with a global client base. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 26, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 15
Kingsley Peters has been able to organically scale his agency in Birmingham to grow his client base and team significantly over the last few years, hear how he's been able to do it while maintaining his mental and physical health! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 14
Hear Jay's story from being a hairdresser and losing his own hair, to learning the craft of SMP and starting his own brand. Fast forward and he's running a world leading, global SMP business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 07, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 13
Hear Christian's founder story from being an overweight, uncomfortable person to transforming his own physique and gaining a passion for helping others do the same. He's now CEO of Coached by Christian, an industry leading coaching business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 29, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 12
Hear Rob Palmer's founder story from student to taking over as head chef at Hampton Manor, achieving a Star and 4 AA Rosettes, to deciding to go it alone and his challenges, lessons and wins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 14, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 11
Hear from a former Director at Monster Energy on how they grew so fast, what their pivotal moment was and how you can apply their principles to your business. Dave also talks about his new supplement Company Lyfelinez. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 01, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 10
Jaz Khunkun has been in business for 40+ years in some form or another. A lot to be learnt from this weeks podcast as we discuss all things funding, starting a consultancy and lessons from a lifetime of helping business owners Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 9
Steve Orton's founder story from teenage sports star to founding Body Power and Performx, world leading fitness events and now his own consultancy and mastermind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 09, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 8
In this episode I talk through the three keys to consistent business growth, and how looking at your business in a different way can shift your entire perspective and help you achieve success on your terms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 30, 2023•8 min
Hear Elisabeth's Founder Story - how she went from vision and working as an apprentice to winning awards, travelling the globe and shooting A List celebrities for publications like Vogue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 7
Learn the best systems in 2023 for managing your business finances and how to use them Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 13, 2023•10 min
Hear Rick Lovell's Founder Story - the Owner of Achieve Health, he was part of scaling a physio chain to over 200 locations, exited and then started his own award winning business in holistic health and wellness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 6
In this episode Simon talks through his business model for fulfilling your business potential. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 28, 2023•14 min
Hear Harvir Sahota's founder story from taking over a family business as an Indian Sweet Shop and scaling it to multiple award winning Mahir's Experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 5
Hear Paul Foster's Founder Story - the Owner of Salt Restaurant, author of bestselling books and TV personality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 09, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 4
Hear how Arsh Ellahi built a property empire, lost it all and built it back again Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 31, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 3
Hear creative agency founder Naeem Alvi's founder story as he talks about scaling to 7 figures but not being happy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 24, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 2
Founder Stories is about getting real world business owners to tell their stories, sharing their wins and losses so you, the listener can takeaway strategies, and insights to help shortcut your route to success. In the first episode I actually had my COO, Yasser Khan join me and we discussed how he's progressed from graduate accountant to equity partner at GrowFactor. We also discussed how we've continued to grow year on year for 12 years becoming a multi 7 figure businesses with offices around ...
May 16, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 1
