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James Sinclair's Business Broadcast

The Business Broadcast is the weekly podcast from the award-winning entrepreneur James Sinclair. James operates 17 family-based brands which welcome over one million customers through the doors of their every year. His insights are all based on the experience,, mistakes and successes that have led to his current businesses employing 1000 people, turning over £40 million annually. Each week James will speak with different business owners who have multiple challenges. Listen in as James attempts to help these guests overcome their challenges and grow their business.
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This £20k/month Biscuit Business faces some Harsh Truths... (4k)

Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through these challenges by asking those hard hitting questions in order to get to the bottom of these problems and help the business owner soar to success. Find out more from Lisa Shepherd here: https://www.thebiskery.com/ Sign up to my weekly newsletter 'The James Sinclair Letter' here: https://www.jamessin...

Oct 17, 20241 hr 10 min

This Luxury Property Business Sells Million Dollar Houses, but what next?!

If you're in the market to purchase a £3,000,000 house but cannot find your dream home, then today's guest is who you need. This business owner finds expensive, luxury properties for very wealthy people, this really is a fascinating conversation. Find out more here. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through these challenges by asking those ha...

Oct 14, 20241 hr 14 min

This £6k/month Start Up Needs Help Getting More Customers, here's how...

Today James and JB speak with an audiologist who sells hearing aids. This business owner isn't doing enough to really pay themselves properly right now as they have a part time job on the side. However, this is how many entrepreneurs start out and James has some ideas that could really help this business grow. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owne...

Oct 10, 202449 min

This £7,000,000 Business has Family Politics to manage

Today James and JB are speaking to an Entrepreneur generating £7m in online sales in the online fashion space. This business is doing well and the owner has plans to continuing growing and hopefully sell one day, but the business has family politics to manage. Find out more in this episode. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through these chal...

Oct 07, 20241 hr 22 min

This £300k/month Business is so GREAT I might buy it!?

This Entrepreneur is doing very well as he generates nearly £300k per month with a Packaging business. James likes this business so much he is considering buying it?! However, there are few challenges that need to be solved for this business to continue growing. Find out more in this episode. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through these ch...

Oct 03, 20241 hr 9 min

This £500/month Startup Business is going to be VERY Difficult to grow! (4k)

Today James Sinclair and JB are speaking to a Business Owner who has started a skin care brand, selling beard oils and moisturisers. James thinks this type of business is incredibly difficult to scale, competing against some big businesses working at scale. How could this entrepreneur take his £500/month business to something more substantial? Find out in this episode. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenge...

Sep 30, 20241 hr 19 min

£80k to £12M Revenue in One Year?! How is this possible?

This entrepreneur has a business which was only generated £80k in revenue last year... but 12 months later is on target for £12.5million. What exactly is this business and how has he done it? Find out in this episode. Today we're talking to someone who has built a subscription business, they're making a £2000 a month but are struggling to take things to the next level. Subscription based models sound wonderful but in reality, are very very difficult to scale, find out more in this episode. Welco...

Sep 26, 202446 min

This is why Subscription Business are SO DIFFICULT to grow!

Today we're talking to someone who has built a subscription business, they're making a £2000 a month but are struggling to take things to the next level. Subscription based models sound wonderful but in reality, are very very difficult to scale, find out more in this episode. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through these challenges by askin...

Sep 23, 20241 hr 2 min

£27k/month Business doesn't have the right Model for Profitability

In this episode of the podcast we speak with an Osteopath entrepreneur generating £27k per month in revenue, he has recently opened his 2nd location. He is now at a crossroads between continuing to grow or enjoy a lifestyle business? He might not even be in the right business for the profitability he craves, find out more in this episode. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. Ja...

Sep 19, 20241 hr 19 min

$240k/month NICHE Travel Business wants to SELL! But how?

In today’s episode James speaks with a business in Australia doing $240k per month with a niche travel business! The business owners wants to plan to be able sell this business, but not actually sell it. Let's find out more. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through these challenges by asking those hard hitting questions in order to get to th...

Sep 16, 20241 hr 5 min

£12,000/month Tennis Coach works for Purpose over Profit!

In today’s episode, James sits down with Tom, a successful tennis coach earning £12,000 per month. As Tom considers scaling his business, he reflects on what he truly wants—whether it’s growing a large company or opting for a more balanced lifestyle business. Not everyone is suited for a major expansion, and finding the right path is key. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. Ja...

Sep 12, 20241 hr 7 min

This Start Up Business Needs A Lot of Cash & Huge Volume to work

In this episode we have a different conversation to normal with a start up entrepreneur. She wants to get into a space that's education within healthcare using technology. This is a very hard business which needs millions in start up cash and huge volume! We are going to try our absolute best to give her our best advice... strap yourselves in gang. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in bu...

Sep 09, 202448 min

£500k/month Business has HUGE Cashflow Issues!

This £500,000 a month project management business has 35 employees but everything is not going swimmingly. They are still struggling to get paid, cashflow, bringing in more sales and building a pipeline because their customers only need them once. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through these challenges by asking those hard hitting question...

Sep 05, 202445 min

This Niche Gymnastics Entrepreneur needs the Confidence to think Bigger

We are speaking to a business that makes gym equipment. It has brilliant branding but it's making a pitiful amount of money and the entrepreneur is thinking too small! It is our job to up that thinking and get him making some money, watch here to see what we would do with this business. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through these challeng...

Sep 02, 20241 hr 8 min

£25k per month Meal Prep Business Needs to Expand his Market Opportunities

This entrepreneur has a meal prep business doing £25,000 a month but it is such a difficult business to make money from and hard to keep your customers for a long period. But myself and JB have some old school ideas that will help grow his market and get consistency into the business, take a listen. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through t...

Aug 29, 20241 hr 8 min

This entrepreneur is a presenter on BBC 1 but still struggles getting customers

This entrepreneur (ex professional surfer, ex DT teacher) has an amazing Bespoke Furniture & Metal Business doing £150,000 with 13 staff members... he is that good at it he is a presenter for a show on BBC 1! But even he has problems with cashflow, getting customers and staff, check out this fascinating episode to see how we can help this entrepreneur. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggl...

Aug 26, 20241 hr 2 min

£50k/month Butchers is Buying Businesses to Expand but has Challenges to Overcome

This 25 year old has built a chain of butchers shops, he is even in the game of buying them now! With 50k per month of revenue things are looking great for this entrepreneur but like almost every business owner, there is still some very common problems for him to overcome, find out more. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through these challen...

Aug 22, 202448 min

This Crane Lifting Business has great potential but this entrepreneur is thinking too small

This entrepreneur has built a company teaching people how to drive cranes so people can earn £50,000 a year. He is getting good money but not enough for where he wants to get to. In order for this business to grow this entrepreneur needs to think bigger! Watch this episode to see how we can grow this business. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owne...

Aug 19, 202456 min

£90K per month Animation Artist struggling to build his brand in a saturated market

This 28 year old is only 24 months into his entrepreneurial journey and already making £90,000 per month with 9 full time staff! He sells pictures of cars, travel, Van Gogh and more but he has some challenges creeping in. He wants to do much more on his entrepreneurial journey and it's all coming up in this episode. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the busines...

Aug 16, 202450 min

£30k per month 3D Laser Scanning Business but Is SCARED to Grow Further?!

Today we're speaking to an entrepreneur who is scared about growing his business, on the face of it he has a really good thing going generating £30k per month of revenue but fear is stopping this Entrepreneur from employing someone, he's scared they won't do as good a job as him. So many entrepreneurs are cursed with this conundrum, find out how we can help grow his business. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest ch...

Aug 12, 202454 min

How these Teenagers are Selling £360,000 worth of Sneakers!

In this episode I'm talking to with two teenagers selling sneakers! They have generated £360k of sales and have opened their first shop with plans for second, this is a fascinating conversation! Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through these challenges by asking those hard hitting questions in order to get to the bottom of these problems and...

Aug 08, 20241 hr

This £435k Self Storage Business needs help buying the Freehold!

Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through these challenges by asking those hard hitting questions in order to get to the bottom of these problems and help the business owner soar to success. Find out your Entrepreneurial DNA and take our '8 Traits of the Greats' Quiz: https://jamessinclair.scoreapp.com Find out more from Matt here: studentsto...

Aug 05, 202436 min

£12 Million Importing Business Needs Help Increasing Profits

This £12 million business started almost 45 years ago. They're profitable but not profitable enough to keep growing - which is a very common challenge for entrepreneurs. This business is also sat on almost £3m in stock, find out more about this business and James' plan to grow it in this episode of the Business Broadcast. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the b...

Aug 01, 20241 hr 12 min

£1M+ Fish Business but has Family Politics to deal with... (4k)

Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through these challenges by asking those hard hitting questions in order to get to the bottom of these problems and help the business owner soar to success. Find out your Entrepreneurial DNA and take our '8 Traits of the Greats' Quiz: https://jamessinclair.scoreapp.com Find out more from Alex here: http://isl...

Jul 25, 202452 min

This Laundrette Business is a Success! But the Entrepreneur doesn't know the numbers...

Today I speak to an Entrepreneur with 3 business and they want to open a 4th! One of the businesses is a successful laundrette which I think she should open more of! but the Business Owner has 'new shiny object syndrome' and is distracted by other opportunities but also struggles to understand the numbers... there's a few things to tackle on this episode, let's find out more. Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest ch...

Jul 22, 20241 hr 5 min

How this £100k/month Bespoke Kitchen Business Could Scale to the Next Level (4k)

Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through these challenges by asking those hard hitting questions in order to get to the bottom of these problems and help the business owner soar to success. Find out your Entrepreneurial DNA and take our '8 Traits of the Greats' Quiz: https://jamessinclair.scoreapp.com Find out more from Brandon here: Www.cra...

Jul 18, 20241 hr 3 min

£130k/month Car Salesman is Struggling to make any profit!

Today we're talking to an Entrepreneur from Ireland who's doing around £130k/month in car sales AND £20k/month in tanning beds - to throw more in the mix, he is also working full-time... how is he doing it all? Find out in this episode Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the business owner through these challenges by asking those hard hitting questions in order t...

Jul 15, 20241 hr 6 min

This £6k per month Pest Control Business is held back by FEAR

Fear is what holds so many Entrepreneurs back from taking the leap of growing their business. Today I am speaking to Sophie who is obviously a smart cookie who knows her numbers inside and out. But something is stopping her from doing the right stuff that would explode the growth of her business! Let's find out more! Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business. James coaches the busine...

Jul 11, 202446 min

This Niche Fastener Business Needs to focus on Marketing for it to Succeed

Business can be really tough and my guest is really struggling to make enough money, so we are going to try and help him turn this into a commercially profitable enterprise! It doesn't matter what stage of business your at this episode has lots of powerful lessons, so lets get into it... Find out your Entrepreneurial DNA and take our '8 Traits of the Greats' Quiz: https://jamessinclair.scoreapp.com Find out more from Josh here: frankfasteners.co.uk Try Entrepreneurs University 14 Day FREE Trial ...

Jul 08, 202459 min

This Entrepreneur Bought a Business with None of his Own Money and wants to Buy More

This is a great conversation of an entrepreneur who bought the business he worked at for 20 years without putting any of his own money into it... he used the businesses cash flow to fund the investment! He has the entrepreneurial bug and wants to acquire more businesses, let's see if we can help in this episode. Find out your Entrepreneurial DNA and take our '8 Traits of the Greats' Quiz: https://jamessinclair.scoreapp.com Find out more from Paul here: https://stafffiretraining.co.uk Try Entrepr...

Jul 04, 202446 min
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