Alan Stein, Jr. is an experienced keynote speaker and author. At his core, he’s a performance coach with a passion for helping others change behaviours. He spent 15+ years working with the highest performing basketball players on the planet (including NBA superstars Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, and Kobe Bryant). Through his customised programs, he transfers his unique expertise to maximise both individual and organisational performance. Alan joins Nick on this episode, to discuss the very definiti...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 270
There is a marked difference between growth and scale, and yet why do so many confuse the two? In this episode, Nick talks about each, and explains why a more scientific approach to scale may be beneficial in the art of entrepreneurship. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com...
Jul 10, 2022•19 min•Ep. 269
Roy Cowley is a visionary leader, and is well-known and respected figure in the industry as a pioneer in non-surgical technology, and has been named by Professional Beauty as one of the UK's 'Top 50 Industry Influencers' for his contribution to the Beauty & Aesthetics Industries. With much doubt about the economy and the business landscape, many business owners are naturally looking for a way to fortify their organisations against financial challenges, and Roy discusses the practical, action...
Jul 06, 2022•55 min•Ep. 268
What's more important for your business to be focussing on - generating more income, or increasing value? As Nick explains in today's show, income and value are NOT the same thing, why both matter so much, and how both can drive growth in differing ways... Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highval...
Jul 03, 2022•17 min•Ep. 267
Todd Herman has been entrenched in the world of elite performers working with the highest achievers in sports & business for over two decades. In this episode, Todd talks to Nick about the value of attaining a flow state and what it can help us to achieve, the importance of identity, and how by gaining mastery over it, we can accelerate growth, 10x our self-development, and achieve stunning performance in every area of life and business. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 266
In this episode, I have two big announcements to share.As you know, I always talk about: Scaling up. Scaling your business in order to live life on your terms. Knowing your identity. You can only scale a business to the level of your identity. Continuing your education. Keep learning. Pushing yourself to grow. Even when it's uncomfortable. I am a man of action and continue to follow these examples, too. So, I'm excited to announce:I went back to school! I'm proud to announce that I am officially...
Jun 26, 2022•16 min•Ep. 265
Oliver Burkeman is the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking (2012), Help! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done (2011), and a new book, Four Thousand Weeks, about making the most of our radically finite lives in a world of impossible demands, relentless distraction and political insanity. Oliver joins Nick this week to talk about why time management is the key to unlocking our true potential and productivity, and why mastering it will pr...
Jun 22, 2022•49 min•Ep. 264
Nick talks about one of the most important core principles in private equity, one that helps to create high-value businesses - multiple arbitrage. As Nick explains, if you can fully understand the principle, it can lead to a life-changing exit, and will endow you with the experience and knowledge to hold effective conversations with potential business purchasers. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instan...
Jun 19, 2022•13 min•Ep. 263
Paul Avins is an award winning business coach, speaker and mastermind mentor who is highly sought after in the UK by entrepreneurs and business owners to help them breakthrough the Scale Up Ceiling to create real Shareholder Value. With an impressive 17 year track record of helping business owners generate hundreds of millions of pounds in additional sales, profits and shareholder value, Paul is the catalyst business owners seek out when then feel frustrated, overwhelmed or want to accelerate th...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 262
Marketing remains at the heart of almost all strategic scale-up plans, but many don't consider the emotional states involved during campaigns. In this episode, Nick talks about the value of recognising the high and low emotional states that connect people in a greater way to your marketing goals. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your bu...
Jun 12, 2022•15 min•Ep. 261
An intensely curious entrepreneur and philanthropist, Naveen Jain focuses on ideas that push humanity forward. Driven to solve the world’s biggest problems and propelled by his imagination, Naveen pushes big dreams into action, spurring massive cultural and technological change. With an audacious vision, he knows no limits. His moonshot vision breaks through barriers; his magnetic personality inspires the impossible. Naveen joins Nick to talk about the power of not just setting hard-to-reach goa...
Jun 08, 2022•46 min•Ep. 260
Brendan McGurgan spent 16 years as a global business leader with CDE, 12 of those as Group MD, steering the company through the global financial crisis to considerable strategic growth success with offices now in 6 continents employing almost 700 people across the world (from 15) and 25X revenue growth. He currently acts as a Non-Executive Director to CDE Asia (part of the CDE Group), a company he co-promoted in 2006. In 2016, he was awarded the Institute of Directors UK Young Director of the Ye...
Jun 05, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 259
From multi-billion dollar start-up to collapse and coming back to launch, invest in or grow over 50 companies, Keynote Speaker, Sterling Hawkins has taken that experience to create 5 practices that enables audiences to unlock their inherent potential. The hundreds of thousands that have joined Sterling find that all the unpredictability in the world is no match for their creativity, determination and inspiration to achieve even the most audacious goals #NoMatterWhat is standing in their way. Ste...
Jun 01, 2022•55 min•Ep. 258
Becoming stuck in one place can be a disheartening experience, especially when it comes to our business journey. Nick talks you through several ways in which you can achieve the mindset required in order to get the gears moving once more, allowing you to push past a feeling of stasis. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in ju...
May 29, 2022•23 min•Ep. 257
Saul Blinkoff began his career as an animator for the Walt Disney Studios working on the hit films Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, & Tarzan. Saul now speaks around the world sharing practical tools for success, meaning and fulfilment in all aspects of life and hosts the inspirational podcast; Life of AWESOME! Saul joins Nick to talk about his incredible career story, and how he learned to push past rejection and setbacks in pursuit of his dreams. It's a powerful tale that wil...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 256
Nick talks about that most crucial element of business ownership - the exit - and most notably how to ensure that you can maximise this vital wealth event, and achieve an exit that provides freedom and security. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/ KEY TAKEAWAYS Life-chang...
May 22, 2022•27 min•Ep. 255
Simon Duffy is the founder of hyper-popular men's grooming product powerhouse, Bulldog Skincare, one of the most recognisable brands around the world, having expanded into 31 countries. Simon joins Nick for this high-impact episode, in which he takes you on a direct journey from start-up to scale-up to exit strategy - a masterclass on the business journey itself, and how you can create and grow a business, as well as achieve the exit of your dreams. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, ...
May 18, 2022•51 min•Ep. 254
Many assume that in order to acquire profitable concerns, that a strategy known as "No Money Down" can be used. But as Nick explains in this episode, there's a difference between "No Money Down" and "Other People's Money" Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/ KEY TAKEAWAYS ...
May 15, 2022•14 min•Ep. 253
Clint Emerson is a retired Navy SEAL, survival skills expert, and the New York Times bestselling author of 'The Rugged Life - The Modern Guide To Self-Reliance'. Clint joins Nick to talk about why relying on ourselves is one of the most important traits we should foster in life, the ways in which we can build confidence and coping mechanisms, and how being prepared may hold the key to our existence in the world of today. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if yo...
May 11, 2022•58 min•Ep. 252
In this highly insightful episode, Nick talks about identity, and why it is such a crucial concept to understand completely when trying to grow and scale a business. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/ KEY TAKEAWAYS Mindset, and how you think about things, how you identif...
May 08, 2022•15 min•Ep. 251
Seth Godin is a former dot com business executive and the author of twenty best-selling books that have been translated into over 40 languages around the world, and which have helped to empower others to become the best version of themselves. His blog was named by Time among its 25 best blogs of 2009. Seth joins Nick today to talk about the answers to some very crucial questions - namely how we can increase our impact in the world by doing the things we're truly passionate about, and how to turn...
May 04, 2022•45 min•Ep. 250
Ben Newman is a highly regarded Performance Coach, International Speaker and Best-Selling Author, whose clients include Fortune 500 companies around the world, business executives, sales organisations and professional athletes in the NFL, PGA, NBA, MLB, UFC and NCAA. He is also the author of the #1 Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best-Seller, UNCOMMON Leadership. Ben joins Nick to talk about his incredible book, as well as how you can apply the principles of UNCOMMON Leadership to your life, y...
Apr 27, 2022•33 min•Ep. 249
Building a business to scale in order to provide a healthy exit usually means aiming for an 8-figure concern. But in order to get there, you have to have a clear plan for how to first get to the 7 figure mark. This is a period that can prove somewhat tricky... In this episode, Nick talks you through the ways in which you can ensure that your business reaches that 7 figure milestone, in order to ensure that life-changing exit. KEY TAKEAWAYS Six figures of revenue does not necessarily equal six fi...
Apr 24, 2022•23 min•Ep. 248
As business owners, effective communication is paramount in ensuring that our messages are received, translated and implemented. But many find their grand ideas stymied by an inability to better communicate them, leading to frustration and unnecessary challenge. Joining Nick this week is John Bates, founder of Executive Speaking Success, and a man who has helped countless leaders and executives to dynamically improve their business results through his unique communication education and training,...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 247
Even the most successful business concerns hit bumps in the road, and generally tend to find that larger problems await us further down the road. Some succeed, but some fail, but why? In this episode, Nick talks you through the five main reasons why successful businesses can fail, and how you can avoid the same fate. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specificall...
Apr 17, 2022•20 min•Ep. 246
Mollie West Duffy is an organisational designer at IDEO New York and she teaches an undergraduate Design Thinking class at Stanford's New York City Design School. She has helped companies and startups such as Casper develop good workplace culture, and has authored the best-selling book, 'No Hard Feelings'. Mollie joins Nick today to discuss her new book 'Big Feelings: How To Feel Okay When Things Are Not Okay', as well as how to deal with uncertainty, despair, anger, envy, and the other topics t...
Apr 13, 2022•52 min•Ep. 245
Nick talks all things business buying and acquisitions in 2022 - a state of the industry update - so as to help refine the information out there, and debunk some of the rhetoric available, ensuring that you have the most up to date and accurate data to hand in order to realise your buying and acquisitions aims for the year ahead. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insight...
Apr 10, 2022•18 min•Ep. 244
How important is branding to you? How much in the way of time and resources are you spending on making sure that your brand represents you and your company accurately, and in a powerful way? In this episode, Nick is joined by Jason Harris, the co-founder & CEO of award-winning creative advertising agency Mekanism, co-founder of the Creative Alliance and author of national bestseller, The Soulful Art of Persuasion, to talk about the empowering ways in which you can harness the powers of scien...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 243
As an expert at scaling-up in both private and corporate business situations, Nick is here this week with a definitely business-centred episode, sharing with you the twenty most powerful ways that you can achieve accelerated scale in your own business. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueex...
Apr 03, 2022•34 min•Ep. 242
Scott Danner is the CEO of Freedom Street Partners, a practice that supports financial advisors in their next career step and helps them explore all available paths to secure a fulfilling future. Scott joins Nick to discuss the true meaning of what wealth really is from a perspective of rich relationships, including how you can define your own personal definition of wealth, of impact, and of legacy, how discipline creates the freedom to pursue success, and how to build a rich life that achieves ...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 241
