"June 27th of June 2013. For months we had been talking about when we would launch. I phoned Stuart and said 'Time's up. We're going.' I set up a PayPal link, put a post out on social media and to our email list saying this is the product, this is the secret. Literally within two hours we'd sold about £12,000 of products. Stuart called me and said 'We don't have any DNA tests yet' - so we had to stop selling." Only one episode away from #150! How did that happen! Joining me on #149 is Dr Dan Rea...
Jul 24, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 149
Welcome to episode #148. So I decided to take some of my own advice from this podcast, and Screw It, Just Do It. After four enjoyable years helping over 500 entrepreneurs obtain over £5 million in business funding and mentoring, I've decided to call it a day, and follow my passion. Here's what I've decided to do next... Let's StartUp! If I can help you please email alex@screwitjustdoit.org or contact me on Linkedin @alexchisnall...
Jul 20, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 148
"I never wanted to be a rugby player and 18 years later we are where we are. Everything I do is based on my passions and it's trying to navigate those waters of only doing things that you're interested in. The people who are super-successful in life are people who started a business because they actually loved doing it and as a by-product they made a load of cash. A lot of people who are desperate to make money quite often fail. I'm entrepreneurial in the areas I want to do. I don't have an iden...
Jul 17, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 147
If you come to one live event during the rest of 2019, you need to come to this one! This is our annual get-together and I would personally love to see and meet you. So on Episode #146 I'm talking about the launch of this October 17th's Entrepreneur Summit 2019 event at there Hilton Bournemouth in partnership with Sunny Bird PR . We've got NINE amazing A-List speakers, plus a couple of really interesting panels we've put together too. We're launching with Grenade founders Alan Barratt & Juli...
Jul 13, 2019•13 min•Season 1Ep. 146
Welcome to Episode #145 where this week I'm more super-excited than usual. Firstly my guest is Rob Da Bank, legendary DJ turned festival curated and podcaster. Secondly, we're launching our annual day-long event for entrepreneurs. Thirdly I'm launching a new business.. For full details of this year's event on October 17th in Bournemouth at the UK's #1 Hilton hotel go to the Screw it, Just Do it Facebook page for the launch. We'll releasing a limited number of early-bird tickets today, July 10th,...
Jul 10, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 145
In Episode #144 I talk about how to monetise a podcast. There's barely a day that goes by that somebody won't ask me about monetising podcasts. A common mistake is in thinking that the only way to monetise a podcast is through sponsorship. Another one is in thinking that you can monetise your podcast straightaway. I'm sorry to disappoint you but podcasting isn't a get-rich-quick scheme. Like any venture worth pursuing, you've got to start slow, grow your audience, provide value - then find out w...
Jul 06, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 144
" I won't dive into the details but I got booted out of school when I was young. I'm dyslexic so I find it really hard to concentrate in classrooms, and because of that I acted up in school and I was quite naughty. There was a group of us who weren't leading a very productive lifestyle as teenagers so my life really wasn't going anywhere. So at the age of 21 I knew I had so much potential and my parents were so supportive of me, so I just decided to make a massive change in my life. I just quit ...
Jul 03, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 143
When I set my 2019 goals over Christmas I decided to focus on this podcast and get it to the number one position on the iTunes chart. Why? Because it was a measurable and achievable goal. However, if you had asked me two years ago if it was a SMART goal I would have said no - and laughed you out out of the room. My first week I had two downloads!! Clearly my mum and my wife.. So to now - just a week after we celebrated our 2nd anniversary - be ranked as a number one show by somebody like Apple m...
Jun 29, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 142
Welcome to episode #141 with Huel founder Julian Hearn. Fevertree, Gymshark, and Brewdog are all great British success stories. They have all disrupted existing categories and built phenomenal brands and incredible businesses. Huel is set to eclipse them all. 40 million meals sold to 80+ countries. Year 1 - £0.75m - 2015 Year 2 - £5.7m - 2016 Year 3 - £14.1m - 2017 Year 4 - £40m - 2018 This is the story of how it all began! I'll be talking to Julian about: Team Culture & Hueligans - Finding ...
Jun 26, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 141
On June 20th we celebrated a bunch of things: two years of this podcast, three years of live events, plus a brand new product launch courtesy of Jimmy's Iced Coffee: a Flat White in a can. And a beautiful looking can it was too. It seemed apt to be joined by Jimmy's founders Jim Cregan and Suzie Owen. They did, after all, host our first ever live event back in 2016 at their HQ in Christchurch. We were hosted by a previous guest of the show, Mark Cribb, owner of his own awesome podcast, Humans of...
Jun 21, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 140
Welcome to episode #139, and the second anniversary of this podcast - Screw it, Just Do it. I'd like to take this opportunity to thankyou personally for listening and supporting this show. It's THE most favourite thing that I do, and has given me so much pleasure, opened so many doors and opportunities, and introduced me to so many incredibly knowledgable and inspiring entrepreneurs. I never set out to achieve a Top 3 ranked business and technology podcast by iTunes, let alone have it downloaded...
Jun 19, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 139
Welcome to episode #138. I take a look at what platforms I believe give you the best chance at growing your brand in 2019 We're nearly 6 months into 2019, as good a time as any to take a step back, review how far you've come - & how far you've got to go. So which platforms am I getting the best reach & engagement from? Funnily enough...podcasting is 100% the best for reach, whilst Linkedin and Facebook groups offer the best opportunities for engagement. What's working best for you?...
Jun 15, 2019•13 min•Season 1Ep. 138
On today's show it's my pleasure to welcome Norwegian entrepreneur Magnus Grimeland , the ex-Navy Seal and Harvard graduate who's co-founded Antler , a Global Startup-Generator, who's mission is to turn the world's top talent into great founders of great companies. Well, if you're a regular listener to the show you know that it takes a lot to blow me away when it comes to new businesses, new ideas and new people. But the interview you're about to hear with Magnus was one of those occasions. I ge...
Jun 12, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 137
What would it be worth to you if you could 100X traits in yourself like confidence, self-belief, discipline, & grittiness...& completely transform your life? These are not traits you are born with, but skills you develop. Andy Frisella is the host of podcast MFCEO Project an entrepreneur and CEO of $100m US Supplement business 1stPhorm. He's spent more than twenty years figuring out how to master mental toughness and put everything he's learned into a program he calls 75HARD. What's it a...
Jun 08, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 136
"What I've discovered, what probably makes me different is that lots of people try, try, try and give up. They're like 'This isn't working, I'm over it'..Even when I'm over it I try and find something. I try and build myself up, to find something to keep going." In Episode #135 I welcome Sherrille Riley, the founder of Nails & Brows Mayfair and her award-wining collection Beauty Edit Mayfair. Sherrille's exposure to entrepreneurialism began at an early age. As a child she took inspiration fr...
Jun 05, 2019•44 min•Season 1Ep. 135
Welcome to episode #134 in which I discuss how you can figure out your competitor's Facebook Strategy. Following the fall-out from Facebook's data breach last year they decided to be a little more transparent. So transparent in fact, that you are now able to view your competitor's Facebook ad strategy. Shortest episode I've done, but something I wanted to share with you asap! I found this super-interesting & believe a little bit of education for fellow entrepreneurs can go a long way. By the...
Jun 01, 2019•9 min•Season 1Ep. 134
"When we were younger we were really passionate about the spirit-mixer market and always quite fascinated by the limits and choice in the tonic water and mixers. We used to make sodas for friends and family in our kitchen, we were always in the tonic-mixer market so we were definitely just following our passion. We were only going for about 6 months when we got the Foodpreneur award from Richard Branson so we didn't really have to change much because there wasn't so much going on, it was really ...
May 29, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 133
Welcome to episode #132 and on today's solo show I'd like to talk to to you about designing your ideal workday. This is not your dream retirement plan Richard Branson-style, sat in your hammock having played a game of tennis on your private island. This is based on reality...This is meant to be achievable and where you see your future in however many years. Let's StartUp!
May 25, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 133
"I ended up having a one-to-one experience myself with this exercise - pair up with a stranger and look into their eyes - I'm introverted, generally speaking. I didn't have a partner, I thought I'll sit this one out and it struck me the only person in the room who didn't have a partner was Tony Robbins so I walked up and suggested maybe he be my partner and he agreed and we had this eye contact moment for about 5 minutes and I was crying and screaming with gratitude for what he'd done and though...
May 22, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 131
Would you like to know how you can build out your entire week's content plan from just one pillar piece of content? To take just one piece of content and turn that into 10, 20 and even 30 pieces of content. On episode #130 I talk you through how you can build your entire week's worth of content from just one piece of 'pillar' content and map out your entire week's social media posts. If you'd like to see how I do that from just one podcast episode - my 'pillar' content - go to the Screw it, Just...
May 18, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 130
"The minute the website launched, two days later, we had an order for 20,000 and that was very much the pivot because that became very full-time, very quickly. Emile and I were both in the kitchen all day, every day for about 3 months, and in the evenings to keep our cash flow afloat we were working as Secret Cinema selling the gummies, with the help of a couple of friends. It was this very vicious cycle of wake up, make, pack, go to an event, be back at 1 am, do the same thing, until we could g...
May 15, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 129
Successful entrepreneurs F.O.C.U.S Follow One Course Until Successful. If you're anything like the typical entrepreneur then you've got more ideas than you know what to do with. The problem can be that we get distracted by shiny new objects and are forever not following our original business idea through to it's logical and successful conclusion. We're forever launching new products and services, or even a new startup business or three. On this week's solo episode I want to talk you through a us...
May 13, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 128
"America has the bones of many British businesses, strewn across it, failed British businesses...because at that stage when he was doing business, it was a massive logistical challenge but obviously these days with technology it's been made a lot easier. We were talking to people and they were saying "well, it's going to start with a four" , as in, four-hundred thousand dollars, it'll be 50% bonus on that number and what we worked out was you weren't guaranteed to get someone very good for that ...
May 08, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 127
What's the one thing you can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unecessary? In episode #126 I talk about the one thing that stands between you and your goals. The one thing is about getting extraordinary results in every situation. No matter how success is measured, only the ability to dismiss distractions and concentrate on your one thing stands between you and your goals. The one thing is about getting extraordinary results in every situation. Having just re-read the aw...
May 04, 2019•13 min•Season 1Ep. 126
"When we sold that business we actually retired. We went on this phenomenal holiday to Thailand and Malaysia for 6 weeks but after a matter of days, we were both really bored. We were in the pool in Malaysia and we just said "look, we know, we've got to do Grenade now" and the rest is history. It was meant to be a hobby, we were meant to be able to do it from wherever we were in the World but it very quickly turned into an obsession. This isn't a sob story...Grenade was our baby." Really enjoyed...
May 01, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 125
On a personal level my why is to provide better opportunities and a better life for my two girls. On a wider level still, its to help everybody live the life that they want. On their own terms. To be in control of their destiny. If they so choose. I guess you could call it a Screw it, Just Do it attitude. One of the challenges that we have is that it's becoming increasingly difficult to get our voices heard above the noise that's out there on social media. Did you know that there are now more th...
Apr 27, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 124
"Instagram's actually terrible at connecting people in the offline world. And, it really is a photo contest. It doesn't really matter how knowledgable you are or how qualified you are as long as you're taking nice pictures, that's how you're going to grow your influence, and so we're basically saying "look this is total BS", on myCrew , we're championing people of influence versus "influencers". We're saying, on myCrew , you're going to build the real influence and the more you do, the more sess...
Apr 24, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 123
"The January rush happens, every year, in February, people are giving up. How do we fix that problem? Using these 3 things that we've identified, how do we apply that to a product that can tackle that particular industry? "All of us have jumped on planes and lived overseas and started other companies. Once you've got that passion and bug to try and do something that you really enjoy, it's difficult to put that down when you've really got that great idea, or you think you've got that great idea a...
Apr 17, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 122
"I love performing but actually, I'm overcoming it now, but I really freeze up and get nervous when I have to talk in public. I like the idea of a performance speech to the public but the free, off-the-cuff, point a camera at me, I just don't become myself. When I performed at the Opera House, you can't see the audience, nice big spotlight, only child here got to be a princess for 13 years, when I wasn't being all the other hilarious roles. Pietra quite often says to me "I know you want to go to...
Apr 10, 2019•44 min•Season 1Ep. 121
On today's show, I welcome Timothy Armoo , the 24-year-old CEO and co-founder of Fanbytes , a mobile video advertising platform helping brands like Warner, Apple Music and Sony reach teams through Snapchat and TikTok influencers. Fanbytes' campaigns have seen then featured in Forbes , Huffington Post and The Times , to name but a few, with Forbes describing them as 'rewriting the rules of social for generation z'. Fanbytes is Tim's third company, having started his first company at just 14 and s...
Apr 03, 2019•44 min•Season 1Ep. 120
