"Do your homework!" - Julian Metcalfe Co-Founder PRET, Founder & CEO itsu

This week with Julian Metcalfe. Julian co-founded Pret a Manger (www.pret.com), the popular sandwich shop with Sinclair Beecham in 1986. In May 2018, Pret was bought for £1.5 billion, and Metcalfe's stake was valued at £75 million. Julian is also the Founder & CEO of ITSU (www.itsu.com), a fast-casual Asian brand. Please also tune into Episode 3 of our Podcast, where we interviewed his chairman and shareholder Clive Schlee.

Julian, being already a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to the hospitality industry. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Metcalfe)

In this episode Julian takes us on journey with ups and downs during his professional life. He explains how great glory comes from trial and error and that failure is actually part of the journey. With his positive

mind he strongly believes that opportunity for success is always around the corner and that your team can help you swimming upstreams.

Our main learnings from this conversation are:

From trial and error comes great glory. Failure is part of the journey. Your team can help you swimming upstream. You’re not alone! Listen to data and your customers. Opportunity for success is always around the corner In doubt, focus on the job. Don’t get distracted. Do your homework.

Tune in and listen to a great leader and entrepreneur when he shares his valuable insights and his great experience.

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Recorded on 5th March via Zoom in London, UK (Julian Metcalfe) – Bandarawella, Sri Lanka (Mario C. Bauer) - Hamburg (Florian Schneider)