The G&T Sessions

John came up with the idea to launch a daily podcast interviewing today’s most successful and inspiring entrepreneurs when he realised no one else was doing it. All of his favourite podcasts – ones that shared interviews with individuals who were doing amazing things and leading inspiring lives – were once per week, and some of them only once every other week. As a Commercial Real Estate Broker, John found himself in the car every single day driving back and forth to appointments wishing there was more motivational content available to him on-demand. That’s when he had his own AH-HA moment and decided that he would be the one to create that content. The name EOFire, short for “Entrepreneurs On Fire”, was inspired by the late, great Stuart Scott, who was famous not only for being an incredible sportscaster, but also for a phrase he loved and used often: “HE’S ON FIRE!” Scott would use the term in reference to a player who was on such a roll that he couldn’t be stopped. When John heard Scott use the phrase during the 2012 playoffs, he knew it was a perfect fit for his podcast that would share the journeys of entrepreneurs who couldn’t be stopped. In September 2012. John Lee Dumas launched Entrepreneurs On Fire with zero podcasting or radio experience and zero online presence. Entrepreneurs On Fire gets over 1 million listens every single month from over 145 countries. Over 3000+ interviews published to date. John signed his first book deal with HarperCollins Leadership, 2021 release: The Common Path to Uncommon Success now released in USA 23rd March 2021 and UK on 29th April 2021. USA Today: Becoming a person of value: The common path to uncommon success, March 2021 Podcast Magazine Cover: Inside the mind of a podcaster on fire, September 2020 Huffington Post: Finding Your Entrepreneurial Moment With John Lee Dumas, January 2016 Wall Street Journal: Small Businesses Use Audio to Build Their Brands, November 2015 Entrepreneur: 4 Strategies the ‘Entrepreneur on Fire’ Used to Build a $250K a Month Podcast, September 2015 Forbes: How To Podcast For Profit ($2M Sales In Year 2) With Entrepreneur On Fire John Dumas, July 2014 The shortest episode to date for The G&T Sessions but oodles of value and guidance from JLD. Enjoy!

Mike Southon is a serially successful entrepreneur, best-selling business author and one of the world’s top business keynote speakers on entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and sales.  He specialises in teaching entrepreneurship to University students.  Mike is co-author with Chris West of The Beermat Entrepreneur, The Boardroom Entrepreneur and Sales on a Beermat.  He has spoken at over 1,000 live events all over the world and provided free face-to-face mentoring to over 1,000 entrepreneurs. Mike and I covered a wide range of topics on this episode including his love of growing companies, sales, being a rock-star himself, adventures in Liverpool and The Beatles. Enjoy!

Anna Faelten is a Partner at EY, and Head of TMT corporate finance team in the UK. Anna is originally from Sweden, but has spent a number of years working in and around the City of London with time in Academia at Cass Business School, but her real passion is data, tech and deals. She describes herself as a Tech Banker, and is a published Author Why Deals Fail and How to Rescue Them : M&A lessons for business success. Anna is also the #EY sponsoring partner for Diversity and Inclusion which involves leading how the organisation truly celebrates and supports the development of the gifts, talents and superpowers of all the people, internally as well as her clients. Very enjoyable episode and thank you to Anna. LinkedIn:  http://linkedin.com/in/anna-faelten Twitter: @annafaelten Why Deals Fail and How to Rescue Them: M&A lessons for business success https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781254532/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_6HCA07F1C194WTHY6BHX

Samuel P.N. Cook graduated from West Point in 2000. He went on to become a U.S. Armoured Cavalry Officer where he served as the Regimental Adjutant for Colonel H.R. McMaster in the Battle of Tal Afar in 2005-2006 that was cited by President Bush as a turning point in the war. With a front row seat to history, Sam was responsible for the media messaging and writing the history of this campaign. In 2007, Sam returned to Iraq as the commander of Crazyhorse Troop, 1st Squadron, 3d Armoured Cavalry Regiment where he was cited in the Washington Post and Tom Rick’s best-selling book on Iraq for his novel counterinsurgency strategy that combined tribal negotiations and police trained parole system for a mass surrender. When he returned from Iraq in 2008, Sam went on to get a Masters in Russian and Ukrainian history at New York University’s Jordan Center for Slavic Studies. He then went on to teach history at West Point from 2010-2013. Sam founded James Cook Media in 2013 after leaving the army. The company is a storytelling marketing agency that focuses on growing then brands of authors and experts around the world. Here he created the StoryMatters mini-course with over 100,000 subscribers as well as the StoryMatters Podcast. in 2019, he founded SanityDesk, a full-stack software solution for experts and small service businesses to launch and manage their business online. SanityDesk is funded by Angel investors and is rapidly becoming an innovative solution for savvy marketing professionals who help small business owners grow their brand online. Great episode with Sam and know you will enjoy! Learn more about Story Matters https://StoryMattersacademy.com/stda-sf-2 Learn about SanityDesk https://SanityDesk.com

Everyone is now starting to realise the implications of AI on our daily lives. Maria knows more than anyone, in her role as Responsible AI and AI for Good Lead at PwC. She is based in London, but working globally leading the implementation of ethics in AI for the firm while partnering with industry, academia, governments, NGO and civil society, to harness the power of AI in an ethical and responsible manner. Maria acknowledges the benefits and risks in many walks of life for organisations and citizens. She has played a crucial part in the development and set-up of PwC’s UK AI Center of Excellence, the firm’s AI strategy and most recently the development of PwC’s Responsible AI toolkit, firms methodology for embedding ethics in AI. Maria is a globally recognised AI ethics expert, a Advisory Board member of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on AI, member of BSI/ISO & IEEE AI standard groups, a Fellow of the RSA and an advocate for gender diversity, children and youth rights in the age of AI. Enjoy this journey into AI and hope you learn something that helps you. Thank you Maria for joining the show. Twitter https://twitter.com/maria_axente LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariaaxente/

Tendayi Viki is an author and corporate innovation expert. As Associate Partner at Strategyzer, he helps companies innovate for the future while managing their core business. He has written three books; Pirates In The Navy, The Corporate Startup and The Lean Product Lifecycle. He previously served as Director of Product Lifecycle at Pearson, where he co-developed an innovation framework that won the Best Innovation Program 2015 at the Corporate Entrepreneur Awards in New York. Tendayi has been shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Innovation Award and was named on the Thinkers50 2018 Radar List for emerging management thinkers to watch. He is also a regular contributor at Forbes. This was our first Episode from Africa as Tendayi is currently in Zimbabwe, and hope you enjoy !! Understanding more about Tendayi Website: https://tendayiviki.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tendayiviki/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tendayiviki

Ismail has decades of experience in helping Fortune 500 companies through his work with IBM, Accenture, Capco and Capita. Ismail is currently chief growth officer at Capita, a non exec board member for UK Sports and on the board of governors at the University of London. He recently released his first book..’from incremental to Exponential’. Ismail and I had a great time on this episode given our Northern roots and great to hear the journey and advice to help people on their journey. Enjoy ! Twitter @ismailamla Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/ismail-amla-b981891/ Link to Ismail's First Book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Incremental-Exponential-Vivek-Wadhwa/dp/1523089563/

Following his time in the music business with the 80s band Scritti Politti Tom has developed a truly artistic way of living where every experience leads him to the humorous uncovering of some universal truth. He turns his disasters and successes into stand-up comedy for conference audiences. 40 years onstage, first behind a drum kit then being the multi-talented front man for whole troupes of performers earned him the name ‘The Rockstar Activator’. Instant Teamwork is both Tom’s speciality and the name of his company. Teambuilding, be it drumming or harmony singing is all very energising on the day but how do you make that bonded feeling sustainable. Tom has devoted the last 20 years to answering that question and he turns up with a customised set of tools he is passionate about sharing. Fascinated by the creative process Tom is passionate about sharing what he’s learned about art, rhythm and harmony over the past 65 years. From playing kit drums with the Art School band Scritti Politti in his 20s, through songwriting in his 30s, to studying psychology and facilitation in his 40s, Tom eventually set up Instant Teamwork International in his 50s. Equally at home challenging a global board of directors as he is when inspiring a local charity group, Tom has an experienced and humorous approach, which puts people at ease immediately. His down-to-earth belief that people can achieve great things when they overcome their natural fears, has empowered thousands of individuals to work together effectively. Tom’s style, developed working with teams as small as five to groups of five thousand during the last decade, ignites people’s curiosity. His own enjoyment of the creative process is an irresistible invitation for us to leave our comfort zones for a while and join him on his journey. And, of course, we expand our horizons on the way. This was a very entertaining episode and hope you enjoy listening and watching on your favourite platform. Enjoy! https://twitter.com/TomMorley https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommorleyrockstar/ https://www.instagram.com/_tommorley_/ https://www.facebook.com/tommorleyspeaker/ https://tommorley.com/

We are joined by Ravi, son of 2 Indian immigrants, raised in #EastLondon, a graduate of #KingsCollegeLondon & @CASSBusiness and Co-Founder & CEO of #FourPointsConsulting. Having worked as an employee, a supplier & an advisor to over 30 organisations, Ravi has a fascination with businesses that show up with Conscience and Purpose and he’s now on a mission to spread the word that businesses are, and can be a #ForceForGood. Our conversation meanders around topics such as the good and bad sides of tech, on being #Stoic, the immense power of #GEculture & finding #Ikigai. Linked-In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raviraifourpoints/ Twitter: @ravifpc Podcast: www.goodbusinesstalking.com E-mail: ravi@fourpoints.net Ravi’s favourite links to finding out more about conscious businesses:  https://www.instituteforcorporatetransformation.com/ https://www.consciouscapitalism.org/ https://bcorporation.net/ https://fortune.com/topic/leadership-next/

We are joined by Denis Tudor, CEO & Co-Founder of Swisspod Technologies and based in #lausanne #switzerland the lucky man. Denis has had a very interesting journey already from his origins in #Romania to #SiliconValley, entering a competition by forming a "project team" over Reddit, Inc. then winning multiple awards for his team's work that have contributed significantly to moving the #Hyperloop phenomenon for efficient, safe travel to a new level. He's even been hanging out with a certain Mr. Musk, whoever he is? ;) Denis and his Swisspod Technologies team are on an amazing mission and journey and this was a very enjoyable episode with a very inspiring CEO who knows what he wants and you get the distinct impression he will get there very soon. Enjoy! www.swisspod.ch