Out of Hours: The Podcast

If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!Join the next Out of Hours Circle:Create consistency, meet amazing people and reach your side project potential. Join here.About the guest:Today on the podcast we have Lottie Unwin, founder of The Copy Club.The Copy Club are a community of entrepreneurial people who work in marketing. The Copy Club run events, courses and recruitment for an ever-growing community of entrepreneurial marketeers.The Copy Club started as a solution to Lottie’s own problem. Having completed her graduate training at marketing powerhouse Proctor & Gamble, Lottie then joined Propercorn to lead their marketing efforts. Missing the support that P&G provided she quickly decided to seek out other connections who could help her on her journey - and she was soon regularly going for coffees and drinks with people doing similar roles in other companies. Copy Club started as a simple dinner - and it was only when she moved to India that she realised she had the beginnings of a business.Fast forward to today, she has a successful business that employs a team of ten, and runs courses, events and recruitment for start ups. We talk about why monetising feels so scary, why selling can feel gross (and how you can avoid that) and why it’s OK not to have a plan. To join the Out of Hours circle sign up here.P.S. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Out of Hours. (Special discount for TRIBE below!)*Content warning: this episode talks about recent violence in Nigeria, which might be difficult for some listeners to hear*Today on the podcast we have Odunayo Eweniyi, the founder of Feminist Coalition, a group of young Nigerian feminists formed by Odun and her co-founder Dami in July 2020. Feminist Coalition, also known as FemCo, started with a clear mission to champion equality for women in Nigerian society. But in October, as the Nigerian ENDSARS movement surged, protesting the brutality of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Nigeria, they felt they had no choice but to act.  They decided to help first by simply setting up a form for volunteer lawyers, and then went on to fundraise to support those affected by the protests with Medical and legal care. They raised over $380,000 in just two weeks, starting first raising Naira and then Bitcoin.Despite being launched less than a year ago, Odun and her co-founders Dami’s work has been recognised across the globe, and being featured in countless of the most prestigious press:- They were featured on the Bloomberg 50 2020.- They were featured by Vogue as part of the 12 Women Leaders That Changed The World In 2020- They were listed in the Time 100 - the list of the most influential people in the world in 2020.In this episode we talked about how FemCo started, why they supported the victims of the ENDSARS protests switched to Bitcoin, how she managed to do it alongside her day job - COO of Piggyvest which counts over 2 million customers, and how she learnt to deal with criticism and the huge role her father played in who she is today. Hope you enjoy the episode. A huge thank you to our sponsor TRIBE!TRIBE are one of the UK's leading plant-based nutrition brands. You can get your first pack for just £2 (which includes shipping) at this link (wearetribe.co/outofhours) --> use the code "TRIBEOUTOFHOURS'". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the podcast we have Stu Macdonald, founder of the peanut butter brand ManiLife - whose website reads: “We make the tastiest peanut butter on the planet.” (They offered you 25% off by using 'OUTOFHOURS' on their site!)Inspired by a trip to Argentina, and armed with less than a year’s professional experience, ManiLife's story started in Stu’s home kitchen in 2015. ManiLife has seen a meteoric rise in the last few years - running a successful crowdfunding round, winning Great taste awards, being recommended by celebrities like Joe Wicks and Ella Mills of Deliciously Ella, and being stocked in major retailers like Waitrose and Sainsburys and turned over millions of pounds in revenue. We talk about the practical things like how to get into retailers, why he thinks influencer marketing might be overrated, and how to run a successful crowdfunding campaign, as well as his journey along the way: why its hard being a sole founder, when he decided to go full time, and how one of his biggest product successes came from a failure.p.s. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Out of Hours- the community of people with side projects.Please note:This episode comes with a content warning : we talk about the topic of femicide, gender based violence and other topics that some listeners may find upsetting. If you want to avoid this discussion, please skip from 28.06 minutes - 37.50 minutes.About the guestZaharan Sofi is the founder of ‘Talking Circle London’, an Instagram account designed to keep people informed on social issues that don’t receive enough media attention. Zaharan started this account, on the side of her job in finance, with the idea of creating a safe space for people to both discuss and learn about social issues. It is less than a year old but has already grown to over 44 thousand followers, and had huge impact - both in educating people on key issue, and helping drive signatures for charity campaigns. This is a slightly different episode than normal, we do talk about the origin of the idea but we also talk about polarization online, personality politics, cancel culture and why she thinks all celebrities should be change makers. P.S. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Out of Hours- the community of people with side projects. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!Today on the podcast is David Heinemeier Hansson: the co-founder and CTO of Basecamp, a NYT best selling author, and creator of Ruby on Rails.Ruby on rails is a free open source web application framework. and some of the biggest companies in the world were built with it: Airbnb, Shopify, Twitch and Square to name a few. He’s also built hugely successful businesses: Basecamp - which started as a side project for him and his cofounder Jason. It has since made him a millionaire, and served millions of users.  Alongside all of this, he is also an author. He’s written three books, including New York Times Bestseller Rework. He’s also a Le Mans class-winning racing driver.Even though he started all his biggest projects as side projects, this is not a traditional podcast episode - we talk much more about the other meaning of ‘out of hours’ - the fact we are running out of hours and life should be meaningful. We talk about everything from:open sourcewhy intrinsic motivation matterswhy he was a terrible employeehow to build your internal sense of controlwhy he doesn’t set goalshow he found out money doesn’t make him happywhether he’ll ever go into politicsclimate changeP.S. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!Today on the podcast we have Thom Elliott, co-founder of Pizza Pilgrims.Thom set up Pizza Pilgrims with his brother James, and they now have 16 restaurants across the UK, in London and Oxford, and have released two books.They originally wanted to start a pizza street food business, and so set about acquiring a vehicle and a pizza oven - which took them to Italy and one week’s trip turned into a 6 week road trip touring the country.On their return, Pizza Pilgrims was born: starting first as a street food stall in London, before growing into the chain of restaurants we know today. We talk about how the idea came abut, their amazing success pivoting in the pandemic and his own surprising side project.Check out Pizza Pilgrims here,Or check out Out of Hours here.P.S. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!Today on the podcast we are joined by Tiwa Ogunlesi - a globally recognised coach specialising in positive psychology. She's an international speaker, delivering workshops for companies like Google, Facebook, The Times, and the founder of Confident and Killing It: a purpose driven organisation and community that wakes women up to their worth so they can be confident and unstoppable.Tiwa started Confident and Killing It in 2016, running it as a side project before quitting in 2020 to go full time. She's since run workshops, coaching sessions and podcasts, to give women the tools they need to overcome fear and self-doubt. We talk about how she became more confident, her rocky start to going full time when the world shut down in 2020, how she trained as a coach and how to find paid speaking gigs. Hope you enjoy!Check out Tiwa here: confidentandkillingit.comLaunch your own side project here: https://www.outofhours.org/launch-your-projectIf you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Out of Hours.If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!Today on the podcast we have John Furno, Founder of Bundle of Sticks - A queer publication, proudly sharing coming out stories to help and inspire the LGBTQ + community. Having gone through his coming out experience all alone, John decided to help others.A Bundle of Sticks started as a Facebook page, where he enocuraged other people to share their coming out stories. He’s since turned it into a publication, where people from all around the world have shared their own stories to help other people feel less alone. The magazine has been sent around the world - from the US, to Israel to South Africa.This is is not a story of something that has gone viral, but rather a story of a project with deep impact. The stories have caused school bullies to reach out to apologise, and fathers to reach out to make amends. This is a story about the power of stories themselves to change people’s minds. We talk about how John created the first edition, how to balance side projects with everything else, his experience of coming out and the life changing journey of self acceptance.LINKS:Join the Out of Hours Sprint here: https://www.outofhours.org/courses/sideprojectsprintSubmit your story to A Bundle of Sticks here: https://www.abundleofsticks.com/If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Out of Hours.If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!My guest today is Alice Bentinck - most well known as the founder of Entrepreneur First: the world's leading talent investor: building startups teams from scratch across the world.Today, we’re here to talk about her side project - Code First Girls. Code First Girls are on a mission to help women rewrite their future. Their website reads: “Through the power of community, change can and will happen.” Their active community of coders, trainers and coaches is one of the largest in the UK, facilitating women to break into and excel within the industry. They have since taught over 20,000 girls to code, and connected them with over 50 top employers.We explore why scale matters, how to know if corporate sponsorship is the right revenue model for you, why non-profits need a business models and whether new ideas are best built under pressure. I hope you enjoy!P.S. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Out of Hours.If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!Today on the podcast we are joined by Rémi Clermont - founder of Café du Cycliste: a premium cycling apparel company, designed in France and built for road cyclists and beyond. Remi started Café du Cycliste on a belief that cycling can make us happy and not all cyclists wanted to look like pro cyclists. This is not a neat entrepreneurial story. Leaving a job in marketing at an IT firm, he went all in - only to find that he had to turn it back into a side project for a year while the brand gained momentum.Cafe Du Cycliste then became a full time business - opening a concept store in Nice, and then a store in London and in Majorca. They have since been recognised as one of the fastest growing French companies for three years in a row, they have been featured in Vogue, Esquire and GQ and they have been stocked in fashion retailers like Mr Porter.This is a must listen if you’re building fashion or e-commerce projects. We also discuss why being an outsider can be a competitive advantage, how to decide whether to be stocked in retailers, what is really required from an entrepreneur to succeed and whether starting your own business makes you feel more free. I hope you enjoy!P.S. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.