The Millennial Entrepreneur

In this episode, I spoke to Akshay Ruparelia. He is famed as the founder and ex-CEO of Doorsteps.co.uk. He sold over £1 billion in houses over the space of three years, marking him youngest on the Sunday Times Rich List 2018 on asset value. Most recently, in 2021, he was the youngest honoree, featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list and he has also become renowned for disrupting the market with a 500% growth in just four years.In the episode, we dug really deep into:• How he started his journey from selling sweets at school while caring for his deaf parents, to selling over £1 billion in houses over the space of three years within an extremely short space of time• How he attracted his first customer on this• As someone that started a large real estate business, that then pivoted into social enterprise, who then created a web3 company, what motivates him to carry on and gives him purpose.---YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8Pd3VD2lZbjSoc-OCtp1wInterested in sponsoring this show or podcast ads for your business? Go to zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur2 and fill out the contact information so Zencastr can help you, bring your business story to life.FREE SHARE WORTH UPTO £200 🤑: https://magic.freetrade.io/join/sina/5778b9e3Instagram Page: @TheMillennialEntrepreneurPodMicrophone/Equipment Used: https://amzn.to/31Os4fV, https://amzn.to/3kul2FmSubscribe to my blog: https://sinablog.medium.com/My Business (Wing) - A fully contactless business card: www.wingcard.io---Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com | @dcuttermusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I spoke with Harrison Cantel, a social media strategist. A huge advocate for short-form video content and how it can be used to elevate your personal brand or business.We covered:- Why you should be interested in short-form video content and the results and opportunities you should expect when dedicating time to it, whether it is on your personal brand or business- Who short-form content is for and why it can be used for anyone listening to this podcast, regardless of the sort of business you have, whether you don’t want to be in front of the camera, etc.- The step-by-step strategy to implement this---YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8Pd3VD2lZbjSoc-OCtp1wThis episode is sponsored by Zencastr, my #1 podcast tool. They provide a crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. I love that it records separate audio and video tracks for the guests and me. Plus, there is a secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews. My guests just click on the link, and we start recording. Go to zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur1 [http://zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur1] or 30% off your first three months with a PRO accountFREE SHARE WORTH UPTO £200 🤑: https://magic.freetrade.io/join/sina/5778b9e3Instagram Page: @TheMillennialEntrepreneurPodMicrophone/Equipment Used: https://amzn.to/31Os4fV, https://amzn.to/3kul2FmSubscribe to my blog: https://sinablog.medium.com/My Business (Wing) - A fully contactless business card: www.wingcard.io---Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com | @dcuttermusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I talked to Gaby Mendes, Founder and Host of Talk Twenties, a knowledge hub and podcast dedicated to helping people in their twenties figure out life steps including finance, career and relationships.We cover: Why she decided to start Talk Twenties and how the original idea for it wasn’t actually a podcast How she developed the podcast into an overarching business The growth strategies she implemented with the podcast---YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8Pd3VD2lZbjSoc-OCtp1wThis episode is sponsored by Zencastr, my #1 podcast tool. They provide a crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. I love that it records separate audio and video tracks for the guests and me. Plus, there is a secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews. It is super easy to use, and there is nothing to download. My guests just click on the link, and we start recording. Go to zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur1 and enter promo code themillennialentrepreneur1 for 30% off your first three months with a PRO account"FREE SHARE WORTH UPTO £200 🤑: https://magic.freetrade.io/join/sina/5778b9e3Instagram Page: @TheMillennialEntrepreneurPodMicrophone/Equipment Used: https://amzn.to/31Os4fV, https://amzn.to/3kul2FmSubscribe to my blog: https://sinablog.medium.com/My Business (Wing) - A fully contactless business card: www.wingcard.io---Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com | @dcuttermusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I spoke to Bart-Jan Leyts, founder of Loreca, a start up that helps hotels rank higher on travel search engines using an algorithm he designedWe covered: How Bart-Jan first tested an algorithm using excel and how you don’t need specialist knowledge or coding experience to test it out, showing how anyone can do it. He outlines the tools you can use How he expanded the start-up from testing an algorithm to packing it and commercialising it into an actual business How he attracted his first group of customers---This episode is sponsored by Zencastr, my #1 podcast tool. They provide a crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. I love that it records separate audio and video tracks for the guests and me. Plus, there is a secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews. It is super easy to use, and there is nothing to download. My guests just click on the link, and we start recording. Go to zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur1 or 30% off your first three months with a PRO accountFREE SHARE WORTH UPTO £200 🤑: https://magic.freetrade.io/join/sina/5778b9e3YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8Pd3VD2lZbjSoc-OCtp1wInstagram Page: @TheMillennialEntrepreneurPodMicrophone/Equipment Used: https://amzn.to/31Os4fV, https://amzn.to/3kul2FmSubscribe to my blog: https://sinablog.medium.com/My Business (Wing) - A fully contactless business card: www.wingcard.io---Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com | @dcuttermusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I spoke to David Carlin, a payments startup founder that has built a community of other payments entrepreneurs.We covered: How to start a payments firm Is it too late to get into payments Do you need to have years of experience within finance in order to start a payments firm?---This episode is sponsored by Zencastr, my #1 podcast tool. They provide a crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. I love that it records separate audio and video tracks for the guests and me. Plus, there is a secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews. It is super easy to use, and there is nothing to download. My guests just click on the link, and we start recording. Go to zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur1 or 30% off your first three months with a PRO accountFREE SHARE WORTH UPTO £200 🤑: https://magic.freetrade.io/join/sina/5778b9e3YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8Pd3VD2lZbjSoc-OCtp1wInstagram Page: @TheMillennialEntrepreneurPodMicrophone/Equipment Used: https://amzn.to/31Os4fV, https://amzn.to/3kul2FmSubscribe to my blog: https://sinablog.medium.com/My Business (Wing) - A fully contactless business card: www.wingcard.io---Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com | @dcuttermusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I spoke with Ethan Golding, founder of Team Hustle, an agency that works with consumer brands to create TikTok content to bring new traffic, leads and eventually sales into businessesTikTok can be an incredible tool and Ethan opens up about how you can use TikTok effectively to generate noise for your business and gain ROI.We talked about: What sort of impact should you expect if you start creating TikTok content for your B2C brand and should all B2C brands be on TikTok? What should your strategy be in terms of posting frequency, type of content, etc. in order to maximise ROI And the golden question, is it too late for you and your business to be on TikTok?---This episode is sponsored by Zencastr, my #1 podcast tool. They provide a crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. I love that it records separate audio and video tracks for the guests and me. Plus, there is a secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews. It is super easy to use, and there is nothing to download. My guests just click on the link, and we start recording. Go to zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur1 or 30% off your first three months with a PRO accountFREE SHARE WORTH UPTO £200 🤑: https://magic.freetrade.io/join/sina/5778b9e3YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8Pd3VD2lZbjSoc-OCtp1wInstagram Page: @TheMillennialEntrepreneurPodMicrophone/Equipment Used: https://amzn.to/31Os4fV, https://amzn.to/3kul2FmSubscribe to my blog: https://sinablog.medium.com/My Business (Wing) - A fully contactless business card: www.wingcard.io---Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com | @dcuttermusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I spoke with Spencer Vann, the co-founder of Surplus Fund, a business that connects people who are owed money unknowingly from the government and other organisations unknowingly to make a claim.We covered: How an injury spurred Spencer to start in entrepreneurship Why people are owed money without knowing that they are owed money How billions of pounds is left unclaimed in the UK as many don’t know they are owed it---Zencastr Sponsor a Podcast: https://zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur2FREE SHARE WORTH UPTO £200 🤑: https://magic.freetrade.io/join/sina/5778b9e3YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8Pd3VD2lZbjSoc-OCtp1wInstagram Page: @TheMillennialEntrepreneurPodMicrophone/Equipment Used: https://amzn.to/31Os4fV, https://amzn.to/3kul2FmSubscribe to my blog: https://sinablog.medium.com/My Business (Wing) - A fully contactless business card: www.wingcard.io---Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com | @dcuttermusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I spoke with Yin Noe, the CEO of Pennychain and is now pivoting into a new business called Iconic, a platform letting you purchase fractionalised assets and alternative investments.In 2021, AccelerateHER & Google named Yin as one of the UK’s Top Inspiring 50 Tech Leaders which was announced in the Financial Times. In this list, she is one of the youngest winners & the first winner in history from Myanmar.In the episode we spoke about: Her journey of three different start ups and how she has got to Iconic right now How she managed to create massive interest for her businesses and speaking to the right people without having a working prototype, highlighting the power of a good story and great visual mock ups to show As someone who takes pride in pivoting into different businesses, we spoke about when is the right time to stop what you are doing and pivot into a different business Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I spoke with Shivani Pau, the host of A Millennial Mind, a leading podcast discussing all things mindset and growth for young people.She has amassed thousands of followers on Instagram and subscribers to her podcast to have taken the leap to quit her job and do it full time.We talked about: From chatting to various guests on her podcast, what is the biggest self-development and mindset challenge young people face today? How she mentally managed different things while working full time and does she recommend side hustles The difficulty of being present when managing the growth of a job as well as a side hustle and whether she believes side hustles are being glamorised in todays world---Zencastr Sponsor a Podcast: https://zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur2FREE SHARE WORTH UPTO £200 🤑: https://magic.freetrade.io/join/sina/5778b9e3YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8Pd3VD2lZbjSoc-OCtp1wInstagram Page: @TheMillennialEntrepreneurPodMicrophone/Equipment Used: https://amzn.to/31Os4fV, https://amzn.to/3kul2FmSubscribe to my blog: https://sinablog.medium.com/My Business (Wing) - A fully contactless business card: www.wingcard.io---Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com | @dcuttermusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I spoke with Rhys Jackson, the founder of T in Techno, one of the largest communities dedicated to techno music with 120k followers on Twitter and one of the largest record labels within technoRhys also manages social media for some top artists, as well as top Premier League football players both playing and retired.We covered: How Rhys started his journey into music with creating Soundcloud playlists that big DJs used to buy off him The growth strategies he undertook to grow his community to the strength it is today How he became social media managers of top football players and music artists---Zencastr Sponsor a Podcast: https://zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur2FREE SHARE WORTH UPTO £200 🤑: https://magic.freetrade.io/join/sina/5778b9e3YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8Pd3VD2lZbjSoc-OCtp1wInstagram Page: @TheMillennialEntrepreneurPodMicrophone/Equipment Used: https://amzn.to/31Os4fV, https://amzn.to/3kul2FmSubscribe to my blog: https://sinablog.medium.com/My Business (Wing) - A fully contactless business card: www.wingcard.io---Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com | @dcuttermusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.