The Millennial Entrepreneur

In this episode, I spoke with Shoaib Ahmed, personal branding expert, working with individuals to build their voice on LinkedIn, grow followers and ultimately generate opportunities from a stronger personal brand.We covered: Firstly, the results and opportunities he has benefited from growing his own personal brand. With almost 13,000 followers on LinkedIn, the in-bound opportunities that Shoaib receives are incredible and he shares what they are How to actually start strategically growing your personal brand And more practically, how do you do it day-to-day and the key characterises you must hold in order to grow---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 solo episode, I cover: What projects I am working on currently and an update on where they are The productivity practices I use that I have seen the best results with to maximise my time and results How I have avoided burnout with all the things I have on the go---FREE 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 networking tool: 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 Jordan Palmer, co-founder of Lixir Drinks, an innovative drinks brand specialising in flavoured tonic mixers aimed at a younger audience.We covered: Why Jordan decided to launch a drinks brand within this space and how differentiation is key given how crowded a market it is How they found a drinks manufacturer and how they overcame the expensive large minimum order quantities through crowdfunding and strategies you can utilise if you do the same Costs you may not consider when first starting a drinks brand and the vital question of ‘do you need funding to be able to grow a drinks brand’ as it is an extremely crowded market---FREE 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 networking tool: 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 Colin McGraw, the co-founder of Oysters Clothing, a clothing brand that is powered by dropshipping. Their mission is to promote environmental and animal conservation through their clothing, as well as donating 10% of net profits to charities.We covered: The honest truth behind the journey of starting and growing a dropshipping clothing brand. Colin goes into depth about the operational process you have to take and the risks that are not widely documented Many think that starting a dropshipping brand generates ‘passive’ profits, but Colin opens up about the hard work and challenges you have to face on this journey that are no different to growing a traditional clothing brand The channels of growth Colin uses to optimise sales and to scale the brand---FREE 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 networking tool: 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 Zak Marks, the co-founder behind Kitt Medical, an all-in-one anaphylaxis prevention and treatment system for schools - like a defibrillator, but for allergiesWe covered: How Zak started on his journey firstly trying to reinvent allergy medical devices to later shifting his focus on making the existing allergy devices more accessible and reframing the problem How he tested his proposition to doubling down on schools as the best way to start gaining traction with his service and how he is scaling the business not coming from a medical background himself More generally - Zak’s experience on selling his services within businesses and public sector as a socially motivated business and how he gains that extra buy in for them to actually purchase---FREE 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 networking tool: 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 Laura Pomfret, the co-founder behind the leading female-focused financial wellness app, Financielle. Since launch they have partnered with leading brands such as Pensionbee and Wealthify, along with appearances in The Guardian and a place on the Tech Nation Exchange Programme for emerging start-ups.We covered: How Laura started Financielle as a small Instagram-based community posting memes, to then selling financial budgeting tools in the form of PDFs and Google Sheets to people who wanted to manage their money better, selling 500 of them at £50 each just from Instagram! How she built an incredibly hyper focused community of people on Instagram who wanted more female-focused financial guidance Where she sees Financielle going as this is a massive problem they are solving---FREE 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 networking tool: 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 Isabelle Kenyon, Founder & CEO at Calibrate, a metabolic health company on a mission to change the way the world treats weight. Since 2020, they have helped over 20,000 Americans improve metabolic health, showing results with members having averaged 15% sustained weight loss, surpassing the best outcomes from peer-reviewed clinical trials.We cover: How Isabelle started Calibrate by reading academic papers around weight loss and how commercialised the academic literature to a sustainable business, having raised more than $125m to date She answers the question around do you need to be a healthcare professional to start and grow a health company, as Isabelle doesn’t come from that background herself How she tested the idea and the considerations you need to take when testing and starting out that are unique to a health company, the different types of MVP you can have here---Vinovest 2 Months of Fee-free Investing: https://zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur Zencastr 30% OFF: https://zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur0FREE 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 Erika De Santi, co-founder of WeRoad, a travel company that plans adventure tours around the world focusing on young travellers.They have coordinated over 30,000 European travellers and have been extremely successful with growing during the pandemic where travel was hit hardest.We covered: How Erika came up with the unique business model of WeRoad that takes an alternative view of the adventure travel industry with a focus on the dynamics of the group How WeRoad survived the pandemic through pivoting their business model temporarily and actually generated around £500k in revenue from gift cards alone, where 40% of these purchases were from people who had never travelled with them How Erika has built and is continuing to build an incredible community where most of their sales are generated from word of mouth---Vinovest 2 Months of Fee-free Investing: https://zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur Zencastr 30% OFF: https://zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur0FREE 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 Zac Williams, the CEO of Careerpass Network, a careers marketplace platform.What’s extremely interesting about Zac’s story is that he raised over £500,000 investment for his startup through paying celebrities to read out personalised messages to potential investors through Cameo.We cover: How Zac spent £3.5k on Cameo to make personalised videos for potential investors which turned into over £500,000 in investment he received so far How using these personalised celebrity videos lead to an 85% response rate for cold emails to investors when average response rate is probably around 5% if you’re lucky His step by step process before using Cameo and after to use this strategy for your own businesses when deciding to raise money---Vinovest 2 Months of Fee-free Investing: https://zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur Zencastr 30% OFF: https://zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur0FREE 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 Eliza Batten, former Made in Chelsea star and co-founder of The Cirkel, a circular fashion platform for women’s clothing.We covered: Eliza’s background as a Made in Chelsea star, how she got involved, her craziest experiences and the motivation behind why she decided to go on the show Following her exit from the show, why she decided to go into business and more specifically within circular fashion The opportunities and challenges Eliza has faced through growing her business given her background from Made in Chelsea---Vinovest 2 Months of Fee-free Investing: https://zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur Zencastr 30% OFF: https://zen.ai/themillennialentrepreneur0FREE 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.