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Every top food and drink founder reads our Newsletter - why wouldn't you?https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/Watch the full shabang on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videosLet’s link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/Stalk me on Insta- https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/HUNGRY’s absolutely bloody marvellous and wonderful sponsorsMackenzie Jones - https://www.mackenziejones.co.uk/GS1 - https://www.gs1uk.org/BOWIMI - https://www.bowimi.com/HC Consulting - https://www.hc-consulting.uk/My draw dropped through the earths crustA filthy concoction from the Heavens of GluttonyI remember it vividly and voluptuouslyIt valiantly violated my taste buds into sweet-sweet BlissThe first time I chowed down POPHAMS Bacon and Maple SwirlBrain flirting-swirling-whirlingA state of delicious delirium.Thick, lip-smackingly salty bacon swirls around a buttery pillows of pastry.Soaked and smothered in conglomerate amounts of oh!so-sweet Canadian Maple Syrup.Nirvana.Ollie Gold is a G. Super humble.But has solved a problem most can’t solve.Keeping the Magic as you Scale.POPHAM’SI LOVE this interview, Ollie’s seemingly solved the headache all businesses face.Grab a coffee and a pastry.Tuck in.ON THE MENU1. Why the best MBA is Kitchen Porter, every 16 year - we need jobs that help us zoom out Vs zoom in + take a job that forces you to speak to anyone anywhere1. Your role as a founder is to be the link and thread the needle - Vision + trust = link = thread the needle2. How to grow without killing magic and diluting your brand + Popham’s Horizontal Vs. Vertical3. Why the founders vision must evolve and be fluid, if the brand grows so must the vision4. Why starting a brand is the greatest journey of self discovery for a human being5. Why hospitality are everyday super heroes6. How to build a creative culture that constantly push boundaries = Set boundaries that allow for wild, flamboyant creativityFully eppy Monday 8am.🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)

Listen to the full episode hereEspresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed!1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking?Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!!2.  Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder?Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow.3. The biggest brands in FMCG love love UnleashedYour fave brands like Candy Kittens, Tiny Rebel, TRIP use religiously. Tarquins Gin, Three Spirit, Minor Figures, The Turmeric Co., Volcano Coffee4. Do yourself a favourFeel free to reach out to the utter legends Josh and Bryony at Unleashed, book in a 20 min chat with this magical link. Even if nothing comes of it, it's worth having a chat. Click this magical link🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)

Every top food and drink founder reads our weekly Newsletter,  Friday Feast - why wouldn't you?https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/Watch the full shabang on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videosLet’s link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/Stalk me on Insta- https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/11pm.Outside: cold, black November evening.Inside: a warm, cosy flat in Twickenham.Saturday’s movie about to start.Hot curry on his lap.Suddenly.The phone rang and rang and rang and rang.He gave a piercingly-curt look to his wife.“No, no, no PLEASE don’t answer - it’ll be Jim wanting to go down to the pub”His wife answered anyway.Frustration clawed and screeched across his face.Gleefully, she looked at looked at him: “it’s Mel Gibson”He said “get out of here… you’re pulling leg”Reluctantly, he picked up.Mel Gibson said: “Jim, I want you to play Campbell in Braveheart”After that phone call James’ life forever changed.Thrilled to welcome James Cosmo, on to the podcast.James had an illustrious acting career: Brave Heart, Trainspotting, TROY and Game of Thrones and many more.Now he’s plying his trade in whiskey, founder of the brand, STORYMAN.This episode is a Master Class is NEVER, EVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS.ON THE MENU:1. If you believe in your heart, you're doing something moral and ethical and courageous, the universe will conspire to make things happen2. Why challenger food and drink founders must embrace being “The ant at the damn, well you haven't met be yet”3. Mel Gibson leadership lessons: go the extra mile + be the first one there + it's going to be fantastic + the leader eats last4. Why you must embrace nerves: nerves give you 40% better performance + You need to feel unsure of your footing, to know your balance is right5. Danny Boyle and Trainspotting Leadership lessons: The Kiwi vs. Shiny apples analogy: be different, not betterFull episode goes live Monday 8am.Other episodes below🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)

Rory Sutherland, expert in customer value and marketing, discusses the transition from prioritizing value creation to monetary gains. The podcast explores the importance of time in an agency and quick insights. They also talk about understanding customer value, the importance of marketing spend, and customer loyalty.

Rory Sutherland discusses the dangers of following logic for challenger brands and the importance of acting foolish. Topics include the problem with purpose-led brands, creating gratuitous perversity to stand out, and the magic of post rationalisation. The podcast also delves into the role of humor in branding, exploring Boeini for small and big brands, and embracing mistakes in the creative process.

Listen to the full episode here Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking?   Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2.  Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder?  Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow.  3. The biggest brands in FMCG love love Unleashed Your fave brands like Candy Kittens, Tiny Rebel, TRIP use religiously. Tarquins Gin, Three Spirit, Minor Figures, The Turmeric Co., Volcano Coffee 4. Do yourself a favour Feel free to reach out to the utter legends Josh and Bryony at Unleashed, book in a 20 min chat with this magical link. Even if nothing comes of it, it's worth having a chat. Click this magical link 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)

Most strategy is UTTER BULL SHIT.Shat out by spurious and superfluous #strategistsPeddling putridly perplexing, flabbergasting “frameworks” — make the brain go berserk.Matrix’s that make you feel like you’ve chomped the orange-what-you-on-about-mate?-pill“Grab yourself a Costa and a biccy …let’s all sit around synergise and prioritise and sodomise your brain with complexity”Complexity is EASY.Simplicity is HARD.So much strategy complexity.Alex M H Smith does the HARD job of making strategy EASY.His new book, “No Bullshit Strategy” is INSANELY DELICIOUS.A short-snappy, marble-smooth, no bull-shit book on strategy - my brain lit up like a glittering Christmas tree as I briskly sauntered.The Better news?Alex is back on the pod.ON THE MENU:1. Why challenger food and drink founders spend too much time Zoomed in and *MUST* ZOOM out to see clearly2. How challenger food and drink founders can set goals that lead to fun adventure vs. constant comparison and beating yourself up.3. Why you’ll never achieve huge success through hard work4. How to go viral on LinkedIn, write “I feel seen posts” + Why if it’s not click bait, it's not doing the audience a favour5. How to find the Strategy secrets + The insight is NEVER a new piece of information - “It's not about what you KNOW. It's what you NOTICE ”Every top food and drink founder reads our Newsletter - why wouldn't you?https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/Watch the full shabang on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videosLet’s link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/Stalk me on Insta- https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)

The most mind-blowing conversation I’ve EVER had on challenger leadership.Julian Metcalfe is contrarian, formidable. A lucid single-mindedness married with a howling grit.The unique ability to find simplicity in complexity - “complexity is easy, simplicity is hard”Pret a Manger and ITSU combined are worth over £3 billion.Pret a Manger one of the biggest food and drink brands of all time, opened sites in New York, Hong Kong and successfully sold in 2018.ITSU are at 74 sites solving the obesity pandemic providing healthy, affordable, delicious food.ITSU grocery are disrupting categories with ground breaking affordable, delicious mealsTotal honour to interview Julian.ON THE MENU:Why challenger food and drink founders must BE BRAVE and swim upstream, when everyone’s swimming downstreamThe principles of empathetic leadership: listening + imagination = look at problems differentlyWhy complexity is much easier than simplicity - Do less, but do it beautifully = grow fasterWhy you must never ever, ever doubt what you can do as a human being - you’re capable of so much more than you thinkThe process of building great cultures: realise this hard-truth, people work for people, not for your company.The relentless pursuit of better: accept 99 is not 100, so constantly pursue betterWhy brands must grow EXACTLY in proportion in their ability to stay GOODFully eppy goes live Monday. If you enjoy the podcast.Please share it with one friend, you’d really make my weekend. Thanks xxSubscribe to our newsletterhttps://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/Watch the full shabang on Youtube -  https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videosLet’s link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/Stalk me on Insta- https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)

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Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Friday Feast https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/Watch the full shabang on Youtube -  https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videosLet’s link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/Stalk me on Insta- https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/There was someone else before Brewdog and Camden Town Bewery.Ferociously banging the craft beer drum when no one listened.Charlie McVeigh.Charlie pioneered of the craft beer movement. In 2006, founded The Draft House, built a wildly succesfulscuccessfully sold to Brewdog in 2018.Charlie’s featured on the programme Million Pound Menu. The Dragons Den for food and drink brands.And investor in the wildly popular Butchies Fried Chicken, Foodstuff, The Breakfast Club.Our conversation dives deep into the dark side of being a founder.ON THE MENU1. Why a business is “essentially a fiction” and how new ideas spread - every brand touch point is an opportunity for storytelling.2. The founder “Messiah” vs. “Imposter” complex - and how to spot your weaknesses.3. Why founders must find and embrace their psychotic part. Turn empathy off.4. How to add systems as you scale - a brand can only scale once the right systems are in place = Brand principles + systems + link to brand + consistency = HUGE brand scale5. How to ACTUALLY fire employees: Sad reality not everyone is going to be perfect6. Why founders MUST know what type of business they’re building: Do you want to be Rich or Do you want to be King?Please make me oh so happs and please tickle the subscribe button in the comments below.🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)