Sound Advice: Entrepreneurs Unfiltered
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Let's Be Honest... 'You will hear "no" a lot' (Sam Watson-Jones)
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sound Advice is known for truth-telling and our mini-sodes give more insight from our star entrepreneurs. The founder of Small Robot Company believed ...
Michelle You: What it really takes to build a tech company
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The co-founder of Songkick and carbon-offsetting platform Supercritical, on imposter syndrome as a non-coder, raising investment, burnout and facing f...
Let's Be Honest... 'I didn't know anything when I started my side-hustle' (Jess Ratty)
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sound Advice is known for truth-telling and our mini-sodes give more insight from our star entrepreneurs. This week, the founder of The Cornwall Campe...
How to boss your tax
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We know tax can be scary and numbers daunting but don't worry, this episode features 5 small business owners laying out the fundamentals to getti...
International Women's Day: Sharmadean Reid MBE - Make a list and just go for it
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Covert discrimination, invisible barriers, being broke, raising a million, feminism, intersectionality - if you want to reach your next business miles...
Let's Be Honest... 'Having a baby was the elephant in the pitch room' (Sarah Norford-Jones)
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sound Advice is known for truth-telling and our mini-sodes give even more insight from our star entrepreneurs. This week, the co-founder of YEO Messag...
David Hieatt: How to grow a good idea
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What's more important; the ability to make, or the ability to sell? Both, says the co-founder of Hiut Denim. Here's how he built a global br...
Let's Be Honest... 'Expect rejection—it's OK to get a "no"' (Sahar Hashemi)
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sound Advice is known for truth-telling and our mini-sodes give even more insight from our star entrepreneurs. This week, Sahar Hashemi reveals how sh...
Joe Townshend: Start a coffee business from scratch
06 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When the pandemic grounded Joe Townshend’s career as a pilot, he saw an opportunity to chart a course towards being his own boss. Fast forward a yea...
Let's Be Honest... 'I trusted an investor, and he ghosted me' (Solveiga Pakštaitė)
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sound Advice is known for truth-telling and our mini-sodes give even more insight from our star entrepreneurs. This week, Solveiga Pakštaitė confide...
Luke Boase: Turn your passion into profit
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From huddling in a fire escape, cold calling dismissive beer bosses, to creating a disruptive brand that lives up to it's name ‘Lucky’ Saint,...
Let's Be Honest... 'It was a struggle to get a manufacturer to take my side-hustle seriously' (Mathew Porter)
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sound Advice is known for truth-telling and our mini-sodes give even more insight from our star entrepreneurs. This week, Mathew Porter confides how m...
Samantha Senior: How to find your USP–and why Making Tax Digital can improve how you run your business
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the depths of postnatal depression Samantha Senior found herself 'scouring the internet to change how she looked’. Unexpectedly, her resea...
Let's Be Honest... 'Success has to be metrics driven' (Alec Dobbie)
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sound Advice is known for truth-telling and our mini-sodes give even more insight from our star entrepreneurs. This week, Alec Dobbie confides he had ...
Let's Be Honest... 'You will make mistakes' (Julien Callède)
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sound Advice is known for truth-telling and our mini-sodes give even more insight from our star entrepreneurs. This week, Julien Callède confides the...
Will Golder: From GB bobsleigh to small business star
19 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
'There is no nursery slope in business.’ Approached by an army general to be a classic Cool Runnings-style bobsleigh sprinter, Will Golder was ...
Katie Cross: Create a letterbox business on a shoestring budget
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thinking of setting up your own creative business in the New Year? The fabulous founder of Cake or Death talks making a sell-out product from your sid...
Let's Be Honest...'You don't need lots of cash' (Carl Reader)
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sound Advice is known for truth-telling and our mini episodes are designed to give you even more insight from our star entrepreneurs. This week, Carl ...
Introducing... Let's Be Honest mini-sodes
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s Be Honest, it’s hard to start a small business. Sound Advice is known for its truth-telling, that’s our USP, and our brand-new mini serie...
Carl Reader: How to boss Making Tax Digital
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nothing we can write here will do this two-part episode justice. Not only does Carl Reader subvert all the usual myths and clichés of being an entrep...
Carl Reader: How to really be an entrepreneur (Part 1)
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Getting into the nuts and bolts of starting a business from scratch, ditching trad business plans, driving yourself with fear, having uncomfortable co...
Natalie Bamford: Create a £1m mail-order business from £0
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have £0? Then you can build a business, says the founder of Colleague Box. And not just any business. When Nat Bamford’s accountant told her...
Natalie Bannister: How to be a one-woman small business
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do you make your passion project profitable? When Natalie Bannister moved to London from Portugal she lost her community in the process, so set up...
Mart Drake-Knight: 'Can you start up with £200? We did!'
10 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mart and Rob Drake-Knight set up Teemill in a garden shed. From tinkering with Epson printers to building factory robots from old eBay parts, this is ...
Rob Abrahams: Build a plumbing side hustle
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When is the right time to quit the day job and start your own business? Disillusioned by the 9-5, barristers clerk Rob Abrahams retrained in his spare...
Hazel Reynolds: Quit the day job with one creative idea
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Her day job made her ‘cry every night’, so Hazel Reynolds took the plunge, quit, and crowdfunded her first card game 'Randomise' which b...
Sam Jones: How to fund your start-up
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
His Dragon's Den pitch is imortalised as the tv show's 'best ever', and Harry Redknapp describes him as having the workrate of a t...
Steve Oliver: How to build a sustainable business
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The former record-shop manager co-founded musicMagpie in his garage and turned it into the world's most popular eBay shop, with an annual turnove...
Jess Gohl: How to build your business on Instagram
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Her university tutor told her she was 'too business minded', her parents said she was mad. But the creative founder of Burnt Toast Designs d...
Mike Psaras: Does your startup need an accountant? (Yes!)
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is not your average accountant. After a South-American sabbatical, Mike Psaras ditched the suit and tie, drawing on a decade of industry experien...
Rob Huysinga: How to explode your small business on TIKTOK
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you one of 1.3m following Bubba Ice, co-founder of experiential ice cream chain Pan-N-Ice, on TikTok? From cringe posts and rubbish Shopifys to br...
Zara Nanu: How to be a tech entrepreneur
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The World Economic Forum predicts we can close the gender pay gap in 217 years – but the founder of Gapsquare thinks we can do it in 20 with her AI ...
Arthur Kay: Making your idea reality
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Setting up a business is like playing poker – you have to deal with ambiguity, anxiety and risk. The trained architect shows his hand to reveal how ...
Autumn Rabbitts: How to start a creative 'making' business
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dream of a design-based business that takes off online? From cashflow to finding customers, the founder of Plumb and Rabbitts shares an incredibly hon...
Rachel Clark: I started a beauty business to deal with corporate burnout
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The super-personal story of how ex-Red Bull marketeer set up shampoo brand Nut and Noggin from her farmhouse table in 18 months, to 'look after o...
Ryan Panchoo: The ultimate recipe for starting a baking business from home
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Panchoo is a joyful burst of creative fresh air. Family food intolerances led him to create a gluten-free doughnut that tastes so good, Selfridge...
Jess Ratty: How to - not only survive - but thrive when you lose 40% of your business overnight
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Endlessly effervescent is the way to describe pocket rocket, Jess Ratty, the energetic founder of The Cornwall Camper Company and Ha-lo PR company. Pi...
Sam Watson Jones: From farmer to AI tech founder – a deep dive into starting a data-driven business
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Transferring decades of pencilled performance figures to Excel was eye-opening for farmer Sam Watson Jones. Revenues were static and little by little,...
International Women’s Day: A guide to small business investment
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate International Women's Day, we bring you a bumper small business investment episode with three brilliant guests who have fascinating ...
Sahar Hashemi: Write a small business plan that works
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Latte habit out of control? Blame Sahar Hashemi, founder of Coffee Republic. The UK's coffee craze started with the former lawyer and a super sma...
Solveiga Pakštaitė: Patents, product development, and pitching for investment
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Half of the world’s food created, is wasted. Cue industrial designer Solveiga Pakštaitė and her beautifully innovative product Mimica Touch. Scien...
Mathew Porter: How to start a side-hustle… and make it successful
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Retro video games, sustainable glass straws - Mathew Porter is a seasoned side hustler. Google hacks, supply chain secrets, what makes manufacturers t...
Alec Dobbie: How to bootstrap and build a tech platform from the spare room
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
FanFinders started life as a side-hustle in Alec Dobbie’s box bedroom in West Yorkshire. His self-coded data platform curates content from top baby ...
Julien Callede: How to create a scalable business from day one
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julien Callede shares how he co-founded Made.com and led the operationally complex, ‘fast furniture’ retail company, to be a global success. From ...
Welcome to Sound Advice! Get year one in business right
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Want to make your small business successful? Have a million different questions about starting up? Join business journalist Bex Burn-Callander and som...