The Room Where It Happened
Episodes
How an Unknown Sportswear Brand Landed Red Bull & McLaren | Castore
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How does a £20,000 family loan turn into a £300 million global brand? For Tom Beahon, it all began with his parents remortgaging their home to suppo...
How I Raised £28.5M In Startup Capital | Spencer Matthews
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Spencer Matthews’ journey from reality TV star to the founder of a £100M business is a story of transformation, grit, and resilience. In this episo...
BONUS: Pixar’s Secret Story Formula Behind Toy Story, Cars, & Monsters Inc. | Pete Docter
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
With Toy Story 5 & Hoppers releasing this year, The Chief Creative Officer of PIXAR, Pete Docter, joins The Room Where It Happened to break down 4...
Why Gen-Z Will NEVER Be Wealthy | Tim Armoo
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How does a young man from a South London council estate go on to build multiple successful businesses? For Timothy Armoo, it started with a ritual at ...
The Brutal Reality of Running a Premier League Football Club | Ex-Bournemouth Chairman
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Mostyn didn’t set out to become the savior of a football club, but that’s exactly what he did when a single nod saved Bournemouth from liquid...
Are YouTube & Netflix Joining Forces? | Sidemen CEO
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Victor Bengtsson’s journey with Sidemen began with a single, unexpected interview, where instead of touting credentials, he cracked a joke that show...
Is University a Scam? | Kurt Geiger CEO Explains
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
CEO of Kurt Geiger Neil Clifford reflects on the moments and challenges that shaped his journey from a department store floor to leading a global fash...
Why Are Billionaires Rushing to Own Space?
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How does a passion for space transform into a mission to reshape humanity’s future? For Dylan Taylor, it started with a transcendent experience in o...
What AI Will Look Like in 2030 | IFS CEO
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From washing dishes in a chaotic hotel kitchen at 13 to leading a global software company, Mark Moffat traces a leadership journey shaped by humility,...
Inside the $10 Billion Cybercrime Industry: Are We Safe?
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Long before cybersecurity became a daily concern for businesses, Danny Jenkins encountered a moment that changed his entire trajectory. A ransomware a...
How To Become a Billionaire | From Zero to £4.1B Sale
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From a childhood helicopter dream to building and selling a £4.1bn company, Richard Harpin shares the moments that nearly ended, and ultimately defin...
The Drink Startup Taking On Coca-Cola & Red Bull
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What begins as a personal crisis quickly turns into a leap of faith. For Olivia Ferdi, everything changed seven weeks before her wedding, when a serio...
From Flatlining to £25M: Layoffs, Marketing Genius & Product Messaging
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When Heights hit a wall after rapid early growth, founder Dan Murray faced a brutal truth: the product wasn’t the problem, the story was. In th...
How Did Deliveroo Become Worth £2.9Bn?
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What starts as a side idea quickly becomes a full-scale obsession. For Will Shu, that obsession turned into Deliveroo, and it began with him deliverin...
How Five Guys Franchised The UK & Europe
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a career built on spreadsheets collides with a gut-level belief in great food? John Eckbert’s path to becoming CEO of Five Guys is...
The Family Elf That Became a $100M Christmas Empire
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before it became a worldwide holiday staple, The Elf on the Shelf was simply a Pitts family tradition, one that Christa Pitts helped turn into a cultu...
How The Grand Tour & Clarkson's Farm Were Born | Andy Wilman
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From Top Gear to The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm, Andy Wilman has spent decades redefining what car television can be, and learning a few hard le...
How The AJ Vs. Jake Paul Fight Was Made | Frank Smith
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From delivering coffees at 14 to becoming CEO of Matchroom Boxing, Frank Smith has lived every side of the fight game.In this episode, Frank reflects ...
The Importance of Purpose & Finding Your Why
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's notebook I discuss the importance of not just finding your why, but acting on it.I share the unexpected panic I felt travelling back fr...
The Inside Story of Europe's First Budget Airline | easyJet Founder
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou joins us from Monaco to revisit the moment easyJet was created, beginning with the 1994 launch, where he persuaded his father...
Anything Above Zero Compounds
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's notebook, I talk about the fear I felt going into an interview with footballing superstar Robert Lewandowski, why we should enjoy our s...
Which Country Will Win The AI race? | Microsoft UK CEO
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How does someone go from tinkering with computers in a small Manchester bedroom to leading Microsoft UK’s AI revolution? For Darren Hardman, it bega...
Jake's Notebook | Are You Wasting Time? The Hidden Forces Shaping Your Discipline and Relationships
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's notebook, I talk about the invisible force that quietly decides the quality of every relationship, the surprising link between doing th...
How Entrepreneurs Win in the Age of TikTok | Thea Green
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As founder of Nails Inc., Thea Green built one of the UK’s most successful beauty brands by combining creativity with integrity, and knowing when to...
Jake’s Notebook | How High Performance Began & Why Depth Is the New Currency
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I open my notebook to share how walking away from TV changed my life — and why ego nearly cost me purpose. I break down what’s really d...
How WHOOP’s 22 Year Old Founder Outsmarted Nike | Will Ahmed
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As founder and CEO of WHOOP, Will Ahmed turned a college dorm room idea into one of the most influential performance technology companies in the world...
Jake’s Notebook | Remember When You Used to Be Good at Waiting?
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in my notebook, I’ve been thinking about time — how quickly it moves, and how much of life we spend rushing to catch up with it.In this ...
The Man Behind McDonald’s $1B Tech Gamble | Atif Rafiq
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a digital pioneer across companies like Amazon, McDonald’s, and Volvo, Atif Raffiq has built a career turning legacy brands into innovation power...
Jake's Notebook | Learning to Live Well, Not Just Do Well
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in my notebook, I’ve been thinking about what it really means to live well — not just to achieve, but to feel okay while doing it. Somew...
The Rapper Who Turned Down Millions to Build A Baby Skincare Brand | Krept
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rapper, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Nala’s Baby, Krept has built his success on more than music, it’s been about discipline, ownership, and le...
Jake's Notebook | Everything You’re Good At, You Were Once Bad At & Meeting Stelios In Monaco
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I open my notebook on three lessons that hit hard;Why the people you surround yourself with are the invisible architects of your lifeHow eve...
The Woman Behind Matchroom's Empire - The Business of Boxing, Darts & Pool | Emily Frazer
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Frazer’s path to becoming a leading force in live sports events was anything but traditional. Without a university degree and after jobs rangi...
Jake's Notebook | Héctor Bellerín's Life Advice, Leaving BT Sport and Reframing Envy
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I share the lessons that have stayed with me — from Mudita, the joy of celebrating others’ success, to what I learned from Eddie Jordan ...
Branding Secrets That Took 'The Ordinary' to #1 & Tragic Loss of Their Co-Founder | Nicola Kilner
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As co-founder and former CEO of Deciem, Nicola Kilner helped build one of the most disruptive beauty companies of the last decade, but the journey was...
Jake's Notebook | Write A To DON'T List, Being Willing To Fail & A Listener Question
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jake explores how failure is an instrument for success, how to reframe those who doubted you as a collaborator and why writing a "To Don't" ...
Why The Future of AI ISN'T As Scary As We Think & How To Prep for What's To Come
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What will the future really look like—and how can we prepare for it? In this episode, Nick Foster, ex-Head of Design at Google X, takes us behind th...
Jake's Notebook | Why I Turned Down Top Gear & How the Final 5% Sets You Apart
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jake opens his notebook to reflect on missed opportunities, ego, and the stories we tell ourselves about "what might have been." From turni...
The Outsider CEO Disrupting F1's Dominance: Why Fast Feedback Wins
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to guide companies through billion-dollar transformations, and then walk away in search of something new? Jeff Dodds has done just t...
Jake's Notebook | Steven Bartlett & A Letter From Deciem's Co-Founder
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since he was a teenager, Jake has kept notebooks and diaries, now for the first time he opens them up to discuss his thoughts on business and life in ...
Brutal Business Lessons From Child Star JoJo Siwa | Celebrity Endorsements & Creating a Personal Brand
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a teenager takes control of her own brand? For JoJo Siwa, it meant signing a deal that wasn’t perfect, betting on herself anyway, ...
OpenAI Insider’s Dark Warning on AI & The Hypocrisy of CEO Sam Altman
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist Karen Hao has spent years exposing the realities of the world’s most powerful AI labs. Her 2019 embed at OpenAI was a turning point, what...
How To Spot If Your Boss Is Toxic & Surviving The Modern Workplace | Ben Askins
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Askins didn’t expect his next big chapter to come from LinkedIn posts, but it did. After selling his first business in 2021 and being locked out...
How I Sold My Startup To Adobe For $110M | Alex Packham
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Packham knows what it’s like to have everything change in a single day, and nothing changes at all. From selling ContentCal to Adobe from his s...
Monzo CEO: The Major Problem With Traditional Banking & How To Fix Financial Anxiety
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TS Anil’s journey through the world of banking has been anything but conventional. From boardrooms in Tokyo to the fast-moving culture of Silicon Va...
Gary Stevenson | The Structural Flaw In Society Billionaires Don’t Want You To Know
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Stevenson didn’t follow a traditional path, he challenged it at every turn. Expelled from school at 16 and later pushed out of Citibank for spe...
From DIY T-Shirts To £100m Global Label: Represent’s Branding Blue Print
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
George Heaton’s journey with Represent wasn’t a straight line, it was a series of hard pivots, gut checks, and quiet rebuilds. What started as a p...
Will Music Survive AI & Turning $400 Into A Global Music Platform: Resident Advisor Founder Paul Clement
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Clement never set out to build a flashy startup, he set out to build something that mattered. Born from genuine passion and a deep connection to ...
"You Can’t Monetize Burnout": The Rise, Fall & Rise Again Of Britain's Biggest YouTuber
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Chapman was part of a digital wave no one saw coming, and found himself at the center of it. What started as casual videos turned into global infl...
Inside the Enhanced Games - The Controversial Startup Redefining Sport | Aron D'Souza
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aron D’Souza didn’t just question the rules, he set out to rewrite them. Frustrated by the limitations of legacy institutions, he launched the Enh...
I Built an Ice Bath In My Garage, Now Ronaldo Uses it
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Bosomworth wasn’t chasing fame, he was chasing a feeling. One moment in his garage, fed up with complacency and craving change, sparked the crea...
He Risked His Life Savings to Build a $87 Million Business
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Grey didn’t follow the traditional path, and that’s exactly what made all the difference. Long before GTECH became a household name, Nick was...
I Left an $800M+ Dating App to Build Tinder for Mums
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What sparks the leap from corporate boardrooms to building a movement? For Michelle Kennedy, it was a single conversation in a meeting room that chang...
The Bold Strategy That Saved GQ & Made It Matter Again
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you take a brand from dated to defining? For Dylan Jones, it started with a clear vision, a few audacious hires, and the nerve to challenge tra...
How IKEA's CEO Transformed an 82-Year-Old Company in 5 Years
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a supply chain expert is handed the keys to one of the world’s most iconic brands? For Jesper Brodin, it meant hitting the road, l...
Richard Branson on Selling Virgin Records for $1B, Donald Trump & Going to Space
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before Virgin became a name known around the world, one bold decision set Richard Branson on a path that defied every expectation. In this episode, he...
I Quit My Job At 51... Now I Own A Global Beauty Brand
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a beauty industry powerhouse walks away from the boardroom to build something entirely her own? For Michelle Feeney, it meant defyin...
The Day Rory Sutherland Became a Marketing Genius
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest breakthroughs in business don’t come from logic, but from noticing what others overlook?In this episode, Rory Sutherland unpacks...
The Genius Who Saved Nike - and Made Michael Jordan Iconic
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before Michael Jordan became a global icon, one unlikely figure made the call that changed everything. In this episode, Sonny Vaccaro shares how a gut...
They Only Had $36 Left… Now This Protein Bar is a $1B+ Brand
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to turn a niche idea into a global phenomenon? For Alan Barratt, it meant trusting his instincts, betting on a product his own board...
The Risky $5M Gamble That Made Five Guys Global
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How does a former banker end up leading one of the fastest-growing food brands in Europe? For John Eckbert, it started with a magazine cover, a c...
How Liberty Media Took Over Formula 1: Inside the Deal With the Man Who Bought F1
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to steer one of the world’s most iconic sports properties through a high-stakes transformation? For Greg Maffei, it meant navigati...
He Used To Deliver Pizza. Now He Runs a $2B+ Company.
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a hungry banker decides to transform food delivery? For Will Shu, it meant hitting the streets as Deliveroo’s first rider, facing ...
How do you make a deal with Gordon Ramsay? HexClad CEO explains
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to disrupt an entire industry? For Danny Winer, it meant ignoring conventional wisdom, challenging the biggest names in retail, and ...
Introducing: The Room Where It Happened, with Jake Humphrey
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Step inside the moments that shaped the world’s biggest brands in The Room Where It Happened, a brand-new podcast hosted by Jake Humphrey.Each episo...