The First Five Miles

Tonia Smith is a business transition coach. Having built an accomplished international sales career, she is now on a mission to help ambitious, professional women transition from their jobs to launching their aligned business – simply by monetising their unique experiences and expertise. Contact Sonia via www.thetoniasmithbrand.com, her Instagram or email [email protected] to secure your complimentary coaching session for Entrepreneurial Leader listeners! 

Should you raise capital for your startup? How do you choose a business model that works for you? What mistakes should you absolutely avoid? This and more on this episode with ABoxOfStories.com founder, Dhruv Bonnerjee.

If you want to be highly successful in life and business, there is no question that you need an incredibly productive routine. Entrepreneur Tiffany LeBaron is the Founder of The Good Habit Box Co, a subscription box service encouraging positive lifestyle decisions. This episode covers finding business trends, getting started on big ideas and making your dreams a reality balancing life and family as a female entrepreneur.

Katherine Beltran is a business coach for new entrepreneurs that are stuck around the social media question. She helps them to build the foundation of their business with Instagram, advising on marketing and business strategies so they get paying clients and start to grow a serious business. In this interview, we demystify social media strategies for growth, including what and how often to post, how many followers is enough and how do you combine a business account with a personal angle.

What do you buy when you buy a business? And when you sell an enterprise, what is it you actually sell? Conversation with global business appraiser Bharat Kanodia on the key principles that give a company its value. For more information and advice, make sure you visit Bharat's YouTube Channel, What's It Worth?

Jack Mantle is the founder of JEM Paediatric Physiotherapy. He started out servicing the Great British National Health Service but, after some years within the enormous NHS machine, decided to go his own way, now doing wonderful things within his own practice. In this conversation we cover the importance of play in learning, going above and beyond in the line of duty, and how not to get lost when serving as a cog inside a big machine.

Marilise de Villiers’ seemingly high-flying career came at a high price. Behind her incredible performance at work was burn-out, disillusionment - and bullying. Now an entrepreneur, best-selling author and high performance and mindset coach, Marilise is helping others step into their integrity, live aligned to their purpose and beat the bullies, including the secret one that lives in you. Listen to this to understand how to spot - and beat - bullying, ‘the silent epidemic’.

Not all leaders are created equal. Some rise to leadership positions through skill-based expertise, not people skills. How do we coach people to grow into people- and value-driven leaders that lead in alignment with their personal integrity? Conversation with exec leadership coach and keynote speaker, Jevin Koleth of JMK Leadership.

This year, I interviewed incredible entrepreneurs across industries and across the globe. Fitness visionaries, influencers, authors, dancers, BAFTA winners. Here are these conversations distilled into 5 high-concentration, pure gold nuggets on 5 easy ways every effective entrepreneur and entrepreneurial leader needs to take to engineer a life of success. 

The second part of the interview with restauranteur and co-founder of the much-acclaimed London-based Chuku's, Emeka Frederick. In this half of the interview, Emeka talks about the key 3 questions you need to ask yourself before you open your own business, handling money and building a culture. It's entrepreneurship 101 gold from the co-founder of the first Nigerian tapas restaurant in the world.