Not! Another Business Podcast

I'm delighted to share Episode 3 of the Not! Another Business Podcast this time featuring my long time client and great friend Such Amin.  

Recorded in May 2020, Such took some time out of LOCKDOWN to share his story to date and provided some excellent insights including:  

• How he juggles (often unsuccessfully!) his 3 main jobs, being a great CEO, Husband & Father. 

• His background growing up in London and how hard his Dad worked to provide for his family and give the best education opportunities but also showing him the value of a work ethic. 

• The shaping of his key decisions including how and why he chose Law as a profession. 

- Setting up his first firm during the 2008 recession and how taking bold positive action and having deadlines enabled him to get things moving quickly and successfully despite poor economic conditions. 

• Creating his tech firm from the inspiration provided by looking for efficiencies within his own business. 

• Getting an MVP (Minimal Viable Product) to market and how listening to customer feedback enabled 93% customer satisfaction. Who knew people wanted to check their files whilst everyone else was asleep!  

Such also pondered on the now famous N!ABP question “If you could go back in time…” and I eventually got a great answer out of him!  I really enjoyed spending this time getting to know Such even better and I know there is huge value and lots of useful nuggets in there for any business person / entrepreneur, or anyone else that like to listen to business / life stories.  

You can find out more about Such’s multi-award winning businesses here: https://www.in-case.co.uk/ https://www.aequitaslegal.co.uk/ If you would like to join our group of business rebels then find us on Facebook here   https://www.facebook.com/groups/notan...If you would like to stay updated and receive my regular business emails then join the fun here:  https://www.subscribepage.com/nafe

I am pleased to be joined by multi-award winning property entrepreneur and good friend Scott Weir. If you enjoy the video please Like, Subscribe and Share with anyone else you think could find it useful or interesting.  

I've known Scott for a number of years and always found him to be a great source of inspiration and the very definition of hard work, vision, direction, and ambition.  Scott has set up and runs 2 businesses. Homesure Portfolio Management has been providing sales, property management and investment services to their clients for over 15 years.  

5 years ago Scott set up Pillow Property Partners to provide property management services to holiday homes, serviced apartments, guest houses, B&Bs and hotel owners across the UK.  He's travelled globally to meet with and learn from some of the world's most successful businesses, and as if this, and all of the above, were not already enough he also works hard in his "spare" time as a mentor to other business owners as well as instructing Krav Maga (the military self-defence and fighting system).  Scott is an extremely successful and driven business expert who has won a number of prestigious business and entrepreneur awards over the years.  We talked about all of those things and much, much more. There was a technical glitch half way through so forgive that when viewing, but it didn’t interrupt our flow too much! 

Recorded during Lockdown 2020 I had the great pleasure of interviewing Marc Wileman. Dragons Den & Queens Award winner Marc shared with us how he started his business journey touring Australia before coming home and having his business plan rejected by all the high street banks.  He was granted a Princes Trust loan of £1750 and that kickstarted the journey that led him through the Dragons Den winning pitch, and ultimately an exit from the business in 2018 leaving him free to think about what comes next.  

To date Marc has inspired well over 1,000,000 kids with his lessons, parties and talks.  Marc is a scientist at heart, and he shared with us his scientific approach to business and how that approach enabled him to predict which questions he would be asked in the "Den".  He has recently published his book "Not A Business Book" and has kindly offered a FREE copy to anyone to download by visiting www.notabusinessbook.com and you can find out more about Marc and his journey so far here https://www.marcwileman.com/   You can find out more about sublime science here https://www.sublimescience.com/   

We ended by asking Marc if he had a time machine which point in his life would he revisit? He gave a great answer....  I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with Marc and I hope you enjoy listening / watching it back.  If you have an interesting story to tell and would like to feature on a future edition please get in touch through [email protected] or leave a comment and I'll get back to you.  If you have enjoyed this video please Like and Subscribe and turn on notifications by clicking the little bell and you'll be kept informed of any new material released.  If you are a business owner or senior leader within an organisation and would like to join our community of like-minded individuals on Facebook then go here https://www.facebook.com/groups/notanotherbusinessgroup/

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