Expensive Lessons

This week we’re joined by Yaw, a serial entrepreneur whose skincare brand Ava Estell has achieved amazing success during lockdown. We explore the factors that led to Yaw serving thousands of astounded clients, making £2m in revenue in less than 12months and how this has changed his life

This week, we had the pleasure of speaking with Kwaku Dapaah, the Co-founder of Dapaah Chocolates, a family-run Artisan Chocolate brand. Kwaku is a man of many talents, as well as being a business owner himself, he supports other start-up founders as Digital Learning & Content Lead for YSYS (Your Startup, Your Story). He is also one quarter of the “Over The Bridge” podcast where he shares his experiences as a Cambridge University Graduate,. In this episode discuss his approach to starting a business from scratch, the importance of social impact, the learning curve he experienced when entering into the world of artisan chocolate, some of his expensive lessons and much more.

...we're back!!! This week we are joined by Patrick Adom, the co-founder and CEO of Very Puzzled who's mission is to provide children and young adults with a platform that allows them to explore and learn about the richness of the African continent. We talk about finding the right balance between confidence and humility, getting your children involved in entrepreneurship and building a business that last for generations.

Following on from our last discussion, this week we talk about the importance of Joy! We talk about the difference between joy and happiness, why joy is so important, and where joy comes from.

As please attempting to be highly effective, one of the questions we regularly get from people is “why are you always so serious?” This week, we interrogate that criticism and consider our approach We discuss how our life experiences have impacted our characters, how important “joy” / “fun” are, whether we are out of balance and whether we need to change our perspectives

This week, we are joined by Claudine Reid MBE, an extremely accomplished businesswoman who has been at the helm of multi-award winning Social Enterprise for over 25 years, providing essential services to enhance and transform communities. Claudine has distilled her wealth of experience into valuable insights which she shares on various platforms as a coach, mentor and educator. We talk about the importance of mindset when striving for success, what it takes to achieve financial freedom, her most expensive lesson and loads more.

In this episode, we discuss how it feels to be maxed out and talk about some of the ways we can meet our commitments without having to work 24/7. We talk about hiring staff, using technology, working how much our time is worth and loads more

This week we continue our discussion about seeking financial freedom and are joined by very special guest to help us navigate the world of cryptocurrency. Dami, a creative with a background in website design, was unfortunately furloughed during the Global pandemic and found that developing a portfolio of digital assets was they key to his financial freedom. In this episode we discuss what cryptocurrency actually is and talk about some of the very expensive lessons that new investors make. Cryptocurrency is a HUGE subject so we'll definitely be revisiting this

This week we have a very special episode. After over a year of podcasting, we record our first ever podcast in the same room. We’re talking all about financial freedom in this episode; why it is important, why it took us so long to really understand what it means and how you can start your financial freedom journey today. We hope you enjoy it and as ever, get in touch with us - we’d love to hear from you!

We're back! After a short break from Podcast world, we've returned to share an Expensive Lesson about the importance of Leadership. Leadership is one of the broadest topics we can think of and evidently,  seriously important right now. In recent years, we've all seen just how detrimental poor leadership can be and this episode is our attempt to get discussion going.