SmallBizPod #26 – export success with the chocolate entrepreneur

This week SmallBizPod #26, the podcast for entrepreneurs and small business owners, highlights advice on how to expand your business through international trade. The show has an excellent interview with Simon Coyle a young Scottish entrepreneur whose designer chocolate brand, Kschocolat, is now being sold across the globe. There’s also a debate on what makes an entrepreneur and the usual round up of small business views and feedback from listeners around the world.

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Show Notes

Summary

Intro:

• 00:00 Alex introduces the show and highlights the listener voicemail service for audio feedback via Skype at alex-smallbizpod or +44 20 8133 1656.
• 02:38 Comments from listeners who’ve put a pin in the SmallBizPod Frappr map including: John Ireland, Fred, Carl Barton, Derek Telles, Kare, David Fineberg, Lamia Cross, and James Turner.

Features:

• 05.07 Interview with Simon Coyle of Kschocolat. Alex and Simon talk about international trade; how to grow your business through exports; the importance of good distributors and importers; how the Kschocolat brand was built; the inspiration behind the brand; market research; small business quality and differentiation; and the key factors that have lead to business success.

Comments:

• 20:46 Comment from Alan Stevens, the MediaCoach who also runs a media training podcast.
• 22.19 Jason King thanks SmallBizPod for the inspiration behind OfficeBuffoon.com!
• 24.34 Paul Worrall comments on some issues around factoring, a business finance concept he’s developing and his open source software podcast.
• 26.42 Feedback from Guy Kingston of the Mind Your Own Business podcast and business conversations between SmallBizPod listeners.
• 27.51 Gordon Graham of the Broken Bulbs blogs puts forward some fascinating views on what defines an entrepreneur.

Outro:

• 31:42 Alex closes the show and reminds listeners of how to get feedback to SmallBizPod.
• 33:31 Music – Jupiter II by Quibus with thanks to Electromancer.com.

Best wishes

Alex Bellinger

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business podcast
international trade
business
small business
exporting