This week SmallBizPod #84, the small business podcast, includes an interview with author and Mock entrepreneur Lara Solomon on her inspiring startup story.

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Show Notes

Summary

Intro:

● 00:00 Alex on what’s coming up in the show.

Features:

● 02:10 Thanks to XLN Telecom for sponsoring the podcast – you could save 40% on your business phone bills and line rental.

● 03:49 Interview with Lara Solomon, the entrepreneur behind mobile phone sensation Mocks and author of startup book Brand New Day. Lara and Alex talk about how she came up with the idea for the product, finding Chinese suppliers and developing strong relationships with them, creating a brand from scratch, marketing with virtually no money and how to secure deals with big retailers. Lara’s is an inspiring story for any startup and well worth a listen.

● 46.48 Music with thanks to IODA Promonet Ananda Project, Heather Johnson, Terrance Downs
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This week SmallBizPod #81, the small business podcast, includes a great interview with Laura Tenison, the female entrepreneur behind maternity and toddler retail fashion business JoJo Maman Bébé. There’s also a round-up of listener comments, an interview with a Scottish entrepreneur who is big in Japan and some great music thanks to Monotonik.

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Summary

Intro:

• 00:00 Alex introduces what’s coming up in this episode and thanks this month’s sponsors of SmallBizPod, Rackspace – superb small business web hosting.

Features:

• 3.50 Interview with Laura Tenison, founder of JoJo Maman Bébé, the maternity and toddler fashion brand. Alex and Laura talk about business in the playground, her terrible car crash, building a business with no debt, organic growth vs giving away equity, the cash flow challenges facing all high street retailers, and how her business plans to continue to expand and grow over the next few years.

• 25:17 Many thanks for comments, advice and free books from SmallBizPod listeners Ryan Wood, Roy Husselby and Ed Surgeon.

• 28:33 Interview with Denice Purdie of Purdies Scottish Soap Company as part of the Alibaba.com sponsorship. Full interview available here.

• 31.17 Music – Winds of Change by Jap Jap with many thanks to netlabel Monotonik.

This week SmallBizPod #68, the podcast for startups and business owners, interviews Rachel Elnaugh, former ‘Dragon’ and one of Britain’s best known entrepreneurs. There’s also a round up of comments from listeners and a chance to win Rachel’s new book Business Nightmares.

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Summary

Intro:

• 00:00 Introduction to what’s coming up in the show.
• 02:30 Last chance to sign up for Going Solo conference for freelancers on 16 May.

Features:

• 03:25 Interview with Rachel Elnaugh of Dragon’s Den fame, on how she faced and overcame business failure, celebrity, business growth, femininity in business, the link between sex drive and entrepreneurship, and the well-being sector.

• 20.55 How to win a copy of Rachel’s new book, Business Nightmares.

• 20.55 Comments including an audio comment from Glen Biclar, and email comments from BBC3, Bryan Kress and Mark Richardson.

• 29.09 Finally, do sign up to the SmallBizPod Facebook group and also check out Twitter and follow Alex to stay connected.

• 51.38 Music – Breaking The Square Waves by Delayscape with many thanks to Monotonik.

Tags: rachel elnaugh, entrepreneurship, small business

This week SmallBizPod #58, the small business podcast, focuses on female entrepreneurship with inspiring interviews recorded as part of Enterprise Week. The podcast takes a look at how women approach business, whether or not they face more or different challenges to their male counterparts and what motivates them to start and run their own businesses.

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Summary

Intro:

• 00:00 Alex on what’s coming up in the show.
• 01:13 Thanks to Sage for sponsoring SmallBizPod.

Features:

• 01:30 Interviews include: Jo Ray, managing director of Sage UK’s small business division on its Heartbeat survey findings on women in business; Anne Duncan, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Yellowfin; Michelle Rosenberg, author of Inspiring Women; Kerry Keeling of A Woman’s Touch building services company; Karen Gill, co-founder of Everywoman; Caroline Newman of Newman Consulting; Elaine Fairfax, founder of Animal Friends Insurance; and Caroline Marshall Foster, managing director of Wordhouse Publishing Group.

Diary:

• 36:36 Diary of a Wantrepreneur with Kelvin Jones on goal setting, testing, market research and a useful survey website called Wufoo.com.

• 34.11 Music – Okno by Ocbalt with many thanks to the Monotonik label.

Tags: small business podcast, entrepreneurship, women in business, enterprise week

This week SmallBizPod #53, the podcast for start-ups and entrepreneurs, includes an interview with a remarkable female entrepreneur, Jennifer Irvine of The Pure Package. There’s also a round up of comments from listeners and details of Podcamp UK.

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Summary

Intro:

• 00:00 Alex on what’s coming up in the show.
• 0:50 Thanks for your patience during SmallBizPod’s switch of servers.
• 01:51 Podcamp UK on 1st & 2nd September 2007 in Birmingham – see you there!
• 03:01 Thanks to Abbey Business Centres for sponsoring the SmallBizPod blog. Check out the special offer on virtual office services for SmallBizPod readers and listeners.

Features:

• 04:39 Interview with Jennifer Irvine of The Pure Package about how she built her successful healthy food delivery business from her own home kitchen, overcoming set-backs including the theft of computers, cancer and assault while she was six months pregnant. Jen also reveals how she combined market research with PR to kick-start her business. Alex and Jen also talk about growth plans, whether The Pure Package is only for the rich, the value of recognition and small business awards and how her company won best start-up at the Start-Up Awards.

Comments:

• 28:13 Martin Dooley on burning the candle at both ends and an idea for an episode on managing your time.
• 29:55 Darryl Caldwell on using pay-per-click or online auctions as a good research tool for products.
• 29:55 Email comments from Paul Walber in Aberdeen about developing his own business.
• 32:19 The latest people to sign up to the SmallBizPod Frappr map incluidng Karin Hoegh and Leonie Winson.

• 34.18 Music – Love Comes First by Techno Squirrels.

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Tags: small business podcast, business awards, startups

This week SmallBizPod #45, the small business podcast, focuses on venture capital and female entrepreneurship. The show includes a fascinating interview with Gita Patel of Stargate Capital and provides an insight into how a VC thinks and how Gita came to set up the Trapezia fund dedicated to supporting female high growth start-ups. The show also includes audio comments, your chance to appear in a video podcast, more from the SmallBizPod blog, advice for the wantrepreneur, as well as the usual round up listener comments.

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Show Notes

Summary

Intro:

• 00:00 Alex on what’s coming up in the show.
• 02:10 Audio comment from Jonathan Yates at O2GO.
• 04:14 Audio comment from Guy Kingston at the Mind Your Own Business Podcast who invites SmallBizPod listeners to be involved in a new video podcast he is putting together. If you’re interested, head over to his video site.
• 06:21 Check out the SmallBizPod blog on marketing, technology and franchising.
• 07:00 More listeners and business people signing up to the SmallBizPod networking site, including Ling Valentine.

Features:

• 07:42 Interview with Gita Patel, co-founder of venture capitalists Stargate Capital and creator of the fast growth business fund, the Trapezia fund, aimed at women entrepreneurs. Alex & Gita talk about her background, what inspired her to research a new sector to invest in and how she decided to focus on funding female entrepreneurs. There’s also discussion about the funding gap for women in business, their passion and how a new generation of women want and have the determination to make lots of money. Gita also outlines what she looks for in a business and the importance of a model which provides equity, debt, intellectual capital and a hub of value.

Comments:

• 26:28 Email from Michael Smith who has now set up a sandwich bar business just down the road from Alex in Kent.
• 27:14 Christine Abrahams points out that SmallBizPod was recently featured in New Woman magazine.
• 27:35 Nick Jones with some advice for Kelvin Jones on business planning and some key elements to think about from Stanford Technology Venture Podcast by G Steven Burrill.
• 28:32 Brett Hollis follows-up with more advice for Kelvin and suggests taking the three month business plan approach that Brett himself has found so useful.
• 30:00 Rowena Mead’s innovative toothbrush.
• 30:35 Feedback for Kelvin from Neil Infield, manager of the British Library’s Business & IP Centre, which really is a tremendous resource for any start-ups or businesses needing to get their hands on reports, databases and advice for their market research.
• 31:49 Check out David Hyner’s Goal Setting Masterclass in Birmingham on Saturday 2 June, if you want to learn how top achievers set and achieve goals.
• 33:20 Latest additions to the SmallBizPod Frappr map including Rowena Mead and Geoff Beattie.

Outro:

• 34.28 Music – Yello Sand Back by Sabi, with thanks to the Monotonik net label.

Tags: small business podcast, venture capital, small business, female entrepreneurship

This week SmallBizPod #41, the podcast for small business owners, start-ups and entrepreneurs, examines the growing trend of homeworking with Emma Jones of Enterprise Nation. The show also explores the work at home mum (WAHM) phenomenon in the US with Wendy Piersall of eMoms at Home and Ponn Sabra of Empower Women Now.

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Summary

Intro:

• 00:00 Alex on what’s coming up in the show.
• 02:30 An update on new sections of the SmallBizPod site including a three new bloggers, video interviews and a small business events calendar.

Features:

• 04:42 Interview with Emma Jones of Enterprise Nation on the subject of homeworking – the home now being the most popular location for business start-ups. Emma talks about her new home working podcast and the reasons why she works from home herself including costs, high productivity levels and the flexibility of when and how you work. Alex and Emma talk about homeworking loneliness, the virtual water-cooler, the power of technology and the importance of outsourcing to grow your business without outgrowing your home. Emma also talks about kitchen table tycoons and work at home mums.

Comments:

• 17:49 Email comment from Russell Barton on contributing some updates to the show on the development of his new business.
• 19:15 Email comment from Tony Campbell on the apathy of his local Chamber of Commerce.
• 20:41 Email from Simon O’Keefe suggesting Alex sticks with his first question of guests rather than refining it.
• 21:58 Sympathy for the umm and the err from Andy Hyland.
• 23:05 Comment from Andrew Turner who finds SmallBizPod inspiring in Italy where he encounters less of a passion for entrepreneurship.

Features:

• 24:36 Interview with Wendy Piersall and Ponn Sabra. Alex, Wendy and Ponn talk about the work at home mum (WAHM) movement in the US, the opportunity and accessibility that technology and the internet brings. Also highlighted is the importance of a strong sense of self worth for women working from home to be successful as well as the motivation and focus required to cope effectively with work and home life in one location. There’s also practical advice on mentors, networking and the importance of outsourcing at the right time.

Comments:

• 36.36 Feedback from the SmallBizPod Frappr Map with thanks to the following for signing up: Moosey, Williams Edwards in Orange, California, Nico Goodall from Joannesburg, South Africa, Simon O’Keefe in Australia, Christian Hoffmeyer from Copenhagen, and Colin from Milton Keynes.

Outro:

• 38.26 Music – Cakes by Beak with many thanks to the Monotonik netlabel.

Tags: homeworking, WAHM, small business, female entrepreneurs

After a few weeks away the small business podcast, SmallBizPod #25, returns with a show which takes a look at how small businesses can free up their cash flow by considering factoring. Included are interviews with the Chief Executive of the Factors and Discounters Association and a baby products business noonoo design that has expanded rapidly into international markets thanks to a shrewd approach to financial management. There’s also some great feedback and food for thought from SmallBizPod listeners in the show this week.

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Show Notes

Summary

Intro:

• 00:00 Alex introduces a packed show and apologises for a small delay in getting out SmallBizPod #25.
• 01:31 Comments from listeners who’ve put a pin in the SmallBizPod Frappr map including: Stuart Oliver, Chad Reese, Jeremy Gittens, Steve Smart, Shawn George, Giovanni Salinas, John Attree, Ben, Georgette Jarvis, Napoleon Biggs, David aka Xodust, Anne Marie McEwan, Alexis Goncalves, Lee Wilson, Katie Shellhorse, Alexander van Grunsven, and Dave from Pretoria.

Features:

• 05.33 Interview with Kate Sharp of the Factors and Discounters Association. Alex and Kate talk about how small businesses can benefit from factoring and invoice finance; which businesses suit this form of finance; how to choose the right factor or invoice discounter; what to expect by way of charges; and whether there is any benefit over a simple bank loan to cover cash flow shortfalls.
• 16.10 Interview with Jo Ashburner and Jonathan Dean of noonoo designabout their experiences of factoring and how it has helped their baby comfort blanket business secure rapid growth into international markets.

Outro:

• 33:18 Comments left on the blog from Tee and Steve Smart with some views on entrepreneurship and SmallBizPod editorial policy.
• 38:10 Email comments from Crystal and Bob Cartwright with some constructive criticism of the website and forum.
• 39:57 Comment from the mystery Mexican, Giovanni Selinas, on inspiration and his own experiences as a start-up.
• 41:41 SmallBizPod will be interviewing the shadow small business minister at a seminar on discovering hidden profits in your business put on by Gifty Enright of Business Scope – Alex hopes to see some SmallBizPod listeners there.
• 42.45 Simon Davis with another call for weekly editions of SmallBizPod!
• 44.15 Interesting comments and views on how to be successful in business from Matthew Harwood.
• 46.20 A podcast plug for FundingUniverse.com.
• 47.02 Thanks go Guy Kingston of the Mind Your Own Business podcast.

• 47:38 Music – London Chainsaw Massacre by REDXONE with thanks to Electromancer.com.

Best wishes

Alex Bellinger

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small business finance
business
small business
factoring

This week SmallBizPod #24, the small buisness podcast for entrepreneurs and start-ups, includes a series of interviews and expert advice on how to recruit, motivate and manage staff and the thorny issue of employment legislation. Interviews include a conversation with Julia Scott, founder and managing director of Base Connections, winner of European Call Centre of the Year, about her innovative approach to managing her people. There’s also a bumper round up of listeners’ comments and frappr map feedback.

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Show Notes

Summary

Intro:

• 00:00 Alex on what’s coming up in the show.
• 00:53 Comment from Sanjay Parekh of Signifo on his interview on SmallBizPod #20.
• 01:42 Comment from Thomas Power, chairman of Ecademy.
• 02:10 Comment from Rita Gayford and a question on where are all the female entrepreneurs on the Frappr map.
• 04:20 Comment from Oladele Ayuba on the strategies and tactics to adopt when breaking free from the corporate world to become an entrepreneur.
• 05:46 Comment from Mark Anthony on the benefit of SmallBizPod for franchisees.
• 06:36 Comment from Sebastian Prooth of the From The Director’s Chair podcast.
• 08:10 Thanks to everyone who has said hello on the SmallBizPod Frappr map – a who’s who of listeners, including Gary Dring, Scott Gavin, Ron Cesek, Stephen Cotterell, Tue Hellstern, and Neil Gibson.
• 09:20 The mysterious Mexican – a telephone message from a Mexican listener.

Features:

• 10.10 Interview with Julia Scott of Base Connections an award winning marketing and telemarketing business about the challenges of employing people, their approach to recruitment and retention of staff, how to motivate and develop employees, and the challenges of employment legislation.
• 23.48 Interview with Professor Martin Binks of the University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation on insuring against loss of key staff and recruitment based on the University’s UK Business Barometer surveys which you can find here and here.
• 27.39 Interview with Alan Phillips of Croner on key employment legislation for small businesses.

Outro:

• 32:13 How to send comments to SmallBizPod – just email alex@smallbizpod.co.uk.
• 32:34 Music – Laughter House by Chris Rusu with thanks to Electromancer.com.

Best wishes

Alex Bellinger

Tags:
business podcast
employment
business
small business
entrepreneurship

SmallBizPod #18, the small business podcast, this week includes a wide ranging interview with Heather Gorringe, managing director of Wiggly Wigglers, winners of this year’s Federation of Small Businesses’ National Business Champion awards.

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Show Notes

Summary

Intro:
• 00:00 Alex on what’s coming up in the show and podcasting for small businesses
• 00:56 A comments no show, tax and the pre-Christmas rush.
• 01:52 Greg Gianforte book launch, Thursday 8th December at Zebrano Bar, 14-16 Ganton Street, London. All SmallBizPod listeners are invited, just contact Krista on 01753 894993.
• 02:38 Winners of the SmallBizPod competition.

Features:

• 03.29 Interview with Heather Gorringe, managing director, Wiggly Wigglers. I discuss with Heather the benefits of entering small business competitions, how Wiggly Wigglers reaches out to its customers, business in the community, farm diversification, small business podcasting and a whole host of other topics. Well worth a listen.

Outro:
• 26:43 How to leave audio comments using Waxmail with thanks to the For Immediate Release podcast.
• 27:48 Music – Close To You by NightVision with thanks to Electromancer.com.

Best wishes

Alex Bellinger

Tags:
business podcast
business
small business
entrepreneurship

SmallBizPod #12 takes a detailed look at the challenges that face female entrepreneurs today. The show includes interviews with the chief executive of Prowess, Erika Watson, and two young female entrepreneurs, Tracy Heatley and Reba Begum. There’s also the usual mix of news, views and opinion from around the world of small business and enterprise.

In other news, SmallBizPod has been nominated in this year’s Podcast Awards in the business category. The first UK conference on podcasting to be held on Saturday 17 September is also highlighted.

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SmallBizPod #11 includes an interview with Chrissie Slater based in Leeds who, with her business partner Lydia Ross, is using NASA space technology to build a unique pet care business. Also in the show I have an interview with Greg Day of McAfee about the threats to smaller businesses of malicious computer viruses. And there’s the usual mix of news, views and opinion from around the world of small business and enterprise.

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elcome to SmallBizPod #8 – a podcast for businesses in the UK and beyond. 47 minutes of news, interviews and practical advice for small businesses, start-ups, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in investing in new enterprises.

Apologies for the delay in getting these show notes up – see SmallBizPod #9 for details of why there’s been a delay. SmallBizPod #8 includes an interview with internet entrepreneur Amanda Zuydervelt of stylebible.com who explains how she set up her new business online and also offers marketing advice for people looking to set up their own internet-based business.

It also takes an in depth look at one of the major cash-flow headaches for small businesses – the delays in cheque clearing and electronic payments.

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If you would like to comment on the show, please click on the comments link at the bottom of this blog entry or email comments@smallbizpod.co.uk. If you would like to send in an audio comment in mp3 format, I’d be more than happy to play them on the show.

Summary

Intro:
• 00:00 Alex on what’s coming up in this week’s show
• 01:00 Comment from Glenn Watson
• 01:28 Future of podcasting & Apple iTunes
• 02:47 How to get in touch

Features:
• 03:50 Interview – Amanda Zuydervelt, stylebible.com
• 22:13 Feature – Banking Payments
• 22:44 David Bishop – Federation of Small Businesses
• 29:30 Leaf Trogem – Swedish Bankers’ Association
• 35:45 Mark Bowerman – APACS

Outro:
• 43:50 How to send comments to SmallBizPod
• 44:25 Music – Circadian Rhythms by Rob Weston

Tags:
business podcast
business
banking
small business

Welcome to SmallBizPod #2 – 34 minutes of news, interviews and practical advice for small businesses, start-ups, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in investing in new businesses.

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Summary

Intro:
• 00:00 Alex on what’s coming up in this week’s show.
• 00:52 Comments and emails from listeners of the first show broadcast last week

Features:
• 03:12 Interview with Anita Campbell, Editor, Small Business Trends
• 20:07 News Update, including: Microsoft survey on small business names; Small Business Service seeks SMEs to host civil servants; British Chambers of Commerce warns against return of business rates to local authority control.
• 21:22 Interview with Mike Segall, managing director, Speednetworking Ltd.

Outro:
• 28:36 Music – Damiele, Happy Feelings.