Rebelhead Entrepreneurs Podcast

Read the full story here: Jessica Ellis Podcast   Good day and welcome to the Rebelhead podcast - where i explore the disruptive world of modern business, entrepreneurship, creativity and success. Regular listeners will be used to the deep dive interview format I usually undertake in every episode, but Rebelhead is a living breathing organism, and you are here on the journey as part of the Tribe to witness it evolve and grow over time... So, today I've got a rather unique episode for you. I am handing the reigns over to a good friend of mine, Jessica Ellis. Jess is founder and Managing Director of Indigo Pop - her third business to date. Indigo Pop are a specialist talent management consultancy for start ups. Jess is not only an exceptional entrepreneur, but also a fountain of knowledge when it comes to THE most important element of your business - the people. Finding the right talent, attracting the best minds and building a team in alignment to the vision of your company is super tough. I know this fir

Read the full story here: Joe Barnes Podcast   Hello, you! Here we have another insightful, unusual, unscripted Rebelhead podcast for your ears and mind. I interview entrepreneurs of all sorts - from startup founders, CEOs of multi-million turnover companies, movie directors, writers, life coaches and anyone who wants the most out of life and refuses to accept normality. Today's guest is no exception, and certainly unlike any other guest to date. His name is Joe Barnes, and he is an author, blogger, YouTuber, hypnotherapist NLP Practitioner and Author.   Joe is founder of the popular online blog Screw The System Now. He writes for the people who refuse to accept life the way it is and have a hunger to experience and achieve beyond the boundaries of conventional success. A calming soul, with a challenging and disruptive outlook on life. We discuss: How and why Joe so passionately believes in screwing the system Why being an unreasonable bastard is the secret to success How to push yourself out of yo

Read the full story here: Ian Aubrey Podcast   Today I am joined by a man who has one hell of a story - Ian Aubrey. Ian went from being a high flying millionaire banker, to bankrupt and homeless in the credit crunch. He was forced to be a cleaner to get himself back on his feet, and has now risen triumphant in the face of adversity to become a HIGHLY successful entrepreneur running a seriously profitable business. Very inspirational. A true sign of how failure is often a necessary part of any journey worth taking, and it's ALL about how you deal with and learn from failure, instead of giving up. This episode reminds me of a wonderful quote: "The tallest trees are the ones who survive the strongest winds, not the ones who grow in the most perfect soil" Ian is now founder and Managing Director of MAC Professional Solutions, a business expert and renowned advisor. Throughout this episode we discuss:   - Ian's inspiring story of failure and success - The importance of specialising - How to write a robus

Read the full story here: Andrew Jervis Podcast Andrew Jervis is a serial entrepreneur and currently founder / CEO of ClickMechanic,  who as you will discover, are setting out to complete disrupt the automotive repair market - and are backed by some incredible investor such as the former CEO of JustEat, to name just one. Andy was part of the very first cohort of Entrepreneur First (EF), a highly regarded start up accelerator born out of a McKinsey Consulting. Throughout this episode we discuss: - Tips on raising investment - How Andy attracted investment from the founder & CEO of JustEat - High growth start ups, and how they differ from running a lifestyle business - Viral guerrilla marketing Join the tribe, www.rebelhead.com

Read the full story here: Graham Moore Podcast If you've listened to previous episodes of this podcast you will know that so many of the wonderful entrepreneurs we have had on the show so far, have expressed their concern and disbelief in the current education system. So I really wanted to seek out people who were addressing this problem head on and trying to do something about it for our future generations - and our guest on the show today - Graham Moore - is doing just that. Graham is Founder & Director of Human Utopia, who create and run inspirational life changing courses for young people and adults. Human Utopia have worked with, and directly affected the lives of over 200,000 people (I say 100,000 on the podcast intro but Graham rightfully corrected me!). His business is having such an impact on the education system around the country, that Graham was recently invited by the British Government, to visit 10 Downing Street and spend one-on-one time with (ex) Prime Minister David Cameron.   You wi

Read the full story here: Katie King Podcast In this episode I am talking to social media expert, PR thought leader and marketing advisor to some of the biggest brands in the world - Katie King. Katie is founder and Managing Director of Zoodikers consulting, who aim to help companies move from being disrupted, to the position of disruptor. She is also co-founder of an Artificial Intelligence startup called AlinFM. Katie has advised many of the world's leading brands and business people, including Richard Branson, o2, Orange, Accenture, Arsenal, Harrods, and Aston Martin -  as well as Universities, Police Federations and hundreds of small businesses and startups. She delivered two TEDx talks, is a regular commentator on BBC TV and radio, and is invited regularly to speak at corporate events and international conferences around the world. Katie has an MBA from the University of Westminster, and Zoodikers is her third successful company. In this episode Katie shares a vast amount of valuable wisdom and advi

Read the full story here: Laurence Kemball-Cook Podcast   Well well do I have a special episode for you all right here. I am speaking to the incredible young entrepreneur who is Laurence Kemball Cook. Laurence is the founder and CEO of Pavegen, an incredibly innovative clean-tech company that has pioneered a flooring technology, generating electricity from the kinetic energy of footsteps- and his mission is to be the Intel inside all our Cities of the future, and literally cover the planet with his incredible technology to change the future of energy. Pavegen have delivered outstanding projects for some of the biggest global brands, such as: Nike, Coca Cola, Heathrow Airport, Siemens, Lexus and more. Laurence is a thought leader and speaker at technology and entrepreneurship events worldwide; his TEDxBerlin talk was featured amongst TED's top talks on envisioning the cities of the future and changing attitudes to fossil fuels. 6 years into his mission and still very much in startup mode, as you will disc

Read the full story here: Jim Jacoby Podcast Greetings one and all, a very warm welcome thank you for tuning in to this episode where I am thrilled to be welcoming the wondrous Jim Jacoby - who as you will discover is really pushing the boundaries of creativity, craftsmanship and business. Meet Jim Jacoby, co-founder of Bienville Legacy Motorcycles. His company have built the most powerful luxury motorcycle in the WORLD that comes with the a price tag of $350k. This bike is quite literally a work of art, fusing master craftsmanship and engineering genius. But as you will discover, the journey, the craft and the act of creation is where and and how the true value is being discovered and extracted. Jim has an incredible story too. He spent the first decade of his career building a world class design and user-experience agency that was valued at over $40m. But he got sick of it all, and started to question the 'why' in everything. In an act of inner defiance, he left the company HE had spent so long building and

Read the full story here: Rupa Ganatra Podcast Rupa Ganatra is co-founder of Yes-Sir.com - the multi award winning global online retailer of men's grooming brands. She is also Co-founder of the disruptive expo Millennial 20 20. The first expo of its kind that brings together the world's biggest brands and most exciting start-ups to uncover the future of future of 'nextgen' commerce, marketing & entrepreneurship. In 2014 Rupa won the highly coveted 35 under 35 Award by Management Today & Sunday Times But her list of awards doesn't stop there.  In 2015 she won a Social Media Maven Award for Yes-Sir.com, Small Online Retailer of the Year for Yes-Sir.com,  she was voted one of the Top 100 Asian Tech Stars by Diversity UK, and was also shortlisted for an AWA Award - in the  Entrepreneur Category. As you will discover through-out this episode, Rupa walked away from a high flying career in finance; and risked it all to launch herself in to entrepreneurship. And what makes Rupa's story so uni

Read the full story here: Eric Holtzclaw Podcast Eric Holtzclaw is a serial entrepreneur and founding member of over a dozen successful start­up companies, including one of the first profitable Internet enterprises.  Eric is an unconventional thinker with 20+ years of experience, creating opportunity by identifying and capitalizing on emerging trends and disruptions to business. Eric is an award winning speaker and author on consumer behavior and entrepreneurship, he writes a weekly column for Inc.com ­ and is a regular contributor for Fortune Magazine, Time Magazine, CMO.com, and Wall Street Journal. Eric is passionate about helping entrepreneurs along their entrepreneurial journey. His current company Ladder Works is dedicated to doing exactly that.   Eric is also a market research and lean start-up expert, he also works with entrepreneurs who are still in the $1 - $1m mark to help them get things off the ground. So there is a massive amount to take from this episode. As well as discussing the boo

Read the full story here: Kevin Murray Podcast Kevin Murray is a globally recognised leadership coach and communications specialist. He is one of the world's greatest Leadership experts Kevin has advised companies including BSkyB, Lloyds TSB, Emirates Airline, 118 118, British Gas and McLaren F1 to name a few. He is the author of TWO best-selling books, including 'The Language Of Leaders',  both of which deal with how top leaders communicate to inspire, influence and achieve world class results. Kevin is now 'Chairman of Public Relations' for Chime Communications, who currently employ 280 people serving 300 clients internationally. This episode is all about teaching us how to become better leaders, which is such an intrinsically important skill in entrepreneurship, business, creativity and life in general. Kevin's wisdom and knowledge on the subject of leadership is second to none and provides so much value and so many practical tips for leaders of all sorts - startup founders, CEOs of blue chip companie

Read the full story here: Steve Bartlett Podcast Steve Bartlett is founder & CEO of Social Chain, the UK's largest Influencer Marketing agency, and one of the most talked about companies of 2015. At just 23 years old, Steve Bartlett employs a team of more than fifty young creatives and is recognised as one of the most powerful influencers on Social Media. Steve won the Growing Business Awards 'Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2014' Founded his first internet company at only 18 years old, and exited at 21 Steve has founded two chart topping apps, is a guest writer for the Huffington Post, a business consultant for companies including Bebo, and an advocate for entrepreneurship, which has seen him appear on BBC newsnight and travel across the UK to speak at universities.   Join the tribe, www.rebelhead.com 

Read the full story here: Niyc Pidgeon Podcast Niyc Pidgeon is founder and CEO of Optimal You and and NiycPidgeon.com; a global community for positive lifestyle change. Niyc is an International Success Coach, winner of the Sage Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2015 award and is a renowned business and entrepreneurship mentor. She holds a masters in Applied Positive Psychology, and has featured in and contributed for media such as Men's Health, Women's Health, BBC, The Times, Virgin Media and Sky Niyc was recently lucky enough to participate in a google hangout conversation directly with Elon Musk and Richard Branson, during which she managed to make Elon cry! We discuss Niyc's journey, and she shares some really great advice and tips for us all. We discuss What she has had to rebel against to become the entreprepreneur she is today Mindset and positive psychology How she stays so positive and translates that into business success Her morning routine How she almost went blind and used the experience to help her

Read the full story here: Oliver Kenyon Podcast Oliver Kenyon is a fully qualified chef turned digital entrepreneur. He launched his first ever website at the age of just 14, and now runs a portfolio of successful websites, forums and digital platforms. He has founded two successful businesses - FixForums (a specialist set of forums with an accumulative active membership of almost 100,000) and The Landing Page Guys (a direct response focused development agency). Oliver is currently Managing Director, and COO for LoveCars.com, who are setting out to become the biggest online portal in the world for all things automotive. He has helped the team build a core following of over 1million car enthusiasts on Facebook. He also writes prolifically and has an incredibly popular entrepreneurship and marketing blog. We go right back to the start and talk about all of Oliver's exact steps and decisions, businesses and ventures, lessons and mistakes along the way. Loads of tips, tactics and wise wise advice for us all in he

Read the full story here: John Richardson Podcast John Richardson - By the age of 28 John had the largest sandwich business in Ireland, lost it all, and has gone on to become one of the most respected serial entrepreneurs of the last decade having built a number of award winning seven figure businesses. He is an expert in many fields including: marketing and launching digital products, in building award winning bricks & mortar establishments, implementing systems and creating million pound businesses by thinking differently and challenging conventional wisdom John has been a consultant to some of the UK's best known coffee chains. He is author of FIVE books, including the smash hit best-seller 'Dream On' - which is currently being made into a film! John is the embodiment of what can be achieved with vision, energy and focus. This man is one of a kind. Started his entrepreneurial journey building multi-million pound bricks and mortar establishments (Ireland biggest sandwich shop chain for example); and in

Read the full story here: Jean-Francois Chianetta Podcast Jean-Francois Chianetta is the co-founder and CEO of Augment. He trained as a mechanical engineer but quickly made the jump in to software engineering and development. His company, Augment is at the forefront of the exciting and disruptive world of Augmented Reality with its cutting edge software as a service platform.  Just over four years old the company now has clients such as Coca-Cola, Siemens, Loreal, Kelloggs, Samsung and is used by companies all over the world. Calling in from Paris in France, we are speaking to Jean-Francois Chianetta the founder and CEO of Augment who are leading the way in Augmented Reality technology. Jean-Francois has a wonderful story and over the last four years has built a tech company that is winning huge clients and gaining global recognition. We talk about Jean-Francois' critical decisions, challenges and tactics over the last four years to build his company in to an organisation that has raised millions of doll

Read the full story here: Matt Lovett Podcast Matt Lovett, aged only 24 is founder and CEO of Wow Media, a global brand running a range of online services. Matt started his online marketing career at only 13 years old, and funded his first website by selling sweets at school. He has since gone on to win numerous prestigious awards, such as The Daily Mail Enterprising Young Brit Award, and was voted Business Person of the Year 2015. His entrepreneurial ventures have seen him be commended on national television and he has even been commended by Sir Richard Branson himself. Matt Lovett, an incredible entrepreneur who started started his first online business at 13, and by the time he left school was earning more money than his head teacher the senior principle in his school.   As always we cover Matt's journey in details, How he got into business, and exactly what he did to become so profitable so young The big lessons he has learned about spreading risk Where and how he invests his money outside of his bu

Read the full story here: Aman Khurana Podcast Aman is a seasoned digital expert and entrepreneur. Starting his career as a Technical Consultant, Aman founded his first business MINDaction in 2012. Aman is now co-founder GoInStore; who are setting out to disrupt both the online AND bricks and mortar retail space, simultaneously. They have built sophisticated technology that enables consumers to interact with shop assistants in store, ask questions, browse through products and get a real time human service, without having to leave the comfort of their home. Very interesting business and a very smart guy, This is a short snappy episode recorded at GoInStores London headquarters in Camden Town. Aman really hits home some important concepts about what it really takes to be an entrepreneur; and offers a tonne of hard hitting truths, insight and value. We take about Self belief, personal development and mindset The sacrifice required when setting up a business The value and importance of co-founder relationsh

Read the full story here: Corin Hardy Podcast Corin is a multi award winning filmmaker and director, with an unmistakably unique, dark, eccentric, and magical cinematic visual style. He has created music videos for global mainstream artists such as Biffy Clyro, The Prodigy, Keane, Paolo Nutni, Ed Sheeran; as well as underground independent acts such as The Horrors, Dry The River and Martin Grech. His music videos have accrued well in excess of 200 million views. Corins first feature film 'The Hallow' premiered at The Sundance festival in 2015, and recently won an Empire Film Award for 'Best Horror', beating numerous US heavyweights such as Insidious 3.    Corin is currently directing the remake of cult classic The Crow,  and was in a recent Empire podcast with Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller described as being the next big thing on the hollywood scene, being labelled as the next Stephen King meets Tim Burton. This episode is pivotal for me, because it really does starts to demonstrate what Reb

Read the full story here: Deepak Tailor Podcast Deepak Tailor is founder of LatestFreeStuff.co.uk, a website that makes it's money (and make a lot of money) by giving stuff away, for free! He won the coveted Great British Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2015, he has written and published a best selling book on Amazon book and recently appeared on popular BBC TV show Dragons Den, pitching his business to some of the most powerful business leaders in the world such as Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden. We speak deeply about: How Deepak started his first businesses with no other intention than to generate beer money whilst at Uni, and then to fund a trip around the world - and how that has led to him running a highly profitable internet business. Deepak is very open about sharing his revenue and profit figures with us, so that's really interesting How to scale a startup within a co-working space Why writing a book is such a powerful and under-utilised form of marketing Why Deepak walked away from a significant inve