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What does it take to build something? What does building something take from you? In this podcast, we speak with the founders and owners of some of the most incredible brands and businesses to find out the truth about what it takes to build a brand from the ground up, and as…
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CLIP: One Google Ranking Saved My ENTIRE Business | George Sullivan (opens the original)
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Watch full episode here: https://youtu.be/yuPWhdEfCfkGeorge Sullivan was written off as a kid, kicked out of a school his parents nearly broke themselves paying for, undiagnosed ADHD, and eight jobs in three years before he ever built anything real.13 years later, he's the founder of The Sole Supplier, Europe's leading sneaker and streetwear platform, reaching 4.5M+ people a month and driving over £350M in revenue for brands like Nike, adidas and UNIQLO.In this episode of What It Takes, George o
Turning A Hobby Into A £350M Brand | George Sullivan, The Sole Supplier (opens the original)
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George Sullivan was written off as a kid, kicked out of a school his parents nearly broke themselves paying for, undiagnosed ADHD, and eight jobs in three years before he ever built anything real.13 years later, he's the founder of The Sole Supplier, Europe's leading sneaker and streetwear platform, reaching 4.5M+ people a month and driving over £350M in revenue for brands like Nike, adidas and UNIQLO.In this episode of What It Takes, George opens up about the chaos of undiagnosed ADHD, the mome
CLIP: The Worst Gig of My Career with Eshaan Akbar (opens the original)
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Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1dDekfoibMFrom Bollywood dance choreographer… to HSBC speechwriter… to one of the sharpest comics in the UK.Eshaan Akbar breaks down what stand-up actually teaches you: reading rooms, earning trust, surviving bad gigs, and why “bombing” is often an audience warm-up problem (his words… 😅).If you’ve ever felt like you’re starting late, pivoting careers, or trying to build confidence in rooms that weren’t made for you, this one lands.Fol
CLIP: They Flooded My Entire Restaurant, Took Me 8 Months to Rebuild! Jun Tanaka (opens the original)
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Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdQgcTOyK3I Jun Tanaka got kicked out of college at 19. The letter that told him so is where his career in food started. From there, Le Gavroche, Chez Nico, Marco Pierre White's three-star kitchen, and eventually his own restaurant, The Ninth, where he won a Michelin star he never set out to chase. He opens up about the two hardest years of his life, a 3am call about a fire at his restaurant, and a stage 3 cancer diagnosis in the middl
Kicked Out Of College, Michelin Restaurant Fire, Stage 3 Cancer | The Life of Jun Tanaka (opens the original)
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Jun Tanaka got kicked out of college at 19. The letter that told him so is where his career in food started. From there, Le Gavroche, Chez Nico, Marco Pierre White's three-star kitchen, and eventually his own restaurant, The Ninth, where he won a Michelin star he never set out to chase. He opens up about the two hardest years of his life, a 3am call about a fire at his restaurant, and a stage 3 cancer diagnosis in the middle of running it. Whilst holding the same mindset got him through all of i
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