Average Jo Meets The UK's Everyday Entrepreneurs

Jo Douglas

English Business Entrepreneurship Management

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Episodes 28

Avg. Duration 52m

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Since Mar 2023

Latest Episode Feb 2025

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Every 2 Weeks

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Episodic

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About This Podcast

Join me as I meet the UK's Everyday Entrepreneurs and uncover their detailed and honest accounts as to how they got started and whether it was all worth it. I don't mean big wig CEOs or multi-million pound businesses you can listen to on other business podcasts. We're going to hear from fun and fascinating businesses from quirky coffee shops, glampsites, bike shops, mobile saunas, boutique gyms, online Etsy shops, independent breweries and festival organisers.

I'm on a mission to find out their stories. How did they get started? How did they finance everything? Do they have a secret sauce? Do you really have to take big risks? What luck was involved? Do they have a work-life balance? Was it all worth it? So that you and I can be inspired to start something of our own.

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Recent Episodes

S2E5 Kate Reynolds - The Surrey Sleep Coach

Feb 28, 2025 47m

Hello all, here's another great interview with the lovely Kate Reynolds otherwise known as the Surrey Sleep Coach.I think parents especially will be able to identify both with Kate’s story and the…

S2E4 Toby Burns - The Silent Disco Company

Sep 12, 2024 1h 17m

Hi Everyone, I hope you had a great Summer and we’re back with a fun and advice-packed episode with the Event-trepreneur Toby Burns. Toby has not one but 4 business arms – The Silent Disco Company,…

S2E3 Jake Sheaf - Deep Dish

Jul 25, 2024 1h

This is the story of ex-GB and England Volleyball athelete Jake Sheaf and his company Deep Dish.Deep Dish aims to bring beach volleyball and indeed beach life to all. It has 3 centres in the UK in…

S2E2 Grant Georgiades - The Plan Group Ltd

Jun 13, 2024 49m

From the high wire last month to high finance this month we bring you the story of Grant Georgiades and of his family, especially his father Peter, and the business they own and run, The Plan…

S2E1 Amanda Miles - My Aerial Home

May 15, 2024 1h 15m

We're kicking off Season 2 with a fantastic interview with Amanda Miles jam-packed with advice, inspiration and entertainment.Amanda started and runs My Aerial Home based in Sydenham in South London…

S1E22 Rachel & Victoria - Teakunique

Jan 25, 2024 50m

Throughout their twenties and early thirties, cousins Victoria and Rachel were pursuing their careers coincidently both in sports marketing but whenever they got together at Christmas and family…

S1E21 Laura & Jess - Brown & Green

Jan 11, 2024 1h 8m

Happy New Year folks! Let’s kick January off with some super high energy and some super people.. twins Laura and Jess Tilli who are the owners of the popular café chain Brown & Green.To those not…

S1E20 Claire Bennett - clairebennett.com

Dec 28, 2023 1h 2m

Here’s a Christmas treat… today we’re welcome Claire Bennett who runs a coaching business with a specific target market – small businesses.After a career in the London insurance sector, she took some…

S1E19 Shirley White - OTC Beverages

Dec 14, 2023 49m

Please welcome Shirley White who whilst working in banking and finance for many years had a chance conversation with a boss at the time who mentioned he thought she had the skills and drive to run…

S1E18 Emma & Robert - Jumping Jacks

Dec 01, 2023 40m

Today we’re talking bouncy castles and bouncy dartboards and bouncy slides, assault courses, penalty shoot outs, disco domes you name it.All available to hire from www.jumpingjacksbouncycastles.co.uk…

S1E17 Ollie Brenman - Butter & Crust

Nov 16, 2023 46m

Imagine waking up to freshly baked bread and pastries on your doorstep every weekend.This was the idea that Ollie Brenman had 10 years ago when he was just 18, but it wasn’t until the pandemic…

S1E16 Mark & Rosie Kacary - Norfolk Deli

Nov 02, 2023 1h

This episode we speak to Mark Kacary who at 53, along with his wife Rosie, decided to sell their house in Berkshire and with the proceeds up sticks and move to Norfolk and buy a deli in the seaside…

S1E15 Nishi and Chris Bowan Saville - Gootopia

Oct 19, 2023 1h 4m

I love this next interview with Nishi & Chris Bowan Saville who are the duo behind Gootopia – although I think their children deserve some credit for its success too!Gootopia is the ultimate…

S1E14 Nick O'Shea - Ignition Brewery

Oct 05, 2023 42m

In this episode we’re finding out all about the story Ignition Brewery. A brewery and crowd-funded tap room offering great beer to the people of South London.Based on Sydenham high street, the team,…

S1E13 Alicia Drabble-Castellano - Single Swan

Sep 21, 2023 43m

This episode is a touching conversation with the lovely Alicia Drabble-Castellano.Her company is called Single Swan and it’s a women’s clothing brand that is all about being elegantly casual.One of…

S1E12 Ben Reynolds - Carousel Lights

Sep 07, 2023 52m

This week is the story of Carousel Lights, a company that designs and supplies lighting and illuminated signage to the world’s biggest brands from famous musicians and bands to well-known hotels,…

S1E11 Jude Kempton - Jude Kempton Coaching

Aug 24, 2023 50m

This week we welcome Jude Kempton whose business is Jude Kempton Coaching - a life coaching business where she helps people in all kinds of situations move forward in their lives and achieve their…

S1E10 Oliver Meade - Craft Metropolis

Aug 10, 2023 47m

This episode’s guest Oliver Meade runs Craft Metropolis, a fiercely independent craft beer retailer that sells online at craftmetropolis.co.uk and in its 2 bottleshops-cum-taprooms in Penge High…

S1E9 Daisy & Liv - Salad Days

Jul 27, 2023 47m

This episode is the story of twins Liv & Daisy Tinker who run Salad Days, formerly known as ‘A South London Makers Market’.It all started for them in December 2019, when Liv & Daisy, both…

S1E8 Jayson Mavanga - Temple of Strength Studio

Jul 13, 2023 35m

After university, Jayson went into a 9-5 IT job but quickly realised it wasn't for him long term... and started his plan of escape.In his late thirties, he opened the doors of Temple of Strength…

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