How to Sell Your Business for the Best Price     In this special Bonus episode for Series 1- Episode 7, Chris and Ian discuss 'A Life In Deals'. They talk about "HOW TO SELL YOUR BUSINESS FOR THE BEST PRICE." Over the last 20 years, Chris and Ian have acted as advisors, buyers and sellers on hundreds of mergers and acquisitions - they are possibly worth listening to.   Ian and Chris explain:   ▪️ The importance of data ▪️ When you should start getting ready to sell ▪️ How soon should you meet potential buyers? ▪️ When is the best time to sell? ▪️ What factors will impact the price you get?     Follow Ian Fishwick:   LinkedIn com/in/ianfishwick Email –fishwick@billionairebusiness.net Website – billionairebusiness.net   Follow Chris Godsmark:   LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/chrisgodsmark Email –fishwick@billionairebusiness.net Website – billionairebusiness.net     Billionaire Business:   Website: billionairebusiness.net Follow us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/billionaire-business-podcast/?viewAsMember=true   Buy the book “The Street-Smart MBA – Mastering Business Acumen Without Going to School” by Ian Fishwick     HARDBACK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Street-Smart-MBA-Mastering-Business-Without/dp/B0FLD5Q8Z5/ref=monarch_sidesheet_title   PAPERBACK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Street-Smart-MBA-Mastering-Business-Without/dp/B08735HP2W/ref=monarch_sidesheet_title   KINDLE https://www.amazon.co.uk/Street-Smart-MBA-Mastering-Business-Without-ebook/dp/B08738NVS8/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2VOX3UKOWGT6R&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jGqkZxFG3WEufxz7M-1iVgGElqr83rgD-VAM-9WLfXz4fii5xR10ZsWDNVlnOGAfLdZG4lksR0cCtaRyzjKlwxD8Gh4WKr2ZP8TuayLmYBiPqNWQi66IAM3QDfoxZeEa.ZUymM2LEtrzNGeYhyP9yoJQknWJe8w7LOx6GDaS6ano&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+street-smart+mba&qid=1755704706&sprefix=the+street-smart+mba%2Caps%2C96&sr=8-2   Sponsors for Series 1:   NETS International - https://nets-international.com    

£25bn of UK Tech Funding with British Banking Giant NatWest In this episode we interview Neil Bellamy, the Head of Technology Media and Telecoms [TMT] at NatWest. He set up a sector-specific lending team that has now lent £25 billion to over 25,000 UK technology businesses. This sector approach has now been copied into many other industries. Neil appreciates that many TMT businesses want the 3 B’s – get Backing, get Big and get Bought. We ask the UK’s largest bank – how do you decide which companies to lend to, and what is the new concept of lending against Intellectual Property? If you want to understand how business lending works, this interview is a great place to start. At the end, in the section called ‘Ian and Chris’s Takeaway’, the hosts discuss the key lessons to learn from this interview and how it shows that the UK’s largest bank is constantly seeking new companies to lend money to. Neil explains: ▪️ How much money is he trying to lend each year? ▪️ What proportion of applications for loans are approved and why? ▪️ How big does a company need to be before they can get a loan approved? ▪️ What does he mean by Intellectual Property? ▪️ How many loans are not repaid, and what happens then?   Follow Neil Bellamy:   LinkedIn - com/in/neilbellamy Email – bellamy@natwest.com Website - https://www.natwest.com/business/sector-expertise/technology-media-telecoms.html   Billionaire Business: Website: billionairebusiness.net Follow us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/billionaire-business-podcast/?viewAsMember=true   Buy the book “The Street-Smart MBA – Mastering Business Acumen Without Going to School” by Ian Fishwick There is a chapter in The Street-Smart MBA specifically devoted to Banks. The chapter on bank borrowing is for people who are serious about setting up a business and want to know how to deal with banks. Lessons that you rarely see elsewhere.   HARDBACK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Street-Smart-MBA-Mastering-Business-Without/dp/B0FLD5Q8Z5/ref=monarch_sidesheet_title   PAPERBACK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Street-Smart-MBA-Mastering-Business-Without/dp/B08735HP2W/ref=monarch_sidesheet_title   KINDLE https://www.amazon.co.uk/Street-Smart-MBA-Mastering-Business-Without-ebook/dp/B08738NVS8/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2VOX3UKOWGT6R&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jGqkZxFG3WEufxz7M-1iVgGElqr83rgD-VAM-9WLfXz4fii5xR10ZsWDNVlnOGAfLdZG4lksR0cCtaRyzjKlwxD8Gh4WKr2ZP8TuayLmYBiPqNWQi66IAM3QDfoxZeEa.ZUymM2LEtrzNGeYhyP9yoJQknWJe8w7LOx6GDaS6ano&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+street-smart+mba&qid=1755704706&sprefix=the+street-smart+mba%2Caps%2C96&sr=8-2   Sponsors for Series 1:   NETS International - https://nets-international.com  

NETs International: How to Take a Family Business Global It is rare for a family business to decide to go global. In this episode Jahangir Ahmad tells how NETS International now operates in 8 countries worldwide, with almost 1,000 staff.

Bob Falconer, former CEO and Richard Bligh, former CO, are two of the UK Telecom’s industries best known figures of the last two decades. They explain how they took a business with c£3 million revenue to a valuation of £1.5 billion before they finally stood down. They made a visionary decision, about 15 years ago: the future of phone calls will be over the internet rather than using conventional Telecoms networks. The success of GAMMA in the B2B market has been extraordinary.

Maxine Laceby is an absolute inspiration to single mum’s who have teenage children. Her eldest daughter went to University, and the next, a year younger, learned to drive. She was then faced with the decision that all mum’s face – what do I do with the rest of my life? The tale of how she became convinced that collagen was vital to the health of women and then quickly turned it into a hugely successful business is amazing.

Dawn Capital, with 2 billion Euros under management, are probably Europe’s largest Venture Capital fund investing in software companies. How a €2 billion Venture Capital fund decides which software and AI companies to back.

This is probably Scotland’s greatest ever technology story. How do you take a software app (for booking flights) and turn it from a startup to a $1.75 billion sale?   Shane Corstorphine played many C-suite roles at Skyscanner, including CFO, and explains clearly how they did it. Some of the lessons are not what you expect.   At the end in the section called ‘Ian and Chris’s Takeaway’, the hosts discuss the key lessons to learn from this remarkable interview.   Shane explains:   ▪️ The type of leadership team you will need ▪️ How employee share ownership can play a part ▪️ How you tackle international expansion on an incredibly rapid scale ▪️ How they attracted the greatest ever investor name from Silicon Valley - Sequoia ▪️ At the time this was the largest fundraise by a privately-owned UK tech company in history – but the record only lasted weeks   00:00 Welcome & hosts intro 00:01:07 Guest background: startup → banker; execution mindset 00:05:30 Joining early stage Skyscanner & founder vision 00:08:40 Execution v strategy; COO cadence & weekly reviews 00:11:00 Travel’s frequency problem & tracking PMF (product market fit) metrics (AARRR) 00:13:40 Sequoia joins: valuation, fundraising & dilution 00:16:30 Sponsor: NETS International 00:17:40 Equity that retains staff: options, buybacks & secondaries 00:23:08 Scale cultures: UK prudence vs US/China speed 00:28:45 Go to market playbook: test and learn 00:33:10 The exit (2016): sale process, buyer & lessons 00:36:00 Closing: What’s next and Key takeaways   Follow Shane Corstorphine:   LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanecorstorphine/ Blog – com/@shanecorstorphine/   Billionaire Business:   Website: billionairebusiness.net Follow us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/billionaire-business-podcast/?viewAsMember=true   Buy the book “The Street-Smart MBA – Mastering Business Acumen Without Going to School” by Ian Fishwick   HARDBACK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Street-Smart-MBA-Mastering-Business-Without/dp/B0FLD5Q8Z5/ref=monarch_sidesheet_title   PAPERBACK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Street-Smart-MBA-Mastering-Business-Without/dp/B08735HP2W/ref=monarch_sidesheet_title   KINDLE https://www.amazon.co.uk/Street-Smart-MBA-Mastering-Business-Without-ebook/dp/B08738NVS8/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2VOX3UKOWGT6R&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jGqkZxFG3WEufxz7M-1iVgGElqr83rgD-VAM-9WLfXz4fii5xR10ZsWDNVlnOGAfLdZG4lksR0cCtaRyzjKlwxD8Gh4WKr2ZP8TuayLmYBiPqNWQi66IAM3QDfoxZeEa.ZUymM2LEtrzNGeYhyP9yoJQknWJe8w7LOx6GDaS6ano&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+street-smart+mba&qid=1755704706&sprefix=the+street-smart+mba%2Caps%2C96&sr=8-2   Sponsors for Series 1:   NETS International - https://nets-international.com