Send us a text Today on The Bulletproof Entrepreneur, I’m joined by Brian Hill — ex-soldier, endurance athlete, entrepreneur, and the founder of a business called Pathfinders. Brian’s also just published a fantastic new book called Everyone Exits, which is a step-by-step blueprint for business owners who are scaling towards a successful sale. I read it before we recorded this conversation and I took a lot from It - and I strongly recommend you put it on your own reading list! During our...

Send us a text My guest today is someone whose story is nothing short of remarkable. From a tough upbringing on a council estate in Oxford to building one of the UK’s most disruptive property management companies - and ultimately achieving an eight-figure exit before the age of 40 - Andrew Hulbert’s journey is one of grit, growth, and gratitude. His story begins with a choice he made as a 16-year-old that changed the course of his life and is a powerful story - a real Sliding Doors mome...

Send us a text Welcome back to the Bulletproof Entrepreneur podcast - reverse engineering your successful business scale, sale and life on the other side. What I’ve learned over the years is that not every founder wants to sell up and exit their business completely - some prefer to take some ‘chips off the table’ and go again to make the most of the opportunities they see. That's where today’s guest comes in. Matt Taylor is the founder and co-owner of Rockpool, a different kind of busin...

Send us a text What does it take to risk everything — your home, your family’s security, and even walk away from a million-pound payday — in pursuit of something bigger? In this episode of The Bulletproof Entrepreneur, Phil shares the raw truth behind decades of building, selling, and reinventing businesses. From sleeping on an office couch to securing one of the UK’s biggest fintech exits, his journey is a masterclass in risk, resilience, and relentless drive. We also get into the tough ques...

Send us a text Welcome back to the Bulletproof Entrepreneur podcast We’ve got a fantastic episode, which turned out to be a masterclass in resilience, reinvention, and the real story of entrepreneurship. My guest today is Gary Abela. Gary grew up in a family of hoteliers, and he was serving breakfast in the family hotel in London’s King’s Cross at the age of seven. After uni, he secured a job in the City and became one of the youngest sales reps in a major US investment firm. He w...

Send us a text Welcome back to The Bulletproof Entrepreneur, the podcast where we explore what it really takes to build, grow, and successfully exit your business. The podcast is designed to be a helpful resource for business owners as they navigate the challenges of scaling their businesses. One area I’ve been spending time on recently is managing cash within your company's balance sheet. At my firm, we’ve always kept a healthy cash balance, but the interest rates we receive from our bank is...

Send us a text Welcome back to The Bulletproof Entrepreneur, the podcast that gives you the mindset, strategies, and tools to build a resilient business and thrive under pressure. Today, I’m joined by a true pioneer in the world of food entrepreneurship – John Stapleton. John is best known as the co-founder of The New Covent Garden Soup Company, where he didn’t just launch a product; he created an entirely new category in the UK food market. He later took that same disruptive energy to ...

Send us a text If you're a business owner or in a leadership role, this episode could genuinely change how you think about running and growing your company. My guest is Mike Paton, an entrepreneur and author who is one of the driving forces behind EOS—the entrepreneurial operating system We implemented EOS at my firm, Capital Partners, a few years ago, and it was truly transformative. So getting the chance to sit down with Mike was not just a privilege - it was personal. Mike explains EOS and...

Send us a text The pod's strapline is "reverse engineering the formula for successful scale, sale, exit, and life on the other side," and that's exactly what we discuss in this episode—strategically reverse engineering success. My guest today is Damian Connolly, the founder of a boutique accountancy business that focuses specifically on getting founders exit-ready and maximising their business sale value and terms. Most business owners only sell once and are often unprepared for the mos...

Send us a text Welcome back to the latest episode of the Bulletproof Entrepreneur podcast. I’m your host Alan Smith and right from day one my goal for this pod was to provide a valuable resource for all UK founders and business owners. And therefore I’m delighted today to bring you a masterclass in tax planning from one of the UK’s leading lights in tax advice for successful business owners. Malli Kini is head of the entrepreneur team at Blick Rothenberg, a Top 10 firm having already enjoyed ...

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to the latest episode. We took a short break, but now we’re back. We've moved into a proper recording studio and launched our own YouTube channel. So you prefer to watch the discussion, please check out the link below and subscribe to our free newsletter as well. Our guest, Graeme Godfrey, is a successful entrepreneur who sold his business, achieved complete financial security and then crashed. He found himself lacking purpose and drive in his...

Send us a text Welcome to the latest episode of the Bulletproof Entrepreneur - a podcast for founders, owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. As anyone in business knows, things are tough out there. Inflation is driving up the costs of everything, including staff wages, rent, and supplies. Tax is at its highest level in 70 years and is about to rise further. The money in your company's bank account is receiving a very modest return—and even that’s subject to tax! I don’t know about yo...

Send us a textThis is the first episode of 2025 and I’m delighted to bring you a really insightful and valuable conversation I had recently with Adam Rossi from Washington DC in the United States.Adam is a born entrepreneur and always knew that he wanted to build his own company and be in control of his destiny. And so he launched a tech startup in the days before it was cool!From a humble husband and wife team, he grew to a business selling billion-dollar software contracts to the CIA and al...

Send us a textMy guest today is Mac Lackey has a fascinating story and some original insights that I think you’re going to like and get a lot out of, especially if you’re building your company towards an exit - and let’s face it all, business owners are doing that in one form or another.When his original ambition to become a professional football player hit a dead end, Mac started an internet business in the early days of this emerging technology, and that resulted in an eight-figure exit whi...

Send us a textYou may be familiar with today’s guest, Richard Farleigh, a high-profile entrepreneur, former Dragon on the TV show Dragon’s Den, and member of the Sunday Times Rich List.The successes are well documented - but Richard’s start in life couldn't have been much worse.Born into a family of 11 children with an alcoholic father, they travelled around the Australian outback, living in poverty in 2 tents.Eventually, Richard was taken into the care system at 2 years old, and his early ye...

Send us a textPaul is a serial entrepreneur who has started, scaled up and sold several businesses, invested in many others, and is now building yet another company. He also advises and mentors several other founders and business owners.Through his personal and business experiences, he’s effectively created a success blueprint for any business owner to adopt and apply within their company.During the conversation, Paul explains.How to build a systematic sales and marketing engine to drive...

Send us a textWelcome to a special episode of the Bulletproof Entrepreneur podcast.One issue that has been dominating the conversations online and in person for business owners over the last few days has been the budget.October 30th was a very significant day. It was the first labour budget for almost 15 years and the first by a female Chancellor.After three months of speculation and predictions, we finally had the details—and there was a lot to unpack for all business owners.For starters, th...

Send us a textWe’re publishing this episode just before the Autumn 2024 Budget, when Rachel Reeves will share her vision of how she plans to improve the country’s economy. I really hope she understands how valuable the start-up and entrepreneurial economy is in the UK and that she’ll encourage it and ensure its continued success.Today’s guest is a fantastic example of that British entrepreneurial spirit. Magnus Willis hatched a plan with his co-founder during a long walk after they’d watched ...

Send us a textThis show is all about reverse engineering the successful scale, sale, and exit of your business and enjoying life on the other side.And for every successful business owner, smart tax planning is crucial to business growth and future sale.Whether it's corporation tax, PAYE, income tax, dividends, or VAT, , they all play a part and impact decisions you make. When the time comes to sell your business, planning effectively and well ahead of time can have a huge impact on you and yo...

Send us a textOur guest today is Helen Pattinson, a former lawyer who left behind a promising career to embark on a bold and, at times, uncertain new path—one that would ultimately lead to a flourishing business, Montezuma Chocolate.But this story is far from straightforward. Helen doesn’t just share the wins—she takes us through the moments of doubt, the near-disasters, and the pivotal choices that could have ended it all before the business even started. What would you do if your...