Enterprise Nation: The 99% Club – The Small Business Podcast
Enterprise Nation
11 episodes
1 month ago
What if the pram, carrier, cot and breast pump you’ll use for a few months didn’t have to live in your loft forever? In this episode of The 99% Club – The Small Business Podcast, Aaron meets Femke, founder of Merry-Go-Round Club, a fast-growing service that lets parents rent high-quality baby kit instead of buying it. Born from lived experience (two kids, lots of kit, limited space) and a sustainability mindset, the model extends product life, cuts waste and cost, and adds something parents c...
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What if the pram, carrier, cot and breast pump you’ll use for a few months didn’t have to live in your loft forever? In this episode of The 99% Club – The Small Business Podcast, Aaron meets Femke, founder of Merry-Go-Round Club, a fast-growing service that lets parents rent high-quality baby kit instead of buying it. Born from lived experience (two kids, lots of kit, limited space) and a sustainability mindset, the model extends product life, cuts waste and cost, and adds something parents c...
What if the pram, carrier, cot and breast pump you’ll use for a few months didn’t have to live in your loft forever? In this episode of The 99% Club – The Small Business Podcast, Aaron meets Femke, founder of Merry-Go-Round Club, a fast-growing service that lets parents rent high-quality baby kit instead of buying it. Born from lived experience (two kids, lots of kit, limited space) and a sustainability mindset, the model extends product life, cuts waste and cost, and adds something parents c...
What happens when a people-first mortgage broker decides “good rates” aren’t enough – and sets out to change lives, industries and policy? In this episode of The 99% Club – The Small Business Podcast, Aaron speaks with Michelle Niziol – founder of seven businesses, King’s Trust ambassador for Women Supporting Women, and creator of The Empowering Entrepreneur. Michelle shares how early hardship pushed her into work, property-investing at 18, and building a client-education model that’s r...
Can a childhood love of jewellery, a mountaineering knot, and a £45 craft-fair table kickstart a brand? In this episode of The 99% Club – The Small Business Podcast, Enterprise Nation’s Aaron Asadi talks with Paulomi Debnath, founder of Handmade by Tinni, the bold, biodegradable textile-jewellery brand turning rope-knot craft into statement pieces. Paulomi shares how she went from a sold-out stall in Kolkata as a teen to launching in London, why cotton cords and sustainability are non-n...
What does it take to plan a sabbatical that actually changes how you feel, not just where you are? In this episode of The 99% Club – The Small Business Podcast, Enterprise Nation’s Aaron Asadi speaks with Steve Wilson, founder of Linger, a boutique travel company creating bespoke, experiential journeys for couples and families – with a special focus on sabbaticals. Steve shares how he launched just before the pandemic, kept the vision alive, and then grew with the post-COVID rebound in travel...
What if a beam of safe UVC light could do the job of antibiotics for infections? In this episode of The 99% Club – The Small Business Podcast, Enterprise Nation’s Aaron Asadi talks with Dr Mark Leddy, CEO of Photon Therapeutics, about a handheld UVC device designed to treat eye infections without accelerating antimicrobial resistance. Mark explains how a precise UVC wavelength disrupts bacteria, fungi and viruses at the corneal surface, why bugs develop resistance to antibiotics and even shar...
In this episode of The 99% Club – The Small Business Podcast, Enterprise Nation’s Aaron Asadi speaks with Sarah Turner, founder of Little Beau Sheep, the business blending craft, sustainability and British farming. From felted soaps and wool dryer balls to lanolin-rich skincare, Sarah has built a brand rooted in British wool – while also becoming an advocate for the industry itself. In this conversation, Sarah shares: •Why the British wool industry is under pressure, and what’s at stake if we...
How do you keep steady when the professional and the personal collide? In this episode of The 99% Club – The Small Business Podcast, Enterprise Nation’s Aaron Asadi sits down with Valerie Lothian, founder of Focusivity, a business dedicated to helping people and organisations bring clarity, calm and focus back into their working lives. Valerie shares her deeply human approach to navigating business and life: •Why coming together matters in a world that often pulls us apart •How to find stable...
It started with someone dropping litter. It became a mission to replace single-use plastics worldwide. In this episode of The 99% Club, Enterprise Nation’s Aaron Asadi speaks to Charlie, founder of The Pure Option, a business dedicated to creating compostable, plant-based food packaging to replace petroleum plastics. What began in a Welsh garage as a personal quest to solve the problem of a discarded foam burger box has grown into an award-winning operation with international reach – despite ...
“This isn’t a cottage industry. This is imagination, industry and impact.” At 61, Lotty and her husband Andy didn’t retire quietly – they built a universe from scrap. Literally. In this episode of The 99% Club, Enterprise Nation’s Aaron Asadi meets Lotty of Weebert’s World, a growing brand of hand-built robot sculptures and children’s stories, all created from discarded objects and a wildly creative spirit. Born from a difficult moment, the business is now a cross-generational, heart-led vent...
In this raw and colourful conversation, Enterprise Nation’s CEO, Aaron Asadi, meets artist and founder Kathy Kyle. It started with burnout, grief, and a stained T-shirt. This is the story of Kathy, who left behind a 25-year career in PR and comms to launch her own wearable-art brand: Kathy Kyle Ltd. It became a creative business built on joy, community, and painting at 4am. In this episode: – The emotional truth of starting over mid-career – The importance of stories – and why some now ...
What do a goose, AI-written books, and Windrush memoirs have in common? They all feature in this inspiring and brutally honest chat with publisher and The Bookshelf Ltd founder, Ameesha Green. In Episode 1 of The 99% Club – The Small Business Podcast, Enterprise Nation CEO Aaron Asadi sits down with Ameesha to explore the untold realities of running a small business. Together, they cover: – Why AI is no substitute for human storytelling – How publishing can empower people to share their legac...
Enterprise Nation: The 99% Club – The Small Business Podcast
What if the pram, carrier, cot and breast pump you’ll use for a few months didn’t have to live in your loft forever? In this episode of The 99% Club – The Small Business Podcast, Aaron meets Femke, founder of Merry-Go-Round Club, a fast-growing service that lets parents rent high-quality baby kit instead of buying it. Born from lived experience (two kids, lots of kit, limited space) and a sustainability mindset, the model extends product life, cuts waste and cost, and adds something parents c...
