In Episode #19 we chat to Douglas Reynolds about IT Translation, running small businesses, and how to deal with Leech bites…
Show Notes:
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[li]Zeoin – Making IT Speak Your Language[/li]
[li]St John Ambulance[/li]
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In Episode #18 we chat to Jade Armitage about ‘A Message From…’ her bespoke Disney inspired video message service for children.
Show Notes:
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[li]No Strings Attached – Jade’s band[/li]
[li]A Message From… Facebook Page[/li]
[li]Twitter @Jade_Armitage[/li]
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In Episode #17 we chat to Christopher Peacock about being an inventor, starting his handSteady business, developing a product, patents and lots more.
Show Notes:
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[li]Tim Ferris – Four Hour Work Week[/li]
[li]ILoveMarketing.com[/li]
[li]ISO 9001 – Quality management [/li]
[li]HandSteady[/li]
[li]Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/handsteady[/li]
[li]Twitter @handsteady[/li]
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In Episode #16 we chat to Anthony Ogunbowale-Thomas about his crowd funding platform GoodFruit, how it differs from others and what it would be like had the Suffragettes ran a crowd funding campaign.
Show Notes:
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[li]GoodFruit[/li]
[li]Kickstarter[/li]
[li]Indiegogo[/li]
[li]Nathalie Bond Organics – Successfully funded project on GoodFruit[/li]
[li]Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/GoodFruit[/li]
[li]Twitter @goodfruit_co[/li]
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In Episode #15 we chat to Daniel Dexter about setting up and managing a business in the audio visual and events industry.
Show Notes:
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[li]Alpha Media Events[/li]
[li]Video Conferencing Technologies[/li]
[li]Dan Dexter[/li]
[li]Twitter @alphamediaevent[/li]
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In Episode #14 we chat to Emma de Polnay about setting up and managing a business whilst being an artist.
Show Notes:
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[li]My Special PA[/li]
[li]Remote: Office not required – Book by Jason Fried[/li]
[li]Emma de Polnay – Artist Website[/li]
[li]Twitter @MySpecialPA[/li]
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In Episode #13 we chat to ‘Creator, thinker, do-er’ Yen Ooi and discuss her process of writing, creating and managing creativity and cats…
Show Notes:
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[li]Eat – Paperback[/li]
[li]For Love and Poetry – A book 12 years in the making – paperback[/li]
[li]A Conversation With A Pterodactyl (short story)[/li]
[li]Can You (Poem) – Yen reads this poem at 20mins into the podcast[/li]
[li]Ted Talk – How to Tie Your Shoes – No. Seriously! Check it out. Mind. Blown.[/li]
[li]The Literary Consultancy[/li]
[li]Alliance of Independent Authors[/li]
[li]Yen Ooi[/li]
[li]Twitter @yenooi[/li]
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In Episode #12 we chat to author and entrepreneur Marisha Pink her process of writing Finding Arun, self publishing, travel, best places to work for freelancers and more.
Show Notes:
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[li]Finding Arun on Amazon[/li]
[li]Self-printed – The sane persons guide to self-publishing by Catherine Ryan Howard  [/li]
[li]Marisha’s Kickstarter campaign -please fund my book[/li]
[li]Alliance of Independent Authors[/li]
[li]London Book Fair[/li]
[li]Kindle Direct Publishing[/li]
[li]Amazon Create Space[/li]
[li]Smashwords – Your ebook. Your way.[/li]
[li]Ingram Spark[/li]
[li]Vook – Better digital publishing[/li]
[li]Google Campus[/li]
[li]South Bank Centre[/li]
[li]Ziferblat – Cafe – in Old Street, London[/li]
[li]Coffitivity – Get the soundtrack of the cafe in your own home[/li]
[li]Marisha Pink[/li]
[li]Twitter @marishapink[/li]
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In Episode #11 we chat to Joey & Persia from Addictive Daughter about the inspiration behind Addictive Daughter, oh and farmers and sailors….
Show Notes:
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[li]Sun Newspaper article on binge drinking[/li]
[li]Vaktangov Theatre Academy[/li]
[li]Al Anon[/li]
[li]Hip and Healthy[/li]
[li]The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel[/li]
[li]Creatives Hub Live![/li]
[li]Royal Hangover[/li]
[li]Shaa Wasmund – Stop talking start doing[/li]
[li]Marie Forleo[/li]
[li]New website coming soon – Addictive Daughter[/li]
[li]Twitter @AddictiveDau[/li]
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In Episode #10 we chat to Sarah Salisbury about what its like to be a freelance research consultant and left brain/right brain thinking.
Show Notes:
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[li]Salisbury Research[/li]
[li]How big is your donate button?[/li]
[li]Ken Robinson – How schools kill creativity[/li]
[li]Institute of Fundraising[/li]
[li]Insight in Fundraising – Insight Sig[/li]
[li]Charity Comms[/li]
[li]The end of an era and surviving the next[/li]
[li]Sarah Salisbury on Twitter[/li]
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Have you been involved in research work? What’s your experience of it? We’d love to know.

In Episode #9 we chat to Tom Ewer from Leaving Work Behind about going it alone, blogging and publishing his income online.
Show Notes:
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[li]Leaving Work Behind[/li]
[li]Pomodoro Technique[/li]
[li]Tom’s P90x Blog[/li]
[li]Power 90 Extreme, is a commercial home exercise regimen[/li]
[li]Leaving Work Behind on Twitter[/li]
[li]Leaving Work Behind on Facebook[/li]
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Have you left work behind and launched out on your own? We’d love to know your experience. How’s it working for you?

In Episode #8 we chat to Ken Hettiarachi from Freedom Works UK about overcoming self-esteem and confidence issues to get things done.
Show Notes:
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[li]FreedomWorks UK[/li]
[li]Freedom Works on Twitter[/li]
[li]Facebook[/li]
[li]Shiatsu[/li]
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How have you overcome any self-esteem and confidence issues to achieve what you want to?

In Episode #7 we chat to professional harpist and mini-hub member Susannah Evans on her current adventures in Brazil.
Show Notes:
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[li]Follow Susannah on Twitter – @zangels00[/li]
[li]Population statistics update for Rio de Janerio – 12 million in metropolitan area and 6 million in municipality [/li]
[li]http://zannaevans.wordpress.com/[/li]
[li]Brazillian Favelas[/li]
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How has travel inspired your creativity?

In Episode 6 we chat to Ian Christie who runs his own business, I.C.Works about copywriting, self-employment, accessible documents and technology.
Show Notes:
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[li]Follow Ian on Twitter – @iancworks[/li]
[li]http://www.ic-works.co.uk/[/li]
[li]http://www.easy-read-documents.com/[/li]
[li]http://icworks.wordpress.com/[/li]
[li]http://www.photosymbols.com/[/li]
[li]http://www.htc1x.org/[/li]
[li]http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad-mini/overview/[/li]
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Have you ever wanted to get into copywriting?

In Episode 5 we interview Michael MacMahon a public speaker, author, actor, coach, voice over artist and unsurprisingly a scanner.
 
Show Notes:
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[li]Michael MacMahon’s Website[/li]
[li]Follow Michael on Twitter – michaelmac43[/li]
[li]‘Back to the Black…How to become debt-free and stay that way’[/li]
[li]SmashWords eBook publishing[/li]
[li]Alvin Hall – Financial educator[/li]
[li]Citizens Advice Bureau[/li]
[li]Winchester Writers Conference[/li]
[li]Pearson Professional Book Proposal Template[/li]
[li]The 30 Day Challenge by John Williams[/li]
[li]Independent Publishing Platform[/li]
[li]Susan Jeffers: Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway[/li]
[li]Pre Event Anxiety for Speakers – blog post by Michael MacMahon[/li]
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Have you ever spoken in public? How did it go?

In Episode 4 we interview Claire Meredith an advocate of ‘scanners’ who lets us have the low down on this important personality type.
 
Show Notes:
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[li]Claire Meredith[/li]
[li]Follow Claire on Twitter – @iclairemeredith[/li]
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Key Players

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[li]Barbara Sher – Author of Refuse to Choose[/li]
[li]Emilie Wapnick – Puttylike[/li]
[li]John Williams – Scanner Central[/li]
[li]Screw Work Lets Play book by John Williams[/li]
[li]Barbara Winter – Author of How to Make a Living Without a Job[/li]
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Software

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[li]Evernote – daily note taking software[/li]
[li]Basecamp – project management software for projects of all sizes[/li]
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Are you a scanner? What’s been your experience?

In Episode 3 we chat with Kingsley Davis about the launch of his book Flip The Script and how he went about self publishing.
 
Show Notes:
Flip The Script is available from Amazon and other stores priced at £9.99 for limited edition paperback and £29.99 for the hardback and ebook. You can also purchase prints of some of the wonderful photographs directly from the website.
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[li]Kingsley Davis[/li]
[li]Follow Kingsley on Twitter – @thenowschool[/li]
[li]Rough Trade records[/li]
[li]The Photographers’ Gallery [/li]
[li]Westminster Reference Library[/li]
[li]Apple iBooks Author eBook creation software[/li]
[li]Adobe Lightroom Digital Photography Tools[/li]
[li]Adobe Photoshop[/li]
[li]Adobe Illustrator[/li]
[li]Adobe Indesign[/li]
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What’s been your experience of trying to publish a book?

In Episode 2 we interview Jonny Back a London based photographer and find out what its like to start a business in a recession.

Show Notes:
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[li]Jonny Back Photography[/li]
[li]Follow Jonny on Twitter – @jonnyback[/li]
[li]Society of Wedding & Portrait[/li]
[li]Dribbble[/li]
[li]Flickr photo sharing[/li]
[li]Canon 5D Mk2[/li]
[li]MacPro[/li]
[li]Adobe Lightroom[/li]
[li]Adobe Photoshop[/li]
[li]Things – Task manager[/li]
[li]Bento – Database and Finance[/li]
[li]Flipboard[/li]
[li]Google Reeder[/li]
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What’s been your experience of starting your business?

In this first episode we interview John Williamson, graphic designer and founder of PeterMagnus Design in Abbots Langley, Watford, UK.
Show Notes:
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[li]PeterMagnus Design[/li]
[li]Follow John on Twitter – @jonniw1[/li]
[li]Blue Orange Images[/li]
[li]First Splash Photos[/li]
[li]Business Link[/li]
[li]Watford Enterprise Agency[/li]
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What’s been your experience of starting your business?