Penny For Your Thoughts

In this episode we caught up with James Symes, co-founder of Bike Club, to chat about his investment journey so far.  Only 20% of businesses make it from series A to series B - so this is definitely one to watch.  

Check out Bike Club here: 

www.bikeclub.com  

Check out PennyBooks: 

www.pennybooks.io 

@pennybooks.io

👋 Welcome to the Penny For Your Thoughts Podcast - in this episode, we chat to Mark Wong, founder of IMPOSSIBREW  Mark started his business from his university dorm room, and has since seen huge success and an appearance on Dragon's Den! We'll be chatting to Mark about his journey so far, crowdfunding and dealing with rejection from investors. 

Check out Impossibrew here:

 https://impossibrew.co.uk/  

Check out PennyBooks: 

www.pennybooks.io 

@pennybooks.io  

PennyBooks is the easy and obvious online accounting solution for start-ups and SMEs. We take the stress out of balancing the books so you can focus on what matters; running your business!  Want to be on the podcast? email elspeth@pennybooks.io and let's chat :)

👋 in this episode, we chat to Jessica Gardiner, who is the founder of The Assistant Room.  Jess did a 12 year stint as a personal assistant before deciding to start her own business, and we uncover what skills she's found invaluable, why you should always feel challenged, and the problem with "overnight success".  

Check out The Assistant Room here:

 theassistantroom.com

theassistantroomrecruitment.com  

@theassistantroom   

Check out PennyBooks:

 www.pennybooks.io 

@pennybooks.io

PennyBooks is the easy and obvious online accounting solution for start-ups and SMEs. We take the stress out of balancing the books so you can focus on what matters; running your business!  Want to be on the podcast? email elspeth@pennybooks.io and let's chat :)

👋 This week we caught up with Toby Radcliffe from ZeroBees to find out why he's dedicated to helping businesses achieve net zero via their supply chain  

You can also listen to this podcast anywhere via https://linktr.ee/pfytpodcast

 Check out ZeroBees here: https://www.zerobees.com/ 

Check out PennyBooks: www.pennybooks.io @pennybooks.io

Want to learn more, or join us for an episode? Email elspeth@pennybooks.io :)

  00:00 intro

 00:30 What is ZeroBees?

 02:45 What is Net Zero?

 05:07 What does this have to do with SMEs?

 08:00 The first thing you can do 

10:00 The best thing to do 

10:55 The problem with your pension 

14:05 Should I plant a tree?!

👋 Welcome to the Penny For Your Thoughts Podcast - your weekly insight into the small businesses of London! In this episode, we're chatting to Emily Tout, co-founder of Mighty Slice. At the age of 22, after finishing her degree and getting her first job, Emily quit her law career to pursue her start-up.  

Check out Mighty Slice here:

 @mightyslice_ 

www.mightyslice.co.uk

Check out PennyBooks:

 pennybooks.io 

@pennybooks.io

 linktr.ee/pennybooks 

 PennyBooks is the easy and obvious online accounting solution for start-ups and SMEs. We take the stress out of balancing the books so you can focus on what matters; running your business! 

 Want to be on the podcast? email elspeth@pennybooks.io and let's chat :)

👋 In this episode, we're chatting to Elliot Thornhill, founder of Hike Agency.  Elliot has tonnes of experience working with B2C and B2B businesses, growing their outreach via paid social media marketing - however, in this episodes, he shows us that it's not just paid ads that are important! 

 Learn about HIKE:

 @hike_agency 

https://www.hikeagency.co.uk/ 

Check out PennyBooks:

 pennybooks.io 

@pennybooks.io

linktr.ee/pennybooks 

 PennyBooks is the easy and obvious online accounting solution for start-ups and SMEs. We take the stress out of balancing the books so you can focus on what matters; running your business!  Want to be on the podcast? email elspeth@pennybooks.io and let's chat :)

👋 Fergus & Ruari Bell are active Angel Investors who have years of experience working across many areas of operating a successful business. 

These guys are full of info to help you excel in your business and raise your first round of investment, when the time comes. In this conversation, we cover the top 3 things founders need to do to before looking for investors, how to be more efficient and what happens if you're not, and how to thrive in the current e-commerce market.

Check out Fergus & Ruari here:

https://www.bell-partnership.com/home

Check out PennyBooks:

pennybooks.io

@pennybooks.io

PennyBooks is the easy and obvious online accounting solution for start-ups and SMEs. We take the stress out of balancing the books so you can focus on what matters; running your business!  

Want to be on the podcast? email elspeth@pennybooks.io and let's chat :)

👋 Welcome to the Penny For Your Thoughts Podcast - in this episode, we chat to Nicole Compen, founder of raye the store to find out what her top 3 most important factors have been in building her business.  

raye the store is a category disrupting curated pop-up grocery store - Edition 3 will be opening very soon (location to be announced closer to date).  

Check out raye the store here: @weareraye https://www.weareraye.com/

👋 Welcome to the Penny For Your Thoughts Podcast - in this episode, we chat to Will Englander, found of The Root Co, to find out what it takes to build and run a small business completely alone.

We cover:

✔️ The perks and pitfalls of being persistent (say that 3 times fast, we know you want to)
✔️ Dealing with being ignored
✔️ Why you should just start - even if you don't know how!

👋 Welcome to the Penny For Your Thoughts Podcast - in this episode, we chat to Graziano Madeo and Matthias Ingelmann, Co-Founders of Parafante Liqueurs. 

Parafante make the UK's first and only Fig Leaf Liqueur (I can vouch it's delicious) - and we chat about how to break through when inventing a new product, the importance of great design, and how to run a business while also working a full time job.

Check out Parafante here: parafante.com @parafante.liqueurs  

Check out PennyBooks: www.pennybooks.io @pennybooks.io  

PennyBooks is the easy and obvious online accounting solution for start-ups and SMEs. We take the stress out of balancing the books so you can focus on what matters; running your business!  Want to be on the podcast? email elspeth@pennybooks.io and let's chat :)

👋 Welcome to the Penny For Your Thoughts Podcast - in this episode, we chat to Celia Hodgson, founder of Tiny Studios. Tiny Studios is a production company specialising in online content for brands and education.   

Celia was such a great force to be around, really enjoyed filming this with her! Celia has a natural entrepreneurism about her that's almost contagious - she makes it look so easy. Did I mention she's only 24?! 

Check out Tiny Studios here: 

tinystudios.com

@tinystudios 

@mooovesandmovies

👋 Welcome to the Penny For Your Thoughts Podcast - in this episode, we chat to Sam Darby and Roberto Puddy who are the founders of Growth. Growth is a marketing agency specialising in lead generation for the home improvement industry.  This is a pretty long episode, and you'll have to excuse our technical difficulties (turn the volume up at 50 seconds in), but it was amazing to chat with these passionate entrepreneurs.  

Check out Growth here: Usegrowth.com @usegrowthuk  Facebook.com/usegrowth  

Check out PennyBooks: www.pennybooks.io @pennybooks.io

👋 Welcome to the Penny For Your Thoughts Podcast - in this episode, we chat to D. Louise founder, Olivia Jenkins, about how she took her side hustle jewellery brand into a thriving national business in just one year.  Olivia founded D. Louise in January 2021, and was able to quit her full time day-job by May 2021. It's an exceptional case and really worth a listen!

D. Louise is named after Olivia's mum, Deborah Louise, who she very sadly lost in 2017. Olivia hopes to offer hope and inspiration with her story of D. Louise for those looking to make a change in their lives. Her message is that if you believe in yourself, you can achieve any goal despite your circumstance.  

Check out D Louise here: dlouise.co.uk @d_louise_

👋 Welcome to the Penny For Your Thoughts Podcast - on this podcast we'll be finding out what it takes to launch a business straight out of university. Capua co-founder, Sebastian Aldous, chats us through the ups and downs, of running a business as a graduate.