Bulletproof Entrepreneur
A podcast for entrepreneurs – reverse engineering the formula for successful scale, sale and exit.
Inspired conversations with world-class entrepreneurs and the specialists who support them.
Bulletproof Entrepreneur
Latest Episodes
#91 Sam Smith: From Northern Rock Crisis to London IPO and Super Scalers
Sam Smith spent 24 years building FinCap from a single desk and a phone into a London-listed investment bank, becoming one of the few women to lead a public financial business in the UK. She bet on small caps when the big banks were running for...
#90 Martin Lightbody - The Scottish Baker Who Conquered America's Cake Aisle
Martin Lightbody turned a fourth-generation Scottish bakery into the number one celebration-cake supplier to the UK supermarkets, scaling from 50 staff to 1,200 and £60 to 70 million in turnover. Then he sold up, took the whole idea to America,...
#89 The 20-Year Overnight Success: Failed Businesses, Crippling Debt, and Building GoProposal Into an Eight-Figure Exit
James Ashford sold GoProposal to Sage for an eight-figure sum. People hear that and picture a clean line from idea to payday. It took him two decades, several businesses that died along the way, and one moment where he couldn't afford the fee t...
#88 The Insider Who Now Teaches Founders to Beat Private Equity
Nick Bradley has sat on the other side of the table for more than 50 acquisitions and 27 exits. He knows exactly how private equity firms assess a business, where founders give away their leverage, and why so many walk away from a life-changing...
#87 He arrived in the UK with £500 and sold his company to one of word's biggest banks - Anton Padmasiri
Anton arrived in the UK with £500 in his pocket. Years later, he founded WealthOS. He recently sold it to one of the world's largest banks.In this episode, Alan sits down with the founder of WealthOS to talk through what the journey from...
