Inside The Maverick Mind
Inside the Maverick Mind is an invite-only vodcast hosted by Emyr Afan — long-form conversations with people who don’t quite fit the mould.
Each episode features a Maverick from business, fintech, innovation, tech and the creative world, revealing how they think, what drives them, and how they turn “you can’t” into “watch me.”
Episodes drop weekly on YouTube, with audio available on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.
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Inside The Maverick Mind
Latest Episodes
Ep 21 | Nicola Venetia Steele | The Boutique That Belonging Built
She started with £5, two puppies, and a husband who'd just left. That's not a crisis - that's a maverick opening line.Nicola Venetia Steele is the founder of Venetia Steel Boutique in Bridgend, South Wales - a woman who turned dyslexia, ...
Ep 20 | Lucia Rowe | Fear Doesn't Get the Final Word: Surviving a Dictator & Leukaemia
What does it take to survive a dictatorship, build a career across five continents, beat leukaemia - and then run 270 kilometres across the Sahara?In this episode of Inside the Maverick Mind, host Emyr Afan sits down with Lucia Rowe - li...
Ep 19 | Nick Hounsfield | 230 Rejections, One Stroke, and a £30M Wave
Nick Hounsfield didn't set out to build a tourist attraction. He set out to build the kind of medicine you can't prescribe.A former osteopath, Nick spent 18 years treating the symptoms of stress, burnout, and disconnection — until he realis...
Ep 18 | Andy Middleton | The Man Who Sacked His Biggest Client — and Never Looked Bac
Andy Middleton is a pioneering force in sustainability, ecologic thinking, and biomimicry - and he happens to be based in one of the most breathtaking corners of the world: St Davids, West Wales. As founder of the TYF Group, co-creator of the W...
Ep 17 | FRANKIE JAMES | From Door-to-Door Sales to Glastonbury for Business
From 100% commission door-to-door sales to co-creating a Glastonbury for Business - Frankie James joins Emyr Afan on Inside the Maverick Mind.Frankie is the force behind the Great British Entrepreneur Awards and Ideas Fe...