The Power Of Hindsight With Mark Abraham

In this episode, I sat down with Esteban to discuss what it takes to become a Formula 1 driver, the mindset you need, and work ethic required. This was a fascinating insight to the mind of an elite athlete who risks his life every time he sits in the car. Esteban Manuel Gutiérrez is a Mexican racing driver. In 2008, Gutiérrez won the Formula BMW European championship title, becom

Nick Telson is the Co-Founder of DesignMyNight who recently exited the company for multiple millions after 9 years at the helm. DesignMyNight are in 20 cities and towns in the UK and Ireland, and have also created their very own bookings and enquiries system, Collins, as well as one of the leading ticketing platforms in the UK, Tonic.  In this episode we discussed wh

Leonard Sekyonda is a British Internet personality, Best-selling Author, Motivational Speaker & Life Coach. At 19 years old Leonard jumped straight into the deep end, setting-up his first international business flying to South Asia (Philippines) and recruiting nurses to the UK.  Aware of the lack of support and belief available for aspiring entrepreneurs, Leonard went on

In this episode, Mark sat down with Dr Kevin Fleming & Dr Sandeep Kapur from Mayo Clinic Healthcare in partnership with Oxford University Clinic at their new clinic in Portland Place London.  Mayo Clinic is widely regarded as the leaders in medical research and preventative healthcare with 63,000 employees globally. They are a not for profit organisation, so all revenues a

Knowledge is power and Gary Beckwith certainly has lots of knowledge to share with over three decades working on the River Thames in London. Starting out with just a fuel barge, it slowly grew to a passenger boat and then to become London’s No 1 sightseeing cruise. Only two weeks ago, Gary and his wife Rita signed the sale of the company to a US firm in a trade sale. I sat with G

In this week’s podcast, I sat down with Melissa Lester of Dig Ventures, a venture capital firm that puts founders first. If you are a founder looking to raise investment, this is the podcast for you. We discussed how to build your investment deck, how to pitch to investors in a meeting, what to look for from an investor and how to negotiate favourable terms. Melissa demystifies t

What does every startup need to know from a legal standpoint? From trademarking to IP protection to negotiating terms with your investors, we cover it all with James Lewis of Fieldfisher LLP.  James Lewis is a dispute resolution lawyer with over 10 years' experience providing valued advice on contractual and related disputes to assist his clients in making informed commercial

Many entrepreneurs & self-employed people fail miserably at managing their accounts. Whether that be failing to save their receipts or forgetting to put away money for the taxman each month, the same mistakes are made. Starting a business can be hard and bring many stressful situations over the first year or two, financial management can be one of the biggest. Mark sat down wit