Bulletproof Entrepreneur

Feb 05 2025 68 ep. 70 mins 5
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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.

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#66 - Joe Bryan - Creator of ‘What’s The Problem?’ The Most Important Video You’ll Watch This year. The future of money, business and wealth.

Feb 05 2025 97 mins  
Send us a text Welcome to the latest episode of the Bulletproof Entrepreneur - a podcast for founders, owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. As anyone in business knows, things are tough out there. Inflation is driving up the costs of everything, including staff wages, rent, and supplies. Tax is at its highest level in 70 years and is about to rise further. The money in your company's

#65 From selling software to the CIA to a Multi-Million $ Exit. Lessons in business and life from tech entrepreneur Adam Rossi

Jan 22 2025 72 mins  
Send us a text This is the first episode of 2025 and I’m delighted to bring you a really insightful and valuable conversation I had recently with Adam Rossi from Washington DC in the United States. Adam is a born entrepreneur and always knew that he wanted to build his own company and be in control of his destiny. And so he launched a tech startup in the days before it was cool!

#64 Never Sell Your Business for an EBITDA Multiple - 6 x Exited Founder Mack Lackey on designing your perfect exit strategy.

Dec 11 2024 76 mins  
Send us a text My guest today is Mac Lackey has a fascinating story and some original insights that I think you’re going to like and get a lot out of, especially if you’re building your company towards an exit - and let’s face it all, business owners are doing that in one form or another. When his original ambition to become a professional football player hit a dead end, Mac

#63 Richard Farleigh (Dragon’s Den) - Succeeding Against All the Odds

Nov 27 2024 85 mins  
Send us a text You may be familiar with today’s guest, Richard Farleigh, a high-profile entrepreneur, former Dragon on the TV show Dragon’s Den, and member of the Sunday Times Rich List. The successes are well documented - but Richard’s start in life couldn't have been much worse. Born into a family of 11 children with an alcoholic father, they travelled around the Australian

#62 Paul Luen - A serial entrepreneur and the author of Eight Figure Entrepreneur: Scale Up While Living A Balanced, Adventurous And Happy Life

Nov 13 2024 70 mins  
Send us a text Paul is a serial entrepreneur who has started, scaled up and sold several businesses, invested in many others, and is now building yet another company. He also advises and mentors several other founders and business owners. Through his personal and business experiences, he’s effectively created a success blueprint for any business owner to adopt and apply within th

#61 - Budget Special with Josie Day and Richard Jameson from leading tax advisers Saffery

Nov 02 2024 46 mins  
Send us a text Welcome to a special episode of the Bulletproof Entrepreneur podcast. One issue that has been dominating the conversations online and in person for business owners over the last few days has been the budget. October 30th was a very significant day. It was the first labour budget for almost 15 years and the first by a female Chancellor. After three months of speculati

#60 From an idea dreamed up at a cricket match to a £ multi-million exit, Magnus Willis, co-founder of Sparkler on his entrepreneurial journey.

Oct 16 2024 77 mins  
Send us a text We’re publishing this episode just before the Autumn 2024 Budget, when Rachel Reeves will share her vision of how she plans to improve the country’s economy. I really hope she understands how valuable the start-up and entrepreneurial economy is in the UK and that she’ll encourage it and ensure its continued success. Today’s guest is a fantastic example of tha

#59 Pre Budget Special - A Tax Planning Masterclass for Business Owners with Nimesh Shah, CEO of Blick Rothenberg

Oct 02 2024 68 mins  
Send us a text This show is all about reverse engineering the successful scale, sale, and exit of your business and enjoying life on the other side. And for every successful business owner, smart tax planning is crucial to business growth and future sale. Whether it's corporation tax, PAYE, income tax, dividends, or VAT, , they all play a part and impact decisions you make. When th

The Chocolate Entrepreneur - Helen Pattinson, founder of Montezuma, on scaling, exiting, and then returning to save her company.

Sep 18 2024 92 mins  
Send us a text Our guest today is Helen Pattinson, a former lawyer who left behind a promising career to embark on a bold and, at times, uncertain new path—one that would ultimately lead to a flourishing business, Montezuma Chocolate. But this story is far from straightforward. Helen doesn’t just share the wins—she takes us through the moments of doubt, the near-disasters, an

From a council flat with an outside loo to a millionaire fintech entrepreneur. Lessons in business and life with Jason Butler

Sep 04 2024 92 mins  
Send us a text Hello, and welcome back to the latest episode of the Bulletproof Entrepreneur podcast. I’m your host, Alan Smith. In this episode, I speak with someone I’ve known for many years, and as you’re about to discover, he’s a force of nature! His name is Jason Butler, and although I’ve known him for a long time, I had no idea just how challenging his upbringing wa