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Brand Growth Heroes gets the inside track from founders who are driving the transformational growth of some wildly successful start-up brands in consumer goods categories around the world.

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The Turmeric Co. | Premier League Coaching in Brand Growth with Thomas Hal Robson-Kanu

What if the biggest opportunity for your consumer brand wasn't actually in the category you're competing in? In this episode of Brand Growth...

35:13Oct 27, 2026

STOCKED Frozen Meal Blocks | £15M Revenue, Block By Block

Sometimes it's lunch, sometimes it's dinner. Sometimes you're one, sometimes you're a family of 4. Sometimes it's a side, sometimes you're s...

47:07Oct 15, 2026

Grubby D2C Plant-Based Meals | From Almost Failing to Scaling Profitably

Grubby - the award-winning plant-based meal kits and ready meals delivered to your door - went from a £23M valuation and rapid growth TO aro...

51:03Sep 29, 2026

Denzel’s | Brand & Emotion is Build a £213M Opportunity in the Pet Category

Most pet brands sell function. Denzel’s Dog Treats built its challenger brand around something very different: Happiness!! In this conversat...

44:00Sep 15, 2026

Aduna Superfoods: Building The Supplements Category 3.0

Many of you founders working with niche ingredients out there might have struggled with this question: How do you build a new category when...

41:01Sep 2, 2026

How Merchant Gourmet Doubled Sales from £15M to £30M in just 4 years

In this episode, Fiona Fitz chats with Richard Peake, Managing Director of Merchant Gourmet and one of the rare non-founder guests to grace...

48:27Aug 18, 2026

How To Raise Investment For Your Consumer Brand Without Losing Control! Phil Hails-Smith, Joelson (Part 2)

How should founders value an early-stage consumer brand, negotiate with investors and raise capital without giving away more of the company...

32:12Aug 5, 2026

Equity, Shareholders, Investment - How Much Should Brand Founders Give Away? | Phil Hails-Smith, Managing Partner, Joelson

How should co-founders divide equity - and what happens to those shares if one person leaves? In Part 1 of my conversation with Phil Hails-S...

29:38Jul 21, 2026

Here We Flo | Building a £10M Period Care Challenger Brand

Tampons in an Ice Cream Tub In this episode of Brand Growth Heroes, I’m joined by Tara Chandra and Susan Allen, co-founders of Here We Flo,...

39:32Jul 7, 2026

Why TrueStart Coffee Chooses Profitable Growth Over Scale | Founder Helena Hills

We don't often hear about Challenger brands that are PROFITABLE...So let's do it! *** Find out more about the NEW Brand Growth Heroes Septem...

37:45Jun 23, 2026

How to Scale a Challenger Non Alc Drinks Brand in the USA | Lisa King Free AF Drinks

Most challenger founders assume international expansion should happen in neat, logical steps. New Zealand → Australia → UK → US. But Lisa's...

50:58Jun 9, 2026

Mother Root's £16M Secret Growth Equation | Bethan Higson & Alice Gallsworthy

In this episode of Brand Growth Heroes, I’m joined by founder Bethan Higson and Alice Gallsworthy of Mother Root. Get this: Mother Root is a...

35:37May 26, 2026

You've Got 'Brand Community' All Wrong says this Leading US Brand Expert

In this episode, I’m joined by digital strategist Sara Wilson, who coined the term “digital campfires” in Harvard Business Review, to explor...

41:42May 12, 2026

How Citizens of Soil Is Reinventing Olive Oil

In this week’s episode, I’m joined by Sarah and Michael Vachon, the founders of Citizens of Soil, one of the most exciting challenger brands...

51:24Apr 28, 2026

Female Founder Leadership Lessons | Emma Woods, Chair of Ancient+Brave, ex CEO of wagamama

Today, I’m joined by Emma Woods, Chair of Ancient+Brave, ex CEO of wagamama, and one of the most experienced growth leaders I know. Emma has...

42:29Apr 14, 2026

Built Like a Media Brand: BOSH!’s Challenger Brand Playbook: Founders Henry Firth & Ian Theasby

This week, I’m joined by Henry Firth & Ian Theasby, the founders of BOSH!, to explore how an audience-first approach helped them build one o...

39:18Mar 31, 2026

How MOTH is Mixing Up Cocktail Category Rules | Rob Wallis, Moth Premium RTD Cocktails

Want a deliciously sharp lesson in brand growth , category creation and how challenger brands can win by bringing new shoppers into tired ca...

37:35Mar 17, 2026

The Secret Maths Formula YOU Need To Scale Your CPG Brand with Dr. James Richardson of Ramping Your Brand

What if I told you that there is a mathematical formula that separates those brands that scale really quickly and those brands that just tic...

29:14Mar 3, 2026

Stop Stealing Market Share & Create $100M Categories Instead with Category Pirate Eddie Yoon

If you've ever heard me talk about Superconsumers, SuperGeos, or why you should Name, Frame, and Claim your new category - all of that think...

69:02Feb 17, 2026

Why AI Will Be Bigger Than the Internet With 'Silicon Valley's Most Wanted' Paul Adams, Chief Product Officer Fin.ai

Yep - we are at the start of a new world - a world where AI is going to be 'even bigger than the internet'. And as the leaders of challenger...

61:47Feb 3, 2026