'A strong brand will get you through a crisis': Meet the Mentors with Cobra beer's founder
In the final podcast of the series, Lord Karan Bilimoria advises the founders of tech startup Zipabout on everything from marketing to inves...
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Running a business rarely runs smoothly, but a cool head and self-belief can turn adversity into advantage. The Guardian Small Business Network's confessions events bring entrepreneurs toget...
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20 of 100 episodes'Stay paranoid': Meet the Mentors with Ebookers' founder
Dinesh Dhamija gives leadership tips to Jamie Wilson, budding entrepreneur and founder of carer provider HomeTouch
'I was told British people wouldn't eat dark chocolate': Meet the Mentors with Green & Black's Jo Fairley
Serial entrepreneur and organic food pioneer Jo Fairley gives her tips to milliner Sahar Freemantle on how to make it big
'Trust your intuition': Meet the Mentors with Cath Kidston
The designer who created an empire around her trademark floral wash bags, tea cloths and crockery, reveals that luck played a big part in he...
Bedroom business to world domination: Meet the Mentors with Trunki's Rob Law
In the first podcast of a new series, the designer of the award-winning kids’ luggage brand shares his top tips for global expansion with a...
'The journey is nothing but extraordinary' – Confessions of a Startup
In our last podcast of the series, entrepreneurs at our Confessions of a Startup seminar shared their tales of overcoming obstacles while st...
'Embrace adversity' – Confessions of a Small Business
If you don’t experience tough times, you’re not putting yourself out there enough. That was the verdict of the entrepreneurs at our first Co...
'Have faith in what you're doing' – Confessions of a Startup
Isabella Lane started Smarter Applications with husband Christian two and a half years ago. Their first product was a wifi kettle, which the...
'It takes longer and costs more than you think' – Confessions of a Startup
It’s been a long road for Efe Çakarel, founder of MUBI. He had his big idea in 2006 but it was seven years before he finally felt the model...
'Breaking up with a co-founder is like a divorce' – Confessions of a Startup
Emily Forbes loves film and working in storytelling. But setting up Seenit, a video collaboration platform, has challenged her in ways she c...
'We have learned so much from failure' – Confessions of a Startup
In our first Confessions of a Startup podcast, Rich Pleeth, founder of the social app Sup, describes struggling to achieve sustainable growt...
'You've got to live it 24/7' – Confessions of a Small Business
Nick Edwards, the founder of software company Papaya, was faced with a dilemma in 2012 when his developer was killed in a hit-and-run incide...
'You have to keep fighting' – Confessions of a Small Business
Arpana Gandhi, co-founder of landmine disposal company Disarmco, talks struggling to find investment, almost going bust and battling to save...
'Failure makes you more humble' – Confessions of a Small Business
In our second Confessions of a Small Business podcast, John Stapleton, founder of New Covent Garden Soup and Little Dish, talks about going...
Crowdfunding carnage – Confessions of a Small Business
Little Riot founder Joanna Montgomery kicks off our Small Business podcast series by reliving the highs and lows of launching her product Pi...
How to make it in the music industry
Traditional lenders often shy away from the creative industries – what can startup bands and independent musicians do to get on the road to...
The Business podcast: Fred Goodwin's knighthood shredded
It's bash-a-banker time. As the former RBS boss Fred Goodwin loses his knighthood, his successor at the bank has handed back his bonus. Nils...
Politics Weekly podcast: Labour's economic alternative
Seumas Milne, Rowenna Davis and Hopi Sen discuss Labour's shift in economic policy and how the party can remain true to its mission for soci...
The Business podcast: France, credit ratings and Occupy
The Occupy movement's philosopher-in-chief David Graeber examines the arguments for a debt jubilee in 2012. Plus Heather Stewart and Angeliq...
The Business podcast: what to watch in 2012
Larry Elliott, Jill Treanor and Nils Pratley discuss the economic indicators to watch in 2012 and look ahead to an Olympic year in which Bri...