The Elite Business Podcast

Join us as we delve into the art of crafting a winning sales strategy for your business. Hosted by Ollie Barrett at Elite Business Live 2024, our panel of industry leaders shares invaluable insights on creating a robust sales funnel.

From Richard Harpin's tailored approach to Pavlo Phitdis' concept of hunters and farmers, learn how to balance acquiring new clients with nurturing existing relationships. Discover the power of data-driven decisions with Dr. Rashada Harry and unlock the salesperson within you, as Simon Squibb emphasizes the importance of confidence and continuous learning. Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to sales, this video offers practical advice to elevate your sales game and drive business growth.

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Elite Business Live '24 - Commercial Business Growth Keynote: Richard Harpin. Founder & Chairman, HomeServe.

How to build a billion pound business? Here are 8 secrets from a successful entrepreneur

Richard Harpin, Founder and Chairman of Home Serve, shared his top tips on how he built his billion pound plumbing and repairs business

Richard Harpin, Founder and Chairman of Home Serve, kicked off the first keynote speech of the day at Elite Business Live 2024, speaking about his entrepreneurial journey and the secrets to how he scaled his business. “There are 8 things that I know now that I wish I’d known at the start of my entrepreneurial journey 30 years ago,” Richard said. “If I had, maybe I could have taken that £50k start-up to a £4 billion business in 15 years rather than 30.” 

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Will AI revolutionise businesses, or make jobs obsolete? Our panel weigh in on the pros and cons of emerging MarTech – and how to use it to your advantage.

Elite Business Live has gone on tour to some of the best events and expos across the country, with our last and final stop at the Technology For Marketing expo at London Excel. 

Host Oli Barett MBE welcomed an exciting panel including Jake Mason, Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Founder of Scoreapp, Nick Dormon, Managing Director and Founder of Echo, Michelle Hastings, Head of Digital, Vodafone Business, Flavilla Fongang, Brand Advisor, BBC and Founder of Global Tech Advocates and Flavia Colombo, EMEA North Leader, HubSpot, who took centre stage to speak about new emerging technology – and how entrepreneurs can use these tools to scale their MarTech. As technology continues to improve and cross barriers, Oli quizzed the panel on what they think is changing the most with their customers interacting within the tech space. 

If you’ve started a business, or are thinking of launching one, it is important to know what you’re getting yourself into. Ben White, tech investor and entrepreneur, Lisa Eaton, entrepreneur and founder of Fabric Academy, Rebecca Hartley, founder of Saving Grace Events, and Dr Alka Patel, founder of Lifestyle First, took to the stage at Atomicon in Newcastle for Elite Business ‘On Tour’ programme three, speaking about the realities of running a fast-track small business. The panel, hosted by Sophie Milliken MBE, spoke about the ups and downs of entrepreneurship – and their untold stories about hardships and success.

Scaling a business is no easy feat. The trials and tribulations of building your start-up are many. Whether you are a solo entrepreneur or a small business, taking your company to the next level comes with a fair set of challenges. There is light at the end of the tunnel, however, and having the right mindset and strategy is crucial when it comes to the longevity of your business.

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In the latest Elite Business Live session, Oli Barrett spoke to Andrea Reynolds, founder and CEO of Swoop funding;  Michael Hayman, Chair & Co-Founder, Seven Hills; Lara Morgan, founder Pacific Direct and Piers Linney founder of Moblox and former Dragon’s Den dragon.

It was a panel chock-a-block with experience of developing a business from scratch, finding and securing investment and, of course, familiarity with the usual slings and arrows that all business leaders face along the path to success and/or failure.

And the key theme was about making the right decisions at the right time. Knowing when to expand, when to seek investment and how and when and how to pivot away from something that might not be working, in a way that provides continuity and a future for your business.

Big Tech is firing employees by the thousands. Why? And how worried should we be?

The tech sector has seen explosive growth in the past two years. The pandemic saw a dramatic rise in the hybrid working model as employees left the office to work from home. This saw major firms such as Amazon and Facebook hire thousands of workers, doubling their headcounts in a matter of months. Now with a potential recession looming, tech companies are laying off workers left and right. In the last year, more than 70,000 people globally have been laid off by Big Tech companies. What has led to this massive shake-up?

Hannah Prevett spoke to Kim Antoniou, founder and CEO of Auris Tech, Ketan Makwana, Tedx, speaker, author and mentor, Melissa Snover, founder and CEO of Nourished, and Will Hale, Group Director EMEA at Monday.com at the Tech Show in London, Excel on Wednesday, March 8. She asked the panel about the mass layoffs of tech talent and what this means for the workforce. 

Designed and delivered by High Performance Coach, Phil Ball, who has over 15 years experience coaching business owners and elite level athletes.

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The funding landscape in 2022 is geared towards companies looking to scale. Andrea Reynolds, CEO and Founder at Swoop, will explore how businesses can access funding needed to achieve growth.

With Mark Trowbridge. Whether it is through choice or simply due to a pandemic triggered shortage of conventional jobs, the gig economy is starting to boom. Freelancing has always thrived in periods of adversity and uncertainty. The recent changes to working environments have made employers weigh up the expense and responsibility that comes with full time employees  versus the flexibility in salaries and contract terms that hiring a freelancer provides.

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Brexit, Covid and the Russian-Ukraine war have had a significant impact on business exports.

Jacob Thundil MBE, founder and Managing Director of Cocofina, Dr Johnny Paterson, Founder of Dr PAWPAW and Sean Flanagan, Operations Director for UK & France at Avery took to the stage on the second day of Elite Business on 12 March in the Overseas Expansion talk, sharing the many hurdles with exporting abroad since Brexit and Covid, and how they navigated their businesses in a challenging global landscape.

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