In this episode, Jeannette talks to Jamie Waller who is a serial entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, and much more. He talks about how he shook up the debt enforcement sector.
Jamie and Jeannette speak about why and how he wrote his book Unsexy Business which celebrates under-rated businesses. Ones that are essential and successful, but not appreciated. They also discuss how to overcome the lack of social mobility in the UK. As well as how he managed being betrayed in business.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The debt enforcement business model is sound, yet many people do not view it positively.
In the UK, the debt enforcement business has changed drastically, yet its reputation has still not been transformed.
There are lots of unsexy businesses out there that are essential and successful yet are not appreciated.
A lack of social mobility is still an issue in the UK.
The Princes Trust really works. It is a great place for young people to learn how to start a business.
In the UK, people still react negatively when people are successful in business.
Be honest with yourself and clear about what your purpose is.
Your purpose evolves over time.
Retiring at the wrong time in your life leaves you purposeless.
Put your best self forward, at all times.
BEST MOMENTS
‘There are businesses that are brilliant and just because they’re not shiny on the outside they are not respected.’
‘Everybody has the right to be paid what they are owed, but not at any cost.’
‘I’m not going to carry a grudge around.’
This is the perfect time to get focused on what YOU want to really achieve in your business, career, and life. It’s never too late to be BRAVE and BOLD and unlock your inner BRILLIANCE. If you’d like to join Jeannette’s FREE Business Impact Seminar just DM Jeannette at info@jeannettelinfootassociates.com or sign up via Jeannette’s linktree https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/brave-bold-brilliant-podcast/id1524278970
ABOUT THE GUEST
Jamie Waller is an entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. His book: Unsexy Business tells the story of his own life as a child of a charity for disadvantaged children, The Imps, and his business career which includes being held hostage at gunpoint in Leicester and being stabbed outside his home in East London.
In 2016 he sold his first business, JBW Group to the publicly listed Outsourcing Inc, and in 2017 sold his second business to the same buyer. He now has an investment portfolio of 13 UK private equity companies, including an advisory company he acquired outright in 2017 and his third start-up that he founded in 2019. Jamie is Chair of The Prince’s Trust, Enterprise Network a charity that supported him as a young child, donor to The Imps a charity he was a member of for 11 years and sits on the advisory board of Breast Cancer Haven, a charity that helps people like his mum who suffered and died with cancer in 2014.
EPISODE RESOURCES
Unsexy Business Book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unsexy-Business-Entrepreneurs-Businesses-Extraordinary/dp/B07SF7RNFS/
LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jamie-waller-0b04063
ABOUT THE HOST
Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor, and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.
Jeannette is a down-to-earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion, and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.
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Podcast Description
Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers, and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international businesses to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.
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