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The City Playbook7. Designing a City People Love: Orlando’s Playbook with Dan KirbyWelcome to The City Playbook, where President and CEO Tim Giuliani takes you behind the ideas, innovation, and initiatives shaping the future of Orlando.In this episode, Tim sits down with architect and urban planner Dan Kirby of Jacobs to talk about what it takes to build a people-first city that attracts talent, investment, and opportunity.From converting one-way streets to designing great “third places,” Tim and Dan dig into how policy, placemaking, and smart growth can elevate downtown Orlando and surrounding main streets across Central Florida.Tune in to learn...
2025-11-1247 min
The Catholic Morning ShowFr. Dan Kirby - 09/26/2025Sunday Gospel Reflection with Fr. Dan Kirby
Start your Friday with spiritual nourishment as Fr. Dan Kirby, Pastor at St. John the Apostle in Norwalk, joins us to reflect on this Sunday’s Gospel. He unpacks the Scripture with pastoral wisdom, offering insights that prepare our hearts to encounter Christ at Mass this weekend. Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh, Alexia Baker, and
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2025-09-2605 min
The Kirby on Sports PodcastKirby's Kickoff - Week 5It's Week 5 of High School Football in the Valley!Local area matchups for this week include James Wood hosting Warren County, Millbrook on the road to Kettle Run, Sherando hosting Brentsville, Skyline hosting Manassas Park, Strasburg traveling to see Turner Ashby and on Saturday afternoon at The Handley Bowl it's a matchup between Westmoreland and Handley.Josh catches up with Ryan Rutherford about the call of their matchup of James Wood v Warren County on the River 95.3. Dan Gloster joins to talk more about Westmoreland and Handley That plus...
2025-09-261h 09
The Kirby on Sports PodcastKirby's Kickoff - Week 4Can you believe we have already reached Week 4 of High School Football?Local area matchups for this week include Millbrook hosting Meridian, Handley traveling to Skyline, Strasburg heading to Moorefield, Clarke County going to East Rockingham, Warren County hosting Kettle Run and a big matchup in The Northwestern District as James Wood hosts Sherando.Josh catches up with Ryan Rutherford about the call of their matchup of Handley @ Skyline on the River 95.3. Dan Gloster joins to talk more about Sherando and James Wood. That plus hear from coaches from...
2025-09-191h 14
Nashville Drummers PodcastKirby Bland: Professional Traveler, Game Footage, Route 91 Harvest Festival, Day Jobs, Identity & Nashville CommunityWelcome Arkansas native and Nashville mainstay Kirby Bland! Kirby is best known as the drummer for country rock artist JD Clayton and has become a familiar face in the Nashville music scene over the past decade. Kirby shares his unique perspective on life as a “professional traveler,” reflecting on his musical journey, the importance of community, and the lessons learned from both the stage and the road.From his early days growing up in Arkansas and discovering his love for drumming, to building a career in Nashville’s vibrant music community, Kirby opens up about the realities of bal...
2025-09-051h 40
The Kirby on Sports PodcastKirby's Kickoff - Week 2Week Number Two of The High School Football Season is here!Local area matchups for this week include Sherando traveling to Loudoun County, Millbrook traveling to Heritage, Strasburg hosting Broadway, Clarke hosting Fort Defiance and Handley traveling to Liberty. Skyline and Warren County both have Week 2 byes.On this edition of Kirby's Kickoff Josh briefly gives a recap of last weeks action across High School Football. Josh checks in with Dan Gloster of Winchester's Classic Country 95.7 & Ryan Rutherford of The River 95.3 PLUS conversations with coaches as Week 2 kicks off in just a couple of hours.
2025-09-051h 10
$100M Exits with Jason KirbyEP 50: How Dan Reich Cracked the Code to Multiple Successful ExitsWe're privileged to have Dan Reich join us in this episode - a seasoned entrepreneur and investor with an impressive track record of successful exits. From his humble beginnings selling bouncy balls in high school, he's gone on to found and exit companies in diverse sectors including technology and beauty.
In our conversation, Dan talks about the intricacies of startups, fundraising strategies, and the art of pivoting. He shares candid reflections on his experiences with ventures like Spinback, Tula Skincare, and Troops.ai, each representing different industries and fundraising approaches. Whether you're a first-time...
2024-07-1858 min
The Official Do Good Better PodcastBEST OF EPISODE: Nonprofit Legend Dan Pallotta Shares His Story & Unique Perspective | The Official Do Good Better Podcast #324Today's Five-Star Guest is Dan Pallotta, a legend in the nonprofit world due to his dynamic impact on fundraising, communication and his unique ability to positively transform nonprofit supporters, funders and those who serve. Dan invented the multi-day charitable event industry. Dan was one of the founding partners for TED’s phenomenally successful Audacious Project, which curates some of the most promising and daring social change projects in the world, and has raised close to a billion dollars for them.In the last ten years, Dan has given over 400 talks on philanthropy and inno...
2024-04-1136 min
The Kirby on Sports PodcastEp. 202 | The aftermath of Dan vs Carlos (Ravens vs Chiefs) A 49er Faithful Comeback.The end is near! An exciting Championship Sunday has come to
a close as we now know the matchup for The Super Bowl! The Three Man Booth is back to discuss both matchups as Carlos and his Chiefs defeated Dan’s Baltimore Ravens along with the 49ers coming back from 17 points down to defeat the Lions. All that plus The Kirby on Sports Podcast preview of The Super Bowl Pregame Show LIVE from Anthony’s Pizza Home of The Warrior!
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2024-02-021h 22The Kirby on Sports PodcastEp. 185 | The Vikings in Trouble? Dan's trip to M&T Bank.... And of course, Taylor Swift + MoreWelcome to another edition of The Kirby on Sports Podcast! Josh and the gang are back to break down an interesting week in the NFL as The Chargers defeated the Vikings in a close game, could the Vikings also be in trouble after falling to 0-3. Dan talks about his trip to M&T Bank Stadium and the Ravens fell to the Colts. And we cannot forget about Taylor Swift, Carlos discusses anything and everything Taylor Swift and her attendance at the Chiefs vs Bears game. All that plus The Kirby on Sports PickEm to wrap it all up!
2023-09-281h 30The Kirby on Sports PodcastEp. 183 | Aaron Rodgers out for the season, Motor City Dan Campbell's Lions, Bouncing around Week 1 + MoreNFL FOOTBALL IS BACK! Join Josh Kirby, Dan Demski and Carlos Martinez as they break it all down for you!
- Aaron Rodgers Jets debut doesn't go as planned as he tears his achilles in the Jets home opener, Rodgers has been declared out for the season.
- Motor City Dan Campbell and the Lions march into Arrowhead and knock off the defending Super Bowl Champs plus Carlos and his reaction on the game.
- A thrilling game between Miami and the Chargers, a...
2023-09-131h 37
ASCEND PodcastS1 - E56 - Expert Session - Dan Carpenter (Purdue University)Dan Carpenter, Assistant Vice Provost for Student Success Innovation at Purdue University, joins co-hosts Jared Tippets and Eric Kirby to share his knowledge, wisdom, and insights on how campuses can increase their retention and student success efforts!Dan Carpenter serves as the Assistant Vice Provost for Student Success Innovation at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. In this role he leads the Student Success Programs department whose various interconnected programs assist students in progressive stages of development; and have as their ultimate goals an increased rate of student degree completion, future employment or study, dedicated citizenship, and...
2023-07-2035 min
Sheffield Digital PodcastHow did you get here: Interview with Co-Founder & CEO of The Tech Dept - Dan KirbyHow did you get here?Dan Kirby shares his journey to becoming Co-Founder and CEO of The Tech Dept, specialists in working with early-stage startups, particularly impact startups. Their mission is to help impact founders do good at scale. Dan tells us about his life as an entrepreneur since 2001, the highs and lows of running a business, and why he started a podcast called “Honey, I blew up the business” which has reached the top 2.5% of global podcasts and is listened to in 44 countries. Guests on the show talk about what it's really like to be a...
2023-07-1833 min
Prescription For Living In Houston PodcastLiving In Upper Kirby With Mark FunkWelcome to "Prescription for Living in Houston," the ultimate podcast guide hosted by the insightful Dan Stine. Join us on a remarkable journey as we explore the vibrant tapestry of life in the Houston metro area. Whether you're a seasoned resident or contemplating a move to this bustling city, this podcast is your key to navigating and embracing everything Houston has to offer. From delectable culinary delights to uncovering hidden gems and unique neighborhoods, we leave no stone unturned. Get ready for an engaging and informative exploration of Houston's rich tapestry of life.Guest Biography:
2023-07-1336 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E15: Surrender to the Flow with Nikki TrottIn this episode, Dan is joined by Nikki Trott, brand strategist, Founder of Barefoot Ventures and host of the Going Conscious podcast - a top global 2.5% podcast, just like this one. Having built a career in developing fashion brands, Nikki thought she had achieved success. But then, she blew it all up… deliberately.In this interview, we delve into Nikki’s journey from a high-flying international fashion career to the world of impact finance. She unpacks what it means to “surrender to the flow.” How hopping off the tube unlocked a new way of seeing the world...
2023-07-1350 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E14: Harnessing Ridicule with Veronique Trang In this episode of "Honey I Blew Up The Business" Season 2, Dan welcomes fellow podcast aficionado, Véronique Trang. Véronique is the Founder and CEO of Telmi, the world’s first podcasting platform by kids for kids.In this raw and candid interview, we explore Véronique’s journey to building a purpose-led business. The truly awkward moments of her career. The lows. And how being stuck in a vicious circle of shame led her to discover her own purpose.Learn why you need to focus on your problems...
2023-07-0647 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E13: Becoming Driven with Dr Doug Brackmann In this episode of "Honey I Blew Up The Business" Season 2, Dan is joined by Dr Doug Brackmann. Doug is a psychologist, and the author of Driven: Understanding and Harnessing the Genetic Gifts Shared by Entrepreneurs, Navy SEALs, Pro Athletes, and Maybe YOU.In this deep and wide-ranging conversation, Doug delves into his shadow side during a time when his “elephant” took him for a wild ride that he couldn’t get off from. Discover the importance of owning your wolf. The “elephant vs the monkey mind.” Why “leading...
2023-06-2948 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E12: Embracing Uniqueness with Vimla Appadoo and Dr Marilyn Comrie OBEIn this episode of "Honey I Blew Up The Business" Season 2, Dan welcomes two powerful women from the North of England – Vimla Appadoo and Dr Marilyn Comrie OBE. They both sit on the Board of the Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and see business as a force for good – and positive change. In this interview, we delve into what it’s really like at the coalface of the entrepreneurial journey. Discover the power of saying no. How to embrace your uniqueness in whatever form it takes. And why studying your “red threads” can help you discove...
2023-06-2248 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E11: Fearlessness with Dominic McGregorIn this episode of "Honey I Blew Up The Business" Season 2, Dan features a very special guest - Dominic McGregor, one of the Founders of Social Chain (alongside you-know-who) and now Founder and Partner of Fearless Adventures. Dominic is the poster boy of modern entrepreneurship, but is it all it’s made out to be? At the age of 20, he was on a rocket ship ride to fame but soon found himself in a very dark place... In this raw and candid conversation, we get into Dominic’s journey from s...
2023-06-1548 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E10: The Pursuit Of Excellence with Michael BourneIn this episode of "Honey I Blew Up The Business" Season 2, Dan is joined by Michael Bourne, self-described “book addict” and the performance director of the Lawn Tennis Association. In this deep and wide-ranging conversation, we get a centre-court seat into what drives people to reach elite levels of a discipline. And then what destroys them. Michael peels back the layers of “Trauma with a big T” versus lower-case trauma - and why understanding these differences gives you an additional lens of empathy - to yourself. Discover why self-awareness is crucial...
2023-06-0853 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E9: Show Me The Money with Natalie Pearce and Alicia GrimesIn this episode of "Honey I Blew Up The Business" Season 2, Dan is joined not by one, but two spectacular guests – Natalie Pearce and Alicia Grimes. Natalie and Alicia are the Co-Founders of The Future Kind Collective, and as Dan likes to call them, the “Beyoncés of Culture.”In this interview, discover why energy is your most important asset. The ultimate taboo for a social purpose startup founder. Their prosecco-fuelled marriage proposal “baby-making” moment. And the power of doing less, but better. We also mention two books that have shaped...
2023-06-0152 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E8: The Moral Choice Of Optimism with Olivia Sibony In this episode of "Honey I Blew Up The Business" Season 2, Olivia Sibony returns to the show!Olivia is the Co-founder of Impact Amplified and a trailblazing tech-for-good champion. In this deep and wide ranging conversation, Dan and Olivia peel back the layers of optimism and “good energy.” Discover how to reframe hard times into a more positive worldview. Why it's vital to assess every part of your business and challenge whether it's a force for good. And the reasons why Olivia prefers the power of collaboration to comp...
2023-05-2544 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E7: Converting Fear Into Unlimited Potential with Geoff ThompsonIn this episode of "Honey I Blew Up The Business" Season 2, Dan is joined by Geoff Thompson, a BAFTA-winning writer and film-maker whose life story was brought to the screen with actors like Ray Winstone and Orlando Bloom. He is the author of close to fifty books and has appeared on the Sunday Times Bestseller List several times. A total badass, Black Belt Magazine USA named Geoff "the most influential martial artist in the world since Bruce Lee." He’s also a spiritual teacher who has greatly influenced our host, Dan....
2023-05-181h 05
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E6: How To Practise Focus with Claudine AdeyemiIn this episode of "Honey I Blew Up The Business" Season 2, Dan is joined by Claudine Adeyemi, the CEO of EarlyBird, a voice-centric onboarding software for the employability sector.In this raw and candid conversation, we get a ring-side seat into an entrepreneur’s early stages of growth. Witness Claudine’s journey: from homeless teen to high-flying lawyer, before making not one, but two daring pivots into the world of entrepreneurship.Discover why you should simplify. How having the right mentors can help prevent strategic errors. And the lesson Steve Jobs...
2023-05-1148 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E5: My Hidden Motivation with Dirk BischofIn this episode of "Honey I Blew Up The Business" Season 2, Dan is joined by Dirk Bischof, the Founder and CEO of Hatch Enterprise. Hatch has helped over 8000 under-represented entrepreneurs since Dirk launched the business 10 years ago. In the interview, we explore the forces that drove him from communist East Germany to the beating heart of European capitalism: London Town. Discover the unconscious driving force of Dirk’s paternal relationship; and the influence of his “first mentor”, psychoanalyst Carl Jung. Learn about the importance of knowing what you DON’T wan...
2023-05-0454 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E4: Crossing The Rubicon with Jason Kingsley OBEIn this episode of "Honey I Blew Up The Business" Season 2, Jason Kingsley OBE returns for a re-match. Jason is the Owner and CEO of Rebellion, as well as the creator of the YouTube channel Modern History TV (over 750k subs), where he dresses up as a mediaeval knight and rides horses!Dan wanted to get Jason back on the show because he owns the cult comic 2000AD (the home of Judge Dredd), which Dan used to collect in the 1980’s! Learn why having a rebellious stance is good - up to...
2023-04-271h 01
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E3: The Clarifying Moment with Anthony PaineIn this episode of "Honey I Blew Up The Business" Season 2, Dan is joined by Anthony Paine, the CEO and Co-Founder of StashBee and an entrepreneurial educator at Founder Jumpstart.Anthony is a member of our community! A listener to the show, he reached out to Dan on LinkedIn. Now he’s on the show! In this raw candid interview, we get into how he felt “dragged through a hedge backwards” by his entrepreneurial experiences - from sunny lowlands to scary summits. Learn to spot the dark self-talk that can take you down. And why...
2023-04-2051 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E2: Addicted To Success with Margaret Manning OBEIn this episode of "Honey I Blew Up The Business" Season 2, Margaret Manning OBE returns to the podcast. She is a globally experienced digital entrepreneur with a focus on technology and innovation, and since the first interview, she’s become somewhat of a collaborator with our host, Dan.In this episode, we go deep into an under-explored aspect of entrepreneurship. What happens when you actually get what you want. When you win. After the credits roll. We witness how Margaret's move to sunnier climes - after selling her...
2023-04-1354 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessS2 E1: Me and My Shadow with Dan SullivanThe deadly Dan duo is back! After kicking off Season 1, Dan Sullivan returns to kick off Season 2. And this is his most open interview yet.Dan Sullivan is the world's foremost expert on entrepreneurship and has personally coached more successful entrepreneurs than anyone else living. He's the founder and president of The Strategic Coach Inc, the leading entrepreneurial coaching company in the world, which over the past 40+ years has provided teaching and training to more than 30,000 entrepreneurs.Together these “cosmic twins” delve into Dan Sullivan's "shadow side...
2023-04-0659 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessHoney I Blew Up The Business: Season 2 TrailerIn this trailer episode, host Dan Kirby gives us a reminder of why this podcast started in the first place, as well as a brief but tantalising glimpse into what lies ahead in the forthcoming season.There are some fantastic guests sharing raw and unfiltered interviews, so stay tuned for something special.Here’s what our listeners say: “Loving the insight, honesty and the raw positive energy that comes out from you and the guests” - Paddy.
2023-04-0605 minThe Official Do Good Better PodcastNonprofit Legend Dan Pallotta Shares His Story & Unique Perspective | The Official Do Good Better Podcast #290Today's Five-Star Guest is Dan Pallotta, a legend in the nonprofit world due to his dynamic impact on fundraising, communication and his unique ability to positively transform nonprofit supporters, funders and those who serve. Dan invented the multi-day charitable event industry. Dan was one of the founding partners for TED’s phenomenally successful Audacious Project, which curates some of the most promising and daring social change projects in the world, and has raised close to a billion dollars for them. In the last ten years, Dan has given over 400 talks on philanthropy and inno...
2023-03-1634 minHoney, I Blew Up The BusinessAn Update From Dan...We are back!In this episode, host Dan Kirby gives us a reminder of how this whole podcast was born and the incredible growth it's experienced since it started.He also dives into the new, exciting plan for Season 2 and talks about how the show is a part of something much, much bigger...------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▷ Honey I Blew Up The Podcast! We are no longer recording new episodes of this podcast ▷ Host Dan Kirby has sold his shares in The Tech Dept (the...
2023-03-1527 min
Wine Flight with Sophia & BenEp 8: Dan KirbyWelcome to your favourite new podcast, Wine Flight! Hosted by Sophia Longhi and Ben Franks. Each week, we interview a new guest with a shared love for wine. Sophia and Ben face off with a flight of wines and we ask each guest to pick a winner at the end of the podcast.
In this episode of Wine Flight, we're chatting to Dan Kirby. Dan is taking on the Master of Wine qualification, the world's most prestigious professional wine title, in the hope to join its ranks of only 414 MWs globally. He crowdfunded his first year's fees...
2023-01-2747 min
It's a Good Start PodcastDan Kirby's Journey To Self-Improvement: Cold Shower Therapy, Music Breaks & Ray Dalio's PrinciplesDan Kirby battles his own physiology and mental health issues to embrace the Wim Hof cold shower method, unlocking his full potential and a newfound sense of focus and discipline. You will learn how to use Wim Hof's argument of temperature equilibrium, music as a mental break, and Ray Dalio's principles of success to achieve success.Dan Kirby is an entrepreneur and DJ from Bakewell in Darbyshire who has been using the Wim Hof method to reset his mental health and stress levels. He is also an avid vinyl collector and music enthusiast, and has a SoundCloud...
2023-01-1954 min
The Kirby on Sports PodcastEp. 175 | The Playoffs are looming, The Kirby regular season awards + MoreOn this edition of The Kirby on Sports Podcast Josh, Dan and Carlos provide a brief recap of the final week of the NFL Regular season and they get you set for Super Wild Card Weekend as they preview every single matchup!
Later on in the show will be the First Annual "Kirby Regular Season Awards" as the boys crown a Coach of the Year, MVP and Comeback Player of the Year!
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2023-01-121h 39
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessExploding the Death Star with Nick BradleyNick Bradley is a multiple-billion $ dealmaker. And he hosts the Scale Up with Nick Bradley podcast - which used to be the UK’s no1 business podcast until Steven Bartlett turned up >waves fist
2022-12-2847 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessHow To Prepare For Crisis with Mike ReidMike Reid is founder of a top venture capital firm focused on European tech scale ups “that have a clear net positive impact on society”. But his financial business - Frog Capital - was launched in the financial crisis of 2008! Just how did he navigate this treacherous landscape? The answer included demoting himself. Listen in and find out why!In this episode, discover the tips Mike learnt working with Europe’s top tech startup CEO’s. Why no-one believes only good news. The importance of strategy. And ruthlessness. Understand how partnerships beat hierarchies and why you should invest in relationships to prepa...
2022-12-2145 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessImprobable Serendipity with Fred Schmidt MBEFred Schmidt - based in Austin, Texas - has been a refugee and the recipient of an MBE (a very rare occurrence for a US citizen). He has a lifetime’s career at the cutting edge of music, games, media, tech and retail - rubbing shoulders with Alice Cooper, Ted Turner and…our host Dan Kirby! Find out how Fred and Dan met (it involved street wrestling in Austin) and the unique perspectives of this “bootstrap kinda guy”. In this episode, you’ll find out how to take advantage of life’s ups and downs. The value of hard work and getting...
2022-12-1452 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessNo Excuses with Justin BreenJustin Breen is founder and CEO of two global companies. The author of two bestselling books. He lives an Epic Life from his home in Chicago. But the path to entrepreneurship was thrust upon him when - six days after he turned 40 - a 20 year career in journalism abruptly ended. Unable to find another job Justin was in a state of “utter hopelessness and panic". What did he do next? Listen in and find out!In this episode, discover why your family is your most important asset and the cost of success. The power of gratitude. Why you should invest mo...
2022-12-0746 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessLong-Term Thinking with Matthew StaffordMatthew Stafford is an entrepreneur and investor. An expert in the art of networking. He’s the co-founder of 9others, a network of over 4,500 entrepreneurs in 45 cities around the world. One time he deleted his Linkedin account. Why? Listen in and find out! In this episode, you will learn that insurmountable mountains are those you don’t face. Learn about the power of developing your network and playing long-term games with long-term people. Learn to communicate effectively. Reflect on why you should unplug from social media.Did you know? We’re now in the top 5% of global podcasts - heard in 44...
2022-11-3054 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessHow To Survive the Creative Industries with Jason Kingsley OBEJason Kingsley is the Co-Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Rebellion, one of the world’s most successful independent video games studios. Jason received an OBE in 2012 and has 751k subs on his YouTube channel. But back in the day, life was not straight-forward with suppliers going bust and deals getting undone. How did they survive? Listen in and find out! Tune into this episode to learn why lying to yourself is very dangerous. The value of “shovelling sh*t” at the weekend. How to prepare for the unknown. What entrepreneurs can learn from mediaeval knights. And why you should refuse...
2022-11-2349 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessPurpose Beyond Profit with Mark FawcettMark Fawcett is Founder & Chief Executive of We Are Futures - previously known as National Schools Partnership - a network of over 100,000 teachers and educational experts. He’s trustee of the British Exploring Society and previously a captain in The British Army. But when Mark started his business venture, failure soon stared him square in the face. How does he survive? Listen in and find out! In this episode, you will hear about purpose, getting up and moving on, and thinking beyond money and profits. Discover over two decades of practical insights from an adventurous entrepreneur. Learn ways to create yo...
2022-11-1646 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessTrying Your Luck with Gabriele MusellaGabriele Musella is the CEO and Co-Founder of Coinrule - a crypto trading startup. In 2021 they attended the legendary tech accelerator Y Combinator. He’s an investor and mentor - at Google Launchpad - and a regular feature in the media. Yet Gabriele’s mission has cost him more than just time and money and sweat. He left a five-year-long relationship to pursue his entrepreneurial aims. What happened next? Tune in and find out! In this episode, you will learn why perseverance is your most important asset. How to push your boundaries and learn - by getting way out of your...
2022-11-0245 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessBeing Different, Being Better with Tamara LittletonTamara Littleton is the CEO & founder of The Social Element, a 20-year-old global social media agency that works with global brands. Yet when she launched her business, social media wasn't even really a thing. And she nearly blew it all up before it started….What happened?! How did she cope?! Listen in and find out! In this episode, discover what an ambivert is. The importance of facing your fears when success is on the other side. The power of self-belief. Why to be vulnerable, in life and business. The value of owning who you are and being different.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022-10-1948 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessMy Resilience Toolkit with Emily CumminEmily Cummin is founder & CEO of Untangle, a tech platform providing support and community for dealing with death and grief. Yet the idea was born from an overwhelming moment. While Emily was building her early corporate career her parents divorced, and her grandpa - with whom she was very close - passed away. This truly tested the “Queen of Coping”. So, just how did she turn this moment of coping into a moment of creation? Listen in and find out! In this episode, you will learn to silence the productivity banshee, learn self-kindness, and have a compassionate inquiry with yourself. You...
2022-10-0541 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessEmbrace the Crisis with Paul ArcherPaul Archer is a Guinness World Record holding adventurer, best selling author and serial tech entrepreneur. Taking his swash buckling approach to life into his business career things looked great, until they didn’t as things came crashing down… at the launch party. So how did he dust himself off and continue building his next startup adventure? Listen in and find out. Discover how to take advantage of your uniqueness, selectively listen to self-doubt, understand the hidden risks of innovation, be clear eyed about life getting in bed with big partners…and the power of refocus in moments of crisis....
2022-09-2146 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessGet Mental Fitness with Jodie RogersJodie Rogers is an expert in mental fitness, the author of Amazon best-seller “The Hidden Edge: Why Mental Fitness is the Only Advantage That Matters in Business”. She’s also an entrepreneur teaching teams from the world’s leading corporations human behaviour, psychology, and communications. But during the pandemic, Jodie had to eat her own pudding. Her mental fitness was put to the test in what she described as “a shit show”. How did she cope? Listen in and find out! This episode is a practical guide to building your mental fitness - and why this matters when running a business. Le...
2022-09-0741 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessThe Power of Gratitude with Mark WhiteMark White is the founder of men’s mental health app MEUS Practice. He also leads Run Grateful - a global running initiative, based on gratitude. His previous community building startup got him into Red Bull’s Amaphiko project, which champions social purpose entrepreneurs. Yet Mark’s drive has emerged from a dark place, of addiction and burnout. Just how has he transformed darkness into light? Listen in and find out!In this episode, you will learn the power of gratitude and ongoing self-awareness. How to overcome bad habits, ignore fear, prioritise your mental health and harness positivity to keep going...
2022-08-2451 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessThe Power of F*ck You with Debbie Wosskow, OBEDebbie Wosskow OBE is a serial entrepreneur, author, international ass kicker and co-Founder of AllBright, the incredible on-and-off-line career network for women. But after an illustrious career - and global expansion plans - Debbie hit a force even stronger than her: a global lockdown. The pandemic presented her with “by far the worst time in my career, by a long way.” So how did she navigate it? Listen in and find out! In this episode, you will learn how to harness dark energy, be fearless, find humour in disaster, be open to change, make the most of a crisis and main...
2022-08-1046 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessBreaking The British Mindset with Russell DalgleishRussell Dalgleish is a serial entrepreneur and leading global community builder. He’s the co-founder and chair of Scottish Business Network - comprising over 8000 people in 5 continents - and founder and Managing Partner at Exolta Capital Partner. He’s also a columnist and international speaker, and was listed by the UN as one of the UK's top 100 most influential entrepreneurs. He’s a powerhouse of great advice - including how to blow up your own mindset to better get ahead.In this episode, you will learn about getting out of your comfort zone, how to network, and changing your philosophy of lif...
2022-07-2746 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessLeveraging Diversity with Suki FullerSuki Fuller was named by Financial Times as one of the Top 100 Black, Asian, Minority, Ethnic Leaders in UK Tech and by Computer Weekly as one of the Most Influential Women in UK IT. She’s also an entrepreneur, international speaker and expert in strategic and competitive intelligence. Travelling the world growing up, Suki found a unique perspective. One that was consolidated by serving over a decade in U.S. military intelligence. But just what did she learn from a lifetime of groundbreaking? Listen in and find out! In this episode, you will discover the value of the inclusion of mu...
2022-07-1345 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessLessons From £40m of Failure with Jeremy BassetJeremy Basset is the CEO of CO:CUBED, a company that helps corporate businesses like Adidas, Vodafone, and Coca-Cola work with startups. Prior to this he was Head of Unilever Foundry - a startup programme he launched - and which saw over 200 startup collaborations. But he only learnt the right way to innovate after learning the hard way - going through £40m of funding - and 22 failed businesses - while at Unilever’s ‘new businesses unit’. What did he learn from this period of epic failure? Listen in and find out! In this episode, hear the time Jeremy was petrified by Dan...
2022-06-2937 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessRefusing To Regret with Beta LuccaBeta Lucca is the Co-Founder & Non-Exec Director of Bossa Studios, a BAFTA-winning video game developer. She’s a multi-creative entrepreneur: YouTuber, keynote speaker, startup investor and frequent media-appearer. But back in 2010, after leaving a successful career in her native Rio de Janeiro, she landed in the UK to… culture shock and depression. How did she turn it around? Listen in and find out! Discover how “everything is overcomeable” as Beta explains how your challenges create your future self. Learn how to keep going regardless of what your emotions tell you. Understand the dark side of being driven. And why - and when...
2022-06-1549 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessBetween Delusion & Reality with Steven HoffmanSteven Hoffman - a.k.a. Captain Hoff - is the Chairman & CEO of Founders Space, a global innovation hub for entrepreneurs, corporations, and investors based in San Francisco. He’s an investor, multiple time author, prolific podcaster and global public speaker. Plus a serial startup founder with a decades-long career from Silicon Valley to Hollywood. On the podcast we get into a rollercoaster ride story of Steve’s media-tech-startup woe, a rich vein of learning which underpins his book “Surviving a Startup”. But just how did he survive? Listen in and find out! In this episode, you will learn the powe...
2022-06-0156 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessRunning the Marathon Des Sables (with Covid!) with Dan KirbyWhen our host Dan Kirby - who’s day job is running The Tech Dept - announced his intention to run in the Marathon Des Sables (MDS), everyone thought he was crazy. Yet, on the 25th March 2022, he undertook this legendary survival race, dodging scorpions in sand dunes with all his food and equipment strapped to his back. And he completed it - raising £14,000 for charity KidsOut with his team.The MDS — known as “the toughest foot race in the world” — is a seven-day, 250 kilometre, ultra-marathon across the remote Moroccan Sahara (that’s the equivalent of six marathons). That’s tough - but Dan...
2022-05-1853 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessGrace Under Pressure with Nicole YershonNicole Yershon has been called “the disruptor’s disruptor” having built the pioneering innovation business: Ogilvy Labs. Now founder & CEO of innovation consultancy The NY Collective, she’s a best selling author and named one of the 25 women who shaped the digital industry in the past 25 years. But what happens when your life of disruptive innovation hits a period of massive disruption? Listen in and find out!In this episode, hear from one of the world’s leading innovation thinkers. Nicole will share how to unlock new ways to change your business - and life - for the better. Discover how leavin...
2022-05-0449 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessThe Power Of Feedback with Anna Hemmings MBE, OLYAnna Hemmings is a two-time Olympian, six-times world champion kayaker with 11 World and European medals - nine of them gold. She’s Britain’s most successful ever female kayaker, and was awarded an MBE for services to sport. Now she’s a leader in the psychology of high performance with a specialist consultancy and motivational speaking career. But this illustrious career nearly never happened. At the age of 24 - after competing in the Olympics and 3x world champion - she was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. No-one knew how to fix her. So how did she turn it around? Find out on...
2022-04-2045 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessPerfecting Your One-Inch Punch with Matt LernerMatt Lerner spent 15 years in Silicon Valley - including a decade leading the growth of PayPal - before becoming a venture capitalist with legendary investors 500 Startups. He’s now CEO of Startup Core Strengths, which helps early-stage startups boost growth. Listen in as we discover how Matt leverages his addiction to learning - from often painful failure - to create rapid growth in business. In this episode you’ll learn the importance of focusing on one thing and how you get what you measure. Understand what “mentor whiplash” is, and how to avoid it. How growth is everyone’s job. And the po...
2022-04-0639 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessPicking Your Battles with Jay BhayaniJay Bhayani is the founder and Managing Director of a specialist law firm with offices across the UK. In 2021 she was named as one of Britain’s top 10 HR advisers. But her journey has not been straightforward. Having to deal with a malevolent business partner she went through four years of hell - fighting for her name. Literally for the use of her name. And saving her industry reputation. This came at a price, a legal wrangle which nearly cost her everything. How did she escape from this tangle? And what did she learn? Listen in and find out!In th...
2022-03-2344 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessSlaying The Dragon with Spencer GallagherSpencer Gallagher is an entrepreneur, best-selling author and the UK’s leading creative agency growth expert. Spencer and Dan met five years ago in Austin, Texas - where Dan was wearing a wrestling outfit (listen and find out why!). Spencer has helped boost thousands of the world’s most innovative companies and he walks the walk with them. In this inspiring conversation we learn how this path took him to breaking point - several times - and just how he persevered. In this episode, you’ll learn the three lessons that Spencer learnt from sailing close to the edge. The magic...
2022-03-0952 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessGuts Over Fear with Nik GovierNik Govier is the Founder & CEO of Blurred - a fast global management, communication, and creative consultancy. She is a regular feature in PR Week’s Top 10 Power List and in 2021 was named PR Communicator of the Year. But the last 5 years have been a whirlwind of personal challenges and change. From facing leaving a business with nothing (after building it for 12 years) to facing a cancer scare during the pandemic. Just how did Nik not only survive, but thrive with a new business and sense of mission? Listen and find out! In this episode, discover how to navigate a lo...
2022-02-2347 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessThe Tightrope Between Success & Failure with Guy RemondGuy Remond is a transatlantic entrepreneur, investor, adviser and podcaster. Back in 2017 he met our host Dan over a cup of tea in Toronto. In that same year Dan nearly lost his business while Guy sold his… to Disney. Guy’s team went on to build the backbone for the streaming service Disney+. So, what happened?! Dan wanted to know - so on this podcast we find out the true back story - the high-stakes pitches, the cashflow crises, the “torture”. Discover the fine line - the tightrope - Guy walked between success and failure!In this episode you will learn wh...
2022-02-0953 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessThe Substance Of Success with Vikas Shah MBE DLVikas Shah is the Managing Director & CEO of Swiscot Group, venture investor, philanthropist, author, interviewer, artist, and poet. He is the author of “Thought Economics” & “3650” and has interviewed the likes of Ryan Halliday, Sadhguru, and Hans Zimmer on his own podcast. In 2018, Vikas was awarded an MBE for Services to Business and the Economy in Her Majesty the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List. He is also a Non-Executive Board Member of the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. With the internet at its infancy, Vikas dove into web design and rode the growth of the dot-com bubble...
2022-01-2650 min
Next Future TodayEverything is a REMIX (and then some!) with Kirby Ferguson and Dan KeldsenWelcome to Next Future Today with your host, Dan Keldsen.Find more episodes at NextFutureToday.com, on YouTube, or in your favorite podcast app.This is Season 1, Episode 4, and this is for all of you who want to learn to be more creative, dive deep into both original and remixed content, and a whole lot more.This fun chat is with Kirby Ferguson, who’s most famous online work is the multi-part, and currently being updated and re-released series, EVERYTHING IS A REMIX....
2022-01-1952 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessHoney I Blew Up The Band... with Martyn WareMartyn Ware is an interdisciplinary innovator: musician (with his band Heaven 17), record producer (with Tina Turner, Erasure + many more), 3D soundscape designer, university lecturer and host of the podcast Electronically Yours. Plus he created a sound design business - Sonic ID - with our host Dan! Back in 1978 he founded pioneering electronic act The Human League, and was famously kicked out of his own band. But what really happened behind the scenes of this “massive betrayal”? Find out on the podcast! Learn how to turn anger into creative energy. How you have to believe in yourself and learn the dark arts...
2022-01-1253 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessThe Moment Of Truth... with Kerstin RobinsonKerstin Robinson is the co-founder of Nix & Kix, which was established in 2014 to “banish the boredom and put some healthy excitement back into the world of soft drinks.” At this year’s Great British Entrepreneur Awards, Kerstin emerged a finalist in the “Scale-Up Entrepreneur of the Year” category. Kerstin pursued her MSc in finance from the London School of Economics and then began climbing her career ladder. A few years later, Kerstin’s career unhappiness reached a climax, prompting her to burn bridges with the high-flying banking career. Scared, industry-unenlightened, unrealistic, and naively enthusiastic, Kerstin set out on her entrepreneurial journey…In t...
2021-12-2948 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessMy Roller Coaster Ride From Hell with Margaret Manning OBEMargaret Manning is an “unashamed geek”, serial international entrepreneur and winner of multiple awards, including an OBE. In the 90s, when Bill Gates - and the rest of the world - thought the internet was a fad, she gave up a sensible accountancy career to set up an internet business. Everything was on the line. If she messed it up she would lose everything. And while she’s now got her gongs, getting there was a wild ride. Listen in!In this episode, you will learn what it means to be truly innovative “rather than just following this big red rule boo...
2021-12-1549 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessThe Rebel CEO with Helen O’DonnellHelen O’Donnell is the CEO and Director of Partnerships at Children’s University Trust: “the largest university in the UK after the Open University”. A strong, feisty, outspoken woman who has “never gone about things the way that most normal people would go about things”. A midlife crisis prompted an unexpected career change that horrified Helen’s parents. Turning her back against the status quo, was Helen’s pursuit for social justice worth giving up stability for?In this episode, you’ll learn to take a step out of your comfort zone, outside of which countless opportunities lie. How to just go ahead a...
2021-12-0154 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessBreaking Through To The Real You with Katy HowellKaty Howell is CEO of Immediate Future, “one of the UK’s most respected social media agencies”. She was named the fourth most influential social media marketing expert by The Drum, PRovoke’s Innovator 25 EMEA in 2020, and is amongst the Top 100 Asian Tech Entrepreneurs in the UK. After an epic crash during the 2008 financial crisis she experienced a period of rapid growth. But rather than creating a dream business she ended up living a nightmare. A toxic brew of bad hires and weak leadership created what Katy called “a gilded cage”. Just how did she break out? Listen and find out! In this...
2021-11-1750 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessMy Minor Meltdown with Lisa LeightonLisa Leighton is a Joint Managing Partner at BHP, one of the UK’s largest independent Accounting firms and ranked the second-best firm to work for. But Lisa is the opposite of the accountant stereotype - she’s fun, creative and joyful. Coming from solidly working class roots she navigated an early personal trauma which could have hobbled her career before it began. But the work ethic which took her to the top had a dark side…creating a “minor meltdown” which forced a major rethink of how to approach work, and life...In this episode you will learn the “art of resil...
2021-11-0349 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessWhy Mindset Matters with Georgia KirkeGeorgia Kirke is the founder of Write Business Results, author, podcaster, public speaker, and winner of The Ultimate Entrepreneur 2021. While we all had a ‘bump’ in 2020, Georgia got the proper job. In January that year she fell off a rock-climbing wall with her foot stuck in it. Resulting in a gruesome - life changing - injury. Stuck immobile in a hospital bed, in severe pain, she was facing the meltdown of her business. But that was the least of it. A consultant told her: get a grip on your mindset...or you’ll never make it out of here. Then the pa...
2021-10-2746 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessEmbracing Your Battle Scars with Jo DaltonJo Dalton is a founder, investor and trusted advisor to europe’s most exciting startups (aka those fabled “unicorns”). Frustrated by industry ethics during her early career as a headhunter, she decided to take the executive search industry “and blow it up a bit”. But she was a single mother with no office and limited resources - early days she describes as “really dark”. This was while working in the rapidly changing tech sector PLUS trying to disrupt her own industry. How did Jo cope? Tune in and find out...In this episode, you’ll discover the business secrets that Jo only shares w...
2021-10-2044 minThe Official Do Good Better PodcastThe Official Do Good Better Podcast Season Four Ep11: Media Cause Nonprofit Marketing Expert Dan Reed"They're people, not email addresses." Dan Reed, CFRE, is the Senior Account Director, Digital Fundraising for the nonprofit marketing agency, Media Cause. He joins Patrick today to share the most up-to-date advice on nonprofit marketing. Dan started his digital fundraising career at Us TOO International Prostate Cancer Education and Support Network, developing peer-to-peer activities for two annual Greater Chicago Prostate Cancer Run Walk & Rolls. From there, Dan spent seven years at the Smithsonian Institution, managing the digital components of the Friends of the Smithsonian direct response program, mid-level donor p...
2021-10-1937 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessA Problem Shared... with Alex MyersAlex Myers is the Founder and CEO of Manifest Group, “the world’s first global small agency”. Manifest has won International Agency Of The Year two years in a row and in 2020 Alex was named Global PR Professional Of The Year. He was a key part of the team that helped Brewdog become a global brand. But one time - at a Simon Sinek talk - Alex bumped into Dan and let slip he’d narrowly missed a business disaster. But what was that disaster? Dan always wondered…and on this podcast we find out.In this episode you’ll learn that “...
2021-10-1349 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessNon-Negotiable Beliefs with Olivia SibonyOlivia Sibony was listed in the UK’s Top Ten Women Entrepreneurs in 2019 and has been described as a “trailblazing ethical investment champion”. But blazing a trail has come at a cost. Overcoming severe corporate burnout, she launched a business to change the world. Only to find that her social purpose business began to lose it’s social purpose when things got tough. What was more important: her beliefs or the business interests of her investors? This moment of truth clarified a renewed life of purpose. She is now the CEO of SeedTribe - a community for people who believe in busin...
2021-10-0646 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessFacing Your Fears with Richard JefferyRichard Jeffrey is a master of growth. Not only for his own business, but in helping other entrepreneurs start and scale on a regional and national level. After some turmoil in his early public-sector career Richard was offered the chance to build a business on behalf of The Growth Company (a 1300-strong social enterprise in Greater Manchester). The business he launched - Business Growth Hub - grew to a team of 200 within 10 years and was rolled out as a model across the UK. But this came at a price. Skirting with burnout, a moment of truth came when his daughter...
2021-09-2953 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessWalking The Line Between Success & Failure with Mark StringerMark Stringer aka “Strings” is a London PR scene legend, with a string of successful companies (from PR, to events…to absinthe). But his hot-shot early career hit a rude reality check: one time at a bus stop, he couldn't get any money from the ATM and had to walk home. This ego-busting moment forced him to open up, and has fuelled a career-building self belief. He is now co-founder of SKOOT, the first and only carbon negative navigation and carpool, but admits that “honestly, the line between success and failure is scarily thin”.In this episode learn how to better bac...
2021-09-2252 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessFrom Public Speaker To Prison Cell with Peter SageIn 2015 Peter Sage was named alongside Elon Musk as one of the world’s greatest leaders and entrepreneurs. But two years later he was locked up in the UK’s most violent prison, even though he hadn't committed a crime. He was there for 6 months. Peter has built multiple 8 figure companies and had multiple #1 best-selling books. He’s a globally renowned speaker - 6x at TEDx - and transformational coach. He spent 15 years working with Tony Robbins. And in one moment in the High Court it came crashing down. But in that moment he chose to apply his 30 years experience in “se...
2021-09-1556 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessThe Accidental Entrepreneur with Lou Cordwell OBELou Cordwell never wanted to be “an entrepreneur” but ended up with an OBE for services to the creative and digital economy. Over the last two decades she’s led digital design agency magneticNorth to become a globally renowned pioneer. But it wasn't a straight line...only 6 months in she had to confront “what felt like a divorce”. Plus she faced the mix of motherhood while looking after The Baby (ie the business). In addition to the day job she’s Chair of the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership.Discover the art of writing things down, the power of sleeping on it and ho...
2021-09-0851 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessHow I Almost Killed Me with Joseph PackAn entrepreneur since 21, Joseph Pack rapidly built a social media agency with clients like Adidas and the NHS. The new car, weekend partying, nice clothes, and social media success became too much to handle as he knew that “it was all fake, a lie”. 10 strong coffees every day and a 12 hour workday became a recipe for disaster. At 26, Joe nearly died after a series of surprise seizures. Yet he claims this is one of the best things to ever happened to him.How did Joseph turn a breakdown into a breakthrough? Leaving behind depression and a draining lifestyle towards yoga, well...
2021-09-0153 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessThe Value Of Being Different with Katy BaxterKaty Baxter has been a pioneer in financial services for over 30 years, building a substantial family business and international jet-setting career as the former UK Chair of the ‘Million Dollar Round Table’. Yet coming out of lockdown she is starting afresh with a new business. So what prompted this radical change...and how has she handled it all?During the episode, Katy will outline how the company you keep is integral to how successful you will become, as well as the need for constant adaptation. In times of crisis, Katy shares how to keep a cool head, why it is impo...
2021-08-2555 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessHow To Tackle A Terminal Illness with Mark BryantAn entrepreneur since selling cigarettes at University in the late 90s, Mark Bryant spent 15 years in the energy efficiency industry - owning and managing companies from £1m to £15m. After overcoming a 2012 business meltdown (involving fraud and HMRC investigations) and building back the business he was flying high. Then the real disaster struck: a 2015 cancer diagnosis and 6 months to live. Yet 6 years later he’s training for a half Iron Man, a fitness and wellness entrepreneur, keynote speaker and podcast host of ‘Terminal to Triathlon’. In this episode, Dan explores Mark Bryant’s entrepreneurial healing journey, which started by learning how to con...
2021-08-1848 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessBecome The Champ with Alan HearyAlan has gone from getting bullied in school to becoming a successful bodybuilder, training the athletes that once upon a time... bullied him! In the mid-90s, Alan learnt how hypnotherapy could “make people believe they’re Rocky Balboa” and incorporated this into his training. Alan owns and operates one of the world’s toughest endurance events: “The Race Around Ireland” (a 2200km cycling route to be completed in 5 days) and his clients include world boxing champions, Olympians, professional cyclists, golfers, footballers, and global brands such as Microsoft.Alan discusses how to build resilience and keep your head in the game when op...
2021-08-1150 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessWhen Terrorists Blow Up Your Plan with Dr Marilyn Comrie OBEDr Marilyn Comrie OBE is a pioneer for positive change and a serial social entrepreneur. In 2009, she was honoured by HRH The Queen with an OBE for services to women's enterprise. But in 2013, a bomb blast stopped her relocation from the UK to Kenya, where she was expecting to live the “glorious expat lifestyle”. Embarking on a business mission with her sons she has had to confront malicious business partners and industry prejudice. Then lockdown nearly cost them everything.Discover how to “be like water”, avoid sharks and confront the unknown. How to answer the call to adventure and live the hero...
2021-08-0451 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessHow To Literally Reinvent Yourself with Adah ParrisIn this episode of Honey I Blew Up The Business, Dan is joined by Adah Parris, an entrepreneur and artist. We talk about reinventing our careers...but Adah had to literally reinvent herself. In 1991 she suffered complete memory loss after a super-dramatic car crash in the USA (seriously, it’s like a movie scene). We cover workaholism, saying “no” and chasing other people’s versions of success. Adah has continually reinvented herself - because we and the world are constantly changing - by learning to be still, to play and define what’s important. She has taken these skills to enact tran...
2021-07-2855 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessHow To Get Out Of A €16m Hole with Gavin J GallagherIn this episode of Honey I Blew Up The Business, Dan is joined by Gavin J Gallagher, real estate mogul & executive director at Earlsfort Group. During the 2008 financial crash, Gavin went from owning a multi-million dollar real estate portfolio to €16 million in debt. Now, in his late 40’s with 5 kids and a lifetime of experience, Gavin has an entirely different outlook on life than he did in his 30’s. On his podcast “Behind The Facade”, Gavin focuses on “exploring the often overlooked but critically important mental and emotional game governing success in real estate”. We explore the depths you can reach when har...
2021-07-2157 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessThe Psychology Of Negotiation with Mike LanderIn this episode of Honey I Blew Up The Business Dan is joined by Mike Lander, CEO at Piscari and one of London’s leading dealmakers. He’s negotiated hundreds of deals worth over £400m in aggregate and bootstrapped businesses which he sold for 7 figures. At Piscari, Mike helps smaller companies negotiate better deals with big companies. He co-hosts the “It’s a Good Start” podcast where he discusses entrepreneurship for digital and marketing agencies, vlogs and writes for the marketing press. Mike shares the human and financial impact of getting into things you don’t understand. He also talks about stickin...
2021-07-1449 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessHow To Become F*cking Unstoppable with Paul MortIn this episode of Honey I Blew Up The Business, Dan is joined by Paul Mort, Leader Of Men at Unstoppable, UK Mastercoach of the Year (for 2019 AND 2020), International Speaker and author of “F*cking Unstoppable - the modern man’s guide to grabbing life by the balls”. He’s the host of the podcast “Paul Mort Talks Sh*t” (where he’s interviewed Tyson Fury and Ant Middleton) and his one man show is already sold out later this year. Paul talks bluntly about dealing with addiction, bipolar disorder and suicidal thoughts (he literally stood on the edge of the cliff). We...
2021-07-0754 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessFrom Getting Sacked To Successful Entrepreneur - Plus Everything In Between with David BraithwaiteIn this episode of Honey I Blew Up The Business, Dan is joined by David Braithwaite, Director and Principal Financial Adviser at Citrus Financial Management. David runs a portfolio of businesses under the Citrus brand, specialising in working with people with a media profile. He’s a bit of a media personality himself, hosting his own BBC Radio show and having literally toured the world speaking to 10’s of 1000’s of people. Plus he coaches other entrepreneurs as an Associate Coach at Strategic Coach. David is extremely candid about the challenges that have shaped him and his career. From confidence buildi...
2021-06-301h 05
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessQuick Decisions, Stressful Situations & Purposeful Business with Pip WilsonIn this episode Dan is joined by Pip Wilson, Co-founder and CEO at Amicable. Pip is a successful serial tech entrepreneur since 2002, building IT consultancy Bluefin Solutions to 300 people in four countries before a 2015 exit. Pip is also the deputy chair of the RSA (Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), is passionate about empowering women in tech and was formerly a trustee of The Girls Network. She and her business partner Kate Daly have co-founded Amicable to help divorcees achieve an amicable divorce at an affordable cost.Pip has navigated a number of stressful situations, including The Great Recession...
2021-06-2351 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessChimps, Creativity & Compassion with Carl CastledineIn this episode of Honey I Blew Up The Business, Dan is joined by Carl Castledine, CEO at Away Resorts. In this episode, Carl shares stories about ways of working which burnt him out, re-discovering your inner artist and cultivating compassion as a leader.Carl shares how the challenges of the pandemic have challenged him to take a step back and examine what’s really important. This greater awareness - and mind-management tools like “boxing your chimp” - have helped him discover a higher purpose within his business. Self care, and care of others are a big theme of this inspir...
2021-06-1659 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessManaging Ego & Building Resilience with Ian HambletonIn this episode of Honey I Blew Up The Business, Dan is joined by Ian Hambleton, one of the UK’s leading creative entrepreneurs. Ian is the CEO of Maze Theory, a Virtual Reality games studio in London which publishes titles for brands like Dr Who and Peaky Blinders. He’s co-founder of carbon reduction startup Ecologi and was also the co-founder of both Studio Output (a top independent design agency) and Glug (which hosts events for creatives in over 35 countries).Ian draws on his immense experience to share insights about how he learned the value of honesty, vulnerability and resi...
2021-06-0949 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessAchieving Entrepreneurial Happiness with Charlie ReadingIn this episode of Honey I Blew Up The Business, Dan is joined by Charlie Reading, an established entrepreneur, award-winning global speaker, chartered financial planner, published author and podcast host. Charlie reflects on the fact that entrepreneurs can’t ignore health in their quest for a work-life balance (you should insure yourself just like you insure your house or mobile phone). Charlie also shares that creating systems is more important than simply setting goals and many other strategies that will help entrepreneurs at any stage, create sustained happiness in their lives.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▷ Honey I Blew Up The...
2021-06-0258 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessWorking With The Beatles, Getting On With It & Chasing Empty Wagons with Geoff HeathIn this episode of Honey I Blew Up The Business, we have a world first! Dan is joined by Geoff Heath OBE - in his inaugural podcast interview - to discuss Geoff's journey from the forefront of the music industry (just how did it feel when Yoko Ono opened the apartment door to meet John Lennon?) to pioneering the video game industry, when it was seen as a crazy new fad. We discover his top three business principles and why entrepreneurs should get on with it (if it’s working!) and stop chasing empty wagons. Full disclosure: Geoff is the No...
2021-05-2638 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessFatherly Advice, The Power Of Simplicity & Creating Your Own Future with Scott MorrisonIn this episode of Honey I Blew Up The Business, Dan is joined by Scott Morrison, Founder & Bringer Of The Boom! to discuss Scott's journey from the world of big brands to creating his own entrepreneurial future. Scott shares the advice given by his father that heavily influenced this journey, that entrepreneurs must leverage the power of simplicity and why he listened too much to some people and not enough to others.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▷ Honey I Blew Up The Podcast! We are no longer recording new episodes of this podcast ▷ Host Dan Kirby has sold...
2021-05-1452 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessFrom £80 To +£10 Million with Tracey ShirtcliffIn this episode of Honey I Blew Up The Business, Dan is joined by Tracey Shirtcliff, Founder & CEO at The Virtu Group to discuss Tracey's journey from a New Zealand "farm girl" to serial tech entrepreneur. Tracey shares the single experience that led her to leave the corporate world, life's only guarantee and the importance of emotional state in entrepreneurship.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▷ Honey I Blew Up The Podcast! We are no longer recording new episodes of this podcast ▷ Host Dan Kirby has sold his shares in The Tech Dept (the business he blew up & turn...
2021-05-1449 min
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessHow To Turn Your Worst Day Into Your Biggest Breakthrough with Dan SullivanIn this launch episode of Honey I Blew Up The Business, Dan is joined by another Dan - Dan Sullivan, Founder & President & Strategic Coach - known as the world's no1 entrepreneurial coach. They discuss Dan Sullivan's journey from growing up in a blue collar family in Northern Ohio to becoming unemployable. Dan shares 50 years of entrepreneurial wisdom, why entrepreneurs need to have a team and why the day that he got divorced and went bankrupt was the single greatest learning experience of his life.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▷ Honey I Blew Up The Podcast! We are no longer re...
2021-05-141h 03
Honey, I Blew Up The BusinessTrailerIn this trailer, Dan shares what to expect from Honey I Blew Up The Business, why he's doing this and the gory details of what happened when *his* business blew up…---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▷ Honey I Blew Up The Podcast! We are no longer recording new episodes of this podcast ▷ Host Dan Kirby has sold his shares in The Tech Dept (the business he blew up & turned around) to launch Founders Are Mental - teaching tech founders how to become Zen-like without being a monk... ▷ Show sponsors The Tech Dept are still going strong...
2021-05-1109 minThe Kirby on Sports PodcastThe 100th Edition of The Kirby on Sports Podcast | Part 1On this 100th Edition of The Kirby on Sports Podcast Josh is joined by Dan and Carlos for Part 1 as they discuss College Football and Week 15 of the NFL! And don't forget our weekly segment "Line Em Up" with Zach Ruff!
The Rundown:
- The Final CFP Rankings + Predictions
- Chargers come out on the winning side
- Tom Brady makes another comeback against the Falcons
- Brees back for the Saints
+ More
You can find Dan on Twitter: @Dan_demski97
2020-12-252h 12
Kirby Reviews : The PodcastDan Reyes of Odd Vinyl RecordsThis episode is in partnership with The Philanthropist Project. They are a fund-raising project organized by a group of friends to help the people affected by the pandemic brought about by COVID-19. They are now also helping out victims of Typhoon Ulysses in provinces like Cagayan, Isabela, Rizal and Quezon Province. If you have extra clothes, food or money please hit up The Philanthropist Project. Together let's help out everyone in need and make a difference.
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