Shows
The Growth Show with Matt LenzieDavid Owasi - Ace Your Business AcademyDavid is a marketing expert with a successful agency which has scaled significantly since COVID. He was born and grew up in Nigeria before moving to Canada.David established a painting and decorating business in Canada whilst he was at University, scaled this up to $1m of turnover.David now generates leads for clients at scale. He is currently considering how AI can be implemented into companies in a successful way.David uses software to create leverage in business, starting with LinkedIn's Sales Navigator...
2023-01-2854 min
The Growth Show with Matt LenzieDonnie Bachan - Six Berries - 2022 Tech Round Up - What to look out for in 2023Donnie is the founder of Six Berries and and he is a technology focussed founder, start-up advisor, NED and strategy consultant. Matt and Donnie have a weekly private mastermind, and we thought it would be fun to have a year end summary on the Growth Show.Topics:- Losers in 2022- Winners in 2022- Chat GPT - https://chat.openai.com/- AI- CryptoPlus much more!
2022-12-301h 01
The Growth Show with Matt LenzieAnthony Villis - Founder of Multi Award Winning First Wealth LLP - Wealth Management Unpacked. Anthony Villis is a serial entrepreneur and founder of the multi-award winning wealth management company First Wealth LLP, which recently won the coveted Chartered Financial Planning firm of the Year Award, 2021/2022 and has recently secured Certified B Corp Status. Anthony has recently launched several new businesses the first being Open Advice (https://openadvice.co.uk/), which is a Fintech company which has built software which been designed to close the “advice gap” and enables financial services companies to onboard clients more easily. Second Anthony and his team have launched Thrive Money (https://www.thriv...
2022-12-2251 min
The Growth Show with Matt LenzieDr Steve Day - Systems and Outsourcing - Doctor, Property Investor and EntrepreneurDr Steve Day is a former GP who built a property investment portfolio and then decided to explore how he could extrapolate himself from the business and built a series of systems and processes whilst working from Sweden where he now lives. Steve bought his first investment property when he was in his early 20’s, and made some “bad” business decisions but managed to keep hold of his property portfolio and then decided to retrain as a doctor in his late 20’s, with 7 years training required to achieve this goal. Steve ended up creating a series of...
2022-10-2536 min
The Growth Show with Matt LenzieAndi Cooke - from £0 to £30m property portfolio - Whitebox Property Solutions - Property Development EntrepreneurAndi Cooke co-founder of Whitebox Property Solutions joins Matt Lenzie for the latest episode of the Growth Show.By way of background Andi is a former tradesman, who built his own house, which gave him a taste of the potential of property development, he subsequently team up with Lloyd Girardi, and I think its probably fair to say that neither of them have subsequently looked back, with a portfolio gross development value of £30m.Andi has always been a grafter, and he built his own businesses from the ground up. Andi provides a...
2022-08-311h 26
The Growth Show with Matt LenzieMatt Belcher - Founder of Caltier Inc - Prop tech platform Matt Belcher is a serial entrepreneur who has built a number of successful businesses over his career. Matt moved to the USA around 10 years ago, and has subsequently launched a new business called CalTier, which is a prop tech company which is seeking to change the way that people around the world invest into Real Estate and other asset classes. CalTier is an SEC regulated investment platform providing access for private investors to get exposure to a variety of investment opportunities with an initial focus on the “multi-family” blocks, or what we would call i...
2022-08-1054 min
The Growth Show with Matt LenzieCharlotte Edwards - Accidental Female Developer - The Growth ShowCharlotte goes by the Instagram handle of Accidental Female Developer, and has a background in PR.Charlotte faced massive adversity at the start of her property journey she took the very brave decision to take on the development projects which were underway and has taken these through to completion.Charlotte has turned this situation around despite the challenges thrown up by Covid, a lack of development experience and over £1m of debt.Charlotte has gone on to turn a farmers field into 25 houses which i...
2022-08-0148 min
The Growth Show with Matt LenzieCraig Boddington - Founder of Blackhouse Private EquityCraig Boddington is a highly successful entrepreneur who has bought and sold lots of companies during his career. He sold some businesses and retired and then decided to move to Florida where he has set up Blackhouse Private Equity, which is a private equity group investing into global mergers and acquisitions. Craig is a 5th generation entrepreneur and he took over his fathers construction business, which had to be closed down after a few years. Craig also joined the army and then started to get involved in IT project management and training, moving into change...
2022-04-121h 00
The Growth Show with Matt LenzieUzzi Raffi - Product Developer and Founder of GeoSmart ProUzzi is a seasoned entrepreneur who has previously worked with LG Electronics as a project manager, then moved to Smarter which is a connected home company. Uzzi launched GeoSmart Pro which is a company which manufactures smart home products.Uzzi has a young child during the summer and was trying to keep the room temperature consistent, he therefore designed a fan which was smart connected to enable this. Uzzi launched the UKs first smart fan in 2009, and won a kite mark award for being one of the quietest fans in the market and has been...
2022-04-0751 min
The Growth Show with Matt LenzieDave Hartnett - £50m GDV in 18 monthsDave Hartnett joined the latest edition of "The Growth Show", Dave is a property developer has amassed a £50m GDV portfolio of property during the Covid lockdowns, spending many hours identifying properties and securing JV's with landowners. Dave specialises in approaching landowners off-market and entering into joint ventures with landowners to add value through planning and development. The approach of using JV’s reduces the capital requirement for the development deals which he is doing, as there is “money in the deal already”.Dave offers the landowner the “land value” plu...
2022-03-011h 00The Growth Show with Matt LenzieMark Potter - Entrepreneur and Property DeveloperMark Potter is the founder of Ernest Hardy Ltd which is a property development company. Mark left school at 14 and has built up a number of businesses over the years, including a gun shop, sold some tanks and other military vehicles and built up his own property portfolio.Marks "can do" attitude sets him apart from other entrepreneurs, and this is demonstrated best by his approach when a business that he had worked extremely hard on went into administration, instead of licking his wounds he moved into property and had 14 properties within 12 months!Mark has...
2021-12-141h 08The Growth Show with Matt LenzieJohn Abrahams - Co-Founder of Hiplok - Product Designer and EntrepreneurHiplok co-founders, John Abrahams and his colleague Ben Smith are product designers by trade and cyclists by heart. With over 25 years combined design and cycle industry experience, they set out to change security for cyclists. They wanted to protect what they love by bringing their design expertise and rider experience to deliver innovative, quality, bicycle locks which not only protect your bike but protect the joy of riding.The result was the world’s first wearable bike lock. But that was only the beginning. Since the launch of the Hiplok ORIGINAL in 2011, the pair have continued to le...
2021-06-3051 minThe Growth Show with Matt LenzieNeil Fillary - Founder of Crypto Hedge Fund Shuttle Holdings Joins Matt Lenzie for The Growth ShowNeil Fillary is an ex-investment banker and is currently an investor into cryptocurrencies both on a personal basis as well as running a portfolio of investments and companies in the space. Neil also runs a multi-family office platform, which provides a real insight into what ultra High Net Worth investors are thinking about digital currencies.Neil previously worked for Royal Bank of Scotland in their capital markets business, then spent a number of years at Deutschebank, then moved to JP Morgan Chase where he sold hedge funds into family offices. Neil is currently the founder and Director...
2021-05-2059 minThe Growth Show with Matt LenzieBilly Schwer - Former IBO World Champion Boxer and Performance Coach joins Matt LenzieBilly Schwer is a former lightweight IBO Super Light Weight champion boxer, who has subsequently forged a carer as a performance coach and trainer. Billy is the author of the book “Man Up”, which provides his steps, using a boxing analogy, of how to overcome challenges in life.Billy has overcome significant difficulties in his own life, following his retirement from boxing where he has had to adapt from being in his words, “Billy the boxer”, to find another sense of purpose in life, overcoming depression, bankruptcy and the breakdown of relationships.
2021-04-291h 03The Growth Show with Matt LenzieCaroline Syson - Entrepreneur and founder of Pocket PACaroline Syson is a serial entrepreneur and founder of PocketPA, which is a piece of software which Caroline has developed from scratch, initially to help her daughters beauty business and is now in the process of rolling out to other micro businesses.Caroline explains the challenges that she has faced building this business, even having to sell her beloved car to fund it! Caroline is now seeking investment into her company to enable it to scale up.Pocket PA is the one-stop small business app that helps you save...
2021-03-291h 01The Growth Show with Matt LenzieNatalie Allport - Entrepreneur, Canada Team Snowboarder, Cross-fit Competitor, Wim Hofer and Buteyko Breather!Natalie Allport joins Matt Lenzie for the latest epsiode of the Growth Show, here Natalie and Matt discuss lots of different breathing techniques, including Wim Hof, Buteyko breathing, plus training in the snow, cross-fit, snowboarding and more.Natalie is a former Canadian National Team Athlete, and has subsequently turned her attentions to cross-fit, cross-country and skiing as well as running her highly successful digital agency 93 Agency, where Natalie works with athletes to assist them with growing their respective brands.Takeaways:Read Breath by James NestorRead the Oxygen Advantage...
2021-03-1552 minThe Growth Show with Matt LenzieJeremy Harbour - Mergers & Acquisitions - Founder of The Harbour Club & Unity GroupJeremy Harbour is the founder of Unity Group Holdings a Singapore based private equity group, and The Harbour Club, which is a business acquisitions (M&A) training programme.Jeremy has acquired 100+ companies in what he calls agglomerations, which are consolidations of complimentary businesses which he then seeks to list on the stock market. He recently set up MBH Corporation Plc which has an approx market cap of £21.90m.Matt and Jeremy discuss how Jeremy got into business acquisitions, how he has built his portfolio and touching on some of t...
2021-02-111h 00The Growth Show with Matt LenzieMatt Baker - HMO Specialist Investor - Founder Of The HMO Platform - Co-Founder of co:homeMatt Baker is a former music teacher and he has subsequently gone on to build his own property investment business, specialising in HMO's (homes of multiple occupancy), and has set up a HMO training platform, The HMO Platform and is also Co-Founder of co:home.Matt discusses his journey from setting up his music tuition business and the realisation that the music was not going to provide him with the level of income he was looking for, then realising that property could be the asset class which provided the wealth acceleration that Matt was looking for.
2021-02-081h 22The Growth Show with Matt LenzieShack Baker - The Property Shack!Shack Baker is a serial entrepreneur who has had a variety of different careers, including being a highly successful musician, setting up and running a clothing brand an most recently a property investor. Shack has been investing in property for the past 3 and half years, and has built up a £2.5m portfolio in that period of time. Shack grew up in South London and he was the eldest of 6 children and he explains on the podcast how he felt a big responsibility to provide for his family. His objective when he got into property was to...
2021-02-011h 19
How to Raise Money Podcast#082 Why the Economy needs Growth and You!The HTRM Book – click HEREor enter https://www.htrmoney.co.uk/book
The scale of the economic impact of Covid 19 is huge!!
Today, Ray and Nigel collaborate with growth expert Matt Lenzie to discuss how easy it is to start and grow a business as a way to raise money and help the economy get out of the hole it is in.
The 4 Best Business Growth Strategies:
1. Increase the number of customers you have (better marketing)
2. Increase the number of purchases each customer buys (repeat or multiple purchases)
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2021-01-2132 minThe Growth Show with Matt LenzieStephen Page - Founder of Multi-Award Winning SEIS & EIS Fund Manager & EntrepreneurStephen Page is a successful entrepreneur who has built and exited his own business, he has subsequently turned his hand to launching a fund, with Startup Funding Club, now called SFC Capital, which is a multi-award winning FCA regulated fund manager specialising in investing into early stage companies through the SEIS and EIS. Startup Funding Club is one of the most active early stage investors in the UK, with a portfolio of 200+ companies invested into to date.Stephen discusses his philosophy in terms of investment, what he looks for in a company, and offers some handy hints...
2021-01-201h 09The Growth Show with Matt LenzieLloyd Girardi - Founder of Whitebox PropertyLloyd Girardi joins Matt Lenzie for the first Growth Show, discussing all things property, investment, personal growth goal setting and much more. Lloyd is the co-founder of Whitebox Property, which is a property training company helping property developers get their projects moving forwards, and is also a property developer with a portfolio which once completed will be worth up to £25m, all built in the past few years.Whitebox Property provide training solutions to aspiring property developers.LLoyd is on FacebookLloyd is on InstagramWhitebox are on Instagram
2021-01-191h 04
Property JamGetting floored by Matt LenzieWhat fun this episode was jamming with Matt Lenzie: property finance expert, investor and flooring business owner it turns out! As you can imagine, the latter of his three professional hats dominated the conversation with many reference to flooring being shoe-horned in including wiping the floor with Matt! We explore the topics of property investing risk, responsibility and the importance of support from friends and family. We also get deep into human chat on what we would do differently if we were starting again in property from scratch. Tune in to enjoy that rabbit warren of discussions!
2020-07-0634 min