Mind Your Business

This week we are talking all about innovation in business. 

The modern business world is full of obvious innovation - cloud computing, automated software, machine learning etc, but there is also a lot…

This week we discuss all things Strategy.

Do you have one for your business, do you need one?

Recently a hitherto unseen memo from Steve Jobs to his board was released into the public domain. In it, St…

This week Alan and Matt discuss how the pace of change in technology has fundamentally changed how businesses operate.

Covering everything from Estate Agents to Marketing companies, via Victorian Meat…

The boys are back for Season 2!

This week Matt and Alan breakdown the destructive power of apathy within a business.

Whether that's a business owner's anxiety manifesting as apathy, or self-sabotage or…

This week the boys discuss how relevant a proper business plan is in the modern world.

We talk about the important elements that all plans should include, what is just 'fluff' and why it's important t…

This week Matt and Alan discuss the differences between Entrepreneur and Employee Mindsets, and how pivoting between the two is a massively important skill for new business owners in particular.

There…

This week Alan and Matt are talking all things toxic culture.

Following the open letter from Brewdog's staff to it's CEO (which you can read here: https://www.punkswithpurpose.org/dearbrewdog/ ) the b…

This week, following Cristiano Ronaldo single-handedly knocking $4b from Coca-Cola's stock market value by moving two bottles half a metre, Alan and Matt talk about branding, and how powerful (but te…

On this week's pod, Matt and Alan discuss the nagging voice of self-doubt (the inner critic) and how business owners can sift the positive points out of all the negative thoughts they throw at you.

This week we talk all about the fundamental changes in the employee / employer relationships driven by the pandemic.

Hybrid working, a fast-moving, candidate-led, market and challenges with building a…

Have you ever had a spare ten minutes between meetings when, rather than getting something done, your brain enters a form of standby mode - not letting you start something new because you have that o…

In a world where all the information you could ever need is just a click away, why isn't it the case that all business owners are smashing it?

Is it a mindset issue, a time problem or do business owne…

It used to be all about work-life balance.

Successive lockdowns and continued working at home has put paid to that and now it's all about work-life integration.

Flexible working, ditching the 9-5 and i…

How many times have you heard the cliche 'work smarter not harder'?

What does it mean for you? 

This week Matt and Alan dig into what it means to them and how they implement a 'think smart, work hard' …

This week we discuss an interesting article Matt read on entrepreneur.com which detailed mistakes that early-stage businesses make.

Matt and Alan discuss each mistake and decide whether or not it's wo…

How important is belief to being successful in business?

This week we talk about how belief in your product or service is key to how you sell it, how belief in yourself allows you to better compare yo…

In this weeks episode, we answer two listener's questions (yay we have listeners!)

1 - how do you deal with being so busy you're overwhelmed?

2 - what do you know now, that you wish you knew when you s…

On this week's episode, Matt and Alan discuss what business owners need to do to boost their chance of success coming out of lockdown.

It centre's on the concept of un-learning what we've always done …

Setting your price at the correct level is a fundamental building block of any business, but too many business owners struggle with this - particularly around raising prices once they realise they've…

Whether it's a direct result of lockdown 3.0, or due to a transition from working 'in' their business to working 'on' their business it's entirely normal for business owner's self-motivation levels t…