The Summit by Fearless Adventures
Welcome to The Summit by Fearless Adventures, a brand new weekly podcast from Fearless Adventures and hosted by our co-founders David Newns and Dominic McGregor.
David and Dominic have been speaking to inspirational people about their personal journey, success and motivation, looking to answer the question “What is their personal summit?”
At Fearless Adventures we are passionate about supporting founders, ensuring you have the clarity, guidance and structure to make meaningful change within your industry vertical. By building open and honest partnerships, our founders and team of specialists help founders to define your vision, set targets and achieve great things.
We have poured that passion into The Summit by Fearless Adventures, hoping to provide aspiring entrepreneurs with insights into industry leading businesses and leadership lessons to enable you to reach your own summit.
About our hosts
A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.
Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America culminating in a public markets listing.
Learn more about Fearless Adventures and reach out to the team if you're a business owner looking for investment at https://fearlessadventures.co.uk/
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 46
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2023
How Manchester Became A Financial Hub And The UK Can Invest In Its Future - Tim Newns | The Summit Ep.24
This week we're delighted to introduce Time Newns, the MD of Levelling Up at the Office For Investment.
Prior to his role at the OFI, Tim spent 11 years as the chief executive of MIDAS, Manchester's I…
Pip and Nut: The Peanut Butter B Corp That Scaled From Market Stalls To Supermarkets | The Summit Ep.23
This week week Pippa Murray tells David Newns how she built a specialty peanut butter brand from her kitchen without compromising on her beliefs.
Pippa is the founder of Pip & Nut, a specialty peanut …
How Pete Watson Realised ADHD Was The Superpower For Scaling Business | The Summit Ep.22
This week's guest is Pete Watson, co-founder of Distract, a digital first marketing agency
Pete talks to Dominic McGregor and David Newns about the challenges he faced while starting his business and …
Craftd London: How Losing Your Ego Can Set You Up For Business Success - Danny Buck | The Summit Ep.21
Welcome to The Summit by Fearless Adventures, where we sit down with inspiring leaders to uncover their journey to success. In this week’s episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Danny Buck, co-…
How To Find A Job You Love And Empower Female Founders - Rachel McDonald | The Summit Ep.20
This week's guest is Rachel McDonald, Managing Director at Fearless Adventures.
Rachel talks to David Newns about how she fell in love with life in media and climbed the ladder at various agencies unt…
How Little Moons Disrupted The Ice Cream Industry With Their Viral TikTok Mochi | The Summit Ep.19
How do you educate customers on a product they've never seen before?
This week David Newns sits down with Howard Wong, co-founder of Little Moons to learn how he approached the challenge of creating h…
Candy Kittens: Sweet Branding And The Confectionery Business, Jamie Laing & Ed Williams | The Summit Ep. 18
Jamie Laing and Ed Williams went into business together to create Candy Kittens, a gourmet sweet range designed to challenge the confectionery industry.
Jamie and Ed share how they took an idea from s…
How A £92K Side Hustle Supercharged A Coffee Shop Startup | The Summit Ep.17
This week's guest is Jack Brewitt the Founder and CEO of 92 Degrees, a chain of coffee shops and roasteries which can be found across the UK.
Jack talks to David Newns and Dominic McGregor about how h…
How Rise at Seven Became the Go-To Digital Agency for Pretty Little Thing & Sony - Carrie Rose | The Summit Ep. 16
This weeks guest on The Summit By Fearless Adventures is Carrie Rose, founder and CEO of leading search-first creative agency Rise at Seven.
After securing Missguided as a client within their first 3 …
Own Your Values And Principles - Richard Potter, Co-founder of Peak AI | The Summit Ep.15
Richard Potter is co-founder and CEO of Peak, a company that aims to put the power of AI at the centre of commercial decision making. Peak have raised a total of $119m over three rounds of funding.
Th…
From Made In Chelsea To Influencer Marketing - Stevie Johnson, MD of Disrupt | The Summit Ep. 14
Stevie Johnson was a cast member on Channel 4’s ‘Made in Chelsea’ from Series 4 in 2012 through to series 9.
After leaving ’Made in Chelsea’, Stevie has worked as an influencer and became Managing D…
How Simba Sleep Made £70m Revenue In The First 3 Years | The Summit Ep. 13
James Cox co-founded Simba Sleep in 2015 and grew the company to $70m revenue, becoming Europe's leading sleep brand in under 3 years.
James talks to David and Dominic about the importance of collabor…
Don't Follow Your Gut Feeling! Adam Ludwin | The Summit Ep.12
Adam Ludwin is a serial entrepreneur and Chairman of Influencer
This week David Newns and Dominic McGregor sit down to discuss Adam's incredible career and successes.
Following the successful exit of …
How We Started The Premier League | The Summit Ep.11
Martin Edwards became the chairman of Manchester United in 1980 and led the club for 20 years.
Martin talks to Dominic McGregor about his career including his decision to hire Alex Ferguson as manage…
A Self-Taught Developer's Guide To Success | The Summit Ep. 10
Tony Cheetham first learned to code at the age of five by attending a computer club at his local pub with his parents. Tony now runs Shipster providing sales platforms with a custom gateway to implem…
How Daniel Broch Built The Everyman Cinema Empire | The Summit Ep. 9
Daniel Broch founded Everyman Cinemas in the year 2000 when he bought the Everyman cinema in Hampstead. Since then the company has grown to 39 cinemas taking the trademark easy going atmosphere acros…
Alan Price On How To Become A CEO | The Summit Ep. 8
Alan Price has always believed in the power of people, using his relationships over the years to learn, develop and eventually become the CEO of BrightHR.
Alan discovered that the trade union movement…
From Washing Cars To Fighting For Equality 💪 | The Summit Ep.7
Lisa Morton got her first taste of entrepreneurialism washing the neighbourhood cars with a bucket that was bought for her by a family friend. 🧽 🚘
Lisa later founded Roland Dransfield, A PR agency bas…
Building LoveRaw: Sneaking Into Whole Foods HQ And Finding Mindfulness As A Founder 🙏 | The Summit Ep.6
This week's episode of The Summit is perfect for chocolate lovers! 🍫💖
Rimi and Manav Thapar are the Co-founders of LoveRaw, producing vegan chocolate that tastes like chocolate. They speak to David an…
Can musicMagpie Become A £1 Billion Market Cap Business In The Next 5 Years? | The Summit Ep.5
Steve Oliver is the Co-founder and group CEO of musicMagpie. Founded in 2007, musicMagpie have successfully pivoted over time from selling used CDs and DVDs to become the UK’s leading mobile phone re…