Hows your week been? That’s our question for you. It’s all about what happens in people’s working week. What they do for a living, the ups and downs, how they started and everything in between.
We sat down with the Founder and CMO of Huel, the nutrition ninja himself Julian Hearn. Huel understand how important it is to get the business culture right, a lot of businesses should take note of what they are doing links
We've got the lads together to talk about the turning the Electric House lights on! On The Tools remains a key part of the business, along with our newest community On A Budget. We've had it a lot that people thought On The Tools was just a builder in his pants
Why everybody should be paying attention to Birmingham? This week we are joined by Yiannis Maos, Co-Founder of Birmingham Tech Week. Both being Brummies we question why Birmingham isn’t on the map? It’s got the biggest population, most diverse, most startups, it doesn’t make sense. Birmingham Tech Week aims to break the perceptions and bring investment to the region … I LOVE IT!!! Yiannis is also the Co-Founder of Hyve. A brand advocacy software, after 10 years building his team at another company he decided to take the leap and create something new. Facing challenges all too familiar to most founders and entrepreneurs.
There’s always a debate around business coaches - are they worth it? I can only say that I have benefitted from coaching, it allows you to be accountable to somebody other than yourself. We rarely take time out of our busy lives to think about our own individual performance and add structure where we need to. It’s really important that you find the right person, and I can say that #Gavin has probably been one of the most inspirational people in my life.
Dennis Crushel is the International Managing Director for Tubular Labs, he’s also worked with Youtube and Google and has a fantastic knowledge of Branded Content In 2018 more than 18 years of video was uploaded every single day, Tubular helps makes sense of all the numbers and statistics. It’s not just about how many people are looking, it’s about where their from and how long they are watching for.It was a pleasure sitting down with Dennis and getting to understand the effects of the content we create on the real world. If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave a review!!
We recently had the amazing opportunity to sit down with Alan Barratt CEO and Co-Founder of Grenade. It’s always great to see other midland’s based businesses doing so well. Alan started the business with his wife Jules with only £50 which quickly turned into £27. Their tight budget meant they had to be super creative with their brand and marketing campaigns, like rolling around the NEC with a tank.... Once again I’d like to thank Alan to pick his brains and ask How’s Your Week Been? If you enjoyed the episode please don't forget to leave a review down below.
Joining us for the season finale of HYWB, CEO of Jungle Creations Jamie Bolding. With Jungle sitting around 150 employees across 4 continents. Jamie is open about how growing too quickly can create problems for your company culture. We get a great insight into how Jungle has built out a massive ecosystem of digital media, marketing and commerce business.
This week we are joined by Adam Callow, founder of Expert Trades and host of ‘The StartUp Diaries’ podcast. He’s extremely honest about his negative experiences with VC’s and has a great insight into the process of investment. Let us know what you thought of the episode and check out Adam on his socials, thanks!
It’s episode 6 of HYWB and joining us this week we have Arron Shepard and Harry Hugo from The Goat Agency. Founded in 2015 they have built one of the best international influencer agencies in the world. It was great to learn how they are changing the industry for good and the kind of sacrifices that comes with running such a big business. Make sure you check out their daily vlog on Youtube and Linkedin.
It’s episode 5 of HYWB and this week we are joined by Jacob Dutton MD of Innovation at McCann and McCann IO. We get talking about Jacob’s Hot Sauce infatuation and some of his favourite disrupting innovations. Will Jeff Bezos take over the world? Probably. So check out how to survive the amazonageddon.
Joining us today we have two very special guests. Design guru Tom Love and his Commercial counterpart Christian Gunn. Together they make LoveGunn a strategic branding and design agency. They are currently undertaking the On The Tools rebrand and have worked with companies like of Chelsea FC, Jungle Creations and Excel E-Sports.
Our first guest is one of our own, Head of Production for On The Tools, Scott Billing. We get an insight into what it's like to work on big TV productions such as GoggleBox, which he won a Bafta for and scarcely mentions every five minutes. You can check out the video version on Youtube
How's Your Week Been? Episode 3 - This week we are joined by Phoenix Night's legend Justin Moorhouse. We get to pick Justin's brains about how he balances his week. How he finds time to be a comedian, a dad and walk his dog. Justin is a "scruffy man that aims to be a minimalist" he's also a great laugh.
How's Your Week Been? Episode 2 - James Sandbrook 6 months ago James quit his job and founded Human agency. He wants to change the corporate way brands talk to people. He believe it makes more sense for marketers to adopt a more honest and human approach. You can check out James using these links: https://www.thisishuman.co.uk/#about https://www.meetup.com/The-Marketing-Meetup-Birmingham/ https://www.instagram.com/originalcyclist/?hl=en
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