Unsexy Business

Welcome to Unsexy Business. A podcast series about traditional business models and the people and personalities behind them. This episode - Martin Dawes. Martin is the founder of Coffee Nation. At just 17, he began his business with one aim - to put takeaway coffee in corner shops across London. By 2007, he had 600 Coffee Nation kiosks right across the UK.This is his story. Buy Unsexy Business - the book - from Amazon and all good bookshops. Follow Jamie on Twitter - @jamiebwaller - or visit http://jamiewaller.co.uk

Welcome to Unsexy Business. A podcast series about traditional business models and the people and personalities behind them. This episode - Reginald Larry-Cole. Larry founded his company on a simple premise. You buy a car - and they'll lease it from you.This is his story. Buy Unsexy Business - the book - from Amazon and all good bookshops. Follow Jamie on Twitter - @jamiebwaller - or visit http://jamiewaller.co.uk

Welcome to Unsexy Business. A podcast series about traditional business models and the people and personalities behind them. This episode - Nick Broom. Nick began PVL, in 1999, dedicated specialists in the production of high visibility livery and corporate branding for commercial fleet vehicles. This is his story. Buy Unsexy Business - the book - from Amazon and all good bookshops. Follow Jamie on Twitter - @jamiebwaller - or visit http://jamiewaller.co.uk

Welcome to Unsexy Business. A podcast series about traditional business models and the people and personalities behind them. This episode - Matthew Storey, the founder of M&M Supplies, the company specialising in managing inventory for the consumer goods industry. He started at just 12 years old selling sweets from the boot of the family car. This eventually led him into wholesale business, and ultimately to M&M Supplies.This is his story. Buy Unsexy Business - the book - from Amazon and all good bookshops. Follow Jamie on Twitter - @jamiebwaller - or visit http://jamiewaller.co.uk

Welcome to Unsexy Business. A podcast series about traditional business models and the people and personalities behind them. This episode -Thomas Delgado, CEO and Founder of We Buy Cars Today, one of the UK’s leading car selling websites.Despite only existing since 2010, the company now subcontracts to over 200 staff and has a £7m turnover.This is his story. Buy Unsexy Business - the book - from Amazon and all good bookshops. Follow Jamie on Twitter - @jamiebwaller - or visit http://jamiewaller.co.uk

Welcome to Unsexy Business. A podcast series about traditional business models and the people and personalities behind them. This episode - Mike Clare, founder of Dreams Beds. Starting with a single furniture shop in West London back in 1985, Mike built the company up and sold it in 2008 for £222m. This is his story. Buy Unsexy Business - the book - from Amazon and all good bookshops. Follow Jamie on Twitter - @jamiebwaller - or visit jamiewaller.co.uk

Welcome to Unsexy Business. A podcast series about traditional business models and the people and personalities behind them. This episode - Kate Lester, founder of Diamond logistics, the national courier business. Leaving school without exam qualifications, she set up her company at the age of just 20 - and today they are forecasting revenues of over £40 million pounds for the coming year. This is her story. Buy Unsexy Business - the book - from Amazon and all good bookshops. Follow Jamie on Twitter - @jamiebwaller - or visit jamiewaller.co.uk

Welcome to Unsexy Business. A podcast series about traditional business models and the people and personalities behind them. This episode - Rami Ranger, businessman and founder of Sun Mark, who began his business career armed with just £2 and a garden shed. This is his story. Buy Unsexy Business - the book - from Amazon and all good bookshops. Follow Jamie on Twitter - @jamiebwaller - or visit jamiewaller.co.uk

Welcome to Unsexy Business. A podcast series about traditional business models and the people and personalities behind them. This episode - Lara Morgan, entrepreneur and former CEO of Pacific Direct, the now global cosmetics giant who specialise selling luxury products into the hotel industry. This is her story. Buy Unsexy Business - the book - from Amazon and all good bookshops. Follow Jamie on Twitter - @jamiebwaller - or visit jamiewaller.co.uk

Welcome to Unsexy Business. A podcast series about traditional business models and the people and personalities behind them. This episode: Charlie Mullins. Charlie founded Pimlico Plumbers in 1979, armed with just a tool box and a slightly battered van. This is his story. Buy Unsexy Business - the book - from Amazon and all good bookshops. Follow Jamie on Twitter - @jamiebwaller - or visit jamiewaller.co.uk