Welcome to the final episode of The Alternative Business review for this run. On this week's episode, we have Jennifer Tessler & Stefana Bosse the Co-Founders of Alalaho. Alalaho is a Company, but I'm hesitant to call it a company as their purpose is to offer a holistic psycho-spiritual approach to personal and societal development. This approach integrates the safe and legal use of psychedelics and other peak states.In short, psilocybin is part of a broader retreat to look at how yo...

On this week’s podcast, we speak to Amy Newton, again!The last time we spoke to Amy she mentioned that she was starting a tech festival in Manchester, and she has.In fact, she has curated and delivered a week-long series of events and talks from some of the biggest names in the tech scene which is entirely free to attend.We pick up with Amy to talk about why she’s done it, how she’s done it and what to expect.If you want to get involved the event starts on 17th October and some tickets are st...

On this week’s podcast we have Steph Buttery from ChuLo. Steph is genuinely fascinating; she is one of the most determined and thoughtful founders that I have come across. The work she has done with ChuLo is fascinating, as a founder not only does she understand her product but she understands the people she is talking to. As a business they are walking their own path, whether its being early adopters in Twitch and TikTok or appearing on a BBC show Future Food Stars. Steph is someon...

On this week’s podcast we have Lee Eldridge, the Founder and Performance Director of Cognitive Athlete. They are a bespoke human performance coaching company, on a mission to lead elite business executives towards obtaining and sustaining optimal results over the long term. I met Lee though another guest on here and what really grabbed me was his views on how Founders load and what you can bring across from the sports world on load injuries into the world of start-ups. On this week’...

On this week’s Alternative Business Review podcast we have Martin Drake. Martin is the founder of Higher People a recruitment agency owner using tech to help make a more frictionless process, and we don’t even talk about their tech, and podcaster (hence why I talk more) of Is this room free? We got introduced to me following a piece of work that I did with a client, the thing that stood out for me is the way they have tried to enhance the client and candidate experience with the use of v...

This episode of The ABR is with Richard Few, Founder & Chief Geek at Sales Geek. The OED defines a “Geek” as a person who is very interested in and who knows a lot about a particular subject which is something Richard clearly is, especially about sales. Sales Geek was founded with the challenge of changing the way the world perceives sales and make world class sales leadership available for everyone not just large corporations. Before setting up Sales Geek Richard was the g...

On this weeks ABR pod we have Paulina Tenner , Founder of Grant Tree. This is one of the more intriguing conversations I’ve had where as she is someone who likes to embrace new things and doesn’t want to be tied down. Paulina is an entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, business mentor, angel, start-up investor, burlesque dance and published author. I reached out to Paulina because of her book Laid Bare, What the Business Leader Learnt From the Stripper https://www.amazon.co.uk/Laid-Bare-Busin...

On this episode of The ABR Pod I talk to Justin Gilchrist, Founder & Head of Growth at Wellbox. Justin is a self-confessed business, food and psychology nerd with a passion for using maths and technology to solve everyday problems.Wellbox is a covid baby and its mission is to look after the people that companies care about. They use technology to help businesses send curated gifts, branded merchandise and wellness packages to remote employees, event attendees, clients, and work-from-...

On this episode of the The ABR Pod I talk to Hannah Cox, Founder of BetterNotStop and Better Business Network. Hannah founded BetterNotStop to help businesses increase their impact and income by implementing sustainable strategies, policies, and frameworks to help every business have the ability and opportunity to make the world better. Hannah is an eloquent, passionate, and engaging person that aims to be a force for good. Her approach to business, in my opinion, lives and breathes...

In one of the snappier interviews for the ABR Pod (I only had a hot 30 minutes), I spoke with Paul Scully – the minister of many titles - Minister for London; and more importantly Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets. Essentially Paul is the MP responsible for driving the interest of small businesses across the UK. I am grateful he took the time out for this conversation. We get through a lot in the conversation and we t...