Is your business model broken? Find out how to assess the suitability of your business model on this episode. ________________________________________________________________________Dan Bradbury can be found here:WEBSITE: http://danbradbury.com/QUIZ: What's your BPM Business Score? This quiz is going to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of your business. All you have to do is take 5-10 minutes to answer simple "yes or no" questions and you will be scored in 10 different areas of your business. Once you have your score, you will be sent a 24-page report that is customised specifically for you.LATEST BOOKS:Turnover is Vanity, Profit is Sanity: 9/12 Steps to Improving Your Profits & Cashflow Breeding Gazelles: Fast Growth Strategies For Your Business 

Welcome to the second season of my podcast, as it returns with BRAND NEW CONTENT, interviews with AMAZING GUESTS and even a new name! ________________________________________________________________________Dan Bradbury can be found here:WEBSITE: http://danbradbury.com/QUIZ: What's your BPM Business Score? This quiz is going to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of your business. All you have to do is take 5-10 minutes to answer simple "yes or no" questions and you will be scored in 10 different areas of your business. Once you have your score, you will be sent a 24-page report that is customised specifically for you.LATEST BOOKS:Turnover is Vanity, Profit is Sanity: 9/12 Steps to Improving Your Profits & Cashflow Breeding Gazelles: Fast Growth Strategies For Your Business 

This week's Business Growth Podcast is about getting better at working from home and managing a remote team. In this call I’m joined by on of my long standing mastermind members Alexis Kingsbury, owner of Spidergap. Alexis runs his software company from home with a team of 9 working remotely across three different continents. He’s been very successful working with a remote team and has a lot to say on best practices. 

On this Zoom call, we're going to show you how to apply for and get accepted for all of the different government schemes, grants and loans that are available during this Covid-19 crisis. We're on the front-line. We have a large group of small businesses in our Mastermind Programmes that have applied for every grant and loan that you can imagine and some that you can't even imagine. We've witnessed firsthand what works and what doesn't work Which banks are accepting and which banks aren't What criteria will get you accepted What seems to make the biggest difference

I'm releasing free resources over the coming weeks to help you survive and thrive during this tough time. Go here to join our Facebook Group: http://danbradbury.com/fb/

In this week’s Business Growth Podcast, I'm going to reveal the 2 strategies that I have used to get the biggest growth in my businesses. Both of which include external resources. The best ideas come from outside of yourself.

This question turned up in my inbox late last week: Hey Dan, I'm being sued. I know you can't give legal advice but I'd like to know if you've ever been in a similar situation, and what did you do? This situation can be extremely stressful so I discuss my experience with being sued in this week’s Business Growth Podcast.

I took a phone call the other day with a Private Mastermind member and she had just signed over her business. The moment was very bittersweet for her as it usually is for most Entrepreneurs. This inspired me for this week’s Where I discuss How and When to Sell your business.

Should you fake it til you make it? This week on the Business Growth Podcast we're going to give a live example of someone "faking it" at one of our events. It’s a great story about things not always being what they seem in business. You can learn a lot from this example.

What's the best way to get a new staff member prepared for success? 00:58 What is the best way to protect your wealth? 03:57 What do successful business owners all have in common? What's the secret sauce? 06:45 What effect will Brexit have on small business? 13:09 How can I ask my PA out without getting into legal trouble or screwing up my business? 17:21 Is email marketing still have active? 19:54

In today's episode I answer your questions. How have Tough Mudder managed to get into such big trouble? 01:03 My business partner keeps coming up with really bad ideas. He's always wanted to do something new. How do I shut these ideas down without getting into a screaming match every time? 04:06 How do companies get on the Sunday Times fastest growing lists? 08:40 Any specific advice or phrasing to help chase slash get late payments? 11:49 What's the best way of getting a team member focused on individual tasks through to completion? 16:37

In today's episode I answer your questions. Get your Business Profit Maximisation Scorecard here: https://cf.danbradbury.co.uk/get-scor... Timestamps: Should I spend more on Facebook Advertising? 1:01 Finances bore me. Do I really need to know this stuff or can I hire someone? 2:50 I have no plans to sell. Does the value of the business really matter? 4:47 My wife’s cheating and she is a 50% parter. How do I get her out of the business? 8:55 I owe £35k from last year’s VAT bill. Should I get a loan to pay it? 14:09 My best employee want more money but they already earn enough. What do I do? 16:37 My interior design business made more with less revenue. Do I need to scale down? 20:35 When is your new book coming out? 25:06 Hate mail of the week 26:08 Wrap Up 28:44

This week on the Business Growth Podcast I interview Roland Frasier. Roland is co-founder and/or principal of three current Inc. Magazine fastest growing companies, and he has founded, scaled or sold 24 different 7 to 9 figure businesses ranging from consumer products to industrial machine manufacturing companies with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to $337 million. Currently growing DigitalMarketer.com, RivalBrands.com and Plattr.com while advising over 150 other companies on digitally centric customer acquisition, activation, referral, retention and revenue strategies and plan implementation.

This week on the Business Growth Podcast we’ve got an exclusive interview with a fiery entrepreneur… Shaa Wasmund. Shaa is the author of multiple best sellers including “Do Less Get More”, “Stop Talking, Start Doing” and most recently “How to Fix Your Shit”. Shaa’s accomplishments are extraordinary: The first female boxing promoter in the UK She represented Chris Eubank Founded DeckChair.com with Sir Bob Geldo, Started one of the first social networks, MyKindaPlace, eventually selling it to BSkyB Was given an MBE for services to Entrepreneurship by the Queen In this interview we discuss a wide range of topics including How and when to raise money Preparing for exit How to balance business and parenting How she managed to get all her writing done alongside her businesses What it was like getting an MBE from the Queen Plus, much more

For this week's episode we've got a slightly more personal focus than our usual business growth strategies. In this episode, I take you inside an Elite Mastermind programme where I give a presentation on the direct route to wealth. Specifically, I'm talking about personal wealth. Despite some people having large successful businesses, a surprisingly high percentage of business owners' personal finances are a mess. So in this episode I discuss: How to clarify your number (The amount you need to be able to retire financially free). The 3 obstacles that place a choke hold on your ability to build wealth and what to do about them. The best way to eliminate any personal debt you may have (it's not what you think). How to clear your home mortgage in record time. Plus much more!

I'm super excited to announce the follow up to my 2016 book Breeding Gazelles is finally being published and should be available on Amazon by late September. The title is Turnover is Vanity, Profit is Sanity – 9 1/2 Steps to Increasing Your Profits and Cashflow. I thought I'd give you a sneak preview here.

Last Friday, I did an open Q&A and answered a whole host of live questions about:  How to grow your business when cash flow is tight  Finding the right marketing agencies  The secret to recruiting really good sales people  Amazing resources for lead generation  And much more 

Richard has spent 10 Years in The Removals and Storage industry. He also runs a property rental business.  Listen to this interview and discover:   How Richard had a record-breaking profit for the quarter  Why this 'KEY HIRE' freed up Richard's time to focus on more profitable tasks.   Why focusing on the property side of the business was a big win for profits.  Why mindset had cost Richard time and potential growth (and what you can learn from this) How Richard got four days back from his working week with a simple solution that had been on his mind for months!    

In this special episode of the Business Growth Podcast, we take a sneak peak inside a session I delivered at my recent Success Mastermind meeting on building business and personal wealth.   I think that a lot of business owners obsess about business growth from a purely sales perspective, often to the detriment of the businesses stability as well as their own personal wealth.   In this episode I share a life changing event that switched me from having a sub 100k net worth to being a millionaire within the space of a year.   More importantly, I share the habits and tools that will allow anybody to build a substantial net worth for themselves in whatever industry over time.

Ricky runs a business selling solar power to homeowners. His team covers everything from marketing, sales, installation, and aftercare.  His business growth exploded from £140K (Q1 in 2017) to £3M in Q1 the following year.  How did he do it? Listen to this interview to find out.

What started as an idea in Jeremy Gilley's head in 1999 grew into a global movement for world peace with documented exposure to over one billion people worldwide less than 20 years later. Along the way, Jeremy has raised tens of millions for a life-changing cause, vaccinated over 4.5 million children, got the Taliban to lay down there weapons and got over 60 of the biggest countries in the world to vote unanimously to create an international day of peace. Learn how he did it in this weeks episode of the Business Growth Podcast!

In this weeks podcast I show you how one of my members was able to triple his profit while spending less time in the business and more time on holiday.

In this episode we discuss a wide range of topics including how you can acquire companies by risking little or none of your own capital, the most common mistakes to look out for, and much, much more. Whether you're into the topic of mergers and acquisitions or you’re new to the space, there's a whole host of gems in this interview.

In this week’s episode we have an exclusive interview with none other that John Davy.   John is a highly successful investor who epitomises the term serial entrepreneur.   His expertise allows him to build high growth companies, digital marketing and high yield property development.   Early on in his career, John developed the most respected comedy brand in the UK. Starting from just one club in London he negotiated the successful rollout to clubs nationwide.   After selling his business at a valuation of 51 million, he then bought it back and expanded it to 20 clubs before reselling it once again for a higher return.   John has also co produced over 70 television shows of stand up on the BBC, ITV and Sky.   His other business interests include a well known gastropub company that he founded as well as an extensive property portfolio.   In this interview we discuss    How he sold his company, bought it back for just £1 eight years later and then rebuilt it and sold it again. The books that have had the biggest impact on his life How to become better than 90% of the digital marketers out there Plus so much more!

Back in 2009, I won a Porsche Cayman as a prize in an international competition to find The "Ultimate Marketer". To win the competition I gave a 20 minute presentation detailing how I took a brand new business from a standing start to over £500k in highly profitable revenue in its first 10 months with just one part time employeee. This is that presentation.

I believe that in today's fast pace society, the people that can learn, filter and then apply the information that they have learned to adapt their behavior the quickest have the best chance of success. That's why in this episode, I cover my 6 step super speed reading system. This is the system that I developed and used to become the 3rd fastest reader in the world when I won the bronze medal at the speed reading world championship. This will not only help you to read much more quickly. It will improve comprehension too.

In this episode you get a sneak peak into my Private Mastermind meeting where I talk about a 4 step method to plan for your business.

In this episode Dan talks about two essential skills that have been key to his success that can accelerate your growth in 2019

In this episode, Dan Bradbury interviews serial entrepreneur Steve Bennett, well known for creating global brands such as Gems TV and early internet success Jungle.com.  They discuss: Business education vs traditional education What is the number 1 attribute to look for in employees? The real job of an CEO Richard Branson's 3p’s Analyzing your competitors vs blazing your own track The biggest mistakes small business owners make The importance of business cycles

In this case study, Leighton shares powerful insights on what it takes to run and scale his business, including: How He Was Able To Go From Working In The Business To Fully Extracting Himself From It In Less Than 2 Years The divide and conquer strategy which completely changed his business Why Numbers Will Tell You The Truth About Where Your Business Is At The key metrics you MUST understand which will empower you to make the right decisions and show you where to place your focus The Smart And Predictable Way To Scale Your Business Quickly Why getting over the fear mindset will set you free and help your business grow properly Where To Find The Gold In Your Business How to deal with unpredictability in your business And Much, Much More!

In this interview, Ed discusses so much, including: Why getting clarity on the business finances meant Smileworks were able to turn their yearly net profit into their monthly net profit. How growth consumes cash - more businesses go bust from trying to grow than anything else Why Focusing only on sales funnels is flawed thinking for a local business and what to do instead The critical differences between Outbound marketing vs inbound marketing – why it pays to know the difference and know which you MUST be focused on How Individual metrics can create a seismic shift in your business by creating a culture of accountability and increasing team performance – and all while removing the need to micro-manage staff Plus so much more.

Interview with Alexis KingsburyBusiness Type:  SoftwareRevenue Increase:  400% in 3 yearsProfit increase:  From a £12,000 loss to a £250k+ profitCritical changes: Building an international team in 4 countries across 3 continents worldwide Transition from a pay per use to a recurring subscription model.

This interview is taken from the live recording of a recent Success Mastermind event in the UK. Marcus and Paul Fitzgerald run Richmond Oak Conservatories and have been private mastermind members of mine for almost 3 years now. In that time, they have gone from just working for wages and barely scrapping by to two of the last three quarters of the best in the company’s ten year history. Including one of those quarters where they did more revenue than in the previous 12 months combined. In this short interview the shares: Why they sacked their number 1 sales person and never looked backed Which numbers to analyze to have the biggest impact on your business How a few small tweaks to their formal process transformed their sales Why you should never ever believe the hype that comes from those who come with a vested interest How to get key employees of a competitor to come and work for you Plus much, much more!! There is so much great stuff in this interview. Because it was recorded at a live event, there are a few spots missing due to the audio quality not being ideal, but hopefully you’ll feel the quality of information will more than make up for it.

This case study is taken from the live recording of a recent Success Mastermind event in the UK. Rob Stone runs a loft conversion company and has been a Private Mastermind member for almost 2 years now.   But in that time he has grown from about £10k per month in revenue to £20k per month in PROFIT In this short interview he shares: Why his first business plan was laughed at How he was able to expand across the UK and go from 2 to 6 teams on the road. How a solicitors mistake enabled him to slash costs by 75% Getting exposure to over 2 million prospects for just a few thousand pounds Plus much, much more

If you want your company to grow fast… your team must grow fast too!   Not just hiring the right people, but how do you actually get the very best performance out of them to?   And in this episode I discuss exactly that with David Bonney of Hiretofit.com   David and I go back many years since he’s been helping many of the fastest growing company’s in america to lean how to hire better quality people to perform a better level more of the time.   Do not underestimate this skill. Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Richard Branson and many more of the worlds most successful company founders have said “take away our top people and we would very quickly become an average company” or words to that effect.   In this interview we discuss it all.   If you want to get the matching pdf case study download that goes with this episode you want to go to www.danbradbury.com/podcast

In this episode I interview Rob Warner, founder of Invisible PPC with an incredible team that spans 6 time zones in both the US and the UK. In the interview Rob shares how he want from the edge of bankruptcy working in his spare room to multi millions in highly profitable recurring revenue.   Rob has been a mastermind member and private client of mine for the past few years now and as you are about to hear he is an extremely smart business mind.   If you want to get the matching pdf case study download that goes with this episode you want to go to www.danbradbury.com/podcast

  In this episode I interview DB mastermind member Paul Gough who went from seeing over 100 clients per week in his physiotherapy practice, to entirely removed from operations and 6 figure profits within 2 years. He then used the spare time to create another company that went from scratch to almost $3m in under 3 years! Topics discussed include: What you must seek out to free yourself from working “in” your business How a suspected heart attack transformed his business forever How direct marketing allowed him to almost treble his fees Why going for speed doesn’t always attract the best quality clients, and what to do about it The reason ‘bit part players’ ruin your company’s growth How Paul went from being just like everyone else to one of the pre-eminent marketers in his industry Why 4 days notice was all Paul needed to take his business to the USA and expand his horizons exponentially When “doing less” ultimately produced a stronger, more profitable business not dependent on him Why “being unique” is killing you and keeping you stuck  

In this episode I interviews Mike Matthews founder of Legion Athletics who shares how he want from startup to $10+ million in annual revenue with zero paid advertising.   Alongside being a tremendously successful business owner, mike has one one of the most popular heath and fitness podcasts in the world, the muscle for life podcast, so if thats of interest to you make sure you check that out. Topics discussed include:   - The 2 biggest lies about business success - How “weekly sprints” drives Legion's growth - The key to getting the business fundamentals right - Why “Big Thinking” doesn’t mean anything - Time-lining to keep your big projects on target - Systems, models and principles that work - Top 3 biggest impact books on business and life - Moral people with unethical business practices - What your sole first focus must be to go from 6 to 7 to 8 figures I’ve followed Mike for several years, he’s an exceptionally smart guy and his rate of growth has been stunning, loads of great stuff in this interview, so with that, lets get to the show.

This week we have the closest we’ll probably get to having royalty on the Business Growth Podcast.   Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Penny Power OBE.   Penny is a published author, one of the UK’s most inspirational female entrepreneurs and a highly engaging and sought after speaker.   Penny founded Ecademy, the UK’s first social network for business, a fore-runner to LinkedIn which followed in 2002 and FaceBook in 2004.   She authored her book in 2009 entitled “Know Me, Like Me Follow Me: What Online Social Networking Means for You and Your Business.   Penny has been married since 1990 to Thomas Power (our guest last week LINK) and has three children: Hannah born in 1992, Ross in 1994 and TJ in 1997.   Penny is no stranger to the media spotlight and regularly speaks at conferences and events and writes for press across the globe.   Understanding the small business market has resulted in Penny being sought out to advise small business owners, and the Government on issues relating to the challenges that are critical to small business success.   Recently Penny has been speaking and commentating on the changing face of society and the affect the Born Digital Generation should have on the business environment if they are given a chance to enter the commercial world and listened to by business leaders. Penny talks about the asset of Social Capital and how we must seek to grow this as well as our human and financial capital.   More recently Penny has been working on an innovative new idea, The Business Café® (LINK) which will bring social networking to the High Street via a network of Business Cafés dedicated to SME’s, run and managed by Young Adults being trained in giving Digital and Fintech Skills to the local business community.   This is yet another fascinating conversation on how your business can stand out in the digital age regardless of whether you yourself are a fan of social media or not.   This is a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion that will reward repeat listening. Enjoy the show!

On this week’s Business Growth Podcast I was joined by Iyas AlQasem.   Iyas helps Business owners and leaders of independent companies, mostly tech and digital consultancies, grow and scale their organisations with a focus on profit, values and fulfilment.   Iyas himself has grown a a £40m+ consultancy business.   Iyas has grown and led teams of talented tech, design and business consultants from 2 people to nearly 500 through startup, breaking through plateau, turnaround, rapid growth, IPO and trade sale.   Iyas subsequently founded Inspired Indie to help companies build scale and grow profitably while contributing, leading with their values and enjoying the ride.   He is currently supporting other mostly tech/digital consultancies and agencies on their own journeys to scale.   This is a very different and fascinating conversation from the ones you may be used to hearing so I look forward to any questions, comments or thoughts you have after listening.   Enjoy the show!  

Dan Bradbury interviews Profile Expert Thomas Power about how to boost the value of personal and business profile as well as exploring Thomas' philosophies of growth.  This is a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion that will reward repeat listening.  Enjoy the show!

Last week I got this question in the Fast Growing Business Community Facebook group; Q: Why do less than 3% of businesses reach 7 figures in revenue (let alone profit)? I just recorded a quick Podcast sharing how I got stuck at six figures in revenue for several years and the 5 things I did to go from £500k to £4.5m in less than two years. If you’re a business owner who wants to get beyond 6 figures I think this audio will really help you.   Dan PS If you want to find out more about the few remaining spaces on my upcoming 2 day "Systemise and Scale Workshop" to rapidly scale your company in 2018 click here

A live interview for the number one Business Growth Show on iTunes. Dan Bradbury interviews Mike Michalowicz, author of Profit First.   You are about to discover the profoundly simple yet shockingly effective accounting plug-in that will transform your business from a cash eating monster into a money making machine. In Profit First, Mike Michalowicz, author of The Pumpkin Plan & The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, explains why the GAAP accounting method is contrary to human nature, trapping entrepreneurs in the panic-driven cycle of operating check-to-check and reveals why this new method is the easiest and smartest way to ensure your business becomes wildly (and permanently) profitable from your very next deposit forward.  

This week Dan Bradbury interviews Topher Morrison. Topher is an author, speaker, trainer, and communications expert. He is the managing director of Key Person of Influence USA and his speaking schedule, over 25 years, has taken him all over the globe teaching business leaders to present and pitch with more power and persuasion.   Visit Dan Here Visit Topher Here

  Dan Bradbury interviews marketing genius Jay Abraham about how to scale and boost the value of businesses as well as exploring Jay's philosophies of growth.  This is a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion that will reward repeat listening.  Visit Jay here Visit Dan here

In this episode, Dan Bradbury interviews serial entrepreneur Steve Bennett, well known for creating global brands such as Gems TV and early internet success Jungle.com.  They discuss: Business education vs traditional education What is the number 1 attribute to look for in employees? The real job of an CEO Richard Branson's 3p’s Analyzing your competitors vs blazing your own track The biggest mistakes small business owners make The importance of business cycles Visit Steve here Visit Dan here  

Jeremy Harbour has a career as a serial entrepreneur spanning over 20 years and countless company start-ups and acquisitions. He’s a leading expert in distressed business turnaround and creative deal structure and he’s also the author of ‘Go Do’: a book for people who have always wanted to start a business but been scared to make the leap. They talk about: How Jeremy went from being a market trader at 14 to having the most successful IPO on the NASDAQ stock exchange in 2016 The importance of avoiding getting stuck in a rut Exiting your business + lots, lots more!   Visit Dan here Visit Jeremy here        

Dan Bradbury interviews Jamie Smart. A globally known writer, speaker, coach, trainer and the creator of the Clarity system to help individuals and organizations achieve more meaningful results with less stress, in less time.   Visit Dan here Visit Jamie here