As a precursor to Series Two, I’ve selected what I think are 8 must-listen business learnings chosen from the 38 brilliant guests we’ve had so far. I could have picked way more as every guest that we’ve had on has been fascinating to listen to and learn from. Before we start, I have one simple request; Please hit the follow or subscribe button on the app that you're listening on. That’s it…. Thank you. 8 MUST-HEAR BUSINESS LESSONS 1) Daniel Priestley, explaining what you need in YOUR product eco-system. 2) Nigel Botterill, from Entrepreneurs Circle, explaining a killer tip for effective use of your time. 3) Jamie Bentley of Stephenson Personal Care with a painful but important business lesson. 4) Carrie Rose, of Rise at 7, giving us a great 'how to' on personal brand. 5) Zandra Moore, of Pan Intelligence, and a fantastic, cheap and effective sales lesson that you can use in your business 6) Jon Graves of Northern Telecom, explaining to us a couple of key terms when it comes to buying loss-making businesses as part of a business growth strategy 7) Martin Wolstencroft, owner of Box, Banyan and Manahatta, giving us a great, conceptual way to evaluate our business ideas. 8) Back to Daniel Priestley and a pitch structure that we can all use. I hope that you found my 8 picks interesting, inspiring and of use. Links to each episode are below if you want to hear more from any of these guests. To make sure you don’t miss any future episodes please subscribe to at Leeds Business Podcast. FULL EPISODES https://leedsbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/daniel-priestley/ https://leedsbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/nigel-botterill/ https://leedsbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/jon-graves-pt1/ https://leedsbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/jamie-bentley/ https://leedsbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/carrie-rose-pt1/ https://leedsbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/zandra-moore/ https://leedsbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/martin-wolstencroft/ ABOUT YOUR HOST Phil Fraser went from an accidental kitchen table start up, with no investment, all the way to multi-million pound sale to a PLC 18 years later. He’s travelled the full SME business journey of launch, growth, scale and exit. As well as hosting the Leeds Business Podcast, Phil now works with ambitious SME-owners as a Business Sounding Board (think somewhere between Business Coach and Business Mentor). In simple terms, he’s ‘a pair of ears and an extra pair eyes’ for SME Owners helping them to be better at what they do. Phil’s mantra is It doesn’t need to be ‘lonely at the top’. He helps Business Owners to be better business owners, by helping with their clarity and focus. As a Business Sounding Board, he gives SME Owners the time & space to regularly discuss their challenges and opportunities, with no sense of judgement or bias, and in complete confidence. This allows them to explore their options in full, culminating with a list of issues to address/clarify,...