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Bulletproof Entrepreneur

Bulletproof Entrepreneur

Alan Smith 96 - #94 Nigel Shanahan: The 20-Year Journey From IBM Salesman to a £50M Tech Exit

A podcast for entrepreneurs – reverse engineering the formula for successful scale, sale and exit.

Inspired conversations with world-class entrepreneurs and the specialists who support them.

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Published 06 Aug 2026

Duration 1:07:57

Episodes

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#94 Nigel Shanahan: The 20-Year Journey From IBM Salesman to a £50M Tech Exit

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06 Aug 2026

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#93 From the vault: Scaling to a £100m ARR business and successfully exiting with Mark Mills

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24 Jul 2026

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#92 Niraj Shah: How a Stroke at 30 Rewired His Definition of Wealth and Built Five Businesses

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09 Jul 2026

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#91 Sam Smith: From Northern Rock Crisis to London IPO and Super Scalers

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25 Jun 2026

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#90 Martin Lightbody - The Scottish Baker Who Conquered America's Cake Aisle

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11 Jun 2026

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#89 The 20-Year Overnight Success: Failed Businesses, Crippling Debt, and Building GoProposal Into an Eight-Figure Exit

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28 May 2026

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#88 The Insider Who Now Teaches Founders to Beat Private Equity

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14 May 2026

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#87 He arrived in the UK with £500 and sold his company to one of word's biggest banks - Anton Padmasiri

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01 May 2026

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#86 Darya Simanovich — I Arrived in London with £300 and Built 15 Businesses. Here’s What Actually Worked.

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16 Apr 2026

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#85 The Music Entrepreneur Who Sold Out To Stay In - Ian Grenfell of Quietus

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02 Apr 2026

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#84 He was told his business was worth nothing. Five years later he sold it for millions - on his own terms.

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19 Mar 2026

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#83 From Bomb Survivor to 32x EBITDA Exit - Andrew Scott’s Extraordinary Entrepreneurial Journey

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05 Mar 2026

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#82 He Ditched Cash, Bought Bitcoin, Then Listed His Company on the Stock Market: Entrepreneur, Scott Ellam of XCE.

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19 Feb 2026

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#81 Rachel Murphy - From £0 to Eight-Figure Exit in 1,042 Days

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05 Feb 2026

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#80 The 2025 Budget: Hidden Traps Every Founder Must Avoid - with tax guru Malli Kini.

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04 Dec 2025

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#79 The exact playbook to 3 x the value of your business - Graham Stephen of Bizval

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27 Nov 2025

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#78 Sir Tom Hunter - The Incredible Journey From Market Stall to Billionaire.

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13 Nov 2025

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#77 “Everyone Exits - You’re either bought out, pushed out or wheeled out” - with Brian Hill

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30 Oct 2025

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#76 From Council Estate to £70 Million Exit: The Unbelievable Story of Andrew Hulbert

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16 Oct 2025

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#75 The Nicer Side of Private Equity with Matt Taylor, CEO of Rockpool.

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02 Oct 2025

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#74 The Deal Maker - Play Nice, But Win with Serial Entrepreneur Phil Hollingdale

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04 Sep 2025

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#73 Entrepreneurship, AI, and Resilience: Gary Abela on Failure, Success and Exiting Startups

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21 Aug 2025

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#72 Jordan Walker - Bitcoin on the Balance Sheet: Why Business Owners Can’t Ignore It Anymore

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10 Jul 2025

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#71 John Stapleton – New Covent Garden Soup Company; the untold story.

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26 Jun 2025

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#70 - The Entrepreneurial Operating System – the blueprint for business success with Mike Paton of EOS.

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12 Jun 2025

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#69 The Entrepreneur Whisperer - How To Get Exit Ready with Damian Connolly

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29 May 2025

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#68 Tax Planning Masterclass for business owners - Malli Kini: Head of Entrepreneurs at Blick Rothenberg

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15 May 2025

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#67 How to Create an Unbreakable Mindset - Graeme Godfrey, Entrepreneur and Coach to High-Growth Business Owners.

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01 May 2025

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#66 - Joe Bryan - Creator of ‘What’s The Problem?’ The Most Important Video You’ll Watch This year. The future of money, business and wealth.

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06 Feb 2025

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#65 From selling software to the CIA to a Multi-Million $ Exit. Lessons in business and life from tech entrepreneur Adam Rossi

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23 Jan 2025

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#64 Never Sell Your Business for an EBITDA Multiple - 6 x Exited Founder Mack Lackey on designing your perfect exit strategy.

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12 Dec 2024

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#63 Richard Farleigh (Dragon’s Den) - Succeeding Against All the Odds

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28 Nov 2024

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#62 Paul Luen - A serial entrepreneur and the author of Eight Figure Entrepreneur: Scale Up While Living A Balanced, Adventurous And Happy Life

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14 Nov 2024

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#61 - Budget Special with Josie Day and Richard Jameson from leading tax advisers Saffery

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02 Nov 2024

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#60 From an idea dreamed up at a cricket match to a £ multi-million exit, Magnus Willis, co-founder of Sparkler on his entrepreneurial journey.

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17 Oct 2024

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#59 Pre Budget Special - A Tax Planning Masterclass for Business Owners with Nimesh Shah, CEO of Blick Rothenberg

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03 Oct 2024

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The Chocolate Entrepreneur - Helen Pattinson, founder of Montezuma, on scaling, exiting, and then returning to save her company.

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19 Sep 2024

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From a council flat with an outside loo to a millionaire fintech entrepreneur. Lessons in business and life with Jason Butler

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05 Sep 2024

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“I sold my business for millions, and then tragedy struck.” An Inspiring Story of Success, Passion, and Resilience - Elizabeth Hopkins

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22 Aug 2024

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John Rood: Beyond the Exit - An Entrepreneur's Blueprint for Life After Sale.

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08 Aug 2024

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Marc Adams - Secrets to 10xing Your Business Value and Cashing Out Tax-Free

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11 Jul 2024

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Josh Keegan - Key Lessons in Building A Thriving, High Profit Business: The Secrets Your Accountant Didn't Tell You.

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27 Jun 2024

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Phil Bray - From Failure to Success; “I lost my business, my house and my car - and then used the lessons I learned to build a successful business”

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13 Jun 2024

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S03E19 - Joanna Jensen, founder of Child’s Farm (£40m exit) on what it really takes to succeed as an entrepreneur.

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30 May 2024

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S03E18 - Alexis Sikorsky - The True Story of Selling My Company to Private Equity for $100 Million

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16 May 2024

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S03E17 - James McLaughlin - I sold my business for millions and then lost it all! Lessons for entrepreneurs planning a sale.

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02 May 2024

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S03E16 - Peter Cowley - Public Success, Private Grief

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18 Apr 2024

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S03E15 - Jeremy Harbour - A serial entrepreneur reveals the secret to building incredible value in your business.

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21 Mar 2024

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S03E14 - Russ Haworth - On The Business of Family

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07 Mar 2024

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S03E13 - How to increase the value of your business 12x and get ‘exit ready’ - Business Mentor of the Year, Christine Nicholson.

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22 Feb 2024

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