Engaging People Pod

In this episode of the Engaging People Pod, Raman Sehgal discusses his journey from growing up in Newcastle to becoming a successful entrepreneur and building a global pharmaceutical marketing business. Raman shares how a chance opportunity in pharmaceutical marketing shaped his career, why specialising in a niche industry transformed his business, and how expanding into the US helped drive significant international growth. The conversation also explores Raman’s experience of selling a majority stake in his business to private equity, including knowing when the time was right to sell, business valuation, EBITDA, deal timing and the realities of preparing a company for an exit. Raman also opens up about life after selling a business, stepping away from the day-to-day running of a company, managing wealth, finding balance after years of entrepreneurship and deciding what comes next. If you're interested in entrepreneurship, business growth, private equity, business exits, international expansion, in

In this episode of the Engaging People Pod, James Bott returns to discuss his journey from serial entrepreneur and business owner to investor and entrepreneur, and how his approach to business and risk has evolved. James shares what happened after exiting Jellyfish, why he chose to invest in fewer businesses more meaningfully, the lessons he has learned from startup investing, and why understanding risk, dilution and long-term returns is so important. He also reveals the story behind Boxbar, the self-serve drinks technology business transforming how customers buy drinks at major venues, arenas and events. From its early beginnings to working with some of the UK's biggest venues, James explains the opportunity, challenges and ambitions behind the business. The conversation also explores financial planning after a business exit, managing wealth, investing strategically, avoiding lifestyle inflation and the importance of working with trusted financial and professional advisers. If you're interested in entrep

The Engaging People Podcast is back with a new video and audio format after a four-year break. In this relaunch episode, we explore AI and the future of work, the UK economy, the cost of living crisis, investment markets, wealth protection and the growing importance of financial planning. The episode also looks at the idea that two things can be true at once — from AI creating opportunities while disrupting jobs, to the world feeling more uncertain while some measures suggest it is becoming safer. Expect honest conversations about business, investing, wealth, technology, politics, society and the challenges facing the UK, with a focus on cutting through the noise and looking at things with a little more realism. The Engaging People Podcast is back and there is plenty to talk about. Like, subscribe and don't miss an episode. #EngagingPeople #EngagingPeoplePodcast #Podcast #PodcastUK #BusinessPodcast #FinancePodcast #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #UKEconomy #BritishEconomy

On today's podcast I host Marc Obrart who is the Co-Founder of Fin-House. Marc talks us through his journey from becoming an accountant to working out that impacting businesses was more up his street. We take more of an in-depth look at what an outsourced FD can do and how Fin-House are evolving the model. You can find Marc on Linkedin @MarcObrart and you can find Fin-House online www.fin-house.co.uk Marc is available on email marc@fin-house.co.uk As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk Our twitter handles are @samsloma1 & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

Lewis Hatchett is an ex Professional Cricketer turned start-up Founder. He has overcome numerous challenges throughout his life, starting with being born with Poland Syndrome which is a condition where you don't have one pectoral muscle & two of the ribs surrounding your lungs. Hear how his father was told that Lewis would never play professional sport. Then having made it to the top level of the game, Lewis suffered a back injury that would ultimately force him to retire & re-evaluate his life. He has since founded Sport Yogi & is using his former experience to build a scalable Yogi app for athletes of all levels. Lewis recommends the following books The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters Legacy by James Kerr The Pressure Principle by Dave Alred. He also recommends the Rich Roll podcast & The Huberman Lab. You can find Lewis on all the socials @lewishatchett and you can also find Sport Yogi @sportyogi. His website is LewisHatchett.com and the business site is www.sportyogi.com You can listen to him on

In our final episode of 2021, Sam shares some ideas for 2022. Here are the details of our recommendations. Raising Fame Podcast. Rational Reminder Podcast. He discusses 4 core values for your life or business. 1 - Deliver Massive Value 2 - Be Intentional 3 - Do what Works 4 - Take Accountability We hope you've enjoyed this podcast and that you have a happy and healthy festive break. Here's to a great 2022. As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk Our twitter handles are @samsloma1 & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

Josh Green is the founder of BetUp Media which is a marketing consultancy in the gaming/online gambling space. He is a long standing personal friend of mine and in this episode we discuss all things crypto & NFT's. We tried to make the conversation high level enough for people to understand what's going on in this world, what we are doing ourselves & some use cases for some of the digital assets people are buying. Please note nothing in this podcast is to be construed as Investment Advice. All opinions of mine & Josh's are our own opinions and not those of Engage Financial Services. You can find Josh on Linkedin @JoshGreen on twitter @greeno99 or @fruityslots. Our Instagram handles are @samsloma @engagefinancial, you can find me on Linkedin @SamSloma, on twitter @samsloma1 @Engage_FS We hope you enjoyed this conversation, please do leave us a rating or review. We love your comments feedback and suggestions, write to us hello@engagefs.co.uk

Oli Weingarten has had two of the best legal jobs the sports world has to offer. Being a lawyer for The Premier League & The Secretary General of The F1 Teams Association. However he decided that he wanted to venture out on his own to scratch his entrepreneurial itch! Enter his new venture - LDN UTD LDN UTD is the Esports org that unites professional Esports and grassroots gaming with healthy lifestyle and social issues. To date, they have addressed knife crime in LDN with grime artist P Money; loneliness and mental health during COVID with CALM; participation in sport with Street League; nutrition with Bio-Synergy; diversity with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation; and education partnering with the Mayor of London, academics, mainstream sport and esports orgs including Man City and FaZe Clan. Hear about the challenges of starting a business in a relatively new sector, raising capital and surviving Covid in my interview with LDN UTD CEO Oli Weingarten. You can find LDN UTD on their site - www.ldnutd.gg You ca

Today on this short solo episode I discuss how financial anxiety is common place wherever you are on the wealth journey & I give some practical examples of how communication can help. I also discuss how expenditure control is so important to future financial success. Knowing your expenditure, understanding it and controlling it will means you have far more options for saving, investing and building wealth for your future. The more excess income you have, the more options you have and the easier life is to sustain should something go wrong. Please do leave us a review or a rating and email us with any questions, queries or suggestions. Our email is team@engagefs.co.uk The Engaging People Podcast on iTunes & Spotify.

Today on this short solo episode I discuss how to organise business & personal bank accounts, how your main residence can move you up the property ladder & the importance of long term saving. It's been a long while since my last pod so I hope you enjoy & see you again soon. Please do leave us a review or a rating and email us with any questions, queries or suggestions. Our email is team@engagefs.co.uk

As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

The guys at The CoreMaster got in touch with us to ask if we might get top PT's Marvin Ambrosius & Honey Fine to tell their stories as to why The Core Master is a revolutionary new product to hit the UK gym scene. You can find details of the business and the product at their website - https://www.thecoremaster.co.uk/ On all socials - @thecoremaster Honey can be found @honeyfinefitness and Marvin @marvinambrosius Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

Josh White, Ariel Booker & Perry Alexander are three friends from North West London who went on holiday and came back with a crazy idea which if it worked, would disrupt the entire drinks industry & play a part in a more sustainable global future. Josh tells his side of the story from concept to where the company is today and all of the trials and tribulations in between. Hear some shocking statistics about how much plastic is actually recycled and how much is dumped into our Oceans. You can hear Josh's passion for the business shine through & it's very simple to see why a business with such an important mission is doing so well. You can find details of the business on all socials - @canowater and on their website - www.canowater.com Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hel

Our Instagram handles are @samsloma1 & @engagefinancial As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Today we welcome back entrepreneur Duncan Kreeger as he updates on how his various business ventures are going and how they've developed throughout the lockdowns & Covid-19. We first interviewed Duncan in March 2019 and he was just launching a new lending business. He was also spending time working out a new property investment business focused on fractional ownership. It's fair to say the two years since we last spoke have been an interesting time in the world. Duncan provides a brilliant insight into how his mentality shifted during Covid and how he was able to get everyone focused on the business to the point where every metric has grown or doubled in the past 12 months. You can find him on the social @duncankreeger or at T

Amit Lubling has been an entrepreneur since straight out of college, he has never really worked for anyone else. His early career was spent building out the initial stage broadband infrastructure for the UN's development team in emerging markets around the world. He then became a partner at Incubator Pre-Hype which took problems from some of the worlds best companies & spun them into businesses before setting up his own VC studio with a niche of focusing on businesses in Africa. Amit took Philosophy in College and it's had a major impact on his life, so much so that he's got some writings due out soon. Amit cites the following podcast as something he really likes to listen to - Making Sense with Sam Harris. He lists these books as ones he'd recommend - Debt, The first 5,000 year by David Greaber, The Utopia of Rules also by David Greaber. He likes Steven Schreiber & Ted Chang as authors and urges you to check them out. Finally he recommends John Gordon's course on the history of languages. You can fi

Daniel Daggers is the self proclaimed Mr Super Prime. He founded Daniel Daggers Real Estate after working in the Super Prime sector for the previous 13 years. His Instagram page @daniel_daggers has 34,000 followers & Daniel has been a pioneer in using the platform to showcase some amazing assets & insights about his market. Daniels journey to running his own business has been anything but smooth. His resilience & inner confidence allowed him to push through those difficult periods. He cites the motto 'Be Good, Do Good, Feel Good' as words to live by and recommends the following podcasts All in - Chamath Palihapitiya Gary Vee Experience Daniel admires his parents and believe his mum having him is the kindest thing anyone has ever done for him :) You can find him here on all the socials. Insta & Twitter - @daniel_daggers website - www.danieldaggers.com Email - dd@danieldaggers.com As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don'

This is a brilliant conversation with Ten Toes Media's Founder Ben Weisfeld. Hear his story of how he went from working in a coffee shop to taking an internship in New York before setting up his own business. Ten Toes was founded five years ago and began working with Michel Vorm and looking after his social media. It has since expanded to work with some amazing clients and some of the biggest brands in the world. Ten Toes has 4 pillars as it's core parts of the business and things are in motion to add more in the coming years. You can find Ben on all the social channels @benweisfeld. Ten Toes have their own linkd @TenToesMedia Their website is www.tentoesmedia.com Ben cites Shoe Dog as his favourite book. As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram