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Episode 174 - Ciaran Burke - COO & Co Founder - Swoop

This week’s episode is essential listening for small business owners looking for ways to raise capital without having to grovel to HSBC.

We chat to Ciaran Burke, COO & Co-Founder of Swoop, a financing platform which helps small businesses secure finance.

We talk about the range of alternative financing options available to SMEs in the UK outside of traditional bank lending including the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and the government-backed Startup Loan scheme. Ciaran also explains how Swoop's credit eligibility and financing model works, and advises on the fine art of writing grant pitches.

To date, Swoop has helped over 100,000 SMEs obtain over £1bn in financing across its businesses in the UK, Ireland, Canada, US and Australia.

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Episode 151 - BWB Extra - Boss Lady with Mallory Khalifa

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Mallory Khalifa, Managing Director of Animated Storyboards a full-service Animatics company that specialising in high-quality storyboards, Animatics, Cinematics and Test Commercials. We get to know more about what makes Mallory tick, what drives her to be the business leader she is today, and we discuss the quirky differences between the Brits and the Yanks, for good and for bad.

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Episode 150 - Mallory Khalifa - Managing Director - Animated Storyboards (ASB)

Meet Mallory Khalifa, Managing Director of Animated Storyboards (ASB) a full-service Animatics company that specializes in high-quality storyboards, Animatics, Cinematics, MoCap, Pre-Vis Test Commercials

Mallory started her career in America within the advertising sector working for the prestigious ad agency, Leo Burnett in Chicago where she decided to transition to the production side of things and moved to New York to join ASB.

Mallory has contributed to the global expansion of ASB through setting up the London operation, growing the Bangkok production team and managing the global new business as Managing Director. Mallory also is an avid interior design buff and in her spare time does development work with properties around the UK.

Our chat with Mallory unpacks exactly what ASB does and the role it plays in the advertising industry, plus we get to hear about Mallory's business practices, recruitment and management styles, and her advice for overseas businesses looking to set up in the UK.

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Episode 149 - BWB Extra - The Car Connoisseur with David Spickett

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with David Spickett, Founder of The Car Crowd - the UK's first fractional ownership platform dedicated to passion assets with the aim of democratising investment, starting with classic cars.

We get to know more about what makes David tick, how he came to be doing what he does, the next top 3 cars he has his investment eye on and discuss what the future holds for The CarCrowd, plus more as usual.

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Episode 148 - David Spickett - Founder - The Car Crowd

Meet David Spickett, Founder of TheCarCrowd - the UK's first fractional ownership platform dedicated to passion assets with the aim of democratising investment .... starting with classic cars.

Initially based in financial services and consultancy, most recently as the managing director of a UK Fintech business lending company​ ​Liberis​, ​David formed TheCarCrowd in 2019 with a vision to democratise the strongest performing​ ​investment classes and allow passionate people a way of joining together to own and benefit​ ​from the assets they love.

With a growing investment community in the heart of the East Midlands, investors can come​ ​together at events and community dinners to share their passions, and investment stories​ ​together.

“We wanted to disrupt traditional investments and make the items that have​ ​been traditionally reserved for the rich available to a wider audience.​ ​Enabling petrol heads and savvy investors a chance to come together and​ ​benefit from investing in the assets of their dreams.”

Strap in, press play and hold on to your seatbelt!

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Episode 147 - BWB Extra - The Headhunter with Lewis Maleh

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Lewis Maleh, Founder & CEO of Bentley Lewis, an award winning global boutique executive search firm where we get to know more about what makes him tick and how he came to be one the leading global minds on what's next in the workplace, how hiring and attracting talent is evolving and what people are really looking for from work.

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Episode 146 - Lewis Maleh - Founder & CEO - Bentley Lewis

Meet Lewis Maleh, Founder & CEO of Bentley Lewis, an award winning global boutique executive search firm with presence in London New York, Miami, Berlin, Lithuania and India.

Lewis is one the leading global minds on what's next in the workplace, how hiring and attracting talent is evolving and what people are really looking for from work. He recognises trends early and helps others understand what they mean for recruiting talent and building a career.

Lewis is also a podcaster and has contributed to various publications including Forbes and the Financial Times.

Sit back, press play and get to know more about the man with the golden touch in recruitment.

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Episode 145 - BWB Extra - The Copyright Warriors with Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin

This week's BWB Extra continues the conversation with Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin, co-authors of Chokepoint Capitalism. Cory is a renowned science fiction author, activist and journalist who’s written a range of highly acclaimed books, and Rebecca is a Professor of Law at Melbourne University and Director of Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, and in this chat we get to know more about what makes them tick and how they came to be doing what they do today.

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Episode 144 - Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin - Authors of Chokepoint Capitalism

Meet Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin. Cory is a renowned science fiction author, activist and journalist who’s written a range of highly acclaimed books, his most recent being Chokepoint Capitalism co-written with Rebecca Giblin, a Professor of Law at Melbourne University, an Art Future Fellow and Director of Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia.

If you've ever wanted to know how companies like Spotify and Audible make their money, and at whose cost, then today's your lucky day. Cory and Rebecca are field experts who are on a mission to debunk, expose and provoke reform in intellectual property and copyright control.

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Episode 143 - BWB Extra - Binyan Culture Code with Andrei Dolnikov

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Andrei Dolnikov, Founder & CEO of Binyan Studios, and president of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators.

We dig deeper into Andrei's perspectives on what healthy company culture should look like, and hear about Binyan's core values which make up the bedrock of the company's ethos. And with Andrei being half Russian half Ukrainian, we also discuss his thoughts and feelings about the Russia Ukraine conflict. All of this alongside our staple BWB questions where we dig a little deeper and get to know more about the Founder, CEO and Rabbi ..

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Episode 142 - Andrei Dolniknov - Founder & CEO - BINYAN

Meet an Andrei Dolnikov, is an Interior Architect, and the Founder & CEO of Binyan Studios, a leading 3D Animation Studio specialising in bespoke architectural images and films.

Andrei founded BINYAN in his Sydney living room with the ambition to do nothing short of shaping the future of architecture, and based the company's vision on seven pillars:

● Ethical transparency

● Entrepreneurial experimentation

● Authentic relationships

● Lighthearted spirit

● Knowledge sharing

● Thought leadership

● Humility

And now with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & New York, Los Angeles, London and Dubai, it's fair to say that Andrei's vision ain't done too badly!

And in his spare time. Andrei is also a rabbi in his local Chassidic synagogue.

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Episode 141 - BWB Extra - CEO of the City with Michael B Hancock

We continue our conversation with Michael B Hancock, the Mayor of Denver USA where we talk about how Michael got into politics and worked his way up to becoming Mayor, and ask what's next for him once he finishes serving his last term in office. All of this alongside our staple BWB questions where we dig a little deeper and get to know more about the man in Strong Mayor's suit.

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