The Small Business Sessions
Podcasts for small business owners 🎙️
Whether you're starting out or scaling up, the right advice makes all the difference. Enterprise Nation's podcasts cover everything from funding and marketing to legal must-knows and success stories – straight from UK entrepreneurs and industry experts. Tune in and get inspired!
Find out more at www.enterprisenation.com/podcast
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🎧 The Small Business Sessions
The Small Business Sessions is a weekly podcast from our business.connected training programme, in partnership with Vodafone Business, that shares practical tips and stories from inspiring entrepreneurs and digital experts.
Access free training in a range of digital business areas, from online marketing to AI and smarter working at www.enterprisenation.com/business-connected
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🎧 The Small Business Sessions: Founder Fails
The Small Business Sessions: Founder Fails is a podcast created in collaboration with Hiscox. In this series, we're sitting down with bold business voices to talk candidly about their biggest fails, unexpected lessons and the power of getting back up.
Whether you're a sole trader, scaling a start-up or running a growing enterprise, Hiscox business insurance can help. Their policies are built around your business to protect you from the real risks you face every day. Learn more about the cover available to you: www.enterprisenation.com/find-something/hiscox-business-insurance
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🎧 The Small Business Retail Sessions
The Small Business Retail Sessions is a podcast series from our Powering the High Street programme, in collaboration with EDF.
It explores the major challenges facing today’s retailers – from declining footfall, vacant storefronts, post-pandemic recovery and sustainability.
Whether you're a seasoned shopkeeper or a digital business ready to make the leap to bricks-and-mortar, Powering the High Street is your gateway to making a meaningful retail impact. Discover more at enterprisenation.com/poweringthehighstreet
The Small Business Sessions
Deepak Ravindran on burnout, redefining success and finding identity beyond your business | Founder Fails
Welcome to the Small Business Sessions: Founder Fails podcast, brought to you by Enterprise Nation, in collaboration with Hiscox.
In this series, we're sitting down with bold business voices to talk candidly about their biggest fails, unexpected lessons and the power of getting back up.
Expect honest conversations, tales of resilience and real talk from founders who turned mistakes into movement.
In episode two, we're joined by Deepak Ravindran, co-founder of Oddbox, the UK’s first sustainable fruit and veg box delivery service. Deepak is now an executive coach for startup founders and leaders, helping others navigate the personal and professional challenges that come with building mission-led businesses.
In this conversation, Deepak shares the personal and leadership lessons behind building a food-waste-fighting business — from early doubts and bold career moves to burnout, identity shifts, and the surprising ways failure shaped the journey.
Topics discussed in the episode:
- The leap from a stable career in finance to founding Oddbox
- The tough early years — self-doubt, rejection, and redefining success
- How to separate your self-worth from your business identity
- Burnout, therapy, and rebuilding purpose after growth and pressure
- Leadership lessons learned the hard way
- Why founders should reframe “failure” as an experiment, not an identity
- The importance of reconnecting with your “why” and values
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Whether you're a sole trader, scaling a start-up or running a growing enterprise, Hiscox business insurance could protect you if the worst happens. Their policies are built around your business to protect you from the real risks you face every day.
Head to https://www.hiscox.co.uk/business-insurance to learn more.
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