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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
Julianne Ponan, Creative Nature: Campaigner and entrepreneur building a successful allergen free snack brand | Small Business Sessions
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a ninth exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips! The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partner Vodafone Business.
Joining freelance journalist Dan Martin for the fifth episode is Julianne Ponan, founder of Creative Nature, the range of snack bars and other products that are free of the top 14 allergens.
Julianne was inspired to start the business after suffering with anaphylaxis and allergies from the age of two. Her conditions have led to her being admitted to intensive care several times.
Creative Nature products are now stocked in hundreds of stores and sold in countries around the world.
Topics discussed in the episode include:
- How she got started with Creative Nature.
- How she got her products stocked in several large retail chains.
- Why she pulled out of having her products in Holland & Barrett.
- Her experience appearing on Dragons’ Den and why she turned down the deal.
- Her advice for growing a team.
- Lessons from failing at crowdfunding before she successfully crowdfunded £500,000.
- Securing significant media coverage and how other entrepreneurs can do the same.
- Exporting her products to over 16 countries.
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This episode is brought to you in partnership with Vodafone Business, the Nation’s Network*, as part of the business.connected campaign which helps small businesses embrace digital change and grow online.
Access free training in a range of digital business areas, from online marketing to AI and smarter working at www.enterprisenation.com/businessconnected
Listen to and watch previous podcast episodes at www.enterprisenation.com/podcast
*The Nation's Network: Vodafone - nation's most valuable brand, verified by Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable UK Brands Report 2024, and supporting the nation since 1984 through to 2025's major summer events. See full verification of the substantiation: www.vodafone.co.uk/TNN
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