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Brilliance Talks
As a CEO or founder, you’re constantly solving problems—breaking through growth plateaus, managing a growing team, and trying to scale without losing control. That’s where Brilliance Talks comes in. Brilliance Talks is where we help business leaders scale with clarity, confidence, and freedom. Each episode is packed with practical strategies you can apply right away—no fluff, no buzzwords, just real insights that drive results. ⬇ Follow Us On Socials ⬇ Instagram…
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Brilliance TalksWhy Great Marketing Still Fails to Make Sales
Why do some marketing campaigns get clicks but fail to convert? Renee Miller shares why businesses need to listen to customers, question their assumptions, and…
Brilliance TalksAI Can Build Your Product. But Can It Build Your Business?
AI for Small Business: How Mark Trowbridge Cut 40 Employees to 4 In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Simac Konkader sits down with Mark Trowbridge to explore…
Brilliance TalksWhy Family Offices Keep Failing at Venture Investing
Why does family office investing often go wrong, even when investors have plenty of capital? Barak Peled, who runs DR Ventures, joins us to unpack the…
Brilliance TalksSales Strategy: Why Relationships Still Win
Rich Lyons has experienced both sides of business uncertainty. He lived through two billion-dollar bankruptcies before starting his own agency, bootstrapping…
Brilliance TalksCelebrity Marketing: The Mistakes Brands Keep Making
What really happens behind the scenes of celebrity marketing and brand partnerships? In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Simac Konkader sits down with Stacey…
Brilliance TalksWhy Clean Tech Needs Better Stories, Not More Data
What happens when you stop trying to sell the problem and start selling the future? In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Simac Konkader sits down with James…
Brilliance TalksSEO Is NOT Dead: The Future of SEO & AI Search
Is SEO dead? Sophie Brannon doesn't think so. In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Simac Konkader sits down with Sophie Brannon, who leads StudioHawk's US…
Brilliance TalksWorking 75 Hours a Week? Your Business Has a Bigger Problem
How many hours are you working every week? If the answer is 60, 70 or even 75 hours, you might not have a workload problem. You might have a founder dependency…
Brilliance TalksAI Filmmaking: The Future of Film, Creativity & the Creator Economy
Mark Forstater has spent more than six decades in the film industry. After helping produce Monty Python and the Holy Grail, he went on to experience both major…
Brilliance TalksAI Agents Will Change Jobs Forever - The Future of Work
AI agents are moving beyond chat, they're beginning to execute real work. In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Xena Ugrinsky explores what happens when AI…
Brilliance TalksWhy UX Design Matters More Than Adding More Features
What happens when a UX designer turns a freelance career into a global, fully remote agency? In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Marie Whittington, founder of…
Brilliance TalksWhy Bigger Isn’t Always Better: The Truth About Sports Sustainability
Sports sustainability isn't just about being environmentally responsible. It's about building stronger organisations, making better decisions and creating…
Brilliance TalksBuilding an Award-Winning Project Controls Business - Dale Foong
What if the biggest problem in your business isn't a lack of data, but a lack of insight? In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Dale Foong explains why Project…
Brilliance TalksEmotional Intelligence For CEOs: The Truth Elite Leaders Never Admit
Emotional Intelligence For CEOs is what separates leaders who burn out from leaders who last. In this episode, Dov Baron, the coach elite CEOs, political…
Brilliance TalksHe Started With Brown Rice... Then Changed the Food Industry Forever
In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Simac Konkader sits down with the co-founder of Green & Black's, founder of Carbon Gold, and one of the pioneers of…
Brilliance TalksFormer Bain Consultant Reveals Why Most Businesses Never Scale
Why do brilliant leaders still make terrible decisions? In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Simac Konkader sits down with Michael Farmer, former Bain and…
Brilliance TalksHe Turned Down $2M… Then Everything Changed
This podcast explores what it really takes to build a high-growth AI company without sacrificing sound leadership. Anthony Baker shares lessons from becoming a…
Brilliance TalksWhy Construction Leaders Fail (It's NOT Technical Skills)
Emotional Intelligence in Construction is transforming leadership across one of the world's toughest industries. In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Simac…
Brilliance TalksAI Architecture: How Architects Are Designing the Future with Digital Twins
AI Architecture is redefining how buildings, cities, and communities are designed. In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Francesca Silvi and Mattia Santi…
Brilliance TalksHow to Rank in ChatGPT, Gemini & AI Search Engines
Answer Engine Optimization is quickly becoming one of the most important skills in digital marketing. In this episode, Kevin Roy, founder of Green Banana…
Brilliance TalksWhy I Shrank My $10 Million Business
Lisa Canning left home at 13, bought a business at 17, and eventually built a $10 million company. Then she made a shocking decision: she intentionally shrank…
Brilliance TalksThe Founder Lesson Nobody Learns Until It's Too Late
Marcus Inman spent years in the military, experienced homelessness, and rebuilt his life from the ground up. Today, he leads CNH Holdings, a data…
Brilliance TalksWhy Top Lawyers Are Quitting Big Firms to Start Their Own
In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Shainul Kassam shares the reality of starting a law firm at 29 years old with no clients, no backup plan, and no…
Brilliance TalksHow He Became the Most Powerful Headhunter in Music
Tom Truitt is a pioneering Music Industry Headhunter who built a unique career helping music companies hire top executive talent. In this episode, Tom shares…
Brilliance TalksThe Hidden Cost of Property Investing Nobody Talks About
Nicole is an author, financial planner, podcast host, and founder helping people rebuild financially after debt, burnout, and investment mistakes. Nicole…
Brilliance TalksThe Problem With Modern Healthcare Nobody Talks About
In this podcast, Elizabeth Moore shares her journey from banking to co-founding one of London’s leading multidisciplinary health clinics. As Managing Director…
Brilliance TalksThe CEO Mental Health Crisis No One Talks About
CEO mental health is one of the most ignored issues in modern business. In this episode of Brilliance Talks, we speak with Rob Watt, founder of Innisfree…
Brilliance TalksWhy Modern Cities Are Making You Unhappy (And No One Notices)
We’re more connected than ever... but feel more alone than ever. Adam Scott explains the engagement crisis and why cities, technology, and modern life are…
Brilliance TalksThe B2B Marketing Strategy Nobody Talks About (It Beats Google)
This episode breaks down a powerful B2B marketing strategy that most founders completely miss. Nate Burke, Co-Founder of Diginius, shares how he scaled a…
Brilliance TalksHow Top CEOs Think When Everything Goes Wrong
Most leaders don’t fail because of strategy, they fail under pressure. In this episode on Leadership Under Pressure, Greg Zlevor explains why awareness, not…
Brilliance TalksThe Brutal Truth About Property Business Growth No One Tells You
In this episode on Property Business Growth, Alan Wing-King shares how he built and scaled multiple companies across the property sector. From launching during…
Brilliance TalksIf You’re Not Data-Led, You’re Guessing (SaaS Reality Check)
What does a real SaaS Growth Strategy look like? In this episode, Tom Hamilton Stubber (CEO of TutorCruncher) shares how he went from intern to leading a…
Brilliance TalksWhy 90% of Clinics Fail (And How He Built One That Didn’t)
In this episode, we dive deep into Scaling a Health Clinic with Simon Gilchrist, co-founder of Mayfair Health and WellQ. Simon shares how he built a…
Brilliance TalksWhat Happens When Your Company Goes Bankrupt
This episode explores Business Recovery with David Vosku, founder of Voscap Business Recovery. We dive into how failing companies can restructure, reset, and…
Brilliance TalksHe Left Warner Bros to Build the Future of Advertising
Former Warner Bros executive Eric Frankel joins Brilliance Talks to explain how AI Advertising is transforming the marketing industry. After 30 years in…
Brilliance TalksThe Social Cause That’s Changing Dementia Care
What does it really take to build a Social Impact Startup that balances profit and purpose? John Ramsey left Linklaters to build Social-Ability, a Social…
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From MVP to Community Builder: Lessons You Can’t Ignore
Power BI AI is transforming finance, business intelligence, and the future of work, but most professionals are not ready. In this episode, Microsoft MVP Rishi…
Brilliance TalksThe Future of Surgery Is AI, And It’s Already Here
Jonathan Sackier is a surgeon who helped build one of the world’s first surgical robots, and accidentally became a startup founder along the way. In this…
Brilliance TalksWhy Your Marketing Agency Could Be Left Behind in 2026
What does it really take to build an AI marketing agency while launching SaaS and scaling e-commerce? In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Duray Pretorius…
Brilliance TalksWhat Building MELP Taught Him About People
Discover how MELP is building the future of the employee benefits platform, from lifestyle and longevity to protection, insurance, and AI-powered sales. In…
Brilliance TalksWhy Most Entrepreneurs Always Feel Stuck
The serial entrepreneur mindset isn’t about chasing a dream, it’s about building happiness first. In this episode, Lawrence Seaforth shares how he built three…
Brilliance TalksThe Truth About Building a Business With Your Best Friend
Glenn Sanger went from tech apprentice to co-founding a multi-million-pound IT and cybersecurity firm, without investors. In this episode of Brilliance Talks…
Brilliance TalksThe AI Mistakes Most Businesses Are Making Right Now
AI didn’t start with ChatGPT, and this episode proves it. In this episode of Brilliance Talks, we sit down with Vasili Nevlov, founder of Analysium and creator…
Brilliance TalksIf You’re a Business Owner, Watch This Before It’s Too Late
What if the mistakes you’re about to make… have already been made? In this New Year special episode of Brilliance Talks, we’ve curated the most powerful…
Brilliance TalksBefore You Set Goals for Next Year, Watch This
What do successful entrepreneurs wish they’d known earlier? In this Brilliance Talks Christmas Special, we’ve brought together the most powerful insights…
Brilliance TalksWhy This Lawyer Bet Everything on a Startup
She left a successful career in Big Law to fix one of the most broken systems in the UK. In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Hannah Nicholson, Founder & CEO…
Brilliance TalksHow Intuition Made Her a Better CEO Than Data Ever Could
Livia Bernardini has built products and brands across Italy, Japan, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong and the UK, and now leads Future Platforms, the digital…
Brilliance TalksThe Real Reason Your Landing Page Isn’t Converting
From Metallica to Harvard, Toni Hopponen has quietly built tools used by some of the world’s most iconic brands. He bootstrapped Flockler, scaled it through…
Brilliance TalksWe Built an AI That Does 3 Years of Consulting in 15 Days | Spendkey CEO
Alex Grundy, co-founder and CEO of Spendkey, shares his journey from corporate procurement expert to AI SaaS founder. Learn how Spendkey automates years of…
Brilliance TalksShe Built AI That Gives People Their Voice Back
She didn’t plan to change the world — but a single hackathon sparked a technology now giving people new ways to communicate. Dr. Hadeel Ayoub, the inventor…
Brilliance TalksBUILDING PASTA BRAND AT 40!
At 40, a finance guy walking away from the London Stock Exchange so he could learn to cook pasta. Sounds wild? It’s only the beginning. Meet Chris Rensell —…
Brilliance TalksHow a Space Scientist Built a Beauty-Tech Empire with AI
Lena was coding neural networks before AI was cool. In this episode, she shares how she went from space research to co-founding The Good Face Project — helping…
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He Helped TikTok Go Global… Now He’s Fixing Time Itself
In this episode of Brilliance Talks, we sit down with Daniel Bulteel, co-founder of Ting — an AI platform that turns the messy back-and-forth of scheduling…
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The CEO Who’s Making AI More Human
In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Simac Konkader sits down with Tatyana Mamut, CEO and co-founder of Wayfound.ai, to uncover the truth about innovation…
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How to Build & Protect Wealth Like the Top 1% (Before It’s Too Late)
hat happens when you finally make money… but don’t know how to protect it? In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Simac Konkader sits down with Taras Rebak —…
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How to Build a People-First Business That Actually Grows
In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Simac Konkader sits down with Natalie Ruiz, CEO of AnswerConnect, to talk about what it really takes to grow into…
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Why You Don’t Need Investors to Scale Big | Kat Patterson
Most leaders talk about what’s possible. Kat Patterson makes it happen. In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Simac Konkader sits down with Kat Patterson…
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The Brutal Truth About IVF Nobody Talks About
Most entrepreneurs build products. Few build revolutions. In this episode of Brilliance Talks, host Simac Konkader sits down with Dr. Lara Zibners —…
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How to Lead Digital Transformation in Fintech & Blockchain
What does it take to lead real digital transformation—not just talk about it? In this episode of Brilliance Talks, host Simac Konkader sits down with Scarlett…
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How to Build a Business That Actually Heals People
In this episode of Brilliance Talks, host Simac Konkader sits down with Charlie Goodchild — Founder of Better, host of the Better Never Ends podcast, and a…