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The Enterprisors
Two businesses. Same starting point.
Ten years later, one is worth £35 million. The other is worth £4.4 billion.
Same market. Same era. Different decision. One that most founders never even know they’re making.
Hosted by Jo Parker, who has spent her career asking the questions people don’t want to answer. With her co-host Tim Meadows-Smith who has built and scaled businesses worth over £10 billion. He’s also spent 25 years in the room when companies quietly stop growing and watched founders…
Episodes
- The Enterprisors
The Foundation Ceiling
Every founder is the principal investor in their own business, yet very few think like one. In this mini-series, Jo Parker and business designer, turnaround…
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Do You Know What Good Looks Like?
Most founders of mid-sized businesses (think 20 to 30 million in revenue, 30 to 50 employees) have never worked inside a company operating at the next level…
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Six Silent Failures
Tim Meadows-Smith breaks down why so few founder-led businesses ever reach serious scale and names the six specific failures that quietly kill growth before it…
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The Learner-Driver in the F1 Car
Reaching £10 million in revenue is a genuine achievement, but it can also be a trap. The instincts, habits and behaviours that got you there are precisely the…
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Being the Smartest Person in the Room – The Insecurity of Being Too Clever!
Two high-achievers sit down for a rare and candid conversation about the specific insecurity that comes with exceptional intelligence, not the fear of being…
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From One CEO to Another - The Isolation Premium
In this episode Tim Meadows-Smith unpacks one of British business's most overlooked paradoxes: the founder of a £30m company surrounded by hundreds of…
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The Journeyman Problem: Why Your Early Team Could Be Holding You Back
In this episode, Tim Meadows-Smith tackles one of the most uncomfortable truths in founder-led business growth. The people who helped you build to £5M may not…
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The Founder Trap -Designing Freedom Into Your Business
Most founders start a business chasing freedom, only to find themselves more trapped than ever. Tim Meadows-Smith breaks down why exhaustion becomes the…
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The Missing Profit — Why Most Founders Wouldn't Survive Their Own Standards
Episode Summary Tim Meadows-Smith returns to challenge a comfortable myth: that steady growth and a profitable business mean you're doing well. In this…
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AI: The Conversation You've Been Avoiding with Guest Gerard Fogarty from Precision AI
In this episode, Tim and Jo sit down with AI strategist Gerard Fogarty to cut through the noise around AI. What mid-sized business leaders actually need to…
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Finding Your Tribe
Most CEOs at mid-size companies have tried networking. Most have concluded it doesn't work. They're right…but only about the wrong kind of networking. Chambers…
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Utopia First
Most business plans start in the wrong place. They begin with last year's numbers, add a cautious percentage,and call it ambition. The result is a 5% growth…
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The Myths of Building a Business
Everyone has an opinion on what it takes to build a successful business. Governments celebrate founders. Hollywood glamorises the lone entrepreneur. Education…
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The 125x Gap
Most business owners believe that reaching £20 million in turnover is the hard part. They're wrong. Getting there is the heroic bit — the scrappy…