DRIVE - The business podcast by Richard Osborne
What is the DRIVE behind business owners that motivates them to keep pushing their business despite all odds? You’ll find those answers – and more – in DRIVE, the podcast for business owners. I’m Richard Osborne, founder of UK Business Forums (UKBF), the UK’s largest and most active community for start-ups and small business owners. For nearly twenty years now, UKBF has been providing support, unbiased critical discussion, debate, advice and a fantastic array of free resources and essential tools to help people of all backgrounds grow/start a successful business. And now, I have created DRIVE, a platform for business owners/founders to speak about their journey to business success. My guests come from all walks of life; everyday people you may meet in the street, stand next to in the queue at a coffee shop, people who may be fighting to pay bills, wages, who are struggling with marketing, and who may be feeling very alone in their quest to pursue their passion and build a successful business. Find out about their DRIVE on this podcast, including the challenges they overcame, what kept them going, insider tips that could help you succeed in your own entrepreneurial journey, the ups and downs of running a business, the impact it has on them and their loved ones, and much more. You can follow my socials: Twitter (https://twitter.com/RichardOsborne) Instagram (https://instagram.com/richardmosborne) If you are a small business owner with a journey you’d share, or if you know of someone who would like to share their business story, I’d love to hear from you. You can reach out to me on social media via any of my channels and I’ll get straight back to you. Want to know more about UK Business Forums (UKBF), an online small business community and business support platform that I created in 2003 to support myself and other small business owners? Take a look at the website and join for free for support, advice and guides on all things business at: https://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk
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Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Claire Young is well known as the highly driven runner up of series four of ‘The Apprentice’ where she was dubbed a ‘Rottweiler’ by Lord Sugar for her tenacious approach in the boardroom.
Being on the show inspired Claire to set up her award-winning business, ‘School Speakers’ - the UK’s No 1 speaking agency working alongside schools, colleges, and universities across the world to provide talks to students and staff. Winner of several business awards, she also works within the media as a journalist & radio presenter in addition to advising the government on a range of projects supporting young people and women.
Hear Claire’s story right now, here on Drive where she talks about her Apprentice experience, the crucial lessons she learnt from Lord Sugar, her view on the importance of resilience in business, how her own parents’ approach to business and taking risks gave her the confidence to make it big, why she wouldn’t partner up in business again and much, much more.
More information on Claire Young can be found at: https://www.claireyoung.co.uk
Find out more about School Speakers at: https://www.schoolspeakers.co.uk
Discover more about DRIVE here: https://drive-small-business.podbean.com
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Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Join us for the second part of our talk with Gary Turner, a forward thinker in business who helped turned Xero into a global leader in cloud accounting – raising its initial £56K UK revenue and a staff of three to a rapid £150M and 600+ staff in just a few years.
Xero is now worth over $10BN, and Gary continues to serve as a non-executive director at the Xero subsidiary, Planday alongside developing his new company, Everscale where he guides and inspires businesses on high growth and leadership.
This second part takes us from the emotional talks in part 1 on how his passion for working in, and helping others in business began when he saw his own father’s small business struggle, to more on his approach to business… Such as why creating a trusting and happy working environment for his people was - and is - crucial, key advice and tips for aspiring entrepreneurs and how always looking ahead to what’s coming next in business has helped him get to where he is today.
More information on Everscale can be found at: https://newsletter.everscale.uk/about
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Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Gary has always had a visionary approach to business, which is why he left Microsoft to take on Xero, who at the time he was approached to come on board, had just £56k in UK revenue and three UK employees, but is now worth over $10BN.
Gary immediately recognised that Xero’s cloud account offering was the way forward. Xero is now a leader in cloud accounting across New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom (3.5 million+ subscribers / 180+ countries). Today, Gary continues to serve as a non-executive director at the Xero subsidiary, Planday alongside developing his new company, Everscale where he is on a mission, to guide and inspire businesses about what he learned about high growth and leadership.
Hear the first part of his inspirational story here; how his passion for working in, and helping others in business began when he saw his own father’s small business struggle, which led to the breakdown of his parent’s marriage and the repossession of his childhood home. And how always looking ahead to what’s coming next in business has helped him get to where he is today.
More information on Everscale can be found at: https://newsletter.everscale.uk/about
Watch DRIVE on our UKBF channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ukbizforums
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For more information on UKBF and to join our FREE, online business community, please visit www.ukbf.co.uk
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
What do you do when a credit crunch hits, your business crumbles and you have to stand by whilst your cars and home is repossessed? Well, if you’re Gary Doherty, you dust yourself off and start a new business!
Londonderry based Gary has a wealth of experience in business; building a property empire and buying an estate agency business as he continued to expand his business vision. But the 2009 property market crash led to Gary losing everything.
This traumatic time led to him moving forward with a new outlook and creating a new company, Think Network, Ireland’s fastest growing empowerment platform, aimed at helping people reach their full potential by hosting motivational, inspirational and empowering speaking events like no other..
Hear his story right now, here on Drive and be inspired at his passion for empowering people across the globe to achieve their dreams, and how he has persuaded some of the world’s leading figures in self-empowerment, wealth and business to get on board.
More information on Gary Doherty and the Think Network can be found on his various social media platforms including on Twitter and LinkedIn
If you have a story to share reach out to me on Twitter, Instagram or TikTok and tell me about your DRIVE in business.
For more information on UKBF and to join our FREE, online business community, please visit ukbf.co.uk
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
What do you do when you have an established, thriving business? Well, if you’re Tim Fouracre, you leave it and start another! Tim has a wealth of experience in accounting; having spent nearly 10 years (as founder) and CEO of a cloud accounting company, Clear Books Ltd. He’s also the kind of guy who likes to get things done; from starting his own career in accountancy after getting an accounting bill and ascertaining he could do the job himself, to dealing with his frustration at not being supported by his fellow shareholders in his desire to expand into banking! Tim could see a clear solution to businesses spending too much time and effort on accounting and banking systems by combining the two but there was no avenue to do this in his current business…
This lightbulb moment about combining banking and accounting led to him leaving Clear Books to start Countingup and, four years in, business is booming.
But his journey to success wasn’t as simple as current figures suggest. Tim met a lot of resistance along the way, including from his business partners, but his determination to succeed drove him on, and has revolutionised the way people run their small business.
More information on CountingUp can be found at www.countingup.com
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Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
What do you do when your business partner, who is also your best friend, is hit with a life changing illness?
Jo Stone is the co-founder of Puddle Ducks, a leading franchise business that delivers baby and child swimming classes across the UK. She founded the business with Tracy Townend who she met at pre-natal classes where they became good friends and the rest, they say, is history.
It wasn’t plain sailing though, hit with several challenges including a real David & Goliath legal battle, before Tracy was affected by a crippling life-changing illness meaning she had to re-learn to walk, talk and Jo needed to deal with this whilst also keeping the business running.
Hear her story and how this most unassuming yet dedicated and driven person has brought baby pool safety and swimming lessons to a national scale.
More information on Puddle Ducks can be found at puddleducks.com
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Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
As the Managing Director of dbfb communications, Simon Pickering's business journey has seen some fruitful highs but is riddled with crushing lows along the way.
Simon has been at the forefront of the communications industry for decades and had a lifestyle which showed this. But after a turbulent few years, Simon lost it all. The business, the house and even the money he was owed.
The road to recovery hasn't been straightforward, but in this episode, Simon shares it all.
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
In this episode, we sit down with Niki Fuchs, The Group CEO of Office Space in Town (OSiT). She follows in her parent's legacy in disrupting the shared office space industry and achieving some monumental milestones. It's time to find out how they achieved this and the challenges she and the business faced en route to establishing this legacy.
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Co-founder of ANNA Money, Boris Diakonov, shares his story from working in a hospital at the age of 12, to becoming a co-founder of one of the largest banks in Russia, to co-founding ANNA Money in the UK. He talks through the challenges he faced in adapting to the UK banking systems, and how it's important to have open communication with your customers when the rug is pulled out from under you!
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Saturday Oct 15, 2022
Saturday Oct 15, 2022
Brad Burton talks to Richard Osborne about how he grew up on a council estate in Salford, and his darkest times of being shot at and drug addiction until he took control of his life. Brad is now a published author with three best-selling business books on Amazon, and the UK's number 1 motivational business speaker.
You can work with Brad by contacting through workwithbrad.biz
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About Richard Osborne
I grew up with a rocky start in life experiencing in debt, eviction, two broken homes, violence, alcohol and some shady experiences through my teenage years.
I started his first business in the late 1990's in the middle of a family crisis before selling it in a business deal gone wrong and I lost it all. After that I grew and sold a handful of businesses through three nervous breakdowns and depression in one hell of a rollercoaster ride.
This podcast takes you on a journey with me as I speak to Entrepreneurs who put themselves through highs and lows of running a business. People you may walk past in the street with no idea they're struggling to pay the wages, just lost a major client, or struggling to even pay themselves.