Have you ever wondered what it takes to build a successful business outside of just increasing profit margins and balancing the books? Beyond the Balance Sheet is the show created to inspire business owners to be a force to be reckoned with. It takes a lot to run a business and financial metrics are not the only measure of success. Host, Ashlee Bloom, is joined by business owners who reveal their superpowers that really drive their business, the struggles they have faced and how they’ve overcome them.
Beyond the Balance Sheet is brought to you by Raffingers, an award winning UK based accountancy and advisory firm.
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Have you ever wondered what it takes to build a successful business outside of just increasing profit margins and balancing the books? Beyond the Balance Sheet is the show created to inspire business owners to be a force to be reckoned with. It takes a lot to run a business and financial metrics are not the only measure of success. Host, Ashlee Bloom, is joined by business owners who reveal their superpowers that really drive their business, the struggles they have faced and how they’ve overcome them.
Beyond the Balance Sheet is brought to you by Raffingers, an award winning UK based accountancy and advisory firm.
A StoryHunter Production
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In this episode of Beyond The Balance Sheet by Raffingers, Host, Ashlee Bloom is joined by Hugh Thomas, CEO and Co-Founder of global brand - Ugly Drinks. Alongside his co-founder, Hugh set out to create a drinks product that had authenticity at the heart, and since launching the Ugly Drinks brand in 2016, the 100% natural fruit flavoured sparkling waters have landed shelf space in some of the worlds largest retailers.
Hugh believes consumers deserve better from businesses, and in this episode talks to Ashlee about his mission to tackle the ugly truths in the world, including the brands fight against global gender inequality and they discuss how important it is for companies to have a purpose and a cause. Hugh also talks through his journey from employee to CEO, and shares advice on how to manage the mental load of being a founder.
Selected Links From This Episode:
Raffingers - https://raffingers.co.uk/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/raffingers/ | https://www.instagram.com/raffingers/ | https://twitter.com/Raffingers
Connect with Hugh - https://www.linkedin.com/in/uglyhugh/
Connect with Ashlee - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleebloom46/
Ugly Drinks- https://uglydrinks.com/
Ugly Drinks Twitter- https://twitter.com/uglydrinks
Girl Up- https://girlup.org/
Beyond the Balance Sheet is brought to you by Raffingers, an award winning UK based accountancy and advisory firm.
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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How do you go from being the 'Media Guy' to Chief Executive with no prior experience?
In this episode of Beyond The Balance Sheet by Raffingers, Host, Ashlee Bloom is joined by Matt Porter, Chief Executive at Professional Darts Corporation, Director at Matchroom Sport and former CEO of Leyton Orient F.C. Matt was a young Chief Executive, and talks to Ashlee about what he learnt from being in a leadership role from such a young age, the importance of having a great mentor, and how important it is to get your team on side as a manager. Matt also talks to Ashlee about how live sport was adapted when the pandemic hit, and the approach that has taken darts out of the pub, promoted it an entirely new way and pushed it onto the world stage.
Selected Links From This Episode:
Raffingers - https://raffingers.co.uk/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/raffingers/ | https://www.instagram.com/raffingers/ | https://twitter.com/Raffingers
Connect with Matt - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-porter-841a743b/
Connect with Ashlee - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleebloom46/
Professional Darts Corporation - https://www.pdc.tv/
Matchroom Sport- https://matchroom.com/
Beyond the Balance Sheet is brought to you by Raffingers, an award winning UK based accountancy and advisory firm.
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Ashlee is joined by Stefanie Sword-Williams - Founder, Author and Voice of F*ck Being Humble, the global movement, consultancy, book and event series helping people be unapologetically proud of their achievements. At the start of lockdown, Stef took the plunge and turned F*ck Being Humble, her then side hustle into her full time hustle, and had to pivot her business plans from in person events, to 100% remote. Stef's ‘Blag now, worry later’ attitude enabled her to thrive during lockdown, and has landed her opportunities including doing a TEDx Talk, being named one of Forbes 30 Under 30, hosting her own radio channel and writing a book with no experience as an author.
In this episode we talk through everything from the importance of self promotion to the lack of female representation in the creative industry. Ashlee and Stef also chat through how to tackle imposter syndrome, and how you should never let the fear of sounding stupid (FOSS) stop you from asking for you want or celebrating your success.
Selected Links From This Episode:
Raffingers - https://raffingers.co.uk/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/raffingers/ | https://www.instagram.com/raffingers/ | https://twitter.com/Raffingers
Connect With Stef - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanieswordwilliams/
Connect With Ashlee - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleebloom46/
Stefanie Sword-Williams - https://www.stefanieswordwilliams.com/
F*ck Being Humble - https://www.fuckbeinghumble.com/
Follow on Instagram - @fbeinghumbleldn
Follow on Twitter - @fbeinghumbleldn
Buy the book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Being-Humble-self-promotion-isnt-dirty/dp/1787135136/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=9781787135130&qid=1575296840&sr=8-1&tag=smarturl-gb
Beyond the Balance Sheet is brought to you by Raffingers, an award winning UK based accountancy and advisory firm.
Beyond the Balance Sheet is a StoryHunter Production
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ever received a call from a potential business investor whilst bathing your daughter?
How about writing your HR policy whilst sitting on the back of the 185 bus?
Well... Amrit Santhirasenan, Co-founder and CEO of Hyperexponential (HX) certainly has!
For Amrit, it took time to get used to dealing with interruptions, and time being consumed in ways that were difficult to fathom before he started his own business. However, even with these challenges, he managed to transform his business from a 2 person team working out of his kitchen, into a multi-million pound business.
So how did he do it?
In this episode, host Ashlee Bloom and Amrit Santhirasenan talk about the transition from being an employee to a co-founder, being a parent and managing his time, and having to wear many hats as a company owner. Amrit gives tangible advice on how to scale a business while also being a dedicated parent.
Selected Links From This Episode:
Raffingers - https://raffingers.co.uk/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/raffingers/ | https://www.instagram.com/raffingers/ | https://twitter.com/Raffingers
Connect With Amrit - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amritsanthirasenan/
Connect With Ashlee - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleebloom46/
Start-up Dads Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/startup-dads/id1548496077
Hyperexponential - https://www.hyperexponential.com/
Beyond the Balance Sheet is brought to you by Raffingers, an award winning UK based accountancy and advisory firm.
Beyond the Balance Sheet is a StoryHunter Production
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ashlee is joined by Jan Cavelle, business owner, speaker and author of Scale For Success. In this episode, Jan talks about her first hand experience of scaling a business to morph into a bigger venture, and the challenges that comes with. Like most business owners, Jan has known both failure and succes and shares her tips on how to avoid the traps that she fell into on her own journey. Jan also discusses how she managed to turn her business from working on the kitchen table to employing a team of more than 40, and how she balanced scaling her start-up with being a single mother.
Selected Links From This Episode:
Raffingers - https://raffingers.co.uk/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/raffingers/ | https://www.instagram.com/raffingers/ | https://twitter.com/Raffingers
Connect With Jan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jancavelle/
Connect With Ashlee - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleebloom46/
Scale For Success - https://jancavelle.co.uk/scale-for-success/
Jan Cavelle - https://jancavelle.co.uk/
Beyond the Balance Sheet is brought to you by Raffingers, an award winning UK based accountancy and advisory firm.
Beyond the Balance Sheet is a StoryHunter Production
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Natasha Lytton is Head of Brand, Marketing and Portfolio Support at Seedcamp - Europes first early-stage investor in pre-seed and seed stage companies. With experience working in Chief Marketing Officer roles at consumer-focussed start-ups across FMCG, retail and food technology, Natasha understands the growing pains that come with joining an early-stage company as well as how much needs to be done to make the company succeed from a marketing and positioning perspective.
In this episode, Natasha talks about her experience working at Seedcamp, a European seed-stage venture capital fund, and shares her secrets on how she has helped start ups with everything from defining brand purpose, to growth strategies and the art of creative story telling. She also talks to Ashlee about what investors are looking for in pre-seed and seed stage businesses, the importance of a strong team and her experiences being the first marketing hire at startups in-house.
Selected Links From This Episode:
Raffingers - https://raffingers.co.uk/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/raffingers/ | https://www.instagram.com/raffingers/ | https://twitter.com/Raffingers
Connect with Natasha - https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-lytton-02bba627/
Connect with Ashlee - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleebloom46/
Seedcamp - https://seedcamp.com/
Beyond the Balance Sheet is brought to you by Raffingers, an award winning UK based accountancy and advisory firm specialising in commercial financial advice and solutions.
Beyond the Balance Sheet is a StoryHunter Production
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Michael Michalowicz is an American author, entrepreneur, and speaker dedicated to eradicating entrepreneurial poverty. Mike built four multi-million dollar companies and sold two of them: one to private equity and another to a Fortune 500. Mike is the author of multiple books including, 'Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine' which is a counterintuitive cash management solution that helps small businesses. Since launching his book, the Profit First methodology has been used by hundreds of thousands of companies around the world.
In this episode, Ashlee talks to Mike about how losing his entire fortune and having to start all over again made him even more driven to find better ways to grow healthy, strong companies. They also discuss how the Profit First mindset helps you to change your mentality about your money, Mikes biggest successes and how to achieve job satisfaction.
Selected Links From The Episode:
Raffingers: https://raffingers.co.uk/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/raffingers/ | https://www.instagram.com/raffingers/ | https://twitter.com/Raffingers
Profit First - https://profitfirstbook.com/
Mike Michalowicz - https://mikemichalowicz.com/
Connect with Mike - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemichalowicz/
Connect with Ashlee - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleebloom46
Beyond the Balance Sheet is brought to you by Raffingers, an award winning UK based accountancy and advisory firm specialising in commercial financial advice and solutions.
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Lee Manning is Partner at Raffingers and Profit First Certified Professional. Lee has been at Raffingers since he was a boy in short trousers and was promoted to Partner at 26 years old. Lee is passionate about helping clients to succeed, grow and be cash rich and is one of only few Profit First Certified Professionals in the UK.
In this episode, Lee gives advice on how businesses can benefit from the pandemic and what they should be focussing on to get them through 2021. Lee also discusses what business owners can learn from taking stock and really understanding their business from a financial perspective.
Selected Links From The Episode
Raffingers: https://raffingers.co.uk/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/raffingers/ | https://www.instagram.com/raffingers/ | https://twitter.com/Raffingers
Connect with Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-manning/
Connect with Ashlee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleebloom46
Profit First: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Profit-First-Transform-Cash-Eating-Money-Making-ebook/dp/B01HCGYTH4
Beyond the Balance Sheet is brought to you by Raffingers, an award winning UK based accountancy and advisory firm specialising in commercial financial advice and solutions.
Beyond the Balance Sheet is a StoryHunter Production
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Season 2 of Beyond the Balance Sheet is coming soon! Join host, Ashlee Bloom as she talks to incredibly inspiring business owners who prove that financial metrics are not the only measure of success. Guests reveal the superpowers that really drive their business, the struggles they have faced and share their secrets on how they’ve overcome them. In this series, Ashlee will be joined each week by Lee Manning, Partner and Profit First Certified Professional at Raffingers, in an additional footnote episode, where they will talk about the learnings and takeaways from each interview.
Raffingers: https://raffingers.co.uk/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/raffingers/ | https://www.instagram.com/raffingers/ | https://twitter.com/Raffingers
Connect with Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-manning/
Connect with Ashlee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleebloom46
Beyond the Balance Sheet is brought to you by Raffingers, an award winning UK based accountancy and advisory firm specialising in commercial financial advice and solutions.
Beyond the Balance Sheet is a StoryHunter Production.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.