FUNDED: Brilliant Entrepreneurs and Founders
At the heart of their towns and cities, wonderful local businesses and social enterprises are the vital spark in their communities. Our guests may all be brilliant but they're also real and relatable, with practical insights and tips to share.
All are united by one factor: they had a dream to grow, and used finance from the Business Enterprise Fund, a non-profit social enterprise, to make it happen. And our guests give us the inside story about their business journeys and all the lessons learned on the way in these fascinating and candid interviews with people facing the same business challenges you do.
Episodes
4 episodes
How to run brilliant fundraising events and grow a social enterprise with Rob Cairns, Fund A Fest
"Rattle a tin in someone's face and you might get a pound, but if someone's having fun you might end up getting a lot more money for a good cause," says Rob Cairns, founder of Fund A Fest CIC. His business, a social enterprise, helps charities,...
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Episode 4
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23:39
Hyde Accessible Transport: from the pains of invoice finance to a lender that backed growth with Shaun Delaney
Shaun's business transports around 900 children each day and currently holds around 150 contracts with local authorities and NHS Trusts.It provides vital transport to wheelchair users, disabled people and children, and vulnerable member...
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Episode 3
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32:52
A Wizard who turned down a Dragon: Ben Fry, The Potions Cauldron
Ben is Chief Enchantment Officer of The Potions Cauldron Group which incorporates The Hole In Wand mini golf courses in Blackpool, Chester, Seaham and York, The Potions Cauldron – magical "emporiums and experiences" in Edinburgh and York,...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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27:05
Lyndsay Watterson: selling handmade walking sticks worldwide from York
Every box Lyndsay sends out to a customer changes someone's life. Few businesses could make such a claim, but this is what people tell her day in and out.Her business, Neo Walk, now employs ten and has customers in 35 countries. America...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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32:14
