Industry Angel Business Podcast

Show Notes; http://industryangel.com/093-world-health-heroes/ We are a community of reputable wellbeing experts both locally and nationally that are working to educate, treat and support as many people as we can across the world. Making complementary health, alternative medicine and spiritual guidance affordable and accessible to all people. Pushing our Crowdfund campaign along with the hashtag #POWEROFTHEPOUND

In this episode Ian Farrar and Tanja Bueltmann discuss; Uncertainty EU citizens’ rights – Settled Status Applying for citizenship Documents and records Long term planning for businesses Attracting staff with such uncertainty Trade Arrangements Impact of ‘No deal’ Timescales Commuting across borders Distribution of wealth Refugee Crisis Climate Change GDP and the strength of the £ NHS investment and resources What can we do to affect the campaign?

Tap into the available support to help you scale your business. Ian and Laura discuss; - Corporate backgrounds - Scale up agenda - Strategic economic plan - What kind of business is a ‘scale up’ - Public sector cuts lead to innovation - What areas does a scale up target? - Support availability - Importance of networking

We hear from friend of the show Jamie (from 007) who has invested time into Facebook groups to uncover sales opportunities and build the brand of family business Hill Shipping.

Ian attended Newcastle start up week 2018 and discusses the benefits of attending events and meeting new connections. Ian also catches up with Co-Founder Paul Lancaster from Episode 66 and hears how the week was going. Brian Fanzo from Episode 50 also shares his thoughts on the week and his experience of closing day one.

http://industryangel.com/088-jill-mckinney Jill's current role sees her work across the region, proactively engaging industry and education to support both parties to get what they need from each other - talk about a challenge! With teachers being stretched to breaking point with existing curriculum demands, the need for digital skills in business in of huge importance - and not only in the tech sector.

http://industryangel.com/087-live-gary-fildes/ As a child he wasn’t encouraged by teachers to explore his love for science. Destined to follow the well trodden path of ‘getting a trade’ he worked on building sites for 25 years. As an astronomer in his mid 30's, he joined the Sunderland Astronomical Society. By 2002 he started the Kielder forest star camp, & a year later it would start a path that would change his life forever. Hear the incredible story of Gary in a special live broadcast with Ia

Full Show notes http://industryangel.com/086-coco-charity/ Lucy is CEO of Comrades of Children Overseas an International Charity based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Lucy has worked at COCO for 14 years, working her way up from volunteer to a position of leadership, shaping the development and direction of COCO’s fundraising, governance and project management. Her major interests are led by a passion for international relations, equality, development, poverty alleviation and commitment to accountability.

Show Notes Here http://industryangel.com/085-blockchain/ Author of upcoming Bloomberg Law guide on ICOs. Amy Wan, Esq., is Founder and Chief Legal Hacker at Sagewise, a project of Bootstrap Legal. Sagewise aims to build a dispute resolution infrastructure for smart contract disputes.

Full show notes here http://industryangel.com/084-live-shaun-oakes Shaun is the Managing Director at ievo biometric fingerprint readers. Shaun started the company in early 2009 with the aim to deliver biometric products for real world deployment. Shaun had the products designed and manufactured to deliver where many others have failed.

Full Show notes here  http://industryangel.com/083-internationalwomensday This year, Sunderland are once again celebrating the achievements and success of local women in the work place. With guest speakers from a range of backgrounds and sectors, the day was one not to be missed. An opportunity to showcase the importance of women at work, and just what can be achieved, the event demonstrated the passion and capability of many amazing women who stepped outside of their comfort zone to achieve.

Full show notes here http://industryangel.com/082-get-free-publicity-today/ Ian and Sharon discuss; - The purpose behind PR - Specific pitches for media channels - Fake it before you make it - Having belief - Dealing with the haters - Tips for pitching

Show notes http://industryangel.com/081-ian-in-india/ Ian recently travelled to India to visit a business festival and armed with his portable recorder he documented his thoughts.

Full show notes here :- http://industryangel.com/080-build-a-business/ Alex is the Founder of award winning MI Supplies, 11th fastest growing UK workwear company in 2017. They have achieved record growth every year from 2007 to 2017 whilst working on building stronger foundations for the future. Their annual revenues are now at £2.4m (205% growth in 5 years).

Full Show Notes Here http://industryangel.com/079-productivity/ Ian & Simon discuss; - Air - ACT INFORM RESTORE - Our brain can only concentrate for 6 hours - Investing time to learn/document process - Restore yourself, hit the reset button - Checking emails and social media productively - Planning your schedule - Streamlining your day - Hassle/Benefit ratio - What does good enough look like - Get more done, have more fun