Screw It Just Do It with Alex Chisnall

"...I would go up on stage and I would trip and my nose would bleed... and then people would throw tomatoes at me..or even worse, potatoes, and then I would wake up in a ditch somewhere..naked".

Pat Flynn has been called "the crash test dummy of online business" and in this interview you'll find out why.

Forbes named him as one of the most transparent leaders in business  and the New York Times profiled him as a case study in smart online business building...

"Work hard..any idea that you have can be come a reality just by sharing it and getting people inspired". Conker Spirit are at the forefront of the Gin Revolution. Founder Rupert Holloway talk us through his journey from self confessed "miserable surveyor" to happy head conkerer. Rupert has taken Conker Spirit from a one band foraging, distilling and marketing to building a team with his best friend and getting their gin stocked everywhere from farm shops to Fortnum and Masons...

"I can't accept failure. I can't have it. I will not accept failure..I'm not scared. I'm not frightened and I'm not going to fail".

So spoke Ted Baker founder Ray Kelvin in the 2nd part to my live Q and A with him.

Ray tells the story of how he started with one shop in Glasgow. He brings us right up to date with Ted Baker currently valued at £1.6 Billion, as well as his latest ventures...

On today's show I'm joined by the billionaire founder of Ted Baker, Ray Kelvin cbe

I hosted a 'live' Q & A with Ray at a sold out www.thiswork.space in Bournemouth at Ray's first brand new co-working space, set to rival We Work.

We started with a question direct from Richard Branson on Necker Island and continued for over two hours. I have therefore divided the show into two parts...

Ollie Forsyth is the 'dyslexic entrepreneur'. Ollie first demonstrated his entrepreneurial traits at the age of just six years old when he started charging his parents 20p for making them tea and coffee..and again for refills. He formed his first business at the age of just 13, and despite being diagnosed with dyslexia, has gone on to form a number of companies, including launching The Budding Entrepreneur's Club in 2016 in the Shard with Levi Roots among others...

Jim Cregan joins me to talk about how he went from British building site to Australia and back again. In the process launching his own brand of Iced Coffee after not being able to find it in the UK when he came back from OZ. You can now get Jimmysicedcoffee in Tescos, Sainsbuys, Waitrose, Selfridges and even in Animal's clothing shops. We talk brand building through University tastings, his Ride Club, Cinema Club and festivals...

John Lee Dumas went from serving as a a US Army Officer in Iraq to generating over $10m in under 5 years.

JLD has interviewed nearly 2,000 of the world's most successful entrepreneurs: from Gary Vaynerchuk to Tony Robbins, Tim Ferris and Seth Godin...

Vin has launched two websites that got to over a million visitors a month, got into the Techstars accelerator, was voted best talk at SXSW V2V 2016...

Steven Bartlett, the founder of Europe's fastest growing social media agency, Social Chain, joins me on todays show. Steven left University after just one lecture and has since gone on to create an agency built on harnessing social media influencers on social media platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and LinkedIn...