Best James Smethurst Podcasts (2025)

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Sweat Equity, Startups & the £75 That Changed Everything 34:16

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6d ago34:16

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Guest: Colin Glass – Entrepreneur, investor, accountant, and mentor to hundreds of startups 🔥 He Turned £75 into a Startup Empire: How Colin Glass Helped Build & Back Hundreds of Businesses What does it really take to build a successful startup—and back the next generation of founders? In this powerful episode of The Launch Podcast, we sit down wit…

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Boost Drinks Founder Simon Gray Spills All on £70 Million Exit 53:54

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How did a rejected uni student with a 20% attendance rate turn a simple idea into a £70 MILLION brand? 👀 In this explosive episode of The Launch Podcast, we dive deep with Simon Gray, founder of Boost Drinks, on how he built a household brand from scratch—without owning a factory, warehouse, or even delivery vans. Simon shares how: 💡 He spotted a g…

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Bootstrapped to Exit: Phil Fraser’s Start up success story 44:36

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What happens when you quit accounting, stumble into the internet boom, and accidentally build one of the UK’s first online bingo empires? In this episode of The Launch Podcast, Phil Fraser, founder of the Leeds Business Podcast and online gaming veteran, shares how he went from clueless graduate to digital trailblazer—bootstrapping a business from …

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Prison, Rugby, Redemption: Q & Suaia’s Journey to Save Lives 52:59

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In one of our most powerful and emotional episodes yet, we sit down with Q and Suaia's—professional rugby players and founders of the Talk Your Walk Foundation. Their stories are raw, real, and deeply inspiring. From troubled pasts, personal loss, and prison time… to international rugby careers and a mission to transform lives through mental health…

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Behind the Screams: How GrimmFest Built a Horror Empire 35:28

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In this episode of The Launch Podcast, we dive into the world of indie horror and genre cinema with Rachel and Simeon Halligan, co-founders of GrimmFest and creators of the upcoming psychological thriller Past Life. From producing their first horror feature to launching one of the UK’s leading genre film festivals, Rachel and Simeon share their jou…

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Rugby to Real Estate: How They Built a Property Empire 50:11

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In this inspiring episode of The Launch, we sit down with Joe and Tom—two ex-rugby players from West Yorkshire—who left behind their sports careers to tackle the world of property development. With nothing but grit, hustle, and a shared vision, they went from living off maternity pay and using a broken-down Hyundai as a work van… to sourcing and ma…

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How this former Race Driver is disrupting the track experience world, and bootstrapping a business to generating revenue in 6 weeks 44:50

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•⁠ ⁠A racing driver from Barnsley breaking into motorsport with zero connections •⁠ ⁠Track days that are more than just a few laps on an airfield •⁠ ⁠And a business quietly rewriting the rulebook on how to drive productivity. James Merrills has built Raidillon Racing & Race Competitions, both startups; one turning high-performance track days into a…

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Raising investment & replacing frustrating phone systems with Neural Voice ft Jeremy Smith and Harry Finch 48:06

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Raising investment, replacing frustrating phone systems and being on hold with AI - Inside Neural Voice’s AI Revolution with Jeremy Smith and Harry Finch In this episode, we chat with Jeremy Smith (CEO) and Harry Finch (Lead Engineer) from Neural Voice, a UK startup building AI that replaces traditional phone systems with smart, human-like conversa…