I’m Not Motivated By Money - I Just Want To Serve My Customers In A World Class Way!
Release Date: 03/28/2022
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In this powerful ScaleUp Radio Shorts episode, Kevin Brent and Granger Forson contrast two founders tackling very different ends of the healthcare and life sciences spectrum: Michael Colling-Tuck, founder of Agency Medical Marketing, is on a mission to ensure life-changing innovations get adopted by clinicians and patients. Prasun Chakraborty, founder of Genevation, is developing personalised cancer vaccines using cutting-edge AI and immunotherapy. One is solving the problem of visibility and market traction. The other is solving for scientific possibility and clinical impact. Yet both share...
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Find me, Granger Forson, at or connect with me on . This episode of ScaleUp Radio features Michael Colling-Tuck, founder of Agency Bristol, a specialist marketing agency helping medical and technology innovators reach both patients and healthcare professionals. With over twenty years in healthcare, Michael has seen how even the most brilliant inventions can fail if no one knows they exist. His agency bridges that critical gap, giving groundbreaking products a fighting chance to reach the people whose lives they can transform. What makes Michael’s...
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In this episode of ScaleUp Radio, we're diving into the groundbreaking world of personalised cancer treatments with Prasun Chakraborty, founder of Genevation – a biotech startup on a mission to revolutionise how we treat and potentially prevent cancer. Unlike the traditional one-size-fits-all approach to oncology, Genevation is using advanced AI and genetic sequencing to create custom mRNA cancer vaccines for individual patients – in just 14 days. Prasun shares the inspiring story behind the business, the massive challenges of scaling deep-tech biotech, and his clear vision of a future...
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In this special ScaleUp Radio Shorts episode, Kevin Brent and Granger Forson take a step back to reflect on two contrasting founder journeys shared recently on the podcast: Paul Wray, founder of Breakspeare Clinic, a values-driven physiotherapy business Joe van Gelder, founder of fintech firm Powdr, a fast-scaling tech company Although these two founders operate in completely different industries and approach business from opposite ends of the personality spectrum, their journeys reveal powerful shared lessons about scaling, leadership and founder development. What You’ll Learn in...
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Hi, I’m Granger Forson from , or find me on LinkedIn, and in this episode of ScaleUp Radio, I’m joined by Paul Wray, the owner of Breakspeare Clinic, a multi-site physiotherapy and wellness practice based in West Oxfordshire. Paul’s story is one of continuous learning, resilience, and a genuine commitment to helping people move better and live pain-free lives. Starting as a physiotherapist over 30 years ago, he worked within the NHS before joining Breakspeare Clinic, eventually buying the business after a decade of hands-on experience. Today, his...
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In this episode of ScaleUp Radio, Kevin Brent is joined by Joe van Gelder, CEO and co-founder of Powdr – a SaaS-enabled consultancy that’s revolutionising the way businesses build and use financial models. Joe shares the journey of transforming a traditional consultancy into a product-led business by solving a real-world pain point: fragile, expensive, and ineffective financial modelling tools. With Powdr, he’s helping scaling businesses make better strategic decisions – faster and more affordably – using robust, investor-grade financial models. The conversation follows the typical...
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Hosts: Kevin Brent & Granger Forson Produced with the help of AI 🔎 Episode Overview: In this week’s ScaleUp Radio Shorts, Kevin Brent and Granger Forson reflect on powerful insights from three of the most recent guests on ScaleUp Radio: Harry Shearer – Shearer Associates (Recruitment) Tom Locke – Habitat+ Architects (Architecture & Design) Louise Hampton – Attend2Health (Healthcare & Wellness) From recruitment to healthcare to sustainable architecture, these founder journeys might seem worlds apart — but Kevin and Granger tease out the surprising commonalities and...
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Hi, I’m Granger Forson from , or find me on LinkedIn, and in this episode of ScaleUp Radio, I’m joined by Tom Locke, co-founder of Habitat+ Architects, a Gloucestershire-based practice that’s redefining how sustainability meets great design. Tom’s journey is one of courage and curiosity. He and his business partner stepped away from the comfort of employment during COVID to create a business that truly reflected their values. Their goal? To build spaces that not only look beautiful but also work in harmony with the environment and the people...
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In this episode of ScaleUp Radio, we dive into the inspiring journey of Louise Hampton, founder of Attend2Health, a thriving multidisciplinary health clinic based in Buntingford. Starting in 2007 with just three rented treatment rooms, Louise has scaled her business into a nine-room, fully owned clinic with a community studio – all housed in a former Barclays Bank. Louise shares the bold decisions, financial risks, and long-term planning that made this transformation possible. We explore how Louise navigated rising costs, developed new revenue streams like Pilates classes, and maintained a...
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Tom’s journey was already a fascinating one before he even started GembaDocs, but his scale up journey since then is a great story, and definitely one that all other business owners can learn from.
The conversation was pretty wide-ranging, and we covered a lot of ground including:
- You need to experience failure, to make you realise how great the successes are
- Follow the advice that an experienced business owner gives you, and don’t let pride get in the way
- The best marketing is making an incredible product that your clients want; they talk about it and do the marketing for you, meaning that you don’t have to spend money marketing it!
As you’ll hear, Tom is a great talker and has so much value and experience to pass on to you, whatever industry your in - and whatever stage of the scale up journey you’re at.
Tom can be found here:
linkedin.com/in/tom-hughes-7222562
+44 07712 133615 (WhatsApp or Messages)
Resources
Paul Akers - https://paulakers.net/
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - https://www.waterstones.com/book/autobiography-of-a-yogi/paramahansa-yogananda/9780876120798
Awareness by Anthony DeMello - https://www.waterstones.com/book/awareness/anthony-demello/9780006275190
The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer - https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-untethered-soul/michael-a-singer/9781572245372
The ScaleX Insider with Brendan McGurgan - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/scalex-insider-podcast/id1566729230
Signal - https://signal.org/
GembaDocs - https://gembadocs.com/
WhatsApp - https://www.whatsapp.com/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/
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