Out of Hours: The Podcast

If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!Today on the podcast we have Thom Elliott, co-founder of Pizza Pilgrims.Thom set up Pizza Pilgrims with his brother James, and they now have 16 restaurants across the UK, in London and Oxford, and have released two books.They originally wanted to start a pizza street food business, and so set about acquiring a vehicle and a pizza oven - which took them to Italy and one week’s trip turned into a 6 week road trip touring the country.On their return, Pizza Pilgrims was born: starting first as a street food stall in London, before growing into the chain of restaurants we know today. We talk about how the idea came abut, their amazing success pivoting in the pandemic and his own surprising side project.Check out Pizza Pilgrims here,Or check out Out of Hours here.P.S. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!Today on the podcast we are joined by Tiwa Ogunlesi - a globally recognised coach specialising in positive psychology. She's an international speaker, delivering workshops for companies like Google, Facebook, The Times, and the founder of Confident and Killing It: a purpose driven organisation and community that wakes women up to their worth so they can be confident and unstoppable.Tiwa started Confident and Killing It in 2016, running it as a side project before quitting in 2020 to go full time. She's since run workshops, coaching sessions and podcasts, to give women the tools they need to overcome fear and self-doubt. We talk about how she became more confident, her rocky start to going full time when the world shut down in 2020, how she trained as a coach and how to find paid speaking gigs. Hope you enjoy!Check out Tiwa here: confidentandkillingit.comLaunch your own side project here: https://www.outofhours.org/launch-your-projectIf you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Out of Hours.If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!Today on the podcast we have John Furno, Founder of Bundle of Sticks - A queer publication, proudly sharing coming out stories to help and inspire the LGBTQ + community. Having gone through his coming out experience all alone, John decided to help others.A Bundle of Sticks started as a Facebook page, where he enocuraged other people to share their coming out stories. He’s since turned it into a publication, where people from all around the world have shared their own stories to help other people feel less alone. The magazine has been sent around the world - from the US, to Israel to South Africa.This is is not a story of something that has gone viral, but rather a story of a project with deep impact. The stories have caused school bullies to reach out to apologise, and fathers to reach out to make amends. This is a story about the power of stories themselves to change people’s minds. We talk about how John created the first edition, how to balance side projects with everything else, his experience of coming out and the life changing journey of self acceptance.LINKS:Join the Out of Hours Sprint here: https://www.outofhours.org/courses/sideprojectsprintSubmit your story to A Bundle of Sticks here: https://www.abundleofsticks.com/If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Out of Hours.If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!My guest today is Alice Bentinck - most well known as the founder of Entrepreneur First: the world's leading talent investor: building startups teams from scratch across the world.Today, we’re here to talk about her side project - Code First Girls. Code First Girls are on a mission to help women rewrite their future. Their website reads: “Through the power of community, change can and will happen.” Their active community of coders, trainers and coaches is one of the largest in the UK, facilitating women to break into and excel within the industry. They have since taught over 20,000 girls to code, and connected them with over 50 top employers.We explore why scale matters, how to know if corporate sponsorship is the right revenue model for you, why non-profits need a business models and whether new ideas are best built under pressure. I hope you enjoy!P.S. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Out of Hours.If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!Today on the podcast we are joined by Rémi Clermont - founder of Café du Cycliste: a premium cycling apparel company, designed in France and built for road cyclists and beyond. Remi started Café du Cycliste on a belief that cycling can make us happy and not all cyclists wanted to look like pro cyclists. This is not a neat entrepreneurial story. Leaving a job in marketing at an IT firm, he went all in - only to find that he had to turn it back into a side project for a year while the brand gained momentum.Cafe Du Cycliste then became a full time business - opening a concept store in Nice, and then a store in London and in Majorca. They have since been recognised as one of the fastest growing French companies for three years in a row, they have been featured in Vogue, Esquire and GQ and they have been stocked in fashion retailers like Mr Porter.This is a must listen if you’re building fashion or e-commerce projects. We also discuss why being an outsider can be a competitive advantage, how to decide whether to be stocked in retailers, what is really required from an entrepreneur to succeed and whether starting your own business makes you feel more free. I hope you enjoy!P.S. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Out of Hours: the community for people with side projects.If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!We are joined today by Elle Huerta - founder and CEO of the app Mend - designed to help you heal from both break ups and work burnout.Following a late night Google search after a particularly bad break up - she found herself wondering if there was a better way to help people go through the pain of break ups and heal faster. Elle left Google simply to explore some passions she had neglected. She started doing an apprenticeship at a bakery, she did some start up consultancy, all whilst building Mend as a newsletter. Mend is now the app to help you heal from break ups and burn out, and has since been featured in countless press from the New York Times to Vogue and has been featured in Apple’s App of the year. Elle has been mentored by Jessica Alba, and raised over 2 million dollars in venture capital.We talk about letting go of achievement-based goals, how to build a successful app that isn’t addictive, her experience of raising venture capital, why break ups s and the life changing impact of a digital detox.P.S. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Out of Hours.If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!Today on the podcast we have Andy Ayim. Andy is a product leader and the founder of the Angel Investing School. He is also a 2020 Advisory Board Member for London Tech Week and was recently awarded an MBE for his services.The Angel Investing School is empowering a new breed of angel investors. Angel investors are high net worth individuals who provide financial backing for early startups or entrepreneurs in exchange for a percentage of ownership. The Angel Investing School aims to teach professionals from all backgrounds how to get started with investing in startups.We talk about what you should really consider when monetising your project, why it’s helpful to iterate in public, his 2 and 5 rule and why to keep a personal tracker.Sign up to his newsletter here: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/Andy-AyimSign up to the Out of Hours newsletter here: outofhours.orgP.S. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Out of Hours.If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!Today's guest is Lisa Congdon - an artist, illustrator and author based in Oregon.Lisa Congdon is an artist, published author, illustrator. She’s based in Oregon, but known across the world for her colourful drawings and hand lettering. Her work has also attracted over 400,000 instagram followers, and she’s done commercial work for clients like Comme Des Garcons, Facebook, MoMa and Harvard University. Her 8 books include Art Inc: The Essential Guide to Building Your Career as an Artist. She also runs her own courses. Lisa started her art career as a side project in her late 30's, when she was working for a non profit. She is a constant advocate for showing up and getting started, but also understands how vulnerable early creative attempts can be. We talked about how to grow an audience, where imposter syndrome comes from, why we can be afraid of success, the value of starting late, when to know if something is a bad idea and why it can be important to keep your personal life separate from your work. See moreFollow Out of Hours on Instagram here.Follow Lisa Congdon on Instagram here.Thank you for listening to this episode! If you liked it, please do subscribe and leave a review.Or, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Out of Hours.If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!What can you do to help in global pandemic if you’re not a doctor?Rachel Smith is a Latina UX Designer based in LA. She has now founded two global volunteer organisations, one Design and the other Mutual Aid.Design to Combat COVID-19 was set up to unite designers across the world to apply their skills to help solve problems caused by the pandemic.Out of this community came the idea Masks For Docs - a project set up to get personal protective equipment to nurses and doctors.They’ve delivered over 100,000 sets of PPE. Together the organisations now have over 7000+ global volunteers, across 6 continents. Design to Combat COVID19 has been featured in Google Design, Washington Post and Adobe for their work in the Design community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world!Dan Murray-Serter, our guest today, set out to have authentic conversations with entrepreneurs when launching his podcast Secret Leaders. The Secret Leaders podcast is the number one business podcast in the UK, and Dan has featured some of the world’s top entrepreneurs - from the founder of Bulb, Slack, Deliveroo, Planet Organic, Calm, Last Minute.com, and Jo Malone - to name but a few.He now runs Secret Leaders as a side project, alongside his new business Heights - a brain health & mental wellness company that offers a smart supplement for the brain, and who count among their customers Stephen Fry. He started Secret Leaders 4 years ago, when running one of his early companies, because he wanted to share some honest discussions with entrepreneurs about their rise to success - and he has since ran 5 seasons, attracted serious podcast sponsorship, ran live events and been featured in places like the Independent and Cosmopolitan. We talk about the right way to network, how to find your dream guests, why podcasts are a form of self improvement, and some really useful insights on how to launch, promote and grow your podcast.*****You can check it out at secretleaders.com or by searching 'Secret Leaders' any podcast player.If you want to try Heights, Dan's created a special 'outofhours' code that will get you £10 off their quarterly subscription - you can do that at www.yourheights.com.P.S. If you enjoy this episode, consider buying me a coffee to show your support! ☕️ We currently make a loss on the show and your support means the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.