What It Takes with Olly Fawcett
Olly Fawcett
What does it take to build something? What does building something take from you? In this podcast, we speak with the founders and owners of some of the most incredible brands and businesses to find out the truth about what it takes to build a brand from the ground up, and as founders what going through that process teaches you.
Olly Fawcett is the founder of 303, a creative performance marketing agency working with premium brands. Over the last 10 years, he has spent time inside some amazing brands as they have grown and now is sharing those insights through What It Takes.
Olly Fawcett is the founder of 303, a creative performance marketing agency working with premium brands. Over the last 10 years, he has spent time inside some amazing brands as they have grown and now is sharing those insights through What It Takes.
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Jan 21, 2024 • 1h 16min
Building Brands In Saturated Markets - Sam Matanle, Founder of Batch Ldn.
This week we sat down with Sam Matanle, Founder of Batch Ldn, and one of the founding team at Punchy Drinks. After spending 5 years at Punchy, Sam saw all of the highs and lows, and learned a lot about how to be successful in a hard industry. Sam then wanted to start his own journey and launched Batch LDN, and amazing brand, trying to make a massive difference in the space.
00:00 Introduction
01:04 2023 Chaos
02:13 Punchy Drinks
02:51 The Drinks Industry
04:33 Is Being In A Start Up For Everyone
08:35 Adjusting To Being Number 3
11:00 Punchy Success Story
12:35 Mistakes Start Ups Make
17:28 COVID's Impact on Punchy
19:45 Leaving Punchy After 5 Years
23:08 Why Did You Get A Co-Founder
28:05 Batch's Mission
30:58 Are Brands Really Sustainable?
43:11 Batch's Approach To Positioning
50:42 Why Have A Physical Location?
57:00 What's It Like To Be A Founder?
59:45 How Hard Is Q4
01:03:00 Loneliness As A Founder
01:1400 Upcoming Challenges
Follow Sam & Batch:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samuelmatanle/
Batch LDN: https://www.instagram.com/batch.ldn/
Watch On:
https://youtu.be/5A6a3S43BjA
Jan 14, 2024 • 1h 12min
Build A Profitable Community For Your Brand - Grayson Hart Founder of Puresport
Welcome to the first episode of What It Takes! In this first episode we sat down with the Founder of Puresport Grayson Hart, to speak about his journey of building the #1 CBD brand in the UK Puresport.
Puresport has seen some incredible growth over the last few years, and one of the strongest areas of their brand is their community. We speak to Grayson about how to build this, and of course so much more.
Episode Sections:
00:00 Intro
01:15 Adjusting from athlete to entrepreneur
04:30 How being an athlete impacted being an entrepreneur
09:30 What was your goal as an athlete
17:35 Achieve your goals as an athlete
27:26 The biggest struggles building a brand
32:56 Myths of being an entrepreneur
35:50 How to think about failure
41:30 The Mission of Puresport
46:56 Feeling under-qualified
49:31 Building London's biggest run club
53:28 Puresport's Community Impact
57:01 How Puresport started
01:00:14 Puresport Apparel
01:06:14 Puresport Product Range Development
01:08:00 2024 Plans
01:11:00 Closing Comments
