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Working On It
Hairdresser Build a Beauty Brand Selling Emotion in a Dominated Market: Hair Fall, Business to Start
Craig shares the lessons behind his journey from cutting hair in his father’s salon to becoming a world champion, building a 200+ product beauty brand, and eventually selling the company. He also reveals what he learned from business failures, building strong company culture, using AI to create new opportunities, and understanding what customers really want. Get help from me personally: https://bradstaines.com/ We Cover: ↳ How Craig went from hairdresser to building and selling a successful beauty brand ↳ Why strong business culture starts with hiring the right people and putting people first ↳ How AI is changing the way entrepreneurs can build businesses with less money and fewer resources ↳ The biggest business failure Craig experienced—and what it taught him about risk, money, and knowing when to quit You are going to learn: Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:14 How Does a Hairdresser Build a Beauty Brand? 00:02:35 Why Can't You Earn More Just Cutting Hair? 00:03:19 How Do You Disrupt a Market Dominated by a Big Brand? 00:08:08 How Can You Turn a Salon Into a Lifestyle Experience? 00:09:27 How Do Emotions Influence What Customers Buy? 00:11:43 What Makes a Good Culture in a Business? 00:13:08 Why Is Authenticity Important in Business? 00:18:15 Why Is Never Giving Up So Important in Entrepreneurship? 00:19:10 How Do You Take Business Risks Without Losing Everything? 00:20:07 How Does Your Network Affect Your Success? 00:21:24 Why Is Entrepreneurship So Lonely? 00:22:59 What Was the Biggest High Point of Your Career? 00:24:38 How Do You Build a Business to Sell It? 00:25:13 What's the Biggest Business Mistake You've Made? 00:28:21 If You Lost Everything, How Would You Rebuild a Business? 00:30:08 How Do You Build Self-Belief? 00:30:56 What Business Should You Start Now? 00:32:09 How Is AI Changing the Way People Start Businesses? 00:34:54 How Should You Use AI to Build a Business? 00:41:12 Why Are Young People Addicted to Instant Gratification? 00:45:23 What Should You Do With the Money Your Business Makes? 00:47:34 Should You Invest in Yourself Before Your Business? 00:51:40 What's the Best Money You've Ever Spent in Business? 00:53:02 What Do Most Business Owners Get Wrong? Helpful? Hit The Like Button!
Yesterday · 58 min
FINANCE Podcast
Sale-and-Lease-Back: Liquidität aus dem Maschinenpark (Gast: Samuel Gmeinder, Nord Leasing)
Die Zeiten, in denen sich CFOs bei der Finanzierung ausschließlich auf ihre Hausbank verlassen konnten, sind vorbei. Gestiegene Risikoaversität auf Bankenseite, belastete Cashflows durch Energiekosten und Transformationsdruck: Die Herausforderungen für die Unternehmensfinanzierung sind vielschichtig. In diese Lücke stoßen bankenunabhängige Finanzierungsformen wie Sale-and-Lease-Back und Sale-and-Rent-Back vor. Samuel Gmeinder, Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung bei Nord Leasing, erklärt im FINANCE TV Talk, warum der Markt für diese Nische in den vergangenen Jahren stark gewachsen ist. „Lösungen, die Liquidität generieren in Unternehmen und das bonitäts- aber auch bankenunabhängig, sind gefragt”, sagt Gmeinder. Bei FINANCE TV erläutert er, was CFOs wissen sollten. Das erwartet Sie in diesem Talk: Warum bankenunabhängige Finanzierungen trotz leichter Konjunkturaufhellung weiter stark nachgefragt werden Wie sich Sale-and-Lease-Back und Sale-and-Rent-Back im Detail unterscheiden, und welche Form aktuell besonders gefragt ist. Welche Rolle die Zweitmarktfähigkeit eines Assets bei der Finanzierungsentscheidung spielt Warum selbst ein bereits an die Bank sicherungsübereigneter Maschinenpark kein Hindernis sein muss Die Gesprächsteilnehmer Host: Thomas Holzamer (FINANCE Magazin) Gast: Samuel Gmeinder (Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung, Nord Leasing) Hinweis: Dieser Talk entstand in Kooperation mit Nord Leasing. ________________________________________________________________ Bei FINANCE TV ist die Finanzwelt im Gespräch! Jede Woche erwarten Sie hier exklusive Interviews mit CFOs, führenden Bankern und Experten aus Corporate Finance. Wir unterhalten uns über alles, was Finanzentscheider wissen müssen: von M&A und Finanzierung bis hin zu Private Equity, Wirtschaftsprüfung, Karriere, Gehalt und aktuellen Finanzskandalen. Kompakt, direkt und auf den Punkt! Mehr Infos gibt es hier: https://www.finance-magazin.de/tv/
Yesterday · 16 min· Video
Working On It
From World Champion Hairdresser to £50M Exit: Craig Hubert on Building a Beauty Empire
Brad sits down with Craig Hubert, a former world champion hairdresser who built a multi-million-pound beauty brand and sold it to a Canadian group 12 years later. From cutting hair in his father's barber shop to owning commercial property across Chelmsford, Craig shares the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, the power of emotional intelligence in business, and why he still cuts hair two days a week despite building multiple successful ventures.\n\nDiscover why hiring people better than yourself is the best investment you can make, how asking the right questions can transform your service business, and why understanding what your clients truly want matters more than copying your competitors. This is a masterclass in building businesses with heart, staying authentic to your values, and creating something meaningful beyond just the numbers.\n\nKEY TAKEAWAYS\n\nHire People Better Than You: The best money Craig ever spent in business was hiring a CEO, FD, and other leaders who were better than him in their respective areas. Knowing your strengths and filling the gaps with top talent is how you scale without becoming the bottleneck.\n\n Stop Assuming What Clients Want: The biggest mistake service business owners make is assuming they know what their clients need instead of asking them. Focus on the outcome your customer actually wants, not just what your competitors are doing.\n\nKnow When to Walk Away: Craig's lowest point was a clothing shop that burned through cash for two and a half years. He ignored his gut, let ego take over, and kept funding a failing business. The lesson: stop sooner, listen to your instincts, and don't throw good money after bad.\n\nBuild Backwards from the Exit: If you want to sell your business one day, structure it like a buyer would want to see it from day one. Craig built his cosmetics company with people better than him in every key role, which made it attractive when the time came to sell.\n\nInvest in Yourself First: Before pouring money into assets, invest in personal development, self-awareness, and understanding your values. Know what you want, what you don't like, and filter out the noise so you can focus on what truly matters.\n\nBEST MOMENTS\n\n"I'd always been super competitive and had the ambition and belief that I could go to a certain level. Even though I wasn't very bright at school, the desire and passion was there."\n\n"There's only so much I can earn from standing there cutting hair. I've always been interested in products and creating something beyond just service."\n\n"The biggest thing for me is people. If someone's not kind to each other or kind to clients, or they've got a massive ego and belittle people, that's the biggest thing for me."\n\n"My biggest success has been the fact that I don't give up. I've had plenty of things go wrong, some bigger than others, but the fun is doing it."\n\n"Ask yourself: what would your competitors do that would really annoy you? Then you do it."\n\nHOST BIO\n\nBrad Staines is a founder in the thick of it, but by design, not by default. As the face of Aquamark Cleaning, he's built a multi-million-pound operation with 30+ team members, strong systems, and a culture that gives people space to grow.\n\nHe's still involved in the business a couple of days a week, but only doing the parts he genuinely enjoys: building relationships, growing the brand, spending time with the team, and spotting new opportunities. The day-to-day grind? That's been handed over to a structure that runs without constant firefighting.\n\nBrad's also found his rhythm outside of business, with a deep commitment to physical and mental training. Whether it's strength work, early morning runs, or cold plunges, he's a believer that how you show up for yourself shapes how you show up as a leader.\n\nWorking On It is where he brings it all together: growth, grit, and getting better every week.
Wednesday · 56 min
We Have A Meeting
Spencer Matthews: His Most Honest Conversation Yet
Spencer Matthews has changed since his Made In Chelsea Days. He was a terrible employee. Hotels, nightclubs, bars, a stint as a forward foreign exchange broker in the City. None of it stuck. Then he got sober, found nothing worth drinking between a gin and tonic and a sparkling water, and built CleanCo to fill the gap. Today he runs CleanCo and the Untapped podcast, is a three-time world record holder, and has run 30 marathons in 30 days and seven Ironmans on seven continents in 21 days. He is also, by his own admission, a little bit ashamed of Made in Chelsea. Spencer Matthews joins hosts Jack Frimston and Zac Thompson at Ideas Fest for one of the most honest conversations we've had about fame, failure and quitting. He explains why he thinks Made in Chelsea makes business harder, not easier, why he doesn't like the persona, the accent, the drinking or the way he treated people on it, and why his wife assumed the worst before she met him. He breaks down the mistakes behind CleanCo: rebrands, products released before they were ready, recalls, and launching into 44 US states it couldn't afford before pulling back to five. He explains why being a naive founder is a superpower, why he gets bored when the numbers are being hit, and why he delegates everything, including the dishwasher to his children. Then the bit he didn't have to share. The 10K he bailed on. A heart rate of 140 on the start line, 3:08 pace for the first 400 metres, a big panini and a lot of vomit. He didn't stop because he had to. He stopped because he wasn't going to break 37 minutes. The man who kept going through moments in Antarctica that felt life threatening quit a park 10K, and he explains exactly why that still bothers him. Along the way: one beer a week rationed across 30 desert marathons, waking at 3:30am ready to run a 31st, sleeping 18 hours on a mess hall floor in Antarctica because his team left him there, why he thinks finishing at all costs is verging on moronic, what Mo Farah told him about effort, the 2:45 he's chasing in Valencia, why he follows exactly three accounts, his brother passing on Uber, and his contingency plan if nature calls at 30km. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome to the Show: Meet Spencer Matthews, From Made in Chelsea to Clean Co Founder 00:01:30 The Problem We Solve: Sophisticated Alcohol-Free Options and Inspiring Human Potential 00:02:55 From Crap Employee to Entrepreneur: Why Spencer Had to Work for Himself 00:06:27 Don't Be Afraid to Fail: Why Reputation Damage Doesn't Scare Spencer 00:07:52 The Made in Chelsea Baggage: Being a Rich Privileged Wanker in Business 00:11:41 Building Clean Co: Mistakes, Product Recalls, and Learning the Hard Way 00:14:50 The Art of Delegation: From Business to Getting Kids to Do Chores 00:17:20 The 10K That Broke Him: Vomiting, Quitting, and Feeling Like a Bitch 00:22:30 Life-Threatening Ironmans vs Park Run Failures: The Mental Game of Endurance 00:29:24 Chasing 2:45 in Valencia: The Hardest Thing Spencer's Ever Attempted 00:34:55 Backyard Ultras and Max Effort: Why Perceived Effort Is All That Matters 00:38:34 Best Business Advice: If a Deal Is Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is 00:39:47 Winning Your First Customer: Go on Made in Chelsea or Just Be Authentic 00:40:54 Closing Thoughts: Business Finance That Backs You with Funding Circle #SpencerMatthews #CleanCo #Untapped #MadeInChelsea #Sobriety #AlcoholFree #EnduranceMindset #MarathonTraining #Ironman #BusinessPodcast #UKBusiness #FounderMindset #Delegation #Entrepreneur #IdeasFest #FundingCircle #BackedByFundingCircle #WeHaveAMeeting Connect with Spencer Matthews: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencermatthews CleanCo: https://clean.co Untapped podcast: https://thehighperformancepodcast.com/untapped Untapped on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1788474884 Hear more from the hosts: Jack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-frimston-5010177b Zac: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zac-thompson-33a9a39b Brought to you by Funding Circle: business finance that backs you. Learn more at https://www.fundingcircle.com/uk Subscribe to We Have A Meeting: new episodes every week with founders, sales leaders and entrepreneurs who've built it from the ground up.
Wednesday · 40 min