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Bootstrap Your Life

SEASON 2 COMING SOONOliver Cookson is the founder of the world’s number one sports nutrition brand Myprotein®.Starting out in a lock-up garage and an overdraft of just £500, Oliver bootstrapped Myprot... Read more

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S01E13: How to make your first hires (part 3 of 3)

S01E13: How to make your first hires (part 3 of 3)

Timestamps:  2:45 - 10:30  - Making my first senior hires10:30 - 12:10 - Making your people work well together12:10 - 17... Read more

16 Sep 2020

19mins

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S01E12: How to make your first hires (part 2 of 3)

S01E12: How to make your first hires (part 2 of 3)

Timestamps:1:50 - 2:36 - Why sales and marketing hires came last2:36 -  5:20 - Advice for your early hires5:20 - 8:10 - ... Read more

9 Sep 2020

18mins

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S01E11: How to make your first hires (part 1 of 3)

S01E11: How to make your first hires (part 1 of 3)

Timestamps: 0:00 - 5:29 - Intro5:30 -  8:27 - The importance of hiring8:27 - 9:30 -  Why you would hire and understandin... Read more

2 Sep 2020

16mins

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S01E10: Dealing with mental health in entrepreneurship (part 2 of 2)

S01E10: Dealing with mental health in entrepreneurship (part 2 of 2)

Timestamps: 2:22 - 3:08  - An important announcement on the podcast5:28 - 15:45 - Mental health in entrepreneurship part... Read more

5 Aug 2020

16mins

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S01E09: Dealing with mental health in entrepreneurship (part 1 of 2)

S01E09: Dealing with mental health in entrepreneurship (part 1 of 2)

Timestamps: 1:25 - 3:00 - The customer referral system for Myprotein5:35 - 13:10 - Mental health in entrepreneurship

29 Jul 2020

13mins

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S01E08: Customer acquisition strategies for bootstrapped or low budget companies

S01E08: Customer acquisition strategies for bootstrapped or low budget companies

Timestamps:  3:55 - 11:40 - The different ways I tested customer acquisition11:40 - 15:00 - The fundamentals of customer... Read more

15 Jul 2020

26mins

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S01E07: How I acquired my first customers with the start-up Myprotein® with a small budget

S01E07: How I acquired my first customers with the start-up Myprotein® with a small budget

Timestamps: 4:44 - 9:50 - How I got our first customers at Myprotein9:50 - 11:23 - Why you should test paid search11:23 ... Read more

8 Jul 2020

18mins

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S01E06: The importance of self-reflection in business

S01E06: The importance of self-reflection in business

Timestamps:  1:45 - 3:25 - Why I’ve started to self-reflect at this part of my journey3:25 - 5:05 - How I feel self-refl... Read more

1 Jul 2020

9mins

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S01E05: How I came up with the idea for Myprotein®

S01E05: How I came up with the idea for Myprotein®

Timestamps: 1:11 - 11:50 - How did I come up with the idea for Myprotein? 

24 Jun 2020

12mins

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S01E04: My advice if you’re looking to take investment

S01E04: My advice if you’re looking to take investment

Timestamps: 1:24 - 7:52 - What are the key things an investor wants to see in a start-up and do you think investor fundi... Read more

17 Jun 2020

13mins

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