Al Barratt: Founder of Grenade, Going From ZERO to £200 MILLION
Disruptors
Rob Moore
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2023
⏱️ 147 minutes
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The founder of the UK's largest supplement company Grenade, Alan Barratt joins Rob in this episode. Together Rob and Al discuss the secrets to success in business including how to scale from the start-up phase, how to focus on customer satisfaction, tips on branding as well as why having passion and the right partner matters.
Alan & Rob Reveal:
- The secrets to building a successful business
- The value of people in your team
- Why there’s no perfect time to start
- Why regrets are pointless
- How to get the right work-life balance
Also featured:
- Why the right attitude and mindset is pivotal in business
- How to understand your market and sector
- How to get the right work-life balance
- The importance of customer satisfaction in sustainable business growth
BEST MOMENTS
“Have five minutes or an hour or a day just to go out and enjoy yourself or have fun with your family after working on your business.”
“Be happy with what you have because there's always going to be someone out there who's got more.”
“Be happy with what you’re doing.”
“It’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission.”
"If you're fairly a likeable character, you can get away with quite a lot. Personality takes you a long way."
“If you can learn from other people's mistakes is far better than learning from your own.”
“If you’re going to work hard, have something to show for it.”
“You should not regret things you've done unless it is something fundamentally evil.”
“Personal development is about learning from loads of people with lots of elements of success.”
"The best thing about having a brand, it is never finished."
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ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur”
“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”
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| 0:53.0 | Hello and welcome to the disruptors podcast. We're opening the vault to one of our most classic episodes. |
| 1:00.0 | On the podcast today, we have Grenade Founder Al Barrett. |
| 1:04.0 | Grenade completely disrupted the market when they first launched, and they've gone on to become the world's fastest growing performance nutrition brand. |
| 1:11.0 | Al talks about the highs and lows, starting on 70 pounds a week, and scaling Grenade to become worth over 200 million pounds. |
| 1:19.0 | It's a rags-to-richest story, a true entrepreneur's story. So let's just get straight into this. |
| 1:24.0 | But remember, if you don't risk anything, you risk everything. |
| 1:30.0 | Welcome to the disruptive entrepreneur podcast. |
| 1:33.0 | What does the word disruptive mean to you? |
| 1:35.0 | Means going beyond the ordinary, going beyond the status quo, not thinking in the conventional way, not just sort of following the herd. |
| 1:42.0 | Disruptive means taking things up, you know? |
| 1:45.0 | Disruptive entrepreneurs, somebody who sees the problem and embraces the problem with a new way. |
| 1:50.0 | Shake up and awakening. |
| 1:52.0 | Quality will take care of itself, and you'll go for being disruptive, but also profitable. |
| 1:56.0 | When you use your own reservoir of talent, when you love what you do, then you disrupt. |
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