Was there ever a time when you feared for your own life? Let me paint you a picture. Okay, so our very first patrol was a huge convoy up to Sangheng Valley. And I remember looking and I just saw these two bipod legs, and it was an RPK. The burst comes in. It was like, f-fing, you know, and I'm still like, ha. If someone says they're not scared of dying, they're either nuts or a lion.

What's it like being in the military for 16 years and then transitioning into an entrepreneur?

Well, this is where the story of hemp peep comes from, because when I got injured, I got really heavily reliant on painkillers.

My best mate at the time. We were just chatting about what we can do,

and it kind of led from one thing to another.

He made an oil, and it was fantastic. He's like, what do we do with it? Now we've got it. He says, yeah, let's sell it, let's get out on the market. I said to him, we could make a few million quid selling it now. said we could do it properly and make a few billion.

Jumping into entrepreneurship,

you've never been involved in entrepreneurship.

It's tough.

But you know why I'm doing it?

Because I'm sat on a unicorn. I said, we could do it properly and make a few billion. Jumping into entrepreneurship, you've never been involved in entrepreneurship.

It's tough.

But you know why I'm doing it? Because I'm sat on a unicorn. Yeah. I know I am. I'm sat on a billion pound enterprise. It's the hardest thing I've ever done. Nothing in the army prepared me for it. You are risking everything. It takes 10 years to be an overnight success. vision without execution is hallucination.

I'll tell you the story actually because this could have changed my entire life. It takes 10 years to be an overnight success. Vision without execution is hallucination.

I'll tell you a story actually because this could have changed my entire life.

One thing has changed massively with inside UK retail and that is...

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Dodge, thank you, mate.

I'm very much looking forward to this one.

Let's roll all the way back.

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