Nine uniquely beautiful roads to success - Holly’s round-up of Series 15

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Business, Personal Journals

5.0 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

At the end of each podcast series, Holly likes to take a moment out of the hustle and bustle of small business life, to sit and reflect on the special conversations she’s been lucky enough to have.

So if you haven’t yet listened to every episode this season, or if you loved them all so much that you want to recall key moments – settle down with a cup of tea and get ready to take notes from some of the most successful founders on the planet.

In this series, each of Holly’s guests have shared tales from their business journeys so far, building some of the most recognised brands in the world. Each guest opened up about the highs and lows of their unique journeys, but the one key similarity Holly recognised amongst every founder is their ability to pivot when the going gets tough, in order for their businesses to survive.

Here, Holly has selected a key moment from each of her conversations that have stayed with her – including ungooglable pieces of advice, inspiring moments and some emotional memories we can all take lessons from.

This round-up episode features snippets from Holly’s conversations with Trinny Woodall, founder of Trinny London, Kate Robinson, co-founder of The Creative Revolution and Never Grey, Dishoom’s founder Shamil Thakrar, Helen and Sarah, squiggly career experts and co-founders of Amazing If, Josie Naughton, founder of Choose Love, Marisa Hordern, creator of Missoma, Renee Elliott, founder and mastermind behind Planet Organic and Beluga Bean, NEOM’s founder Nicola Elliott, and Charlotte Wood, founder of Polar Post and Queen of Christmas.

Plus for more unfiltered insight, subscribe to Holly’s weekly newsletters on our website, where she shares small business inspiration of all kinds, exclusive nuggets of wisdom from her and her guests, plus offers, creative ideas and topical, 'ungoogleable' business advice.

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's that time again, always a favourite of mine as I get to reflect on just how lucky,
0:06.5	like truly lucky I am to have had another series of incredible guests and just utterly
0:13.0	soulful conversations. I mean, I could never have even imagined this. I have to say that something
0:19.3	I've really taken away from this series is the way in which each of my wonderful,
0:24.7	absolutely truly wonderful guests have found a different way to do what they love,
0:30.7	and I think it shines a light on the uniqueness that lies within each of us.
0:36.3	I also believe it's part of what I think defines being a founder, that power and ability to be agile,
0:43.9	to be almost chameleon-like, remembering that if something isn't working, it lies within your
0:50.0	own hands to change it. And I sometimes jokingly call it Founder Titus, because honestly,
0:56.7	I believe, in the magic, the magic ingredient that we all have.
1:10.8	I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to Conversations of Inspiration. Back in 2006, I founded not
1:17.8	on the high street from my kitchen table, and since then I've gone on to launch Holly and Co.
1:23.6	I'm the UK ambassador of creative small businesses, and I believe that having a business
1:28.9	doing what you love is the key to a happy fulfilled life. My dream is to help everybody start theirs.
1:36.2	I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement, and in my view,
1:42.4	the best way to do this is by sharing stories. So I've reached out to my favourite small businesses,
1:49.4	entrepreneurs and those who simply inspire me and ask them to share theirs.
1:55.4	With thanks to Adobe, who've helped bring this podcast to life? Here are my Conversations of Inspiration.
2:04.5	So when I spoke to Shamil, co-founder of Dishoom, I soaked up every word of his beautiful philosophy
2:12.0	that business should always have a little poetry at its heart. It was something that he felt
2:18.1	instinctively when building an Indian restaurant brand in the heart of London that put culture,
2:24.4	soulfulness, kindness and authenticity center stage. Talking to Shamil, I was really blown away
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