Focus on Founders

Focus on Founders is a podcast that dives deep into the journeys of business founders - exploring not just their successes, but the intricate, behind-the-scenes details of how their businesses actually work. Each episode aims to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs and offer fresh insights to those already operating, helping them learn, grow, and think differently about building a business.Hosted by Matthew Adams, the show features interviews with founders operating across various industries, including marketing, technology, and services.

Focus on Founders is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 9 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Focus on Founders, a business show with 9 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  Duncan Di Biase (Brillband): Burnout, Raising £670k, and Selling Your Business

  Apr 22, 202659 minS1

  <p>Duncan built a broadband company from the worst point in his life - and most founders won't tell you a story like this one.</p><p>After burning out running his first business, Duncan was diagnosed with anxiety and depression just as lockdown hit. During a broken therapy session - interrupted by the very broadband provider that had been overcharging him for months - he decided to build something better. That became Brillband, a Glasgow-based broadband provider built around fairness and transparency.</p><p>In this episode, Duncan talks about what it took to raise £670k pre-revenue, why he t...

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  Episode #9

  The Business of Belonging: Jared Keir on Building Fellow Humans Across 20+ Cities

  Apr 8, 202659 minS1

  <p>Jared Keir, founder of Fellow Humans, joins Focus on Founders to discuss building a global community movement designed to tackle modern loneliness through real-world events.</p><p>From growing up near Glasgow to launching events across 20+ cities, Jared shares how rejection, travel, and self-reflection led him to build a business centred around connection.</p><p>This episode explores:</p>The loneliness epidemicCommunity as a scalable business modelFounder resilience and mindsetScaling events internationallyWhy belonging is becoming the next major industry<p>Hosted by Matthew Adams.</p><p><br></p><p>With thanks to our podcast sponsor: dussl. </p><p>dussl i...

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  Episode #8

  How to Start a Tutoring Business at 17 | Joshua Adams

  Mar 17, 20261h 4mS1

  <p>Joshua Adams started a tutoring business at 17 while still in school.</p><p>In this episode of Focus on Founders, we break down:</p>How to start a tutoring business as a teenagerGetting your first paying clientsBuilding trust with parentsManaging school and businessLessons from launching an education startup<p>If you’re interested in entrepreneurship, tutoring, or starting a business young, this episode gives a realistic breakdown of what it takes.<br>With thanks to our podcast sponsor: dussl. </p><p><br></p><p>dussl is a Glasgow-based skincare brand built around high-performing, multi-tasking products, with a core focus on...

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  Episode #7

  Why This Founder Never Pitched, Never Networked - And Still Built a Marketing Agency

  Mar 3, 202658 minS1

  <p>Adam Stewart, founder of Waves the Agency, joins Focus on Founders for a brutally honest conversation about what it really takes to build a marketing agency - without pitching, cold outreach, or traditional networking.Adam didn’t set out to start a business. He fell into social media at 17, built relationships before he understood their value, and quietly created an agency powered by collaboration, community, and trust - not funnels or sales scripts.In this episode, Adam breaks down the parts of agency life most founders don’t talk about.We cover:- Why Adam removed his own name from...

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  Episode #6

  Doctors Gave Him 1 Year to Live… Then He Built One of the UK’s Fastest Growing Brands | 2B Tanned

  Feb 15, 202658 minS1

  <p>What does it really take to build a modern consumer brand?</p><p>In this episode of Focus on Founders, Matthew Adams sits down with Ricardo Napolitano, co-founder of 2B Tanned, to unpack a founder journey defined by risk, resilience, and radical honesty.</p><p>Ricardo shares how he went from growing up with very little, struggling in school, and rejecting traditional work, to building one of the UK’s fastest-growing social commerce brands. Along the way, he survived heart failure after being told he had just one year to live, an experience that permanently reshaped how he views mo...

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