The Remarkable Business Show Jon Moss

Episode 10 of The Remarkable Business Show


Welcome to a special episode - number 10! I could not have done this without Howard and Harry at engine7. If you need audio production, you need to speak to Howard :) Thank you brother!


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In this episode I talk about the fact that time can really fly... and being mindful of how you spend your time.



Not letting good get in the way of great.



I also think about how brands and businesses which tell stories are the ones that succeed and also a little on B Corporations. I love brands that do something really well. McNair Shirts, Plum and Ashby and Bluffworks for example.


What brands do you like?


At the end of the show I cover something that's caught my eye, so much I bought one, and that's an Awair.
It's a device that monitors indoor air and I cannot recommend them enough. Make sure you listen to why it works so well.


Buy Awair on Amazon here




Special guest - Andrew Meo


I’m delighted to welcome Andrew to the show. New Zealander Andrew Meo one of the founding partners of Milan based espresso machine manufacturer, Rocket Espresso.


Self employed since the age of 21, Andrew has developed a number of businesses, predominately within both the hospitality and coffee industries before purchasing a failing Italian espresso machine manufacturing business in 2007 and establishing Rocket Espresso.


Driven by both the technical competence of the machine, combined with machine aesthetic, Rocket Espresso is now a leading espresso machine manufacturer.


When not at his desk, Andrew will undoubtably be riding his bike preparing for forth coming races (or having a coffee and a slice of cake).


What we covered



what Rocket Espresso do and how they started
their range (consumer and commercial) and the market for these type of machines
learning about how to brew good coffee at home and the categories of users
how the market has changed
the design aesthetic for Rocket
design and functionaility
the Rocket brand experience
the connection with cycling and how this started with a special machine and a collaboration with Rapha
Rocket's ambassador programme
the Rocket culture
Italian working culture
avoiding hierarchy and everyone getting their hands dirty
the biggest challenges over the past few years and overcoming these
how to manage change
Andrew's biggest challenge in 2019
new products and the importance of a good grinder
the importance of setting your business apart from the competition
going into business for the wrong reason
the importance of competition
brands Andrew likes and good business models




Quote of the Episode:


This episode’s quote comes from Hunter S Thompson and refers to what I was talking about at the beginning of the show.


That is making sure you don’t stay on autopilot, you become mindful of what you are doing and what you are PLANNING on doing.


Life is short and most people look back and think of the things they wish they did… estimate how many years you have left, even months and days and you soon realise we are not immortal… (not wanting to be morbid, it's reality!).


Hunter summed it up nicely…



“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”





What's caught my eye?


Awair


Awair tracks invisible fine dust and chemicals in your air and gives you personalised recommendations to help you stay safe and healthy. Get one for your home and office. Highly recommended.


Buy Awair on Amazon here




Bulb Energy


Time to switch your energy supplier and get £50 using this link.


An excellent app and fair pricing. All advice points towards switching regularly and Bulb make it a very simple process.


What are you waiting for? Go, go go! :)




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Episode 9 of The Remarkable Business Show


Thanks for tuning in for this episode and a special welcome if you are a first-time listener.


It's been over a year since the last episode was published - profuse apologies! The last fifteen months have been full of work and travel - 12 countries in 2018 and over 25 flights! I also spent a good proportion of the winter in Asia back in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.




This episode is dedicated a very special friend who has recently passed away - Richard Wanderman. Richard was one of life's good guys and I miss him. He was wise, kind and generous. Even though we lived thousands of miles apart, we always kept in touch and I looked forward to our FaceTime calls.


Richard was supportive and encouraging, especially when I set up Hull Digital, the tech and digital community in the city here in East Yorkshire. HD has just turned ten years old and I wrote a post here about it, and importantly what I learned over the years.




It's good to be back and I have a very special guest for this episode. A good friend and someone who I've known for over a decade!


Special guest - Steve Leighton


I’m super-pleased to welcome an old friend onto the show - Steve Leighton. If you are into coffee, you have probably heard of him, listened to him or watched him online.


Steve is the founder of Hasbean coffee and also the co-owner of Drop Coffee and 3FE.


We actually recorded this conversation back in 2017 and so I picked up the phone a few weeks and apologised for the slight delay, ahem.


Luckily Steve was very understanding so please bear with us if there are a few things that are slightly out of date. I wanted to make sure I put this out as there is so much wonderful information about coffee and an insight into how Steve has created a remarkable business.


What we covered



the very first iPhone and joining Twitter back in the day
visiting Hull and how we met
flickr
Hasbean operations
how to make good coffee
Coffee 101
Sourcing good coffee and 127 flights in one year!
telling stories
email hell
autonomy and owning your own area
the Hasbean story
key investment in the business
customer service when thinngs go wrong
In My Mug
Drop Coffee and Scandinavia
the importanc of balance
Lush and Omnipollo beer


Quote of the Episode:


"To make every minute count you’ve got to make every future minute count also. And that means living a life today that won’t leave you burnt out and broke in 5 or 10 years.



Shawn Blanc


Shawn and I spoke back in 2017 and recorded a great conversation which like Steve’s I have not done anything with! I’m going try and get this sorted out for a future episode.


In the meantime, have a look at what Shawn does over on


https://shawnblanc.net




Bulb Energy


Time to switch your energy supplier and get £50 using this link.


An excellent app and fair pricing. All advice points towards switching regularly and Bulb make it a very simple process.


What are you waiting for? Go, go go! :)




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A heartfelt thanks to Howard and Harry at Engine7 for their audio wizardry and advice. I could not do this without their help.


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Thank you for listening, I really appreciate your valuable time.


Thanks for joining me again on this episode of The Remarkable Business Show. Let me know what you think of the show by sending me an email to jon at jonmoss.co.uk


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Episode 8 of The Remarkable Business Show


Thanks for tuning in for this episode and a special welcome if you are a first-time listener.


In this episode I talk about my experience of working remotely as a "digital nomad" in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. It is a wonderful city with so much going for it: amazing weather, lovely people, a big digital nomad community, cycling, incredibly quick internet and a perfect location for seeing other parts of the world. (You'd be right in thinking that I enjoyed it!).


I've also just launched a little side project - https://stelv.io - check it out and get 10% off using the code REMARKABLE. If you are outside the UK and would like to order something, then just get in touch and we can get you sorted out.


Special guest on the show


This episode's guest is the award-winning journalist and founder of Trint, Jeff Kofman.


Jeff knows the world of video content. He's an Emmy winning veteran network television news and war correspondent with more than three decades of experience reporting from around the world.


He's covered many of the biggest stories of our time including the Iraq war, the Arab Spring, hurricane Katrina, the Gulf oil spill and the Chile mine rescue.


Trint is a productivity tool that revolutionizes the handling of audio and video content, offering intuitive editing and sharing of automated transcripts. Trint has developed a text editor that does the heavy lifting for you, the user.


YOU’LL LEARN



why he created Trint
the importance of UX
the importance of testing
Jeff's advice for starting out in business
how he experienced and reported on some of the world's most famous events


Quote of the Episode:


This episode's quote is from Mark Twain and fits nicely with the travel that I've been doing lately.


"Travel is fatal to prejudice bigotry and narrow mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts broad wholesome charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth for one's lifetime"


Going and seeing the world, experiencing new cultures and meeting people is the number one thing I would recommend to someone who wants to be successful in life both personally and with work.




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Reeeeeespect to Howard and Harry at Engine7 for their audio wizardry and advice. Go and see their new website >> https://www.engine7.co.uk




Thank you for listening, I really appreciate your valuable time.


Thanks for joining me again on this episode of The Remarkable Business Show. Let me know what you think of the show by sending me an email to jon at jonmoss.co.uk


If you enjoyed this episode, please let someone know - send them a message or email or tweet about the show. You can share this episode easily by clicking the share link at the top of the page. Thank you!


Also, please leave an honest review for the Remarkable Business Show on iTunes or Stitcher. Ratings and reviews are super-helpful and they make a HUGE difference for the show viability. Anything you write, I promise I will read.


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Episode 7 of The Remarkable Business Show


Thanks for tuning in for this episode and a special welcome if you are a first-time listener.


In this episode I talk about the opportunity for any business to have something remarkable which they can be known for. Also, why it doesn’t have to be high tech and not to ignore the cracks…


It’s also vital that every person in a business understands how they fit in and why they play an important part.


Life is way too short to be unhappy and unfilled with what you do.


This is why this episode's guest, Sean McCabe and his new book, Overlap, is a perfect fit if you are thinking of starting your own business. (You must be ready to pay the price though).


It doesn’t mean quitting your day job and hoping for the best - Sean explains what is possible.


We had a great conversation covering a wide range of topics.


YOU’LL LEARN


— how making something he loved turned into a hugely successful hand lettering course bringing in a six figure sum in three days
— how community plays a big part in Sean’s business and why you should have one too
— the difference between audience and community
— the number one source for new business
— Sean’s biggest challenges and how he overcame them
— the power of delegation and what never to delegate
— how he transitioned from being a creative to teaching people business and earning an income from it
— the combination of authority and authenticity
— the big takeaway from the last 12 months - “the new zero”
— the importance of professionalism, as a service providers and also being the client as well
— how you must think about the mindset of the client and what they really need
— essential communication and what not to assume
— establishing a role in the relationship of client and service provider
— how to understand sending and receiving of messages
— how to present a proposal effectively
— his one piece of advice for someone starting a business
— avoiding the scarcity mindset with a new business
— how to combine your day job AND your side project: Overlap
— how Overlap book became the book people needed to read
— how the book will help people get unstuck…
— Sean’s favourite new app


Quote of the Episode:


This episodes quote is from Arianna Huffington.


"Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success."


Why? Because you are always going to be ahead of someone if you try something. Ok, you don’t start out wanting to fail… but most people don’t even get that far.




What I’ve found which is super-useful:


Loom for screencasts >> https://www.useloom.com


Cryotherapy >> www.chill1.co.uk and speak to Scott :)




Don't miss the opportunity to buy Sean's new book - Overlap


Head over to http://overlapbook.com/remarkable


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Reeeeeespect to Howard and Harry at Engine7 for their audio wizardry and advice. The coffee still sucks ;-)




Thank you for listening, I really appreciate your valuable time.


Thanks for joining me again on this episode of The Remarkable Business Show. Let me know what you think of the show by sending me an email to jon at jonmoss.co.uk


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Episode 6 of The Remarkable Business Show


Welcome!


Thanks for tuning in for this episode and a special welcome if you are a first-time listener.


In this episode I talk about how to start the day in the right way and a book you'll find super-useful - Hal Elrod's Miracle Morning.


The show's guest is the wonderful Brendan Dawes.


Bren is an artist and designer and he explores the interaction of objects people technology and arts using form and code and he's got a kind of eclectic mix of digital and analogue materials he uses for some of these projects.


He's also the author of two books on Interaction Design. His work is featured in the permanent collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art and has been honoured in awards including Fast Company innovation by design, Information is Beautiful and D&AD.


His client list pretty impressive. It includes Air BNB, Google Twitter, Cancer Research UK and Mail Chimp and that's just a few of them.


YOU'LL LEARN:


-- what Bren does and all about his latest installation, Fermata
-- why he loves Tokyo
-- how he worked with Air BnB and The Happiness Machine
-- the essential thing NOT to do at SXSW
-- all about his task chitty system
-- how he works effectively at home
-- his tools of the trade on the Mac
-- the backup trifecta
-- why he hates Slack
-- the privilege of being able to work on something you love
-- why working with good people is essential
-- why he loves a small stationary business in London and his other favourite things


You can follow Bren @brendandawes on Twitter


http://brendandawes.com




Quote of the show


"Don't spend too much time planning release early and often. Some things will work. Others won't refine and move forward and above all forget the money. Just make sure you love what you are doing."



Kevin Rose




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The full transcript is available over on the right-hand side of the page at http://www.remarkable.fm


Respect to Howard and Harry at Engine7 for their audio wizardry and all round awesomeness.




Thank you for listening, I really appreciate your valuable time.


Thanks for joining me again on this episode of The Remarkable Business Show. Let me know what you think of the show by sending me an email to jon at jonmoss.co.uk


If you enjoyed this episode, please let someone know - send them a message or email or tweet about the show. You can share this episode easily by clicking the share link at the top of the page. Thank you!


Also, please leave an honest review for the Remarkable Business Show on iTunes or Stitcher. Ratings and reviews are super-helpful and they make a HUGE difference for the show viability. Anything you write, I promise I will read.
Special Guest: Brendan Dawes.
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Episode 5 of The Remarkable Business Show and it's super-tasty!


Welcome to Episode 5!


A big question for you... how is your year going? Do you actively have a sense check and make sure you are on track? May I suggest that you shouId?


In this episode, I talk about my weekly review which I'm confident can help you. It doesn't take long and fits nicely with the quote of the show...


I also look at the tenth-anniversary of the iPhone which has just passed and I cover the areas of our life and business that have been transformed by this wonder-in-our-pockets. I also mention the possibility of the future iPhone (8 or Pro?!) where authentication is ambient and perpetual - Rene Ritchie brought this up on a recent post and it makes a whole heap of sense.


This episode's interview is with a super guy called Marc Giusti. Marc is the Founder of Veloforte - a new range of clean and tasty nutrition products created specifically to support sustained performance during endurance activities.


Veloforte’s adaptation from authentic family Panaforte recipe to credible nutrition for endurance activities’ was masterminded by the brand’s co-founders, husband and wife team Marc and Lara Giusti.


Motivated by Marc’s personal journey back to fitness following an operation, in combination with deep disappointment with existing synthesised mass-market, performance enhancing gels, bars and powders – Lara began by adapting the family’s version of the ancient Italian fortifier…Panforte.


Created from a delicious blend of fruits, nuts and spices and a specialty of Siena in Tuscany, Panforte has been made by generations of the Giusti family. Baked by spice sellers, who were the pharmacists of the day, as early as the 13th century Panaforte was held in high regard not only as a food but also as a cure - a fortifying cake to restore health & vitality, by virtue of the presence of spices in its dough.


Marc and I enjoyed a terrific chat where we covered a huge amount about setting up a Remarkable Business.


YOU'LL LEARN:


-- how the business came about
-- the challenges of a startup selling a physical product
-- the marketing that really worked
-- a brand as well as a product
-- the opportunity to challenge as a startup
-- the power of being small
-- testing in the real world
-- how he connects with customers and prospects
-- the advice he would give to a company growing...
-- the importance of the business plan AND investment plan




Quote of the show


*“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking.


Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”*



Steve Jobs




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HUGE thanks to Howard and Harry at Engine7 for their audio wizardry and coffee - they are learning slowly. No Mellow Birds please.




Thank you for listening, I really appreciate your valuable time.


Thanks for joining me again on this episode of The Remarkable Business Show. Let me know what you think of the show by sending me an email to jon at jonmoss.co.uk


If you enjoyed this episode, please let someone know - send them a message or email or tweet about the show. You can share this episode easily by clicking the share link at the top of the page. Thank you!


Also, please leave an honest review for the Remarkable Business Show on iTunes or Stitcher. Ratings and reviews are super-helpful and they make a HUGE difference for the show viability. Anything you write, I promise I will read.
Special Guest: Mar