Guest: Colin Glass – Entrepreneur, investor, accountant, and mentor to hundreds of startups

🔥 He Turned £75 into a Startup Empire: How Colin Glass Helped Build & Back Hundreds of Businesses

What does it really take to build a successful startup—and back the next generation of founders?

In this powerful episode of The Launch Podcast, we sit down with investor, accountant, and startup legend Colin Glass, who shares how a £75 punt on the stock market sparked a lifelong journey of founding, funding, and scaling startups across the UK.

🚀 You’ll learn:

How Colin used sweat equity to grow massive returns from early-stage startups

The #1 trait all successful founders have (it’s not what you think)

Why most startups fail — and how YOU can avoid the same fate

Behind-the-scenes access to how deals get done with angel investors, VCs, and the British Business Bank

Insider tips on startup funding, exit strategies, and scaling smart

Plus: Hear real war stories from the companies that made it big—and the ones that didn’t.

💥 Whether you're an aspiring founder, startup operator, or early-stage investor, this episode is packed with actionable advice, unfiltered insights, and hard-earned wisdom.

How did a rejected uni student with a 20% attendance rate turn a simple idea into a £70 MILLION brand? 👀

In this explosive episode of The Launch Podcast, we dive deep with Simon Gray, founder of Boost Drinks, on how he built a household brand from scratch—without owning a factory, warehouse, or even delivery vans.

Simon shares how:

💡 He spotted a gap in the market and trademarked "Boost" overnight

🚚 Built a lean, outsourced empire in convenience retail

📈 Scaled to £70M turnover with zero supermarket sales

🤝 Cultivated a killer team and culture

💼 Successfully exited to AG Barr (makers of Irn-Bru)

He also opens up about:

🧠 Leadership growth

📚 Game-changing books like The Chimp Paradox

💔 The emotional cost of redundancies

🔥 And what it really takes to go from startup to sold

This one’s packed with lessons, laughs, and real talk every founder needs to hear.

👉 If you’re building a brand, scaling a business, or thinking about your exit strategy—DON’T MISS THIS.

What happens when you quit accounting, stumble into the internet boom, and accidentally build one of the UK’s first online bingo empires? In this episode of The Launch Podcast, Phil Fraser, founder of the Leeds Business Podcast and online gaming veteran, shares how he went from clueless graduate to digital trailblazer—bootstrapping a business from his living room to a multi-million pound exit.

💡 Learn about:

Making bold career pivots (and surviving them)

The early days of online gaming and affiliate marketing

Navigating hiring, culture, and painful layoffs

How to sell a business and actually walk away

Building a business around lifestyle vs scale

This is real talk from someone who's been through it all—no fluff, just valuable insight for anyone building or scaling a startup.