The Business Spotlight Series

About The Business Spotlight Series

One of the world's largest local business education series! Bringing local leaders into the spotlight since 2021! This series is all about sharing the journeys of successful business owners like yourself and the challenges faced along the way. This is a perfect opportunity to learn from others and be inspired to start your own business! www.businessspotlightseries.com

Publisher

The Business Spotlight Series

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Jan 2024

Latest episode

24 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

711 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Sept 2026

   FROM STUDENT SIDE HUSTLE TO TECH BUSINESS | With Matt Green | The Business Spotlight

   In this episode of Business Spotlight, Kevin Aires speaks with Matt Green, co-founder of Envirofone and The iOutlet, about building a successful refurbished technology business from the ground up. Matt shares how buying and repairing a broken iPhone while studying at university led to a growing business, from selling refurbished phones on eBay to building a scalable operation with its own website, warehouse, and team. They discuss the growth of the refurbished technology market, sustainability, circular economy, business diversification, and the importance of owning your sales channel. Matt also explains the challenges of scaling a business, letting go of control, building a strong management team, and creating a company that can operate without its founder. The conversation also covers the future of refurbished technology, changing consumer habits, AI, digitalisation, and his top advice for entrepreneurs looking to build a more independent and scalable business. 🔔 Want your business to be featured as our next Business Spotlight? Book in your FREE podcast slot today via our website: https://www.businessspotlightseries.com #business #advice #podcast #businessowner #businesstips #growth #businessgrowth #businesslesson #businessessentials #howtostartabusiness #businessstrategy #businesspodcast #motivation #thebusinessspotlight #success This channel explores everything from UK business strategies to starting your own business in the UK. Gain exclusive insights for UK-based entrepreneurs and learn how to manage your own business, understand any business, and promote your business effectively. Discover tips on how to market your service business, start a restaurant business in the UK, and even how to start your own business with no money. Follow along for valuable advice on building, managing, and growing your business.

2. 

   23 Sept 2026

   WHY PROPER TESTING CAN SAVE LIVES | With Andre Beard | The Business Spotlight

   In this episode of Business Spotlight, Kevin Ayers speaks with Andre Beard, founder of Ash Safety, about building a trusted safety equipment business and the importance of getting PPE, training and testing right. Andre shares his journey from working in ground support systems to starting Ash Safety, explaining how honesty, technical knowledge and putting clients’ safety before profit helped the business grow. He discusses PPE distribution, equipment manufacturing, testing, calibration, certification and the dangers of unreliable safety products. The conversation also covers confined space entry and rescue training, why online certificates cannot replace practical assessments, the importance of testing equipment in real-world conditions, and the challenges of managing cash flow, employees and business growth. Andre also shares his approach to customer service, innovation and his top advice for business owners: never rely on a verbal order, treat people fairly, and give every client the same level of care—regardless of how much they spend. 🔔 Want your business to be featured as our next Business Spotlight? Book in your FREE podcast slot today via our website: https://www.businessspotlightseries.com #business #advice #podcast #businessowner #businesstips #growth #businessgrowth #businesslesson #businessessentials #howtostartabusiness #businessstrategy #businesspodcast #motivation #thebusinessspotlight #success This channel explores everything from UK business strategies to starting your own business in the UK. Gain exclusive insights for UK-based entrepreneurs and learn how to manage your own business, understand any business, and promote your business effectively. Discover tips on how to market your service business, start a restaurant business in the UK, and even how to start your own business with no money. Follow along for valuable advice on building, managing, and growing your business.

3. 

   25 Mar 2026

   DIFFERENTIATING IN A NOISY AI MARKET | Zheqing (Bill) Zhu | The Business Spotlight

   Bill Zhu, founder of Pokee AI, joins host Kay Cote on the Business Spotlight Podcast to break down how AI agents and reinforcement learning are transforming long, manual enterprise workflows—cutting projects that once took weeks or months down to 30 minutes while reducing costs by up to 97%. Bill shares his journey from leading applied reinforcement learning at Meta (driving $500M+ in annual revenue impact) to launching Pokee AI in October 2024 and raising a $12M seed round, plus insights on building AI-native companies, differentiating in a noisy AI market, leveraging partnerships with major tech ecosystems, and growing an open-source community. If you’re interested in enterprise automation, AI workflow tools, B2B SaaS growth, and the future of on-device/on-prem AI, this episode delivers practical lessons and a bold vision for where business is headed. Connect with Bill Zhu here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zheqingzhubill/ 🔔 Want your business to be featured as our next Business Spotlight? Book in your FREE podcast slot today via our website: https://www.businessspotlightseries.com #business #advice #podcast #businessowner #businesstips #growth #businessgrowth #businesslesson #businessessentials #howtostartabusiness #businessstrategy #businesspodcast #motivation #thebusinessspotlight #success This channel covers everything from business management and mindset for business to ideas for a business and starting a new business. Learn how to start promoting business, understand any business, and explore marketing strategies for business. Discover the importance of marketing features, networking for business, and investing in your own business. Gain valuable knowledge for business and practical insights to help you succeed.

Who has been a guest on The Business Spotlight Series

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Carola Broaddus
• Tyler Lynch
• Jay Young
• Toni Memedi
• Will Sanderson

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YouTube views

128,403

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

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Quality

52

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

27

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