Today’s conversation is with Stephanie Mason - entrepreneur, founder of Global Brand Connect, host of the Cutting Through The Noise podcast, and the woman who built and exited Showpony after 14 years of growth.

In this conversation, Stephanie shares the journey of building Showpony from the ground up, the entrepreneurial influences that shaped her from a young age, and the lessons she learned scaling a brand into a business attractive enough to be acquired by Kevin Murphy in 2023.

But this conversation goes much deeper than business growth.

We explore what happens after achieving a major goal, including the emotional challenges many founders face when the thing they've spent years building is suddenly gone. We discuss identity, purpose, reinvention, and the phenomenon known as "Gold Medal Syndrome" - the emptiness some people experience after reaching the achievement they believed would finally make them feel fulfilled.

Stephanie also opens up about suffering a serious pelvis injury just days after exiting Showpony, why it felt like the universe was testing her, and how she navigated the transition into a completely new chapter of life and business.

Now, Stephanie helps brands scale intentionally through Global Brand Connect, supporting companies with distribution, logistics, strategy, and growth while continuing to build a life she loves in Mallorca.

Expect to learn:

• The entrepreneurial lessons Stephanie learned growing up
• How Showpony was built and scaled over 14 years
• The key moments that proved the business could become something special
• What it's really like selling a company you've built from scratch
• The emotional challenges founders face after an exit
• How Stephanie rebuilt her identity after leaving Showpony
• The lessons she's learned helping brands grow internationally
• Why relationships and the right support matter more than pretending to know everything
• What younger Stephanie would think of the life she's created today

This was a fascinating conversation about entrepreneurship, identity, purpose, growth, and learning that success is often about who you become along the way rather than the milestone itself.

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Today’s conversation is with Scott Weir - entrepreneur, property investor, founder of Pillow Partners and Pillow Safe Havens, and a Krav Maga instructor.

But Scott’s story starts in a very different place.

He grew up in an incredibly difficult environment raised by a single alcoholic mother, often living without electricity, stealing food to survive, and surrounded by people heading down dangerous paths involving crime and drugs.

In this conversation, Scott shares how he escaped that environment by joining the Royal Navy at just 16 years old, saving his wages while at sea, and buying his first buy-to-let property at only 17.

We discuss the mindset required to break generational patterns, the importance of environment, and how Scott navigated seeing childhood friends fall into crime and heroin while he pursued a completely different path.

Scott also opens up about being diagnosed with dyslexia later in life, how that completely changed the way he viewed himself intellectually, and why he now sees his neurodivergent brain as both a superpower and something that nearly destroyed his business twice.

We also dive into martial arts, Krav Maga, business growth, building Pillow Partners over the last 20 years, adapting a company to survive modern economic pressures, and his outspoken views on UK politics, property ownership, and the future of entrepreneurship in Britain.

Expect to learn:

• How Scott’s childhood shaped his early outlook but did not define his future
• How he avoided the dangerous paths many around him fell into
• Why he joined the Royal Navy at 16
• How he bought his first property at 17
• The impact being diagnosed with dyslexia had on his confidence and identity
• Why neurodivergence can be both a gift and a challenge in business
• How Scott built Pillow Partners into a major property management company
• The lessons martial arts and Krav Maga taught him about discipline and leadership
• How he’s transformed the business to make it “bulletproof”
• Our concerns about UK politics and the future of property investing
• What success looks like for him approaching 50

This was a powerful conversation about resilience, escaping your environment, reinvention, entrepreneurship, and creating a completely different life from the one you were born into.

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Website: https://hosts.pillowpartners.com/

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Today’s conversation is with Adam Power.

Adam is an Irish entrepreneur, founder of PWRD Media, and more recently PWRD University.

Adam first appeared on the podcast back on episode 226, where we unpacked his journey from an under-skilled and unfulfilled 20-year-old into building a multi-million-pound business in Dubai.

A lot has changed since then.

Since our last conversation, Adam has moved from Dubai to Marbella, launched PWRD University, sold 40% of his agency, and gone deeper into the personal side of growth alongside the business success.

This was a thoughtful and reflective conversation on growth, identity, purpose, business, and building a life that actually feels good while achieving success.

Expect to learn:

• Why Adam left Dubai and moved to Marbella full time
• What nervous system regulation actually means
• The framework behind “The Square” and Ikigai
• Why life moves in seasons of intensity
• The common traits Adam sees in elite entrepreneurs
• How success changes as you evolve
• The role Christian faith plays in Adam’s life
• Why giving first often creates the biggest opportunities later
• The difference between external success and internal fulfilment
• What Adam wants life and business to look like in the next 3 years

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Connect with Adam:
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@adampower6612

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/adam-power-marketing/

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