383 Episodes

  1. Decisions That Made Me: Elmarie Marais (GoCrisis, Founder)

    Published: 12/5/2024

  2. Decisions That Made Me: Jordan Brompton (Myenergi, Co-founder)

    Published: 11/21/2024

  3. Decisions That Made Me: Rob Law (Trunki Suitcases, Inventor)

    Published: 11/15/2024

  4. Ideas: How To Turn Your Dreams Into Business Reality

    Published: 11/7/2024

  5. Marketing: How Effective Is Fear In Advertising?

    Published: 10/31/2024

  6. Google: The Couple That Took On The Tech Giant

    Published: 10/24/2024

  7. Evacuation: How to Rescue a Business From a War Zone

    Published: 10/17/2024

  8. Debt: Do Collectors Deserve Their Bad Reputation?

    Published: 10/10/2024

  9. Side Hustles: What's It Like Balancing Two Jobs At Once?

    Published: 10/3/2024

  10. New Tech: How Smart Is the Smart Energy System?

    Published: 9/26/2024

  11. The Bottom Line (unofficial) Business Awards

    Published: 7/25/2024

  12. The business of private schools

    Published: 7/18/2024

  13. Being the new broom

    Published: 7/11/2024

  14. The Business of Dying

    Published: 7/4/2024

  15. Is copyright going wrong?

    Published: 6/27/2024

  16. Is work getting more intense?

    Published: 6/20/2024

  17. Hype

    Published: 6/13/2024

  18. Electric Cars: Made in China?

    Published: 6/6/2024

  19. The Decisions That Made Me A Leader: The Depop Story

    Published: 5/20/2024

  20. The Decisions That Made Me A Leader: Lastminute.com's Martha Lane Fox

    Published: 5/20/2024

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The definitive business podcast from the BBC.

Each week, the BBC's Evan Davis is joined by bosses, entrepreneurs and industry experts, to lift the lid on how their businesses work, and what it’s like to be in charge. 

They discuss a big issue, a big challenge, or a big question facing their industry.

From managing AI to managing millennials, from supermarkets to supercharging a new product.

And our guests will share their stories of success and failure along the way.  

Podcasts are published every Thursday. And as well as being a podcast, we are also available every Thursday afternoon and Tuesday evening on BBC Radio 4. 

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