In the final footnote episode of Season 2, Ashlee and Lee discuss what they have learnt from this series, and discuss Ashlee's conversion with John Maffoilo, Founder at CLIC Magazine. In John's interview with Ashlee, he talks candidly about the pitfalls he fell into on his own journey, and how that inspired him to launch his business. Lee builds on that and discusses how important it is to learn from your mistakes. Ashlee and Lee talk about core values and how to integrate those values in every part of a business. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more

This week on Beyond The Balance Sheet by Raffingers, Host, Ashlee Bloom talks to John Maffioli, Founder of CLIC.co.uk & febe.co.uk, an online magazine which celebrates incredible business leaders to inspire people to drive change and achieve success.John started his journey as an accountant and became one of the youngest people ever to be internally promoted to the role of Director in a Big Four firm, due to his unique ability to win new revenue from brand new relationships. In this episode, John shares tangible tips that he has learnt from years of interviewing successful entrepreneurs on ..read more

Ashlee and Lee talk about the previous episode where Ashlee is joined by Nick Entwistle, Founder & Creative Director of the Bank of Creativity & One Minute Briefs. Nick built his business off the back of a side project at university, and now he has a reach of over a billion with brands utilising the OMB community for creative inspiration. Ashlee and Lee discuss the key learnings from the episode including the importance of community, and how to build an authentic tone of voice for a brand online. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more

Host, Ashlee Bloom is joined this week by Nick Entwistle, Founder & Creative Director of creative agency - the Bank of Creativity, and the founder of One Minute Briefs, the community of creatives that promotes brands and causes via social media by responding with instinctive ideas to daily advertising briefs.If you aren't one of Nicks 50,000+ followers on social media, then you might know him from one of his events, educational workshops with D&AD and the V&A or through delivering talks at agencies, universities and the likes of BBC, Glug and Pecha Kucha.In this episode, Nick talks ..read more

A healthy work life balance is more important to founders and employees now than ever before. In this footnote episode Ashlee Bloom and Lee Manning talk about Ashlee's conversation with Hugh Thomas, CEO and Co-Founder of Ugly Drinks. In Hugh's episode he talks about managing your time wisely as a founder, and how it feels to take the jump from employee to business owner. In this footnote, Lee shares his tips on how he has managed to balance his work life and home life since becoming a Partner at Raffingers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more

In this episode of Beyond The Balance Sheet by Raffingers, Host, Ashlee Bloom is joined by Hugh Thomas, CEO and Co-Founder of global brand - Ugly Drinks. Alongside his co-founder, Hugh set out to create a drinks product that had authenticity at the heart, and since launching the Ugly Drinks brand in 2016, the 100% natural fruit flavoured sparkling waters have landed shelf space in some of the worlds largest retailers. Hugh believes consumers deserve better from businesses, and in this episode talks to Ashlee about his mission to tackle the ugly truths in the world, including the brands fight ..read more

In this week's footnote episode, Ashlee and Lee catch up on Ashlee's conversation with Matt Porter, Chief Executive at Professional Darts Corporation and Director at Matchroom Sport. Similarly to Matt's experience, Lee became Partner at Raffingers at a young age and discusses what it takes to be a good manager and a good leader. Ashlee and Lee also talk about how Matt changed the perception of the darts industry, and how hard it is to take a stagnant industry and move it forward. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more

How do you go from being the 'Media Guy' to Chief Executive with no prior experience? In this episode of Beyond The Balance Sheet by Raffingers, Host, Ashlee Bloom is joined by Matt Porter, Chief Executive at Professional Darts Corporation, Director at Matchroom Sport and former CEO of Leyton Orient F.C. Matt was a young Chief Executive, and talks to Ashlee about what he learnt from being in a leadership role from such a young age, the importance of having a great mentor, and how important it is to get your team on side as a manager. Matt also talks to Ashlee about how live sport was adapted ..read more

In this week's footnote episode Ashlee and Lee talk about Ashlee's conversation with Stefanie Sword-Williams, Founder, Author and Speaker at F*ck Being Humble. They discuss the importance of self promotion and why business owners and professionals need to change their mindset towards it. Lee also talks about why we need more women in leadership and how that change starts at home. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more

Ashlee is joined by Stefanie Sword-Williams - Founder, Author and Voice of F*ck Being Humble, the global movement, consultancy, book and event series helping people be unapologetically proud of their achievements. At the start of lockdown, Stef took the plunge and turned F*ck Being Humble, her then side hustle into her full time hustle, and had to pivot her business plans from in person events, to 100% remote. Stef's ‘Blag now, worry later’ attitude enabled her to thrive during lockdown, and has landed her opportunities including doing a TEDx Talk, being named one of Forbes 30 Under 30, hostin ..read more