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Scale Her Up: Female business stories and expert tips for business growth and success

Scale Her Up: Female business stories and expert tips for business growth and success

The Female Entrepreneur Show. Sharing business expertise, start-up experiences and business growth strategies to overcome challenges

Brenda Hector

196 episodesEN

Show overview

Scale Her Up: Female business stories and expert tips for business growth and success has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 196 episodes. That works out to roughly 120 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 33 min and 41 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 83 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 83 episodes published. Published by Brenda Hector.

Episodes
196
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
37 min
Cadence
Fortnightly

From the publisher

If you are a female business owner, self-employed freelancer, or girl boss who wants to build a successful business i.e. work less hours, make more money, and get better results from your staff, then this is the podcast for you. Hosted by Dr Brenda Hector MBA from ActionCOACH UK, this podcast provides relatable and accessible business advice and inspiration from successful businesswomen who have been there and done it before you. This podcast is where you can • hear female business stories • share business success • learn how to overcome business challenges • get advice for businesswomen aspiring to success • find out what needs to change • discover how we can bring about that business revolution Only 1 in 3 UK entrepreneurs are female. UK men are 5 times more likely than women to build a business of over £1million turnover If UK women matched UK men in starting and scaling businesses, it would add £250 billion to the UK economy (Alison Rose, The Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship 2018) As a woman in business, a business coach, and a business growth expert, Brenda’s mission is to help business owners grow their companies, achieve their goals and live the lifestyle of their dreams. She's the help you need to grow your business.

Latest Episodes

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Made Redundant in the Financial Crash, She Started Her Own Business — and Merged It With Her Dad's Ten Years Later: Debbie Rennie of Instinct Marketing and PR

Oct 30, 202625 min

She Helped Fix the Edinburgh Tram Project, Then Built a £3.2M Consultancy From Scratch at the Start of COVID: Cath Leech of Anturas Consulting

Oct 27, 202633 min

She Said She Wouldn't Eat in the Cafe. Her Husband Said "You Run It Then." She Had No Business Training. Here's What Happened: Jane Cox of Glendoick Garden Centre

Oct 23, 202630 min

She Studied Fashion. Her Parents Founded an IT Business in 1992. Now She's CEO and Growing the Team: Pamela Malpas of One Office Technologies

Oct 20, 202632 min

She Moved to Scotland at 18 with No Plan, Applied for the Wrong Job, and Ended Up Running the Region — Sarah Medcraf, Moray Chamber of Commerce

Oct 16, 202639 min

From Library Cards to 60 Staff: The Accidental Entrepreneur Who Built a Publishing Institution — Lesley Whyte of Bibliographic Data Services

Oct 13, 202633 min

Her Mum Spotted a Job Ad in the Newspaper — Now She's MD of an Employee-Owned Company That Works for the UN and the EU: Lucy Harrier of Prepress Projects

Oct 9, 202634 min

She Was Told She Was Their Best Performing MD — But She Didn't Fit In. So She Built Her Own Agency: Rowan Morrison of We Are Rationale

Oct 6, 202634 min

She Started Cleaning Houses to Work Around Her Kids — 12 Years Later She Has 30 Staff: Kerryann Martin of K&M Cleaning Services

Oct 2, 202621 min

She Started in the Care Sector, a Funding Cut Changed Everything — and Now She Runs One of Scotland's Award-Winning Letting Agencies: Lyndsay Yuill of Rent Locally

Sep 28, 202632 min

She Used Her Life Savings to Go to San Francisco and Figure It Out — Now She Runs Accelerator Programs for Founders Across Scotland: Alison Gray of Skillfluence

Sep 25, 202631 min

She Started a Care Business to Stay Flexible for Her Daughter's Heart Surgery — Now She Delivers 6,000 Hours of Care Every Week: Nyasha Mangaba on Building Across Five Countries

Sep 22, 202630 min

Supporting Boobs All Over the World: Ros Marshall on Building an Ethical Bra Brand in Rural Perthshire, the Brexit Hurdles Nobody Warned Her About, and Backing Herself

Sep 18, 202629 min

She Just Needed to Be at the School Gates at 4pm: Cecilia Grigor on Building a 10-Person Remote Marketing Agency, Navigating AI, and Why She's Not Sinking

Sep 15, 202628 min

Her Baby Bouncer Was in Her Grandfather's Office: Dominique Dawson on 70 Years of Finnies, Lessons from Harrods, and Why Nobody on Her Team Has Ever Worked on Commission

Sep 11, 202634 min

The Burnout Nobody Saw Coming — Including Her: Emma Hutton on What Breaks High-Performing Leaders, How to Spot It, and What's Waiting on the Other Side

Sep 8, 202643 min

"Two Thirds of the Staff Left on a Tuesday Morning": Debbie Mitchell on Building a Business, Selling It Right, and Why 18% Isn't Good Enough

Sep 4, 202630 min

"I'd Just Like to Play at Being a Scientist for a Few More Years": Leanne Ramage on Spinning Out a Renewable Energy Software Company, Rejection, and the Song Playing on the Way to the Interview That Started Everything

Sep 1, 202621 min

"Paddy Made Me Better": Alison Harper and Sara Huibregtse Van Loon on Therapy Dogs, Teams, Mental Health Stigma and Passing the Baton

Jul 17, 202636 min

She Was Answering Emails on C-Section Day: Laura Weir on Control, Boundaries and Building a Letting Agency That Actually Fits Your Life

Jul 14, 202631 min
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