Scale Her Up: Female business stories and expert tips for business growth and success
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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
Strategy Before Marketing, AI Without Losing Yourself, and the Advice That Changed Everything: Gaynor Duthie of Genoa Black
Jul 10, 202630 min
The Art of Hospitality PR: Jessica Sneddon on Niching Down, the Boss You'd Want to Work For, and Why Specialising Is the Smartest Business Decision You'll Make
Jul 7, 202639 min
The Gutsy Creative Agency: Jen Landels on Brand, Imperfect Action and the Horse Tethered to a Plastic Chair
Jul 3, 202640 min
Castles, Moats and Motorhomes: Catherine Bunn on 19 Years of Growing a Business on Her Own Terms
Jun 30, 202634 min
From Office Junior at 17 to MD and Co-Owner: Michelle Quinn on Engineering, Grit and the Management Buyout She Completed Two Weeks After Giving Birth
Jun 26, 202640 min
From Home Brew to 6,000 Hectoliters: Fiona MacEachern on Beer, Grit and Building a Business That's Truly Yours
Jun 23, 202632 min
40 Years, Three Generations and a Rugby Cap: Mary Pat McFarlane on Loyalty, Leadership and Saying Yes
Jun 19, 202626 min
There's No Right Time: Anne Wright on Starting From Scratch, MTD and Building a Business You Love
Jun 15, 202630 min
The Ripple Effect: Mindset, Leadership and Scaling with Purpose — with Julie McCann
Jun 12, 202633 min
From Dream to Ice Cream: How Jules Fleming Turned Intuition Into a Thriving Business
Jun 8, 202639 min
Two Founders, Six Boys, and One Shared Mission: Scaling Flexibly with Lisa Gallagher and Nikki Slowey
Jun 5, 202636 min
Killing the Monster Business: Finding the Courage to Exit with Oyin Adekola
Jun 2, 202644 min
Beyond Box-Ticking: Driving Commercial Growth Through Social Value with Sarah Stone
May 28, 202639 min
Walking Away from "Success": Pivoting to Avoid Burnout with Iska Walter
May 25, 202635 min
The Entrepreneur vs. The Technician: Scaling Through Acquisition with Katie Backler
May 19, 202636 min
Numbers are Chocolate Cake: Scaling Your Fractional Finance with Fiona Purves
May 14, 202638 min
From £7 to Financial Freedom: Scaling Businesses That Run Without You with Lisa Schoneville
May 11, 202636 min
Be Your Own Success Story: Resilience & The Climb with Katie Watson (Re-Release)
May 6, 202635 min
From War Zones to Boardrooms: Mastering Communication with Diana Muriel
May 4, 202639 min
Perfection is a Work in Progress: Scaling Skin Clinics with Emma Coleman
May 1, 202634 min
The Trip to the Moon: Scaling Autonomous AI with Sonia Schulenberg
Apr 29, 202652 min
The Conductor Principle: 20 Years of Impact with Julie Moulsdale
Apr 27, 202647 min
From Psychotherapist to Hospital MD: Leah Athanassopoulos on Scaling with Empathy
Apr 24, 202636 min
The Goddess of Healing: Scaling a Biotech Spinout with Soumya Palliyil
Apr 22, 202635 min
Building a Biotech Business That Changes Lives with Deborah O’Neill
Apr 20, 202638 min
From Oil and Gas to Energy Transition Leadership with Donna Sutherland
Apr 17, 202642 min
Growing a Creative Business Without Losing Your Values with Annie Kenyon
Apr 15, 202640 min
Why Emotion, Trust and Story Matter in Marketing with Charlotte Nichols
Apr 13, 202638 min
HR, Inclusion and Heart-Led Leadership | Lisa Ironside of The HR Dept Aberdeenshire
Apr 10, 202637 min
Building a Healthcare Business That Makes a Difference with Alena Duncan
Apr 8, 202633 min