Our Founder and Managing Director Sam Spoors has launched a new podcast focussed on supporting new business owners to achieve success whilst avoiding the pitfalls many new entrepreneurs face.
With around 1 in 5 new businesses in the North East expected to close within the first year, the new podcast aims to empower and support businesses across the region.
Sam comments - “It's tough, and there are ups and downs – that is the reality. The highs are fantastic, and the lows feel tougher than you had imagined before establishing a business. You, therefore, need more resilience than ever. It feels personal, but it's not. It's just business.”
Sam started Talentheads from her kitchen table in 2020. In just over four years, Talentheads has won multiple awards and has expanded across the region. Coupled with the opening of a second office and the onboarding of a diverse array of growing clients across the North East, the UK, and indeed across the globe – Sam is keen to share her journey of growing a businesses with other entrepreneurs looking to do the same.
Reflecting on her significant learnings Sam says, 'you can't be everyone's cup of tea.’ “As a previous people pleaser and someone who wanted to help everyone – it's important to find your tribe, do the best you possibly can, and let those things you can't control… go. Overthinking or assigning too much emotion to one thing – that is out of your circle of influence – slows you down.”
The new fortnightly podcast, The Journey of a North East Entrepreneur, will be an honest account of a week in the life of Sam. It will provide a dose of reality for those looking to establish a business and comfort to those currently growing a business.
Sam continued, "If I were establishing a business again - for the first time - I would find this podcast super useful as it shows - warts and all - how a week pans out when you are growing something you love, have the ultimate dedication to and have made sacrifices for. I am also hopeful the authenticity shows others they can be vulnerable and real about the journey. We can then help and learn from each other.”
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