Driven

This is the story of how James Martin went from leaving school at fourteen with heavy dyslexia and no qualifications to building national companies, buying them back when they collapsed, and creating a property empire worth tens of millions.
 After being bullied, struggling in school and working out of the corner of his parents’ pub, James built his first business by knocking on doors with nothing more than grit and c...

This is the story of how Siena Hutchinson went from a shy creative kid in a tiny Swiss mountain town to building one of London’s most exciting branding agencies. After navigating burnout, losing her income overnight during Covid and walking away from a second business she built with her sister, Sienna rebuilt Hutch and Co from the ground up. Today, she’s helping founders elevate their brands, sharpen their vision and attract the c...

This is the story of how John Holliday went from struggling to land a junior accounting role to owning one of the UK’s fastest growing accounting firms, now aiming for a 100 million valuation. He started out with poor grades, low confidence, and a fear of being seen. Over time, he built momentum through determination and a focus on customer experience, evolving a small practice into a finance group redefining what an accountancy fi...

This is the story of how Harry Harvey turned a small eBay side hustle into Garage Style, the £2.4 million flooring brand trusted by A-listers from Justin Bieber to Jake Paul. After starting out selling tools from his bedroom, Harry built one of the UK’s fastest-growing design brands, powered by social media, grit, and a refusal to settle. But behind the viral videos and celebrity garages came real pressure: cash-flow chaos, sleeple...

This is the story of how Luke Barrow turned grief, guilt and silence into Two Pints Deep, the men’s mental health movement helping thousands of men open up before it’s too late.

After losing his mum at a young age and battling loneliness, anxiety and addiction in silence, Luke hit breaking point. A single late-night conversation changed everything and became the spark for a charity now changing how men talk, connect and heal.

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Danny Buchan, British Superstock champion and British Superbikes contender, shares how racing shaped his mindset and resilience and what pushed him to walk away from the sport. He discusses the pressure of competition, the injuries, and the emotional moment when he decided to retire.

Now focused on building Office Furniture Group and Victory Commercial Interiors, Danny explains how the lessons from racing help him lead with focus, ...

This is the story of how Nicola Gunby built CLIQ, the global community app redefining real connection by fixing what Instagram broke.

After selling her first company and losing her sense of identity, Nicola started over, turning pain, purpose, and passion into a movement that now connects thousands across the UK, US and Australia.

In this episode of The Driven Podcast, Nicola shares:

⚪️ The truth about life after a successful...

From £1 deals that almost broke him to winning a £40 million NHS contract at 24, this is the story of how Nathan Winch built, bought, and turned around businesses while investing in commercial property for serious returns.

With no silver spoon, failed acquisitions, and the hard lessons of cash flow over profit, Nathan reveals the brutal realities of entrepreneurship and why focus, resilience, and discipline matter more than hype.

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George Artemi is the founder of Roll Boys, the cult cinnamon roll brand with over 135k followers and queues down the street every weekend. His path into food was anything but ordinary. From playing football to running nightclubs aged just 23, through burnout and hitting rock bottom, George rebuilt his life with a single idea: cinnamon rolls.

What began with no baking experience and borrowed money for a flight home has become one of...

Jason Iliffe is a tech founder and entrepreneur on a mission to solve the loneliness crisis. After starting his career with no network and no experience, he built and sold his first beauty tech company, raised capital against the odds, and is now building CLIQ, a community platform designed to impact a billion lives.

In this episode Jason shares:

• Why loneliness is the biggest crisis of our time
• How COMMUNITY can become the cur...

Katie Arnold is the founder of Peppermint, a luxury athleisure brand, and a solo entrepreneur who built her audience and business from the ground up. Starting with just £100, she grew a handmade product into 60,000 sales, scaled her presence on LinkedIn to over 100,000 followers in 18 months, and even bought her first property at 22. Alongside the growth came challenges, including burnout, hair loss, and the pressure of carrying a ...

Hannah Power is a personal branding coach, speaker, and author who helps entrepreneurs and leaders build authentic brands that create opportunity. By 27 she had scaled her agency to £280k, but her path also involved trauma, addiction, burnout, and starting again from zero. From these experiences she developed the Performer Mode framework, a high-performance system for achieving success through flow and resilience instead of stress ...