11 Entrepreneur Truths I Wish I Knew 11 Years Ago [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Take the survey now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iHRZvOly_Q7aprlQBF7n38y0EjgvnHw2OdYII8yQElc/edit?ts=670d0111 Rob is joined by Johnny Garrett, founder of William Wood Watches, which he created with just 25k and crowdfunding. They talk about the luxury watch market including its dramatic post-COVID crash and the rise of independent watchmakers. Johnny reveals how his grandfather's firefighting legacy was the inspiration behind building a British watch brand that incorporates genuine upcycled firefighter equipment. From celebrity collectors like Kevin O'Leary and President Biden to Johnny's journey from banker to watchmaker, this episode provides a fascinating look into entrepreneurship, watch industry disruption and why traditional luxury brands might be taking advantage of their customers. REVEALS: How William Wood Watches incorporates genuine upcycled firefighter equipment, honouring Johnny's grandfather's 25 year firefighting career. How Johnny started William Wood Watches at just 25 years old while maintaining his banking career  The company produces about 3,500 watches annually priced between £1,000-£4,000, with limited editions like the 30-piece "King's Coronation" watch dramatically increasing in value, selling out instantly. The high profile customers that buy William Wood Watches, including President Biden (whose watch was presented in the Oval Office), Kevin O'Leary and Russell Crowe. Why Johnny believes the luxury watch market crashed post-COVID How William Wood is expanding beyond direct-to-consumer sales into B2B government contracts. That watch brands claiming "in house" manufacturing primarily use this as marketing justification for charging premium prices. BEST MOMENTS "I believe if a Richemont Group bought it, Jesus, they could take William Wood Watches into the billions in revenue. Every single country in the world has a fire service. Our vision is to convert fire stations all around the world into our concept stores." "The whole reason we're in business is to be able to produce watches that you can actually wear on a daily basis and appreciate. Now there's so much supply in the marketplace that you are struggling where to be able to make these purchases." "I used to fall for that, I've got loads of limited edition APs, which, you know, they're limited edition, so they're the ones that will go up in value and they haven't gone up in value because they make a new limited edition, a new one, and a new one." "This is the reason why we're seeing such a rise of independent brands. We've seen in the last three years, the amount of customers who now know more or want to educate themselves on other independent sort of lesser well known brands." "I think society is celebrating the wrong businesses. We are feeding a conversation around entrepreneurs who have these big billion dollar companies with huge employees, potentially masses of debt. I think we should be celebrating more the entrepreneurs turning over maybe into the single digit millions." VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team Episode Sponsor - AG1 Claim your exclusive offer of AG1 at the link below drinkag1.com/disruptors ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”   CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

28 Helmi 20251h 8min

Take the survey now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iHRZvOly_Q7aprlQBF7n38y0EjgvnHw2OdYII8yQElc/edit?ts=670d0111 Rob speaks with former journalist turned successful entrepreneur and investor Codie Sanchez. Codie reveals how her experiences covering cartel violence and human trafficking shaped her understanding of financial freedom, leading her to develop a revolutionary approach to building wealth through acquiring "boring" but profitable businesses. Codie talks about business acquisition, wealth creation, the importance of ownership and gives her unique perspective on entrepreneurship.  Codie Sanchez REVEALS: How she went from a journalist to a business owner The shocking shift away from business ownership in the UK Why a side hustle makes you more likely to succeed than quitting your job straight away The three promising business types for 2025 Why a degree isn’t worth the investment anymore The pros to buying an existing business BEST MOMENTS "If you want to go fast, go alone, If you want to go far, go together. It's super true. And the only way you're going to make like a fucking unreasonable amount of money is by having a team that buys into your vision" "You know what's sexy? Profitable businesses. Profitable businesses are really sexy and it's sexy to have a business that you could bootstrap with your own two hands" "Money really is freedom and it is also protection” "Those who say it's impossible should get out of the way of those of us doing it." "In order to start a business, you're 90% likely to fail or a 10% success rate. In order to buy a business, you have a five to 20% fail rate and somewhere between a 95 to an 80% success rate." VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team Episode Sponsor - AG1 Claim your exclusive offer of AG1 at the link below drinkag1.com/disruptors ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”   CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

24 Helmi 20251h 13min

Take the survey now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iHRZvOly_Q7aprlQBF7n38y0EjgvnHw2OdYII8yQElc/edit?ts=670d0111 Former Dragons' Den investor Richard Farleigh opens up to Rob about his journey from an Australian orphanage to a successful entrepreneur with 120+ businesses. Richard shares his thoughts on UK business challenges, his most successful Dragons' Den investment in Reggae Reggae Sauce and why even highly successful entrepreneurs battle imposter syndrome. Richard Farleigh REVEALS: His biggest Dragons' Den success His difficult childhood Why the UK is becoming impossible for a startup business Why the first year of any business should be treated as pure research Despite running over 120 companies, how he still battles imposter syndrome That universities will be less relevant with AI advancement BEST MOMENTS I'm a working class kid. I went through an orphanage and care, so I'm not ashamed to admit that I've worked hard and made money." “In a world where we've had a technology explosion, now we've got AI helping us particularly, that should make people more productive, shouldn't it?" "The first year is a research project, the first year is spending the money to find out if this is viable, that's what you want to find out as quickly as possible. If it means not having a shop front, not having any officers, not having a brief guy, just go and sell that." "There are entrepreneurs from all ages, all backgrounds, all countries, all religions, whatever, but there are no lazy entrepreneurs.” "Money and success, you know, it's a bandaid”.   VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team Episode Sponsor - AG1 Claim your exclusive offer of AG1 at the link below drinkag1.com/disruptors ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”   CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

21 Helmi 20251h 32min

Take the survey now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iHRZvOly_Q7aprlQBF7n38y0EjgvnHw2OdYII8yQElc/edit?ts=670d0111 Rob speaks with Tam Khan, ex-professional MMA fighter turned entrepreneur who left Essex in 2008 to pioneer MMA in Dubai. From building successful businesses to raising a family in the UAE, Tam gives his experience and thoughts on Dubai's rise, the UK's challenges and how maintaining strong values leads to success. He also talks about his relationship with Andrew Tate and how he knows the real Andrew. His raw honesty about social media, modern masculinity, and religious values creates a fascinating discussion about life for us all in today's complex world. Tam Khan REVEALS: His relationship with Andrew Tate Why he chose to build a life in Dubai How Dubai maintains incredible safety without police Why having daughters transformed his perspective on masculinity and success Why social media has created unrealistic expectations of masculinity  Dubai's business friendly environment  Why more UK citizens are moving to Dubai  How religious values and moral principles create social stability and success  BEST MOMENTS "Everyone's an atheist until the plane they're on is crashing." "Just be yourself, what is wrong with liking whatever you like, or being an artist, whatever they want to do. Don't feel like you have to be the next Andrew Tate or the next Donald Trump or whatever; there's nothing wrong with being different." "You can't even wear bad clothes now as kids in UK, you'll get just bullied."  "I respect people who stand for what they believe in, even if it's against my belief, I rate at least you're doing what you're doing."  [On Andrew Tate] “He's very genuine, kind hearted guy. Forget the sunglasses and the bald head and this and that, he's one of the nicest guys in the world” "Look after our own people, they're suffering, they're spending this on bullshit things. That's why I love it here [Dubai], because they look after their own people." VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team Episode Sponsor - AG1 Claim your exclusive offer of AG1 at the link below drinkag1.com/disruptors ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”   CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

17 Helmi 20251h 28min

Rob talks to Ahmed Amwell, owner of Dubai's largest luxury car rental company, who talks about his journey to building an empire of over 100 supercars. Ahmed shares his knowledge and expertise on the luxury car market, including dealing with high profile clients like Andrew Tate and the intricacies of running a premium rental business in Dubai.  Ahmed Amwell REVEALS: How he managed to create remarkable growth in Dubai's competitive car market Why the company owns every single car in their fleet How he handles negative comments and criticism How he sources Ferrari and Lamborghini after being blacklisted as a rental car company Why Dubai's car market remains stable -vs- the UK market His views on failure His experience of COVID-19, where he went from nearly bankrupt to unprecedented success How his company maintain a surprisingly low blacklist of only 5-10 clients BEST MOMENTS "If you don't risk it, you're never going to find out." "I don't think about failure, no, because we are our own customer. If the car doesn't do well in the sales, boom, I buy it, I add it to the fleet." "We deliver a car faster than Pizza Hut or Domino's.” "I just want my son to have a good future and I want to enjoy my life a bit as well, early retirement." "I had about 6,000 comments, maybe 4,000 of those comments were negative... I take it as energy and I throw it back in their face."   VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team Episode Sponsor - AG1 Claim your exclusive offer of AG1 at the link below drinkag1.com/disruptors ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”   CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.     disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

10 Helmi 20251h 20min

Take the survey now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iHRZvOly_Q7aprlQBF7n38y0EjgvnHw2OdYII8yQElc/edit?ts=670d0111 Rob talks with Paul Withers, founder of Direct Bullion, for a discussion about gold as the ultimate wealth protector. From predicting a 2025 gold surge to revealing why banks resist gold purchases, Paul shares insider knowledge from his decade of experience in the precious metals industry. They discuss everything from central bank gold holdings to why Warren Buffett avoids gold, offering listeners crucial info about protecting their wealth. Paul Withers REVEALS: His predictions for the value of gold over the next decade Why banks actively discourage and block large gold purchases Why gold maintains constant purchasing power over time How Direct Bullion has a 75% customer retention rate, with some clients accumulating up to £5 million in gold over time The mistakes the UK has made in currency and gold Why central banks worldwide, including China and Russia, are actively buying massive amounts of gold BEST MOMENTS "We've lost millions. Like I'm talking millions through banks not allowing customers to trade in gold, like millions. It is frightening." "People's wealth is everything to them, right? If you get to 65 and you lose everything, you don't have the life to go back out there and do it all again." "I truly believe that we're going to see the biggest transfer of wealth I think ever in human history over the next 10, 20 years." "They physically tell them, we will not allow this transaction. Why? Because it's gold.” "Look at Trump, he's openly come out and said, we are going to make this a crypto safe country we want to jump on the bandwagon." "You cannot keep having this huge amount of debt and not expect at some stage for it to go bang. Because eventually I know the amount of interest that we are paying is astronomical."   VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team Episode Sponsor - AG1 Claim your exclusive offer of AG1 at the link below drinkag1.com/disruptors ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”   CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

7 Helmi 20251h 11min

Take the survey now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iHRZvOly_Q7aprlQBF7n38y0EjgvnHw2OdYII8yQElc/edit?ts=670d0111 Rob interviews Dr. Gad Saad, a marketing professor who has argued for applying evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour. Author of multiple books including The Parasitic Mind, Dr. Gad Saad draws from his groundbreaking research and lived experience and explains how certain ideas can parasitise our minds and shape our behaviour. His blend of scientific knowledge and honesty challenges us all to examine our thought patterns and societal assumptions while offering practical strategies for maintaining clear thinking in an increasingly complex world. Gad Saad REVEALS: His concept of "suicidal empathy" Why our natural capacity for compassion can become pathologically self-destructive The revolutionary framework of "parasitic ideas," demonstrating how certain thought patterns can hijack our cognitive systems The role of high expectations in achievement, using his own family's approach to education to illustrate how cultural values shape success patterns across generations His analysis of institutional resilience explains why certain academic disciplines maintain stronger connections to reality Why the tendency to internalise success and externalise failure influences both personal development and societal prejudices. How to distinguish authentic conviction from surface-level virtue signalling BEST MOMENTS  "The biggest threat to freedom of speech short of you living in North Korea or under ISIS, is not the institutional obstacles to freedom of speech, but the self inflicted restrictions." "I never modulate a millimetre of what my heart and mind tells me to say, for better or worse, because based on my own code of personal conduct, if I modulate that, then I feel that I'm being fraudulent." "Don't pursue happiness wilfully, rather pursue life with honesty, dignity, and authenticity and the downstream effects as you'll wake up and you say ‘life is good’." "Be a honey badger. Fight for what's right."     VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team Episode Sponsor - AG1 Claim your exclusive offer of AG1 at the link below drinkag1.com/disruptors ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”   CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

3 Helmi 20251h 10min

Take the survey now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iHRZvOly_Q7aprlQBF7n38y0EjgvnHw2OdYII8yQElc/edit?ts=670d0111 Rob discusses all things supercars, wealth, and success with Alex Hirschi, better known as Supercar Blondie. Alex, a former radio journalist, has built a massive social media following of over 125 million and shares how she achieved this while also revealing the downsides. She is candid throughout about her mental health struggles, business ventures, and why she owns only two cars despite her supercar fame! Supercar Blondie REVEALS: How she built a media empire with 70 staff members and 2 billion monthly views in just five years Her recent launch of SBX, an online auction platform for premium cars, which she believes will become a billion-dollar business Why she turned down a 100 million acquisition offer for her media business two years ago to pursue bigger opportunities She made $11 million with 98% profit margin during COVID with just 3-4 staff members Her experience of severe burnout in 2020, getting only one hour of sleep per night, leading to a complete breakdown before seeking professional help That she charges around 250,000k for a two-hour brand shoot She recently built and is selling a house in Dubai for 30 million after investing 10 million, showing her diversification beyond media BEST MOMENTS  "I almost got sued by saying that once... we got a notification from their lawyer and said, you better correct this because they are not blacklisted by Ferrari." "I just bought a Rolls new and my husband wants to kill me because it's already come down so much in price." "I love cars and I just wanted to drive cars and that's why I started filming." "I've had people come in and they're from the younger generation and they would be working with us for four months and then they would say 'well now I need a promotion.' I'm like what? Sorry, what?" "I think we've really just swung too far into the electric world. A lot of car companies were like, 'right, by 2030 we're going to be fully electric, we won't have one petrol car on the road anymore.' That was never going to happen." "I've rejected deals of a few hundred thousand dollars because I needed to concentrate my time somewhere else."   VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team Episode Sponsor - AG1 Claim your exclusive offer of AG1 at the link below drinkag1.com/disruptors ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”   CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

27 Tammi 20252h 12min