The Story Club

By: Jonathan Rose
  • Summary

  • Everybody has a story. Sharing them and listening to others is how we learn, grow, and get out of our own experiences. In these episodes you’ll find a range of people from various backgrounds - entrepreneurs, thought leaders and those just striving to do more. I’ve always loved human stories, and I hope after some of these - you do too. @iamjonnyrose
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  • WineFi CEO Explains Why Fine Wine is a GREAT Investment Strategy | Ep.32
    Sep 3 2024

    Meet Callum Woodcock, CEO of WineFi.

    In this episode, Callum discusses his early desire in starting an investment company, dealing with success and failure, and advice for aspiring founders. Thanks for joining me on the Story Club Callum! And if you're tempted by the idea of making fine wine part of your investment strategy, you can learn more here: https://www.winefi.co/


    WineFi CEO Explains Why Fine Wine is a GREAT Investment Strategy


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    Callum Woodcock

    Website: https://www.winefi.co/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/callumwoodcock


    Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:24 - Discussion on TED Talk 0:45 - Generational Differences 5:39 - Callum's Early Career 6:43 - Desire to Start a Company 9:06 - Joining a Scale-Up 10:33 - Experience at JP Morgan 13:50 - Starting Wineify 14:24 - Advice for Aspiring Founders 16:18 - Transparency in Business 18:07 - Trust and Transparency in Wineify 21:16 - Transparency and Building Trust 22:54 - Reasons to Invest in Wineify 24:49 - Building Wineify and Personal Reflections 26:43 - Resilience, Progress and Future Goals 27:02 - Celebrating Milestones and Future Aspirations 28:23 - Reflections on Personal Growth and Mindset 30:30 - Daily Habits and Mindset 31:25 - Dealing with Success and Failure 32:33 - Learning from Others 33:52 - Closing Remarks


    Fine wine is an alternative and illiquid asset class and should only form a small part of a well-diversified portfolio. The value of your investment can go down as well as up and you may not get back the full amount you invested.
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    36 mins
  • #31 Rory Codrington - Clear Intentions, Success & A Balanced Life
    May 1 2024

    Meet Rory Codrington, the Founder of Trust Keith&.

    In this episode, Rory discusses his entrepreneurial journey and reflections on building a boostrapped business to £1,000,000 annual recurring revenue.

    With that growth and success, he's started asking himself some big questions, that all Entrepreneurs will at some point.

    It's about starting out with clear intentions. What does success look like to you personally? Not being blindsided by all these other shiny objects.


    (0:00) - Introduction to Rory and his entrepreneurial spark (03:50) - Problem-solving mentality for business and lessons (05:35) - Reflections on building a £1,000,000 ARR business (09:58) - Setbacks and understanding things are meant to be hard (14:50) - The power of coaching and having a sounding board (16:09) - I don't care what happens, but I have a preference (21:26) - Being intentional and measuring progress (25:29) - Starting out with clear intentions and defining success (28:11) - Benefits of funding versus bootstrapping (32:13) - Thinking about what it means to build a long term business


    Dive in for Rory's reflections, insights and some answers too.


    Watch/listen to my client's podcast with Rory I mention in the episode:


    YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eCxmtyBH Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/eHDjwSPm Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eukanAG6


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    Rory Codrington

    Website: https://www.trustkeith.co LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rory-codrington

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    38 mins
  • #30 Sam Kitching - Launching Products, Authentic Values & Community
    Apr 10 2024

    Meet Sam Kitching, The Founder of WIT and Friday&.

    Sam's experience truly is at the intersection of fitness, retail, and brand building.

    Covering all his experience navigating the retail landscape, his commitment to authentic physical experiences, and his vision for the future of fitness brands.

    "You can't do everything yourself... It's about finding people who complement your skills and letting them shine."

    (00:00) - Introduction to Sam and where it all began (03:15) - The evolution of retail (08:11) - First entrepreneurial experiences and building WIT (13:01) - Physical spaces in retail and moving to London (16:32) - The importance of community beyond a buzzword (19:57) - Building a community and matching up values (25:00) - Leaving WIT and joining NoBull (28:38) - Building a business and defining what success means (30:33) - Creating a venture studio and helping people (36:07) - Having a vision and those gut feelings to drive you

    Dive in for Sam's journey of transforming challenges into opportunities for growth and connection.

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    41 mins

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