Brand to Scale
Brand to Scale
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Brand to Scale is a podcast where we talk to business leaders and industry influencers about how they built their brands. Each episode dives into real stories about starting up, growing through challenges, and what success looks like behind the scenes. It's an honest look at the people and ideas driving business forward.
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The podcast focuses on themes of entrepreneurship, brand building, and leadership challenges, with episodes exploring topics such as the transition from military service to business, the impact of personal struggles on professional growth, and innovations in technology. Examples include narratives on mental health and purpose-driven leadership from veterans and discussions on leveraging AI in customer service.
Brand to Scale is a podcast where we talk to business leaders and industry influencers about how they built their brands. Each episode dives into real stories about starting up, growing through challenges, and what success looks like behind the scenes. It’s an honest look at the people and ideas driving business forward.
What does it really take to survive three decades in business?
In this episode of the Brand to Scale podcast, Jess sits down with entrepreneur Paul Warren to unpack the highs, lows and hard-earned lessons from nearly 30 years of building businesses.
From starting a graphic design business at just 16 years old to growing agencies, navigating business failures, surviving cash flow crises and embracing AI, Paul shares an honest look at the reality of entrepreneurship that most people never see.
This is a conversation about resilience, partnerships, leadership, networking and why building meaningful relationships will always outperform chasing quick wins.
Whether you’re starting your first business or leading an established company, this episode is packed with practical advice for founders, agency owners and business leaders.
00:00 Running a Business Is 90% Pain
00:53 Starting a Business at 16
05:03 Building a Print Business
10:25 Learning Through Failure
15:25 Building an Agency That Grew
18:00 Why Networking Still Wins
21:00 Business Partnerships & Hard Lessons
27:25 Brand, Values & Leadership
31:30 The Reality of Entrepreneurship
36:08 The Toughest Business Challenge
40:15 AI, Agencies & The Future
48:00 Building the Next Chapter
53:20 Advice for Every Founder
55:52 Paul’s Formula for Success
In this episode
• Starting a business at 16 years old
• Growing from freelance designer to agency owner
• The realities of business failure and resilience
• Lessons from partnerships that didn’t work
• Building a business through networking and relationships
• Why agency owners need to embrace AI instead of fearing it
• The future of creative agencies
• Why brand positioning matters more than ever
• The importance of finding the right business partners
• Paul’s advice for the next generation of entrepreneurs
Brand to Scale is the podcast from Alchemy, where we speak with founders, CEOs and business leaders about the real stories behind building successful businesses.
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