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From Corporate Banking to Bedding Brand & Dragons Den - James Higgins | The Midnight Pod Episode 72
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 - James’ backstory, childhood and his career in banking before entrepreneurship
07:30 - The moment James decided banking wasn’t the long term path and when he decided Ethical Bedding was the ‘thing’
14:30 - Product discovery process and how the idea came about
20:45 - What did the product validation process look like for Ethical Bedding & facing product manufacturing issues, failures and customer complaints
33:00 - sourcing an agency partner that will only work with a profit share arrangement
35:00 - Matt and James debate over why the agency model needs updating
43:00 - the experience of going on Dragons Den and the bits you don’t get to see and how the opportunity came about
57:00 - the post-aired show disappointed James was left with after going on the show
59:20 - what’s the effect in revenue and general PR/brand awareness of going on Dragons Den
01:03:00 - does James’ Personal brand impact on the business in a net positive way?
01:08:40 - talking shop on guerrilla marketing stunts
01:11:00 - end goals for the business and personal life
01:28:00 - James 3 bits of advice to his 18 year old self
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In this episode, we speak to James Higgins...
James' links here -
https://ethicalbedding.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-higgins-ethical-bedding/
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