{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/665f2584aa134f0012248c29/6a4ce62a5bc2f8d54a9a7af6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"She turned £6k into a £1bn business","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/665f2584aa134f0012248c29/1783424506967-88aa0128-6e0d-4637-8500-4f44941c047c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>£6,000, 399 meetings and one idea. Mia Drennan, founder and CEO of GLAS, turned a gap in bank-led loan administration into a global platform for servicing institutional debt that manages over $850 billion assets under management. GLAS, Global Loan Agency Services Limited, is now valued at over £1 billion. On this episode of the Business Leader Podcast, host Sir Richard Harpin unpacks how she bootstrapped her way to a successful business without giving up a single share until 2022, how she scaled it internationally and how to encourage more female-founded unicorns.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to the Business Leader Podcast and sign up to our free weekly newsletter at <a href=\"http://businessleader.co.uk/newsletters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">businessleader.co.uk/newsletters</a>.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Business Leader "}