{"podcast":{"title":"Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud","slug":"inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537","podcast_index_feed_id":5032537,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/inspired/","website_url":"https://www.simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e843d16f-32a5-4b0b-b568-01ce75020daa/Inspired-Cover-26-1mb.jpg","author":"Great Lakes Outreach","episode_count":269,"summary":"Upbeat and uplifting, ‘Inspired’ introduces us to a stunning variety of people from all walks of life. It celebrates perseverance, overcoming, and costly faith. In a world full of bad news, these powerful, hope-filled stories of adventure and risk-taking will stir you to imagine new possibilities. Hosted by Simon Guillebaud, author, speaker and founder of Great Lakes Outreach. New episodes each Thursday. simonguillebaud.com | greatlakesoutreach.org","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T12:19:48.306232+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537"},"episode":{"title":"From Hamsters to High Sheriff | Mark Mitchell","slug":"from-hamsters-to-high-sheriff-mark-mitchell","published_at":"2026-05-28T01:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537/from-hamsters-to-high-sheriff-mark-mitchell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537","url":"https://inspired.captivate.fm/episode/from-hamsters-to-high-sheriff-mark-mitchell","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/72624e38-b4bf-4dc1-a363-6861626f8ea2.mp3","summary":"Mark Mitchell’s entrepreneurial gift was evident as an 8-year-old when he bought two hamsters, dimmed the lights, put the mood music on, and began raking in the cash after a short gestation period! Nowadays, he has three car dealerships and 106 happy colleagues (not employees) with no HR department because the need is not there, such is the joy and job satisfaction of his crew! What a story! ▶️ Watch this episode as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ogbcTWtJIZA Check out Mark’s business here: mitchellgroup.co.uk --- ❤️ Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- ▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube 📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg 📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp 📧 Weekly email notification: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🇧🇮 GLO Burundi WhatsApp Channel For more from Simon, visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠simonguillebaud.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Choose Life daily or weekly email to stir your faith: chooselife.org.uk --- 🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠","meta_description":"Mark Mitchell’s entrepreneurial gift was evident as an 8-year-old when he bought two hamsters, dimmed the lights, put the mood music on, and began raking…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3193,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537/episodes/from-hamsters-to-high-sheriff-mark-mitchell/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537/from-hamsters-to-high-sheriff-mark-mitchell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}