{"podcast":{"title":"The Business","slug":"the-business-969727","podcast_index_feed_id":969727,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/db63e563-1a27-4446-8f4a-06473a5b69a2","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/thepivot","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba0e491a8cbe627d3cf13d/1759312595037-032244e8-5999-460e-9142-fe459adcef57.jpeg","author":"Anna Covell","episode_count":51,"summary":"Hannah Prevett and Dominic O’Connell bring you one big business story you need to know every week. Uncovering the personalities, power plays, boardroom dramas and sheer ambition that drive the world of business, Hannah and Dominic get the inside story from the people who are in the room when the deal goes down - from start-ups to tech titans, market movers to City CEOs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T06:18:30.155735+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-969727"},"episode":{"title":"The £50m Club: The hard truth about scaling a business","slug":"the-50m-club-the-hard-truth-about-scaling-a-business","published_at":"2026-03-13T01:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-969727/the-50m-club-the-hard-truth-about-scaling-a-business","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-969727","url":"https://shows.acast.com/thepivot/episodes/the-50-million-club-what-it-really-takes-to-scale-your-busin","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thepivot/e/69b30d285668adfee6349c91/media.mp3","summary":"While the UK is a breeding ground for brilliant ideas, very few start-ups ever reach \"supersize\" status. So what are the hurdles preventing British companies from joining the £50M+ revenue club? This week we consider a new report from the Scale-up Institute about female-founded businesses which shows that it may not just be about the funding.  Presenters: Hannah Prevett, Associate Business Editor, The Sunday Times Dominic O’Connell, columnist and business presenter, Times Radio Guests: Sam Smith, co-founder, Super Scalers Helen Cannon, CEO, Ison Travel Producer : Miriam Hall Senior Producer : Julia Johnson Executive Producer : Kate Ford Photo credit : Getty Get in touch : thebusiness@thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"While the UK is a breeding ground for brilliant ideas, very few start-ups ever reach \"supersize\" status. So what are the hurdles preventing British compan…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1756,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-business-969727/episodes/the-50m-club-the-hard-truth-about-scaling-a-business/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-969727/the-50m-club-the-hard-truth-about-scaling-a-business.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}