The Plan for Happy Podcast
Adam Walkom is a former investment bank trader and management consultant who is now a founding partner of Permanent Wealth Partners and author of Plan for Happy - A step-by-step guide to growing your wealth.
Building wealth and investing are both much more of an art form than a science and have much more to do with human and behavioural psychology than economics.
Join Adam as he goes on a journey interviewing fascinating guests who share their deeply-held insights and experiences from years of building wealth and investing professionally.
The Plan for Happy Podcast
Permanent Wealth Podcast 16: Piers Linney
Today my special guest is Entrepreneur and Dragon’s Den investor Piers Linney.
Piers is a serial entrepreneur and has built and sold many successful businesses over the years. In this episode, Piers gives a masterclass into the mindset of how to build a successful business.
If you are any one of the following, this episode is a must listen:
- Young person starting out in business
- Entrepreneur
- Parent with children at University or starting their career
- Anyone interested in hearing a great story from a fascinating character.
In some of the many highlights of this discussion, you will hear Piers & I discuss:
- The concept of social capital and how he is trying to change that for young people from non-advantaged backgrounds
- Why his journey being a solicitor, accountant and investment banker set him up for his career today
- How it is easier to buy an existing business than start from scratch
- What drove him to start Moblox – his new business
And make sure you listen to the end to hear Piers give the best framework I have heard of how to start a business.