Small Business, Big Network

Latest Episodes:

Branding and networking with Anna Brand May 04, 2026

Show notes

Anna Brand is obsessed with one question: Why should anyone care about your brand? She helps founders get clarity and confidence in how their brand shows up, without overcomplicating it. No bloated processes. No buzzwords. No BS. Blending psychology and straight-talk brand thinking, Anna helps create brands people actually feel something for. She also hosts B. with Anna Brand, a podcast featuring honest conversations about work, identity, failure, and the messy human stuff behind success.

https://annabrandcreative.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-brand/

Josh Harris - Attend industry specific events Apr 27, 2026

Show notes

Josh Harris is an Ex-Big Four accountant and founder of Doc2, a contract automation platform helping businesses streamline while staying compliant.

He finds that networking at industry-specific events brings the most return on time investment, and recently Doc2 hosted their own event alongside a partner from the financial services sector.

Doc2.co

https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-w-harris/

Jane Parslow: Networking breeds networking! Apr 20, 2026

Show notes

Jane Parslow is a retirement coach and one of the founders of 'Retirement Pathways'. They are specialists in retirement, using a ‘Wholistic’ approach that empowers people to tackle the challenges and adjustments needed to make a successful transition to retirement.

Jane finds that most of her clients come to her via networking, one way or another.

www.retirementpathways.co.uk

https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeparslow/

Overcoming networking anxiety Apr 13, 2026

Show notes

Sarah Luong is a Performance Anxiety Coach who helps small business owners move from being fearful of interacting with strangers to the heart of the networking conversation. As a former nervous networker herself, Sarah understands the dread of walking into a room where you don’t know a soul. After mastering the art of confident pitching, she now specialises in helping others find their unique networking voice. Whether you’re terrified of the 60-second pitch or just aren't sure how to start a conversation, Sarah provides the practical tools to help you show up, speak up, and grow your business with confidence.

www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-luong-58859b106

Networking tips from a psychologist! Apr 06, 2026

Show notes

Christen Gilchrist is a Organisational Psychologist and Executive Coach who helps leaders and organisations remove friction from the way they work.

Through her consultancy, Core Potential Solutions, she's supported clients ranging from Harrods and the NHS to founder-led businesses. Christen specialises in the psychology behind performance, decision making and efficiency - showing how behaviour patterns and operations shape business results. Her work bridges science and practicality, helping leaders build trust, influence ethically and create cultures that sustain growth.

Website:

https://www.corepotentialsolutions.com/

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christen-gilchrist-654701130?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app

Networking with LinkedIn Local Mar 30, 2026

Show notes

Wendy Harris is the founder of Konpasu and known as 'the Chief Conversation Officer'.

All her life, Wendy has worked with people who aren’t comfortable with selling or networking - which is exactly why she started the Konpasu Community. It’s a relaxed, welcoming space that proves growing your network doesn’t have to mean pitching to strangers or working a room with a fake smile.

She is also the organiser of several LinkedIn Local events in Scotland.

Konpasu.co.uk

Book time with Wendy Harris: 121 - Wendy Harris

Networking gave me the idea for my business! Mar 23, 2026

Show notes

Kaye King is on a mission is to debunk the myths that cause fear, frustration, and overwhelm around marketing.

After working with brands like Kenco, Hilton, and Nationwide during her 30-year marketing agency career, Kaye now uses her experience to strip everything back to basics for her clients. Her aim is simply to stop business owners wasting time, energy, and money on marketing that doesn’t work for them (or to stop them avoiding it altogether!)

Through her calm, practical and jargon-free approach, Kaye encourages her clients to embrace marketing and prioritise it to grow their business in a way that works for them. All without being sleazy, spammy or annoying.

Connect with Kaye on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/kaye-king-marketingmentor

Visit Kaye’s website https://www.marketingmentorkaye.com/

Join Kaye’s email community for a regular dose of Marketing Calm in your inbox https://www.marketingmentorkaye.com/marketingcalm

Beyond Networking with Mateo Martez Mar 16, 2026

Show notes

Mateo Martez is the author of Beyond Networking: How to Become the Person Everyone Wants to Know. He loves helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses through meaningful relationships. By day he's Chief of Staff at The Resonance and by night he lives at Harvard St. Commons, a hacker house for entrepreneurs at Harvard and MIT. You can find him at mateomartez.com.

Links:

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Networking-Become-Person-Everyone/dp/1967284016/

Website: www.mateomartez.com

VVRFz75Nz1yZXKkWdENp

Investment banking for girls Mar 09, 2026

Show notes

Jordan Cracknell is a UK-based financier and author. In addition to writing opinion pieces for publications such as TODAY.com, Metro.co.uk, City AM, and others, she is the author of You Can Count on Penny, a children’s book that inspires young people to embrace their love of mathematics.

A native New Yorker, she is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, where she obtained an MBA. Additionally, she has a MSc in Finance from Baruch College. Her parents inspired her to forge a career in Finance after attending ‘Take Your Daughter to Work Day’ with her father, who worked in the World Trade Center.

From being hired straight out of university putting pitch books together to working on the trading floor for companies such as Deutsche Bank and Renaissance Capital, she has never looked back.

Jordan lives in the UK with her husband, the double Olympic gold medalist James Cracknell, and their dogs and cats, balancing her career goals with being a stepmother of three, writing, advocating for more women to enter finance, and inspiring the next generation to manage money and excel in the industry.

www.jordancracknell.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jconnell26/

Networking for the neurodiverse Mar 02, 2026

Show notes

Kirsty Heap is a Business Empowerment Coach, Neurodiversity Advocate and keynote speaker who supports sole traders, small business owners, and leaders to create clarity, confidence and sustainable momentum. Drawing on her HR background and lived experience of dyslexia and ADHD, Kirsty helps people understand themselves, their strengths and the environments they need in order to thrive.

Networking has played a big part in Kirsty’s own business growth. She openly shares how her neurodivergent mind influences the way she navigates a room, from early imposter feelings to finding genuine connection and belonging. Through this journey she has developed simple, practical strategies to make networking feel easier for neurodivergent business owners, including ways to manage overwhelm, remember names and build real relationships.

Kirsty is known for her warm, encouraging approach and her ability to help people feel seen and understood. Whether she is coaching, speaking or connecting with others at events, she brings honesty, grounding and a deep belief in the power of people supporting one another.

Home | Kirsty Heap Coaching

www.linkedin.com/in/kirstyheap

Instagram

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Small Business, Big Network

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected