Start Scale Succeed is THE podcast for product businesses
From side hustle to selling your business the podcast is here to help inspire, motivate, and educate you so that you can take the first step or the next step in your product business.
Sharing the stories of retail entrepreneurs and the advice of experts with their tactics and tips for your brand.
With Conversations from mindset to marketing and everything else in between with me your host Nicole Higgins
I ask the questions that you need answers for adding my own perspective from 20 years working in buying, retail and business strategy so you can easily apply it to your business.
Latest Episodes
RECENT PODCAST EPISODES
Ep 187 Navigating Anxiety And Overwhelm: Practical Mental Health Tools for Entrepreneurs With Psychotherapist Anna Mathur
Ep 186 Packaging & Branding Tips for Small Business with Designer Claudia Costa-Rowse
Ep 183 How Passion and Perseverance shaped the retail success story The Dressing Room with Deryane Tadd
Ep 179 Overcoming retail challenges with Acorn & Pip Founder Lucy Haslam
Ep 178 MASTERS OF THE MARKET, ELEVATING SMALL BUSINESSES WITH SALAD DAYS MARKET FOUNDER DAISY & LIV TINKER
EP 176 BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL SUBSCRIPTION BOX BUSINESS WITH LAUREN PRENTICE
EP 175 HOW YOUR STYLE CAN CREATE YOUR SUCCESS WITH SAMANTHA HARMAN THE STYLE EDITOR
Ep 174 BEYOND THE HIGHLIGHT REEL- THE TRUE STORY OF CLOSING A BRAND AND LIQUIDATION WITH KATIE BRANDON BYRNE LIL & IZZY FOUNDER
Ep 172 Building FAACE, From Global expansion to Dragons Den to selling the business with Founder Jasmine Wicks Stephens
Ep 171 Starting & Growing on Etsy with Expert Dylan Jahraus
Ep 170 Building your brand : Visibility strategies with Anna Jones
Ep 168: EP 168 From Kickstarter Launch to UK Retail Giants with Ruby Raut founder of period pant brand WUKA
Ep 167: Navigating ADHD: Tips and Strategies for Neurodivergent Entrepreneurs with Clinical Psychologist Dr. Lauren Breese
Ep 166: Black Friday Ad Strategies with Anna Frapwell
Ep 164: Your black friday checklist, before, during & After
Ep 163: simplify your marketing strategy for your product business with Alice Benham
Ep 162: growing your brand on instagram with Martha Keith
Ep 161: navigating lack of confidence and self doubt with Holly matthews
Ep 160: optimising your q4 email campaigns with Hannah Spicer
Ep 159: Using chat funnels to grow your product business
Ep 158: How to crowd fund for your product business
Ep 157: Building a successful candle business
Ep 156: Planning your Q4 and Xmas sales in your retails business
Ep 155: Summer Sales Strategies for Your Ecommerce Brand
Ep 154: Building a gifting business with Don't buy her flowers founder
Ep 153: What suppliers need from starty up product businesses with Sheradene Rose
Ep 152: Unlocking the potential of Linked In with Laurie MacPherson
Ep 151 : Building a brand to suit your lifestyle with ode & Rae Founder
Ep 150: Mastering brand partnerships & collaborations with Natalia Chappel
Ep 149: Using stop motion to engage your customers and increase sales with alice loveday
Ep 148: How to increase conversion on your e-commerce website with Aime Cox studio cotton
Nicole Higgins – The Buyer and Retail Coach
The Buyer & Retail Coach is a global retail expert with over 18 years experience working in the industry as a buyer and head of buying for companies such as Primark, M&S and George at Asda, developing and sourcing a broad range of products from Lingerie to Health & Beauty and driving strategies and innovation.
Having worked for the big blue chips she now brings that expertise and experience to entrepreneurs and SME’s to help you make your product ideas a reality, scale your business and increase your bottom line sales & profits in your e-commerce brand.
With thousands of downloads a month Here’s what the listeners think
"Nicole has the canny ability to ask some really nitty gritty practical questions just when I think “how do you actually do that in practice.”
"Brilliant guests that really resonate, super insightful and refreshingly honest approach to what it’s like running a product business and how to achieve success."
"It has quite literally changed my business, listening to concise no fluff business advice from Nicole and a variety of guests is just what I was looking for you won’t regret adding this to your podcast list."
SPONSORING START SCALE SUCCEED
We really appreciate the support of our current sponsor Neon Digital clicks THE digital marketing agency for family and kids brands.
NEON is the paid-traffic partner for family and women’s e-commerce brands wanting to scale their stores from five figure to six figure months using Meta, Google and Klaviyo marketing services.
Neon is offering listeners a Free Scaling audit worth £3000
So whether your sales have plateaued or you’re looking for growth, this is a great opportunity to lift the lid on your biz and identify where the opportunities are hiding.