#35 Becoming Ironman- Richard Browning

11/12/20 • 45 min

Dave Macmillan and Richard Browning discuss the rise of the fantastic invention the Jet Pack, Richard's story is fantastic and shares where the idea was born and him working with Tom Cruise and Elon Musk and now is doing work with Bear Grills.
Richard Browning is Founder and Chief Test Pilot of Gravity Industries.
Gravity Industries designs, builds and flies Jet Suits, pioneering a new era of human flight.
The company was founded in March 2017 to challenge the perceived boundaries in
human aviation and to inspire others to dare to ask “What if?”. It now scales towards an
International Race Series.
Prior to founding Gravity, Richard was a Royal Marines reservist for six years and an Oil
Trader with BP for 16 years. He developed business in many countries including
Azerbaijan, Mozambique, Russia and conducted trade relations with many more.
He discovered and implemented major new technologies in BP including turning a $30k
groundbreaking trade flow analytics (ship tracking) platform still at the heart of the global
commodity industry to this day. It won the BP Group innovation Award and generated in
excess of $50m within 3 months. He has also been a key participant and investor in a
number of successful start-up ventures externally and is a passionate STEM advocate.
Gravity has to date been experienced by over one billion people globally with Richard and
his cohort of growing pilots completing nearly 100 flights around the world and speaking
at dozens of events from TED Talks to XPrize.
When he is not flying around the world, Richard is in Salisbury with his wife Debbie and
their two children, Oliver and Thomas, kayaking and camping amongst other things.
Guest Details
https://www.instagram.com/richardmbrowning/
https://www.instagram.com/takeongravity/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkHr2Z0JWH8KGmQNDp4QXLw
https://gravity.co
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardbrowninggravity/
Host Details:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-macmillan-3b802845/
WhatsApp: 07947 730807
https://www.instagram.com/davemacmillanmentor

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#34 How to sell on LinkedIn- Lea Turner

Lea Turner is the owner of Stereotype Ltd, which originally focused on audio transcription, but in 2020 diversified into LinkedIn training thanks to Lea’s breakout success on the platform, growing from just 400 connections to over 57,000 in 12 months. Over the past 6 months she has successfully coached more than 150 individuals and businesses, helping them to utilise the platform to create inbound leads and opportunities with the strong networks she shows them how to create. She also is an active fundraiser for mental health and children’s charities.

lea talks about her story and growing a business being a single mother and tripling her income in a short space of time.
Guest Details
www.Instagram.com/lea_turner_

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lea-turner/

www.youtube.com/c/LeaTurnerlinkedin

www.stereo-type.co.uk

Host Details:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-macmillan-3b802845/
WhatsApp: 07947 730807
https://www.instagram.com/davemacmillanmentor

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#36 The Football Agents

This Episode of the podcast we have Nick and Kiko from DRN Sports. They are both Football agents.
Kiko is father of Jay Rodriguez who plays in the premier league and Kiko discusses how in his early days he was completely ripped off by an agent and the main driver behind setting up the agency to clean the game up.
Agents may get a bad name but these guys really set out to nurture young talent and represent players properly and look after them.
this podcast is not to be missed and some absolute bangers.
Guest Details
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-cassidy-3b705263/
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiko-rodriguez-4bb5a3117/
Host Details:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-macmillan-3b802845/
WhatsApp: 07947 730807
https://www.instagram.com/davemacmillanmentor