Quitting Deloitte And Leaving The Corporate Rat Race Behind

Reading Time: 7 minutes I was an English literature graduate! Getting a job at Deloitte on the graduate tax scheme in 2007 at the height of the credit crunch was like a dream come true. I was among only three people in my graduating class I knew of that had landed such a prestigious job. Hugo had landed a […]

My Dodgy Business Dealings Part 2 – Writing Other People’s Assignments

Reading Time: 7 minutes Hey Guys, So you heard about project VIP. Now let’s talk about the shameful ‘Articles and Essays’ that I was involved in some years later. We fast forward now to 2014 and I was living in Northolt with my partner Daniela. I was furiously trying to make my tutoring agency work – Gobsmackers! At Brunel […]

My Dodgy Business Dealings Part 1 – Joining A Pyramid Scheme

Reading Time: 6 minutes Hey Guys, I want to keep pulling the curtains back on some things I have done that I’m not proud of – but have still taught me much about business and life and everything in between. Let’s begin with a conference that a girl called Stacey (a PhD student from Aston University I was dating […]

The Story Of How I Bought My First Business: 7upsports

Reading Time: 6 minutes In October 2019 I (via Michelle Rubini’s Facebook newsfeed) stumbled into a whole new world of micro-private equity. It turns out that you can actually buy small businesses that are undervalued; improve the business and then scale it. This simple notion of buying businesses absolutely blew my mind. And yet it makes total sense right? […]

The Biggest Business Mistake I Made Through My 20s

Reading Time: 6 minutes Hey Guys, I’m 33.5 years old at the time of writing – and in many respects, I’ve been tinkering with ‘business’ since I was 16 years old. There has been Deep Impakt, Deep Impakt Recordings, The CV Guy, Studiobookers, Meet My Tutor (and more) in no particular order. I’ve done and tried a shedload of […]

3 Steps to Starting a Successful Smoothie Business

Reading Time: 5 minutes If you combine the convenience of on-the-go eating with the health benefits of a meal in a cup, you get a smoothie. A smoothie business is one of the businesses that Deepak Shukla and our team established. Continue reading to learn more about how we started our own smoothie business! How to Start a Smoothie […]

My 4 Other Passive Income Streams And How I’m Building Them

Reading Time: 6 minutes Hey Guys, Passive income is a bit of a misnomer, right? Is anything truly passive? It’s an ongoing debate but here’s what I take passive to mean: “Requires maintenance from time to time but no daily/weekly ‘work required’ to service the income, and it’s income which can continue to return on a monthly basis.” With […]

The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Consulting Business

Reading Time: 5 minutes As one of Deepak’s team from the consulting business, this industry is surely exciting. It is a growing field that is attracting more and more people from all around the world. A consulting business is an important part of the economy. It provides many benefits to a potential client, including increased efficiency and better decision-making. […]

Successfully Establishing a Juice Business

Reading Time: 5 minutes Juicing is a great way to get your daily dose of fruits and vegetables without having to prepare a meal. Not only is it a healthy habit, but it can also be fun to mix things up and try new juices. A juicing business, one of the businesses that Deepak Shukla and our team established, […]

What Is Dropshipping?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Dropshipping is a way to fill orders that don’t require us to keep a physical inventory of products or take care of their delivery. Instead, we can hire outside companies to do these jobs for us. To illustrate, suppose our dropship UK store has cell phone cases for sale. Then, one of our UK customers […]

How I Plan To Monetise 52k Words

Reading Time: 6 minutes Hey Guys, A couple of people asked me why I’m writing 52k words and what I’m planning to do to monetize it. I thought this would present a good opportunity to lay out my plan for you. Most of the plans I have are in my head, so I’ll do my best to communicate my […]

Trading £53.2 Million On The Stock Market And Losing £45k In Cash

Reading Time: 8 minutes Having tried buying an Off-Plan PBSA and a range of alternative investments; I was after something sexier. The investments I spoke of in my last emails are all relatively passive in that I put money in now and then I need to wait for 2-40 years for them to pay off. That’s all good and […]

Putting Close to £50,000 Into Stocks, ISAs, Pensions And More

Reading Time: 7 minutes Having had a bitter experience purchasing an off-plan PBSA – I turned my attention back to my agency for a little while. My ultimate aim with Pearl Lemon was and is to build a brand that’ll last through the sands of time. I also want to build something that’s bigger than my own name – […]

Buying An Offplan Purpose Built Student Accommodation In Liverpool For £65,000

Reading Time: 7 minutes Pearl Lemon was doing well. We were a small business and once I started building some capital I began looking around for property investment opportunities in September 2017. My father and others around me told me this was the sensible way to invest money into property. And so – I wanted to find a property […]