Success rarely looks like you imagined. It’s messy, painful, and sometimes born from the darkest chapters of your life.

In this raw and moving episode of the Success or Excuses podcast, James Fleming sits down with entrepreneur Stuart Geddes to talk about business highs, personal heartbreak, and the moments that force you to rebuild everything from scratch.

Stuart isn’t your typical founder story. He started out shifting second-hand photocopiers out of a shoebox office with nothing but a laptop, a notepad, and a pack of business cards. He grew that into a successful operation before selling it all while navigating the premature birth of his son and the unimaginable loss of another.

Now he runs Advizion, a thriving digital signage business, and leads a powerful campaign in memory of his son Clark which has gone on to change healthcare policy across Scotland.

This is a conversation about survival. About backing yourself when the odds are stacked against you. And about choosing to make something meaningful, even in the aftermath of pain.

It’s not about glossy wins. It’s about real life. Real loss. And real leadership.

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Key Moments:

✔️The hard truths about building a business from nothing

✔️Selling his company while his son fought for his lifeStarting again in a completely new industry with zero experience

✔️Why the copier industry left him disillusioned and what he did next

✔️How Clark’s Campaign is saving lives across the UK

✔️The reality of grief, fatherhood, and building through it

✔️What it really means to succeed on your own terms

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Follow James Fleming:

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesflemingtpwtd/

Success or Excuses Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/success.or.excuses?igsh=dXdvcHVjNDloM2Zj

YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessorExcusesPodcast

Website → https://thepowerwithintraining.com/

Follow Stuart Geddes:

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-geddes-0a80a922/

Support Clark’s Campaign → https://action-on-pre-eclampsia.org.uk/clarks-campaign/