Since 2020, there’s been a growing desire for business and personal connection, a challenge which Foundry is tackling head-on by curating SMEs around the country. 

Their Co-Founder Adam Walker is brimming with the passion to reinvent coworking, and create a bustling community within each of their rapidly growing sites.

Adam joins us on The First Wealth Podcast for a look at the brand’s stellar growth, and how they’re achieving their purpose-led mission.

This episode covers:

• Adam’s early entrepreneurship and the roots upon which Foundry began
• The importance of going the extra mile to curate coworking communities
• Creating a vision with values and purpose over commerciality
• Imbuing local values into each location of Foundry’s wide-reaching mission

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Last year there were 820+ gin distilleries in the UK, and only 4 who produced aquavit, a Scandinavian spirit. Sasha Cohen is CEO of the only one whose sole focus is aquavit.

To find and enter such a remarkable gap in the market takes a true trailblazer like Sasha, who committed fully to running Vintersol Distillery in 2019. We hear from Sasha on The First Wealth Podcast as he details the fascinating journey to creating such a prolific, industry-leading family business.

This episode covers:

• The process of creating Scandinavia’s answer to gin: Aquavit
• Overcoming the hurdle of bringing an unknown spirit to a new country
• Pushing comfort zones through drive and ‘bloody-mindedness’
• How Sasha develops a product range that shows off aquavit’s versatility
• The unique challenges and opportunities working in a family business

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A quick glance at the fitness industry will often reveal only a dizzying array of conflicting information, social pressure and (possibly worst of all) advice perpetuating diet culture.

That’s where Lucy Mountain steps in to show that there’s a better way - one with no extremes, no guilt-tripping, and absolutely no BS. 

Joining us on The First Wealth Podcast this week, Lucy is a recovered diet culture victim and Founder of Nobs App who shares her authentic approach to content, community-building principles, and how she stays on her entrepreneurial A-game. 

This episode covers:

• Lucy’s evolution as an entrepreneur creating an app with social purpose
• The awful consequences of diet culture’s widespread prevalence
• Remaining authentic even if it becomes financially detrimental
• The importance of putting mental wellbeing first when running a business with such focus on social media and community
• How to get out of a funk, focus on small wins and set yourself up for success

Get in touch: hello@firstwealth.co.uk

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