Bulletproof Entrepreneur

Alan Smith

A podcast for entrepreneurs – reverse engineering the formula for successful scale, sale and exit. Inspired conversations with world-class entrepreneurs and the specialists who support them.

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Bulletproof Entrepreneur

Episodes (87)

Thursday The Music Entrepreneur Who Sold Out To Stay In - Ian Grenfell of Quietus
Mar 19th #84 He was told his business was worth nothing. Five years later he sold it for millions - on his own terms.
Mar 5th #83 From Bomb Survivor to 32x EBITDA Exit - Andrew Scott’s Extraordinary Entrepreneurial Journey

Bulletproof Entrepreneur

Apr 2, 2026
1 hour
50 MB

Send us Fan Mail Ian has spent 45 years in the music industry, managing Simply Red, Simple Minds, The Pretenders, and Suede. He started at 17 with a boot full of vinyl and a two-litre Cortina, driving 1,200 miles a week as a sales rep. He went on to oversee the biggest self-released album in history - Simply Red's Home, which outsold most Taylor Swift records and still holds the record today! But Ian's story isn't just about music. It's about what happens when a founder tries to exit a business built entirely on re...

Bulletproof Entrepreneur

The Music Entrepreneur Who Sold Out To Stay In - Ian Grenfell of Quietus

Alan Smith

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