My Personal Journey
A view of my eventful life as an entrepreneur.
London Pubs
I grew up in London, living above pubs from the age of 4-18. I became streetwise at an early age and quickly learned how to sell and promote. It wasn’t a normal upbringing but it was a Win Win for me as I was able to grow my entrepreneurial spirit and start up various businesses from a young age.
Sports
Sport has been an important part of my life. I’ve been lucky enough to have played rugby in Australia and France, plus a season in New Zealand. I represented Wasps Academy and then went onto play for Leicester Tigers during my university years.
Playing sport has given me unbelievable contacts which has enabled me to create two sports businesses.
University
I Went to Loughborough Sports Uni, met friends for life, had a proper laugh, played rugby and partied hard.
Oh and somehow managed to get a Sports Degree!
Nightclubs
In my 20’s I created 3 student nightclub brands: Fill Ya Boots, Pop Ya Cherry & BubbleLuv and scaled the business to 12 nightclubs every week across the UK.
I ended up putting on 1,500 club nights over a 10 year period across 40 cities.
Loads of funny stories along the way!
Festivals
In my 30’s I launched a Sport & Music Festival called Bournemouth 7s, known as the ‘Sporting Glastonbury’.
On the last bank of May each year, we host 30,000 people, 400 teams & 12 festival arenas.
We launched the festival in the last global recession in 2008 and are proud to be one of the very few festivals in the UK that are still independently owned.
It’s been an incredible journey so far with many laughs, tears, sleepless nights & funny stories.
Sportswear
After two years of Research & Development we launched Viper 10 Sportswear in 2012.
The brand rapidly gained global recognition in Australia, New Zealand, Dubai and in the UK.
After 8 years of disrupting the market, Viper 10 was acquired by a big company in the sportswear industry.
Harry Redknapp Show
I was invited to become the Co-Host alongside Harry and we had a proper good laugh interviewing the likes of – Piers Morgan, Sir Rod Stewart, Frank Lampard, Romesh Ranganathan, Jamie Redknapp plus lots more.
Events Course
Event Crowd is your gateway to the world of events, showcasing our cutting-edge online diploma featuring 40+ of the top leading industry experts and the faces behind some of the world’s most prestigious events, including The Olympics, Glastonbury Festival, and Wimbledon.
Designed to fast-track you into the events industry, our diploma can have you industry-ready in as little as just 3 months. With our diploma, you could land your first events job in half the time it would take you to complete your first year at university, and at a fraction of the cost
Podcasting
In 2020 we launched Eventful Lives Podcast, its in the Top 0.5% of podcasts globally, listened to in 187 countries and has had a 100 million views in the past six months.
In 2023 we decided to take our YouTube channel seriously, have grown it to 100K subscribers in the past 12 months with over 30M views.
Really excited to see where this journey is going to take us.
My Personal Journey
A view of my eventful life as an entrepreneur.
London Pubs
I grew up in London, living above pubs from the age of 4-18. I became streetwise at an early age and quickly learned how to sell and promote. It wasn’t a normal upbringing but it was a Win Win for me as I was able to grow my entrepreneurial spirit and start up various businesses from a young age.
Sports
Sport has been an important part of my life. I’ve been lucky enough to have played rugby in Australia and France, plus a season in New Zealand. I represented Wasps Academy and then went onto play for Leicester Tigers during my university years.
Playing sport has given me unbelievable contacts which has enabled me to create two sports businesses.
University
I Went to Loughborough Sports Uni, met friends for life, had a proper laugh, played rugby and partied hard.
Oh and somehow managed to get a Sports Degree!
Nightclubs
In my 20’s I created 3 student nightclub brands: Fill Ya Boots, Pop Ya Cherry & BubbleLuv and scaled the business to 12 nightclubs every week across the UK.
I ended up putting on 1,500 club nights over a 10 year period across 40 cities.
Loads of funny stories along the way!
Festivals
In my 30’s I launched a Sport & Music Festival called Bournemouth 7s, known as the ‘Sporting Glastonbury’.
On the last bank of May each year, we host 30,000 people, 400 teams & 12 festival arenas.
We launched the festival in the last global recession in 2008 and are proud to be one of the very few festivals in the UK that are still independently owned.
It’s been an incredible journey so far with many laughs, tears, sleepless nights & funny stories.
Sportswear
After two years of Research & Development we launched Viper 10 Sportswear in 2012.
The brand rapidly gained global recognition in Australia, New Zealand, Dubai and in the UK.
After 8 years of disrupting the market, Viper 10 was acquired by a big company in the sportswear industry.
Harry Redknapp Show
I was invited to become the Co-Host alongside Harry and we had a proper good laugh interviewing the likes of – Piers Morgan, Sir Rod Stewart, Frank Lampard, Romesh Ranganathan, Jamie Redknapp plus lots more.
Events Course
Event Crowd is your gateway to the world of events, showcasing our cutting-edge online diploma featuring 40+ of the top leading industry experts and the faces behind some of the world’s most prestigious events, including The Olympics, Glastonbury Festival, and Wimbledon.
Designed to fast-track you into the events industry, our diploma can have you industry-ready in as little as just 3 months. With our diploma, you could land your first events job in half the time it would take you to complete your first year at university, and at a fraction of the cost
Podcasting
Launched Eventful Lives Podcast, which is in the Top 0.5% of podcasts globally, listened to in 187 countries and has had a 100 million views in the past six months.
Our YouTube channel has grown to 100K subscribers in the past 12 months with a real loyal community
