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Hosted by Andrew Ford.

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity
Often has guests
100% of recent episode titles look like interviews
Episode length
53 min
Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.
Publishing
Dormant
61 episodes · last 2026-03-02
Language
English (Australia)
Declared in the feed as en-au.
Where it's from
Outside the UK
The feed declares en-au.
Reach
12
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Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

How this show compares to other business & finance podcasts

It publishes less often than most Business & Finance shows, so expect a longer lead time and fewer available slots.

Measured against every business & finance podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

This show Category average
Episodes featuring a guest 100% 22%
Episodes in the last 90 days 0 7
Typical episode length 53 min 34 min
Episodes published in total 61 100
Reach percentile 12 50

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What the show says about itself

Andrew Ford is a corporate escapee turned entrepreneur. After years working in large global businesses and assembling a mountain of knowledge in the digital, marketing and branding areas, he decided to follow his heart and launch his own consulting business Social Star. Now he helps other successful corporate employees develop their own passion businesses using his e-ttraction model of marketing. In the Build Your Own Business show, Andrew interviews ordinary people who have left a job they hate to run a business they love. What worked, what didn't and the nitty gritty details of how to s

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

  1. Episode 21. The Growth Ceiling: Why Founders Struggle to Let Go with Mouaz Alnouri
  2. Episode 20. Creating Your Own Business Opportunities in Sport & Beyond with Lisa Middleton
  3. Episode 19. Making Money Matter: Family, Legacy and Values with David Murdoch
  4. Episode 18. Building Bold: Business, Data & Backing Yourself with Schalk Kock
  5. Episode 17. Making Marketing More Human with Dyon Swanborough
  6. S2 Episode 16. BYOB with Andrew Ford - Michelle Letho
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Common questions

Does Build your own Business accept guests?

Often has guests. This show interviews people regularly. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.

How do I contact Build your own Business?

Yes. Build your own Business publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

How often does Build your own Business publish?

It has not published in a long time, so there is no current schedule. There are 61 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 53 minutes.

Is Build your own Business still active?

Yes. It has published within the last year.