Only 6th UK Woman Ever To Create A UNICORN £1 Bn+

From Temp to Billion-Pound Founder: How Mia Drennan Built a Global Business from Scratch

 

In this episode of Billionaire Business, hosts Ian Fishwick and Chris Godsmark sit down with entrepreneur and GLAS founder Mia Drennan to explore the extraordinary journey behind building a billion-pound business. From starting her career as a temp with no university degree to becoming the sixth woman in the UK to create a billion-pound business, Mia shares the experiences, setbacks and decisions that shaped her path to success.

 

Mia explains how being passed over for a promised promotion ultimately pushed her to leave corporate life and build her own business and how the power of networking helped her turn professional relationships into entrepreneurial opportunities. She also reveals how she identified an opportunity to disrupt the financial services industry and built GLAS from a small team working out of a basement into a global business operating across ten countries.

 

The episode also explores:

• How to turn a career setback into an entrepreneurial opportunity
• Why you can start learning and studying at any point in your life
• The importance of networking, relationships and knocking on doors
• Building a business from an idea with no existing market model
• How GLAS grew by disrupting traditional banking and financial services
• Scaling a business while maintaining a strong company culture
• Why employee ownership can help build a truly global company
• The transition from a traditional financial services business to a technology-led fintech
• Supporting female entrepreneurs and encouraging more women to build billion-pound businesses

Mia also shares her ambitions for GLAS’s next chapter, including becoming a major player in the US and using technology, AI and proprietary software to transform the financial services industry. Along the way, she reflects on the lessons she would give her younger self, the importance of retaining control when bringing in outside investment, and why aspiring entrepreneurs have little to lose by taking a chance on their ideas.

 

Tune in to hear an inspiring story of entrepreneurship and drive and discover the lessons behind Mia Drennan’s journey from temp to founder of a billion-pound global business.

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