{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Money & Us ","title":"The Woman Rewriting the Rules of British Entrepreneurship with Alex Depledge MBE","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3651,"description":"She was bullied at school, didn’t fit in at university, and spent the first 20 years of her life trying to make herself smaller. Today, Alex Depledge MBE is a serial tech entrepreneur who has built and sold multimillion-pound businesses, and was appointed the country’s first ever Entrepreneurship Advisor to the Chancellor.In this episode, Anna sits down with Alex for a candid and compelling conversation about money, ambition, and what it really takes to back yourself when the world isn’t quite ready for you.Alex talks openly about the emotional reality of entrepreneurship, what it actually costs, and why the moment she stopped trying to fit in was the moment everything changed. She shares why failure is so much more valuable than we give it credit for, and what she has learned from building and selling multimillion-pound businesses.They also get into the bigger picture. What AI really means for the future of work, why entrepreneurial thinking is fast becoming a skill we all need, and what Alex is doing behind the scenes to make the UK a better place to build a business.Whether you have ever thought about working for yourself or you simply want to understand what it takes to think and act more boldly with your money and your life, this one is for you.Key Moments:• Why 64% of Gen Z want to be their own boss and what that tells us about the future of work• Growing up feeling like you never fit in and why your difference might be your greatest asset• The emotional reality of building, scaling and selling businesses• Why failure is more valuable than we give it credit for• What AI is going to mean for all of us• What Alex is working on behind the scenes as Entrepreneurship Advisor to the Chancellor• What wealth really means to Alex, and her answer might surprise youChapters: 00:00 Intro 00:00:45 Fact or Fiction: Do 64% of Gen Z Want to Be Entrepreneurs? 00:02:05 Growing Up, Bullying & Never Feeling Like She Belonged 00:07:55 Why America Creates More Entrepreneurs Than...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_nYJHjZFMY2QGyhf7OgkCQTJFIlsuMOUmkJsA96CLEk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kZGJm/ZDcyZjc5YjlmY2Y1/YjJkZjIyMDJlOTg5/YWFmMi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}