XL Podcast

Lee Hackett is CEO of BluprintX. Like any young boy growing up in Liverpool, Lee dreamed of becoming a professional footballer. He realised his dream at 16, signing for Wigan Athletic before later deciding to pursue a career path outside of sport. Many professional sportspeople struggle with life after sport. According to one survey, 40% of footballers go bankrupt in 5 years. Lee, however, thrived, even though he had no formal education. In this episode, Graham and Lee discuss his first major business success, selling the enterprise he scaled with his brother and the love of challenge. They also discuss how many entrepreneurs, like themselves, get a start in sales, the importance of sales as a training ground for entrepreneurship and the role of good mentors in guiding their journey.

Show Notes

Lee Hackett is CEO of BluprintX. Like any young boy growing up in Liverpool, Lee dreamed of becoming a professional footballer. He realised his dream at 16, signing for Wigan Athletic before later deciding to pursue a career path outside of sport. Many professional sportspeople struggle with life after sport. According to one survey, 40% of footballers go bankrupt in 5 years. Lee, however, thrived, even though he had no formal education. 

In this episode, Graham and Lee discuss his first major business success, selling the enterprise he scaled with his brother and the love of challenge. They also discuss how many entrepreneurs, like themselves, get a start in sales, the importance of sales as a training ground for entrepreneurship and the role of good mentors in guiding their journey.

What is XL Podcast?

Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award-Winning Podcast Agency.

The XL Podcast by Graham Brown showcases conversations with Authentic Leaders in business and society. By creating conversations not interviews, XL highlights Leaders in their own words, without PR spin or handlers. XL brings regular hard-hitting insights and transformative journeys outside the comfort zone of regular business.

Previous XL guests include Tony Fernandes (CEO AirAsia), Howard Yu (Author & Professor of IMD), Rod Drury (CEO Founder Xero), Hal Bosher (CEO Yoma Bank), Jiawen Ngeow (Successful entrepreneur with $25m exits), Mun Ching Yap (Head of The Air Asia Foundation), Sahar Hashemi (Founder of Costa Coffee and named in The Independent on Sunday as one of The "20 most powerful women in Britain”), Lewis Pugh ("The Human Polar Bear”, UN Patron of The Oceans and World Record holding Swimmer) and Rob Nail (CEO of Singularity University)