Our 17 favourite small business podcasts (updated for 2025)

Podcasts are an incredible source of inspiration and advice for small business owners.

You can learn about everything from building marketing channels to company culture, and hear founders’ stories of fame and failure.

We’re big podcast fans at Enterprise Nation. Here are 17 of our favourite small business podcasts with recommended episodes just in time for International Podcast Day.

17 inspirational small business podcast recommendations

1. The Small Business Sessions

We had to start with Enterprise Nation’s podcast, The Small Business Sessions, which is powered by business.connected. Host Dan Martin talks to small business owners about what they’ve learnt on their business journeys.

• Richard Harpin: The entrepreneur who sold his business for £4 billion

• Olly Tyler on buying a failing business and turning it into success

The Small Business Sessions returns for series nine next month. Upcoming guests include Joanna Jensen, who founded Childs Farm and it sold to Cussons for £36m, so make sure you subscribe.

2. The Small Business Retail Sessions

Retail Sessions is a podcast from Enterprise Nation’s Powering the High Street programme, in collaboration with EDF. The series explores the major challenges today's retailers are facing.

• Rob Ely on building a people-first coffee brand with purpose

3. Founded & Grounded

Hosts Ollie Collard and Dr Becky Sage talk about the honest realities of starting a business, interviewing a diverse range of founders and creators. They also put a twist on the normal interview format by breaking down the answers and what you can learn from them.

• Sooper Books: The £5 Dragons’ Den Deal that made history

• SRSLY Low Carb: why we need to STOP sugar coating the truth

4. The Diary of a CEO

Steven Bartlett’s podcast covers a wide range of topics related to society, health and wealth. But it started out as a business podcast, and that’s where Steven does his best work.

• Moonpig Founder: How I Built A $150 Million Business without Sacrifice: Nick Jenkins

5. Business Wars

The podcast tells the stories of the titans of industry doing battle, from Netflix vs. HBO to Nike vs. Adidas.

• Browser Wars - Even When They Lose They Win

6. Start Your Own Business

Start Up Donut’s podcast features leading experts on key start-up and small business issues, and shares inspiring start-up stories.

• How to use email marketing to grow your business

• How to use LinkedIn to grow your business

7. How I Built This

Guy Raz’s NPR podcast features in-depth interviews with successful entrepreneurs that delve into how they got started.

• Spanx: Sara Blakely

• Patagonia: Yvon Chouinard

8. Youpreneur

Serial entrepreneur Chris Ducker shares his own take on what it means to develop a profitable personal brand and feature guest experts.

• Building a Personal Brand Using Words with Delia Monk

• How to Find Joy When Doing More Isn’t It Anymore with Kasey Compton

9. StartUp Podcast

The show originally followed podcast company Gimlet, which was eventually sold to Spotify. The last episode aired in 2020, but there are some amazing episodes in the vault.

• Twitch 1: Almost famous

• Dov Charney 1: Labels (the story of American Apparel’s founder)

10. Squiggly Careers

Hosts Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper are co-founders of career development company Amazing If. The podcast is for anyone who is unsure about their career path and interested in breaking into the world of entrepreneurship.

• Learn Like a Lobster: How to Keep Growing in Your Career

11. Story Slurp

Victoria Brown started Story Slurp because she believed there was a desperate need to create a platform where business leaders and founders could share their own powerful stories and storytelling tips.

• Why your Origin Story matters

We're really proud that Victoria is a Local Leader in Solihull for Enterprise Nation and a Help to Grow: Management Course mentor.

12. Simon Says

Entrepreneur and influencer Simon Squibb’s podcast features interviews with the founders of brands like Reebok, Gymshark and Pip & Nut. More recently, he’s featured call-ins from audience members who he talks to about their dreams.

• We Found His Dream in 2 Minutes

• Ben Francis, Founder of Gymshark

13. Secret Leaders

Secret Leaders is hosted by Dan Murray-Serter and Chris Donnelly, two serial entrepreneurs who've built and sold multiple companies. They interview the founders of high-growth start-ups like BrewDog to explore what it's really like to be a top entrepreneur.

• Deborah Meaden: What You Don't See On Dragons' Den!

14. How to Fail

Host Elizabeth Day is an award-winning author and broadcaster. This podcast is for anyone who is facing failure or challenges in their entrepreneurship journey.

• How To Fail: Justin Basini, the ClearScore CEO on business failure, body image and friendship

15. Marketing School

Digital marketing gurus Neil Patel and Eric Siu share bite-sized, actionable advice for marketers and small business owners. Episodes are short, so there's no excuse to not tune in and upskill on your marketing knowledge.

• GEO is not different than SEO. BUT…

• AI Is Killing Junior Jobs, Here’s What’s Replacing Them

16. Masters of Scale

Hosted by legendary LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, the podcast deep-dives into entrepreneurial success stories like Netflix, Google and Bumble.

• Masters of Scale Strategy Session: Leverage AI to Amplify Your Creativity

17. The Small and Supercharged Podcast

Rhea Freeman is a social media consultant with years of PR experience. The podcast is great for start-ups, small business owners and influencers looking for promotional advice.

• Should you start a podcast?

Developing your own business podcast

If that’s got you interested in creating a podcast, we’ve got lots of resources that can help:

• How to create an engaging podcast for your business (Enterprise Nation webinar)

• The Small Business Sessions podcast (an Enterprise Nation podcast)