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Posted: Wed 19th Nov 2025
The Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast, is back for a ninth exciting series of inspiring entrepreneurial stories and expert business tips!
The podcast is powered by the business.connected online training programme and our partner Vodafone Business.
Joining freelance journalist Dan Martin for the sixth episode is Zoë Chapman, founder of the Whizzer, the revolutionary portable toilets for adults and children.
Zoë started her business in 2020 while recovering from spinal surgery. She decided to turn into reality a portable toilet invention she had come up with in 2015 when she was potty training her son and looking after her disabled father.
Since then, she's gone on to sell thousands of products and land an investment deal on BBC TV's Dragons' Den.
Throughout her journey, networks and networking have been crucial to Zoë's success.
That includes embracing the benefits of Enterprise Nation, finding a trusted manufacturer via a fellow entrepreneur, getting Instagram followers to test products and recruiting customers as business advisers.
Finding a manufacturer with a limited budget and getting the product manufactured
How Enterprise Nation has helped her business
How a customer helped Zoë get stocked in a national retailer
The impact of appearing on TV's Dragons' Den
The other female entrepreneurs who inspire and influence Zoë
You can also listen on other platforms and Enterprise Nation.
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