Mart and Rob Drake-Knight set up Teemill in a garden shed. From tinkering with Epson printers to building factory robots from old eBay parts, this is how the pair built the first open access circular fashion supply chain from scratch. 

Sound Advice: Get year one in business right

Mart Drake-Knight: 'Can you start up with £200? We did!'

When is the right time to quit the day job and start your own business? Disillusioned by the 9-5, barristers clerk Rob Abrahams retrained in his spare time as a plumber before taking the leap to set up RJA Plumbing. Here&apos;s how he did it.

Rob Abrahams: Build a plumbing side hustle

Her day job made her ‘cry every night’, so Hazel Reynolds took the plunge, quit, and crowdfunded her first card game &apos;Randomise&apos; which became an Amazon bestseller. Gamely has since sold 250k games (Soundiculous and Frozen Unicorns are fan favourites) and turned over £2.5m.

Hazel Reynolds: Quit the day job with one creative idea

His Dragon&apos;s Den pitch is imortalised as the tv show&apos;s &apos;best ever&apos;, and Harry Redknapp describes him as having the workrate of a top footballer. This is how Sam Jones convinced stars like Tinie Tempah to invest in his tech start-up, Gener8.

Sam Jones: How to fund your start-up

The former record-shop manager co-founded musicMagpie in his garage and turned it into the world&apos;s most popular eBay shop, with an annual turnover of £100 million and exports to buyers in 140 countries. He tells us how he did it.

Steve Oliver: How to build a sustainable business

Her university tutor told her she was &apos;too business minded&apos;, her parents said she was mad. But the creative founder of Burnt Toast Designs didn&apos;t let that stop her building an impressive client base in corona times. This is how she did it.

Jess Gohl: How to build your business on Instagram

This is not your average accountant. After a South-American sabbatical, Mike Psaras ditched the suit and tie, drawing on a decade of industry experience to practically help small businesses thrive with his super smart strategies, instead.

Mike Psaras: Does your startup need an accountant? (Yes!)

Are you one of 1.3m following Bubba Ice, co-founder of experiential ice cream chain Pan-N-Ice, on TikTok? From cringe posts and rubbish Shopifys to brand hook-ups and hashtag strategy, super-charge your small business with his social media secrets. 

Rob Huysinga: How to explode your small business on TIKTOK

The World Economic Forum predicts we can close the gender pay gap in 217 years – but the founder of Gapsquare thinks we can do it in 20 with her AI software. This how she built the prototype and why parenthood made her a better business owner.

Zara Nanu: How to be a tech entrepreneur

Setting up a business is like playing poker – you have to deal with ambiguity, anxiety and risk. The trained architect shows his hand to reveal how he built coffee recycling company BioBean, and tech and urban housing company Skyroom, from big ideas.

Arthur Kay: Making your idea reality

Dream of a design-based business that takes off online? From cashflow to finding customers, the founder of Plumb and Rabbitts shares an incredibly honest insight into growing her bespoke cake and design start ups with five children in Northumberland.

Autumn Rabbitts: How to start a creative 'making' business

The super-personal story of how ex-Red Bull marketeer set up shampoo brand Nut and Noggin from her farmhouse table in 18 months, to &apos;look after our heads’. Share your burn-out-to-start-up stories during Mental Health Awareness Week on Twitter @sageuk

Rachel Clark: I started a beauty business to deal with corporate burnout

Sound Advice is your one-stop shop to make your small business financially successful – in year one and beyond. Whatever you want to know, we will tackle it with a super line-up of entrepreneurial stars. They will share not only how they did it, but how you can do it, too.

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Sound Advice: Get year one in business right

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