Startup Breakdown Podcast on Marketing and Business

Startup Breakdown

Scaling a business can feel like a rollercoaster – and Startup Breakdown is here to ride it with you. Hosted by Caroline, a marketing strategist and Milly, a strategy and operations expert, this podcast combines real-world business advice with the hilarious and messy reality of running a startup. With decades of practical experience, more than a few war wounds, and hundreds of millions of pounds raised between them, Milly and Caroline bring you the insights you need to grow your business – without losing your mind. Expect practical tips, candid stories, and plenty of laughs.

Chaos reigns in the first episode of 2026, we meet Milo the rescue pup, who is the new arrival in Milly’s house. We also talk about Caroline’s new hobby – pottery. Fair warning there is a lot of chat and, we should probably refocus this podcast as a dog, tv and menopause podcast. We also […]

Somehow we have managed a whole year of Startup Breakdown, and so in this episode, we reflect a little on the last year and generally prattle on about nothing. We also exchanged Christmas gifts and did a live Beauty Pie unboxing, which, for an audio podcast, was obviously a great idea! In listener questions we […]

In this episode of Startup Breakdown it all became a bit unhinged as Milly gave us insight into how male writers depict women in literature. Yes, the examples are all real. We also talked about the doggy sales tactics of double glazing companies. Cue a lot of rage! In vaguely business related content we answered […]

In this episode Milly is unwell, and we talk about Caroline having a sex worker as a neighbour many years ago. The joy that is a garden centre shop, pottery classes, and a tangent of our joint love of William Morris and Milly recalls a rather embarrassing experience at the community sauna. In listener questions […]

In this episode (possibly the most low energy podcast ever) we talk about blood donation, and the time Milly overdosed on squash. Yes that is a thing! In listener questions we talk about when is the right time to hire a CMO/COO and also cover how much does it cost to hire a freelance fractional. Who […]

In this episode we talk about our love of Uniglo, Milly's latest obsession – The Morning Show as well as of course the return of Nobody Wants This. Caroline recounts her redundancy story from a large IT corporation and it reminds us to why we now work for ourselves. In listener questions, there were none, […]

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