A podcast by Vaughan Owen
The architecture of ambition. The psychology of risk. The divergent paths we take in business.
Two kinds of people.
One kind builds empires inside the machine.
The other burns the machine down and builds something new.
— Vaughan Owen, Uncaged
"There are two kinds of people in business. Those who thrive in structure — the quarterly reviews, the pension plans, the predictable climb. And those who can't breathe there."
Latest Episodes
Prof Adrian Saville·Founder, Cannon Asset Managers & Professor, GIBS
Most academics stay in academia. Most entrepreneurs stay in their lane. Adrian Saville has spent three decades refusing to pick one — building an investment firm, selling it, and starting again. Twice.
The Host
Founder, Owen+Co. Former Publicis.
I built an advertising agency from nothing, scaled it, and sold it to Publicis. Then I spent two years inside one of the world's largest holding companies learning exactly why I could never work inside one of the world's largest holding companies.
Now I run Owen+Co — a strategic marketing agency working with fintech and technology companies building in rapidly evolving markets. The work is harder, the clients are more interesting, and I can breathe again.
Uncaged is the conversation I wish I'd had earlier. With people who chose the unconventional path, and a few who didn't — because that argument deserves to be heard too.
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