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The Boardroom with Richard Farleigh

by Richard Farleigh · English

Hi, I’m Richard. Former BBC Dragon , Author , Media Commentator , Economist , Investor , 120 + Businesses , Chess Olympian , Speaker , PhD Hon, and Care System Survivor "The Boardroom" consists of different formats. The newest is Farleigh's 5, which has Richard in conversation discussing five brief ideas that he had during the week. Some serious, some slightly whacky. The podcast also contains episodes of Richard watching Dragons' Den with a friend, and episodes of him in conversation with successful and interesting guests.

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Farleigh's Five

Promotional intro to “Farleigh’s Five,” a weekly podcast where the host shares five ideas mixing serious and quirky psychology/business/human behavior prompts.

5 Oct 2026 · 1m

Update on Farleigh's Five Podcast

Launch update for “Farleigh’s Five,” a new weekly podcast featuring conversations about five ideas the host has been thinking about during the week.

30 Sep 2026 · 1m

Farleigh's 5 is Now a Podcast

The host announces a new standalone podcast called Farleigh’s Five, created after the success of the first “Farleigh’s Five” segment in a prior episode of The Boardroom.

29 Sep 2026 · 1m

Farleigh's 5 : Bad Errors and 4 More Ideas

Farleigh’s Five episode on decision-making errors and practical business lessons: false acceptances vs false rejections (foster care and assisted dying), decision fatigue from too many options,…

21 Sep 2026 · 14m · 4 chapters

Are Dragons' Den Valuations Making Any Sense? | My View on the Latest Episode

A “Dragons’ Den” style discussion analyzing whether valuations make sense, contrasting pre-revenue app pitches, established consumer brands, and hardware/tech products; the hosts critique superficial…

10 Aug 2026 · 42m · 16 chapters

How to Spot Million-Pound Business Ideas | Thea Green on Building a Global Beauty Business

How Thea Green built Nails Inc by importing a US nail-bar model to the UK, then scaling it globally through a branded product line, customer-led trend forecasting, and department-store distribution.

27 Jul 2026 · 40m · 22 chapters

Is AI Creating a Bubble? | Alan Trefler on How AI Will Change Jobs

Alan Trefler (CEO of Pegasystems) argues the AI market is in a “bubble” driven by inflated expectations and unsustainable cost/usage models, while AI will still significantly change jobs and software…

13 Jul 2026 · 38m · 15 chapters

The Truth About London's Wildest Trading Floors | Drugs, Insider Trading & Psychopaths

Sir Grant Anderson, former City of London finance insider, discusses London trading-floor culture—cocaine, strippers, insider trading, rumor-driven pump-and-dumps, and “code of silence”—and argues…

29 Jun 2026 · 37m · 18 chapters