# @dinisguarda_ on Instagram - **Type:** Video - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOGXyz0iiOd - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59746750-dinisguarda-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/91e7e91c48.jpg - **Posted:** 2025-09-02T12:19:23.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Dinis Guarda (@dinisguarda_) โ€” https://gondola.cc/dinisguarda_ ## Caption โ€œ๐‘ฐ๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’…๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’“๐’† ๐’‘๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’•, ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’.โ€ ~ James McLaughlin Iโ€™m excited to share my conversation with James McLaughlin (Jim), a business advisor with over 35 years of industry experience and helping UK businesses navigate key transitions and growth opportunities. As a UK Partner for BizVal and the Membership Advisor for the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), James facilitates small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and self-employed individuals in various areas of business governance, compliance, and support. โ€œ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’…๐’ ๐‘ฐ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Œ๐’†๐’†๐’‘ ๐’„๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’๐’˜ ๐’…๐’ ๐‘ฐ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’š ๐’๐’†๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’š ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’ˆ๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’–๐’๐’†๐’”, ๐’Š๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’•๐’˜๐’ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ญ๐‘บ๐‘ฉ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’• ๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Ž๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰.โ€ His core philosophy? Business isnโ€™t just about the bottom line; itโ€™s about leaving people in a better position than you found them. โ€œ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’†๐’†๐’“-๐’•๐’-๐’‘๐’†๐’†๐’“ ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’Š๐’” ๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’•, ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’๐’˜๐’๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’๐’˜๐’๐’†๐’“ ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’šโ€™๐’“๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’…๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’†๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’…๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’š๐’” ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’‡๐’†๐’† ๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’….โ€ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐“๐ฎ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฅ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtY9lRkgZM0 ๐ˆโ€™๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ: Whatโ€™s the most valuable lesson youโ€™ve learned from a business failure? ๐ƒ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ! #SMEs #Entrepreneurship #BusinessStrategy #Leadership #PeerToPeerLearning #FSB #FinancialServices #Fintech #BusinessGrowth ## Stats - **Views:** 4,146 - **Likes:** 19,392 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 40 ## Tags fintech, businessgrowth, smes, peertopeerlearning, leadership, entrepreneurship, businessstrategy, fsb, financialservices --- Copyright (c) Gondola