From Startup to the UK's Leading EV Charging Company

Join Emma as she sits with Founder Mark Pymm to discuss ChargedEV's remarkable path to success.
Welcome to Real Talk, your podcast dedicated to interviewing successful entrepreneurs!
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:20 Right Place, Right moments
02:00 11 years of ChargedEV
03:00 Mark’s Journey Before ChargedEV began
03:50 The beginning of ChargedEV
4:38 EV - Starting a Business in an Unknown Sector
06:00 How Children Changed Mark’s Mindset
07:00 2007 - One of the Most Challenging Years for Mark
08:50 The Loneliness of Being a Business Owner
09:50 The Pivotal Moment
11:20 Getting Over the Doubt and Pushing Forward
12:30 Growing ChargedEV Effectively
13:15 The First Warehouse within 9 Months
14:05 Employing our First Installer in 2015, The Point of Scaling
14:45 How ChargedEV Started Winning Contracts
15:15 The Biggest Challenge ChargedEV Encountered
17:00 2017 - Going out for Investment
17:45 From a Family Run Business to a Large Corporate
20:30 The Effects of Covid-19
22:20 Going Back to Square One
23:00 Fighting Back and Becoming Bigger than Ever
26:47 Finding the Right People
28:24 Sticking to the Vision Despite the Worlds Changes
29:00 2020 - Buying the Business Back from OV Energy
30:13 Doubling the Size of the Team in just a Couple of Years
31:17 The Biggest Success is Still to Come
32:30 Starting a Journey to go From Installers to Providers
33:00 The Traits Every Leader Needs
33:40 7 Quick Fire Questions
33:48 The NO.1 Piece of advice you would give
35:24 What do you want to be remembered for?
33:50 Who’s Your Hero?
36:16 Your Biggest Fear and Why
36:44 Time or Money, Which One Are You Choosing?
37:38 The NO.1 Skill Every Business Owner Needs
38:03 The Heart of Sheffield - Are you a Red and White or Blue and White?
Connect With Mark:
LinkedIn:
/ markpymm
Follow ChargedEV:
/ chargedev
Listen on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/3M6KCuX...
Follow on Instagram: @realtalkacpod