Selling Out!

Selling Out! — Ep 5: Shutter Speed and Chosen Family | Nick Ford & Michael Cheatham / Selling Out!

Selling Out! is the podcast for LGBTQIA+ founders, leaders and creatives. Real conversations about building a life and a career on your own terms — straight jackets not included. 🏳️‍🌈 Episode 5 is warm, funny, and quietly profound — and features one of the most unexpectedly moving answers we've had to our closing question yet. Nick Ford (he/him, G) was born in Brighton — one of the rare ones who didn't just wash up here. He cold-called his way through his teens as Sharon from Sales (a persona so convincing, men flirted their way into double glazing appointments), photographed passengers on cruise ships around the world, and eventually got his name on a studio door on Oxford Street in Brighton — the one everyone knows but no one can name. He's been shooting professionally for nearly 20 years, has a photography A-level he somehow got through without writing a single essay, and will tell you, with great patience, why your forehead is not as big as you think it is. Michael Cheatham (he/him, G) studied architecture, started moonlighting as a photographer after Argos, and landed a client early in his career who kept him busy for over 150 events across Mayfair and Victoria. He went solo in 2017, opened Embassy Studios near Brighton station 15 months ago, and runs a creative hub that's home to marketers, social media managers, and a genuine community of like-minded people. His wedding brand, Amity — from the word for friendship — says everything about how he works. Two people who've built their businesses on patience, craft, and the radical idea that you're not just there to take the picture — you're there to hold the flowers, sew the button back on the dress, and make the whole day feel looked after. This episode goes deep on the death of film, the rise of AI in creative work, the politics of perceived value, racism in the industry, and why getting a studio with bricks and mortar is sometimes the only way people will take you seriously. It also features a genuinely beautiful answer about chosen family, and what it actually means to find your people. "My queer friends have had a lot of painful journeys. But as a result of having them around, my life is so much richer." Powered by GoSucceed® 🎙️ Sponsored by Legends Brighton — legendsresortbrighton.com — and Mortgage Medics — mortgage-medics.com Video & Audio by Always Cinematic — AlwaysCinematic.com Keywords / Tags: LGBTQIA+, queer business, photography, creative industries, Brighton, wedding photography, AI, film photography, chosen family, DEI, racism, identity, podcast, Selling Out!, GoSucceed Season: 1 | Episode: 5 Selling Out! is the podcast for LGBTQIA+ founders, leaders and creatives. Real conversations about building a business your way, hosted by Gary Salters and Jonny Monroe. New episodes drop on the first and third Friday of every month. Follow us and never miss a story. Selling Out! is the podcast for LGBTQIA+ founders, leaders and creatives. Real conversations about building a business your way, hosted by Gary Salters and Jonny Monroe. New episodes drop on the first and third Friday of every month. Follow us and never miss a story. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Selling Out! — Ep 4: Keys, Mortgages & the Gay in the Village | Sam Murphy & Pip Newton-John

Selling Out! is the podcast for LGBTQIA+ founders, leaders and creatives. Real conversations about building a life and a career on your own terms — straight jackets not included. 🏳️‍🌈 Episode 4 is our Property Special — and it turns out bricks, mortar and mortgages have a lot more to say about queerness than you might think. Sam Murphy (he/him, G) started out in the world of work by fibbing about his age to get a job in the local fish and chip shop in Horsham, got the sack then was re-hired when he was old enough to batter a sausage. A stint at the Woolwich Building Society led to a career in financial services, and when he spotted a bad boss and a brewing credit crunch in 2007, he and two colleagues jumped ship and built something better. Today he runs *Mortgage Medics*, now eleven strong, alongside *Wilbury Wealth* — a financial planning brand covering mortgages, pensions, investments and holistic wealth planning for clients at every stage of life, including the growing number of same-sex couples and non-traditional families who want someone who actually gets their world. Pip Newton-John (she/her, L) — yes, that Newton-John, Olivia was her dad's first cousin — came out of a performing arts degree at Winchester, scanned the newspaper for jobs like everyone did in 2005, and ended up falling in love with property. After stints in Winchester and Brighton, she joined her best friend Lucy at *Lawton & Dawe*, the Brighton-based estate agency and lettings firm Lucy founded 16 years ago. Nine women strong, trading standards regulated, and the only agency in East Sussex with that accreditation. Their block management arm, *Property Fusion*, manages blocks from Birmingham to the Isle of Wight to Devon. Two people who built careers in industries that weren't built for them — and quietly changed the culture from the inside anyway. This episode covers coming out in the workplace, blue and pink mortgage application forms (yes, really, in 2002), the case for kindness as a genuine business strategy, why small business is a speedboat and a corporation is a tanker, and what it really means to be part of someone's story when they buy or sell a home. "Be brave. Be kind. And don't worry what other people think — they really don't care as much as you think they do." 🎙️ Sponsored by *Legends Brighton* — legendsresortbrighton.com — and *Mortgage Medics* — mortgage-medics.com Powered by GoSucceed.co.uk Video & Audio by Always Cinematic -AlwaysCinematic.com Keywords / Tags: LGBTQIA+, queer business, property, mortgages, estate agency, financial planning, Brighton, coming out, workplace, small business, Selling Out, GoSucceed Season: 1 | Episode: 4 Selling Out! is the podcast for LGBTQIA+ founders, leaders and creatives. Real conversations about building a business your way, hosted by Gary Salters and Jonny Monroe. New episodes drop on the first and third Friday of every month. Follow us and never miss a story. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Selling Out! — Ep 3: Labels, Laughs & Loud Marketing | Sarah Archer & Alex Ryan

Selling Out! is the podcast for LGBTQIA+ founders, leaders and creatives. Real conversations about building a life and a career on your own terms straight jackets not included. 🏳️‍🌈 Episode 3 is a riot and also one of our most honest conversations yet. Sarah Archer (she/her, G) spent years thinking she was straight, got married, had a daughter, moved to Germany three days before her 21st birthday, climbed to HR Director and then, during pregnancy, everything shifted. She came out into a workplace that gave her a pay rise. She’s since retrained as a stand-up comedian, written two books, toured her own theatre show celebrating forgotten Victorian drag king superstars, and built a speaking business that coaches experts to create talks that sell without anyone feeling pitched to. Her podcast The Speaking Club is in the top 1% globally. Alex Ryan (he/him, Q) sold torn-out pages from a porn magazine at primary school for 20p a pop. He’s come a long way — via DJing, bar work, a head of marketing role at a £60 million business, and a pandemic side hustle that became Marketing 101, his Brighton-based agency now six years strong. He’s also chair of Gaydio Brighton, spent a decade as voluntary production director of National Student Pride, and recently launched Vermouth, Actually a handcrafted vermouth made at Devil’s Dyke Distillery that sold 50 bottles off a single LinkedIn post. Two people who’ve had a smoother ride than most but who’ve both channelled that privilege into fighting for the people who haven’t. This episode goes deep on identity, labels, DEI under fire, and the trans community under attack. It also features a genuinely beautiful argument for why queerness is a superpower and one of the best closing lines we’ve had on the show. “Queerness is not unique to the human species. But homophobia is.” 🎙️ Sponsored by Legends Brighton — legendsresortbrighton.com — and Mortgage Medics — mortgage-medics.com Video & Audio by Always Cinematic -AlwaysCinematic.com Keywords / Tags: LGBTQIA+, queer business, marketing, public speaking, comedy, DEI, diversity and inclusion, trans rights, labels, identity, Brighton, vermouth, podcast, Selling Out, GoSucceed Season: 1 | Episode: 3 Selling Out! is the podcast for LGBTQIA+ founders, leaders and creatives. Real conversations about building a business your way, hosted by Gary Salters and Jonny Monroe. New episodes drop on the first and third Friday of every month. Follow us and never miss a story. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Selling Out! — Ep 2: Queers in Finance | Paula & Bobby Lambkin-Williams

Selling Out! is the podcast for LGBTQIA+ founders, leaders and creatives. Real conversations about building a life and a career on your own terms — straight jackets not included. 🏳️‍🌈 Episode 2 is our Finance Special — and it's anything but dry. Paula (she/her, L) started out trying to be a secretary, lasted about two weeks, and ended up spending seven years at a manufacturing company full of page three calendars and smoke-filled offices — discovering herself along the way. She's now a senior Finance Director at a multinational infrastructure and transport consultancy, leading a team of 25 and championing authentic inclusion from the inside. Bobby Lambkin-Williams (he/him, G) began his working life as a kitchen porter at a Japanese restaurant in London — a Selling Out! exclusive he'd never told anyone before. He went on to study Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics at the University of Sussex before finding his way into finance and ultimately merging his two great loves — numbers and music — as founder of Atomic Canyon, an accountancy practice specialising in the music industry. Two people who navigated some of the most traditionally straight environments in British business. Two people who found their way to their most authentic selves anyway. This episode covers everything from the burden of assumption and coming out at work, to the privilege of presentation, the DEI backlash, and why queerness might just be the ultimate business superpower. Oh — and why Bobby would be far more worried if someone thought he was straight. 😄 🎧 New episodes drop on the first and third Friday of every month. Follow us and never miss a story. 📺 Full video episodes available on YouTube: youtube.com/@GoSucceed This episode is sponsored by: 🏨 Legends Brighton — seafront hotel, entertainment and Brighton's hottest drag shows. Book at legendsresortbrighton.com 🏠 Mortgage Medics — straightforward mortgage advice without the stress. Go to mortgage-medics.com Selling Out! is powered by GoSucceed® — the home of business growth for the LGBTQIA+ community and beyond.https://gosucceed.co.uk/ [https://gosucceed.co.uk/] Tags: Selling Out, LGBTQIA podcast, queer business podcast, LGBT podcast UK, finance podcast, queer finance, LGBTQ careers, coming out at work, queerness superpower, Atomic Canyon, music industry accountant, Brighton podcast, authentic leadership, queer entrepreneurs, DEI, inclusion at work, GoSucceed, business podcast, new podcast 2026, queer professionals Video & Recording by Always Cinematic Ltd -hhtps://alwayscinmatic.com Selling Out! is the podcast for LGBTQIA+ founders, leaders and creatives. Real conversations about building a business your way, hosted by Gary Salters and Jonny Monroe. New episodes drop on the first and third Friday of every month. Follow us and never miss a story. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Selling Out! — Ep 1: From the Prison Service & the Police to Brighton’s Queer Bar Scene | Georgie Dutton & Mike Gallagher

Two careers in uniform. Two lives fully lived. One brilliant conversation. Summary / Description: Selling Out! is the podcast for LGBTQIA+ founders, leaders and creatives. Real conversations about building a life and a career on your own terms — straight jackets not included. 🏳️‍🌈 For our very first episode, we’re joined by two guests who couldn’t have more in common — or more to say. Georgie Dutton (she/her) went from waitressing to the Prison Service, and is now a PT and Bar Manager at The Bottom’s Rest in Brighton — one of the city’s most beloved LGBTQIA+ spaces, owned by Brighton Gin. Mike Gallagher (he/him) spent his career rising through the ranks of the Metropolitan Police Service, reaching Commander in the Specialist Firearms Command, and leading on LGBTQI+ issues for the Police Superintendents Association for England & Wales. He now co-owns two much-loved LGBTQIA+ community bars in Brighton & Hove, Affinity Bar & The Grosvenor. @AffinityGayBar @TheGrosvenorBarBrighton Two careers spent in some of Britain’s most traditionally straight-laced institutions. Two people who found a way to live authentically anyway. And two stories that will make you laugh, think, and feel incredibly proud to be part of this community. What happens when you finally take the straight jacket off? This is what it looks like. 🎧 New episodes drop on the first and third Friday of every month. Follow us and never miss a story. 📺 Full video episodes available on YouTube: youtube.com/@GoSucceed This episode is sponsored by: 🏨 Legends Brighton — seafront hotel, entertainment and Brighton’s hottest drag shows. Book at www.legendsresortbrighton.com/main-home tell them we sent you. 🏠 Mortgage Medics — straightforward mortgage advice without the stress. Home-owning headaches? They’ve got you covered. Visit www.mortgage-medics.com [https://www.mortgage-medics.com/] and mention Selling Out! Selling Out! is powered by GoSucceed® — the home of business growth for the LGBTQIA+ community and beyond. https://gosucceed.co.uk/ [https://gosucceed.co.uk/] Produced by: Always Cinematic www.alwayscinematic.com Tags: Selling Out, LGBTQIA podcast, queer business podcast, LGBT podcast UK, Brighton podcast, queer entrepreneurs, gay podcast, lesbian podcast, LGBTQ careers, Metropolitan Police LGBT, Brighton bars, queer community, GoSucceed, business podcast, coming out at work, authentic leadership, queer success stories, LGBT business owners, pride podcast, new podcast 2026 Selling Out! is the podcast for LGBTQIA+ founders, leaders and creatives. Real conversations about building a business your way, hosted by Gary Salters and Jonny Monroe. New episodes drop on the first and third Friday of every month. Follow us and never miss a story. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.