# bankruptcy
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31:03Bankruptcy and the darkest momentLeanne Elliott: Why'd you borrow that, that amount of money for? Al Elliott: Well, the bank kept giving me more and more money because they were like, this is an exciting business. It was in the dot-com era. So all I didEP 304 · 26 May 2026·other· 31:03–38:0735:32Al's story: bankrupt in 2008Al Elliott: Yeah Louise Hill: And by industry and by, frankly, economic cycle, you'll find employers making different choices. And I think we are in a period where people want to retain talent. You talk about the Great SEP 272 · 3 Feb 2026·panel interview· 35:32–37:5932:24Bankrupt for £103,000 — what happens next?Al Elliott: Yeah, that's right Leanne Elliott: Bankrupt for £103,000 Al Elliott: Mm-hmmEP 218 · 29 Jul 2025·other· 32:24–35:2922:10Al and Leanne's Own 'Is This It?' MomentsAl Elliott: Yeah, I suppose, I suppose I did. Yeah. Um, well, it's weird because I went bankrupt around about 30. Um, and so, yeah, so it was almost like it was an Etch A Sketch of my life, shaking the Etch A Sketch at 3EP 117 · 23 Jul 2024·interview· 22:10–22:5820:19Al's burnout story and bankruptcyAl Elliott: This is brilliant. Now, now, as someone who runs businesses and has always run businesses, then I'm really keen to see what the business case is for, for burnout. Because, I mean, I started my first business EP 21 · 13 Jan 2023·other· 20:19–22:0126:02Borrowing, the bank, and the spiral to bankruptcyLeanne Elliott: So what, what happened? How long was there between kind of this final change in, in how you're operating before you realized that the business was unsustainable? Al Elliott: Probably only a few months. UmEP 16 · 13 Dec 2022·other· 26:02–29:47
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