There's the version people post. Then there's the real one.
I'm Kieran Harris. Founder of Senior Stairlifts, host of Behind The Climb. I talk to founders and high performers about the pressure, the decisions, and the graft behind building something that lasts.
Most people only share the win
I’m the founder and CEO of Senior Stairlifts, a business I built from the ground up. We’re now a team of 60 and on track to triple revenue this year. In 2024, I completed the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme and I’m a member of Sir Richard Harpin’s Business Leader community, sitting alongside founders and CEOs of some of the UK’s fastest growing businesses.
But that wasn’t always the case.
My first business failed. I lost everything. Money, reputation, and a lot of the people around me. Rebuilding changed me. The way I thought, the standards I held myself to, and the rooms I chose to be in. They changed what I believed was possible and eventually they changed everything.
That experience drives me every single day.
It’s also what makes Behind The Climb different. Because I’m not interested in the highlight reels. I want the real conversation. The pressure, the setbacks, the decisions that nearly broke everything, and the lessons that don’t make it into the polished version. Every episode is an honest conversation with founders, operators and high performers who are doing the work and willing to talk about what it actually costs.
If you’re building something of your own, trying to be the best version of yourself, this is for you.
What we've covered
- ADHD, addiction and the unstoppable force of neurodiversity in business
What looks like chaos from the outside is sometimes the exact thing that built the business. An unfiltered conversation about running a company while your brain works differently to everyone else's.
- Narcissistic business partners, EOS and making effective decisions quicker
What happens when the person you built the business with becomes the reason it nearly fails, and how to fix decision-making before it gets that far.
- What it takes to coach elite C-suite execs and professional athletes with Yolanda Collinson
The difference between coaching an athlete and coaching a founder is smaller than you'd think. On pressure, performance, and the mentality that holds both together.
- The mentality behind starting a multi-million pound business from your bedroom, with Sam Stoffel
Every "started from nothing" story skips the part where nothing worked for months. This one doesn't.
The business behind the conversation
Behind The Climb exists because of Senior Stairlifts, the business I built from nothing to a team of 60+.
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