We chart Steve Cornwallis’s path from quarry worker to multi‑company owner, exploring how values, networking and disciplined bets built a renewables‑led portfolio and a new Green Skills Training Academy. Along the way we unpack painful lessons, practical wins and simple rules that compound.

• early drive shaped by family change and urgency to work
• 27 years of corporate growth and people leadership
• first taste of ownership through property investment
• building and later buying Limpet Technology
• entering renewables and selling to global clients
• failed rigging venture and three rules for future deals
• recruitment business model and fast profitability
• networking as a system grounded in values
• 12‑company portfolio with wind and heat renewables
• sector outlook and jobs growth in Scotland
• mentoring founders and balanced paid vs pro bono advising
• Green Skills Training Academy: wind, heat, construction streams
• training-to-employment pipeline for Forth Valley

Find Steve on LinkedIn: Stephen Cornwallis

Stirling Business Podcast, Studio King Street, BID, CodeBase, Forthvalley Chamber of Commerce, ApartHotel, Giving Back Program, 45 King Street, Lumo Trains.

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Host: Paul Murray - ApartHotel & Studio King Street

Producer: Iain Johnston - Johnston Media Podcasts

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