I was invited on the ‘Buy & Build’ podcast, a podcast exploring buying, building and investing in UK and European small businesses, hosted by Paul Quirk and David Nefs.
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In detail, here’s what we discussed;
02.00 – The background to my business launch
06.00 – Three reasons why my investment pitch failed
08.45 – The online gambling landscape and niching
10.45 – The two commercial models for the business
12.45 – Award ceremonies, authority and the importance of product differentiation
16.45 – Growth levers in the early days
18.00 – The power of not raising funding
19.45 – scary steps from launch to staff
21.30 – The key lesson about taking on your first staff
23.00 – Adding staff to create additional revenue
24.50 – Big bumps in the road in the business story
27.00 – Positive steps in the journey
28.30 – The business sale process and my experience
34.30 – The most difficult thing I ever had to do
36.00 – How I became a Business Sounding Board
37.30 – It doesn’t need to be lonely at the top
38.00 – The benefits of having a Business Sounding Board by your side
42.00 – The problem bias of advice from the ‘wrong’ people
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WHAT NEXT?
As I mentioned right at the start of the discussion, if you’d like to discuss how I could help you regarding you not being ‘lonely at the top’, or you feel you need a Business Sounding Board, then please give me a call, drop me an email or connect with me on LinkedIn. Details below. I’ll be happy to have chat with you to explore how I may be able to help you. I’ll be honest and I may not be able to help you myself and in that scenario I’ll try and point you in the right direction.
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