‘Grow my business or sell it’ podcast with Graham Rowan
I first met Graham Rowan a couple of years ago at a Mastermind group. He’s a fascinating guy and well worth listening to. He now also runs a podcast, ‘Grow My Business Or Sell It’, which is a great listen.
Graham recently invited me onto his show to discuss my business journey, the sale and the emotions and thoughts behind it.
You can listen to it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or simply listen here.
If you want to listen to a specific part of our conversation, the topics covered are liated below, with their approximate times in the podcast.
01.30 – My early career including accountancy, media sales and advertising agencies
06.00. Where the accidental start up originated from
10.30 – The lucky aspects of the business start ups
12.00 – “Have you won on the bingo, love?”
12.30 – My ‘sliding doors‘ moment
14.00 – How to scale and grow a start-up
18.00 – The first big bump in the business journey
20.00 – The second big bump in the business journey
21.00 – The moving goalposts and frustrations of Google
24.00 – The preparations for selling a business
30.00 – “Phil, get out of the way of the business”
32.00 – Post-sale emotions and what to do next….
36.30 – It’s lonely at the top and what does a Business Sounding Board do?
38.30 – Where to invest the proceeds of a business sale
41.00 – What to look for in a new business start up
43.00 – Learnings from my business journey
If you found this of interest or of use you can see and hear more of my discussions, interviews and webinar appearances here.
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