Zeal Talk is hosted by Leeds Digital Agency Zeal’s owner Jane Slimming. In the series Jane interviews founders who share the never dull, often funny, and always unexpected stories of their start-up journeys. I joined jane to discuss my journey and the lessons learnt from it.
Have a listen below;
Zeal Talk timings
Rather than listen to it all you can skip to the relevant parts by these timings;
01.40 – How I accidentally started a business
05.30 – How to deal with the rejections of an investment pitch
07.15 – Sliding doors and the myth of business ideas (and De Loreans…)
09.00 – Stick or Twist? To grow the business or not?
10.30 – Reducing the risk of your first hire
11.30 – 80% of the business disappeared overnight…
14.30 – Panda & Penguin hit the business…
16.00 – The sale that didn’t happen, leading to Plan B
17.30 – The importance of clear roles and responsibilities (even for Business Owners)
19.00 – Stepping up the positioning of the business
21.00 – How the sale of the business happened
24.00 – The most difficult thing I ever did in the business
25.00 – The emotions involved in selling the business
28.00 – What is a Business Sounding Board? It’s lonely at the top…
30.00 – The PITA Patter problem-solving process
32.30 – The accountability partner
34.15 – The danger of advisors with unconscious bias
38.00 – My business book recommendation
40.00 – Writing a murder mystery book
42.30 – Advice for start-ups…. JFDI
43.30 – The danger of ‘shiny new object syndrome’
47.30 – Do new stuff…
What Next?
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