Startup Diary

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network The Start Up Diary is all about giving you an inside look at a start up, the good, the bad, the ugly. There was recently an internal email sent out from the founder (Adam) to the entire team. We thought this was a great opportunity to see some struggles Adam has been feeling and how he's tackled it.

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network Todays episode of the the Start Up Diary is a little different. I (Harrison) left the mics running after we recorded episode 204 and had a bit of a chat with Adam about work and the board. I've been given permission to share this with our listeners and what you're about to hear is an open honest and frank (and un edited) conversation about what's going on with the founder of Expert Trades.

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network In todays episode of the Start Up Diary we're discussing the Verified By Expert Trades campaign and how we built vitality in to the process.

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network In this episode you hear an episode of Trade Talk where we discuss a new service we are launching at Expert Trades.

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network In this episode of the podcast Adam interviews his wife Sara who recently started an online community for mums and mum to be. Sara shares an important lesson about building a community and an amazing tip for everyone listening.

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network Today on the Start Up Diary we have a special guest, Catherine Alonzo from Javelina. Many topics covered in todays episode and some great perspectives shared on the show.  To hear more from Catherine listen to her podcast How To Change The World. Or visit javelina.co. You can also contact her for follow ups at catherine@javelina.co

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network After another stretch away from the Mics we're back (again... for real this time...honest...) Today we talk about Adam's 'holiday' and what it was like to see the company continue to move forward and not burn down while Adam only had minimal input on the day to day. There's been a few lessons learned so we're diving in to the CEO's next steps.

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Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network Today we have another listener question, this time from James. Today he's asked about staff development and how we support it at Expert Trades.

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network Today we have another listener question, this time asking about investors and where to find them

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network We're baaaaaaack! We've been away again but we're back on the mics today talking about a very real issue.Opportunity cost. We've been so busy doing expos, traveling and everything in between but all these decisions mean you have to say no to something else and it's usually something you're not able to predict!

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network Today we're talking about Expert Trades Live. We're constantly trying to give our members more and more value for their money. Today we discuss how we've gone from Facebook livestreams to a 8 hour intense masterclass, with plans to have an

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network If you want a place to hangout with other entrepreneurs and win together...you need to listen to this show. We re creating the StartUp Diary community and would love you to get involved.

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network Today we're hearing from Jasmin Anderson from KOMPAK and seeing how she's been getting on in the first 10 days of the business going live.

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network Today we're asked a very interesting question. Expert Trades has been running for over 5 years now and we still see ourselves as a start up but when does a business stop being a start up?

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network Today we have another listener question, this time from Joe. He's running a business known as Batterski which is doing will in the peak seasons of skiing but wants to know how to get the most out of the off season.

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network We've said it before and we'll say it again, 'We're back!'. We catch up on our trip to Australia and the benefits of meeting customers and clients face to face (even if it does mean traveling half way round the world)

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network The Easter bank holiday is upon us, work is crazy but we wanted to jump on the mics and give you all a bit of a conversational podcast for the weekend. We talk busy schedules, TV, podcasts and... Porn Hub?!

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network Introducing Jasmin Anderson. She' a bikini competitor. Building brains, body, brand and business with a digital marketing background and a passion for helping competitors with mindset, all things fitness, creative and busines. 24 years old from Northampton and joining us on the mics to discuss her business KOMPAK

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network Today we have another listener question from Facebook Messenger. Should you work for free or very cheaply in order to get your foot in the door with clients?