Startup Diary

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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 We're back after the Christmas break and it's time for a quick catch up. There's not much gold in todays ramblings but we do fill you in on our festivities.

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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 In this episode we have another listener question. This time from Richard. He recently hired his first employee but is struggling to share the workload. He asks how he should deal with splitting tasks between them both as he's been so used to doing everything himself.

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 Another audio clip from Dan today at the British Bearded Baby. After all the Black Friday madness there's been a simple mistake made. We discuss the impact this will have on the business as well as conversions for sales and what Dan needs to focus on most.

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 have another audio clip from Dan at The British Bearded Baby today. We go over some initial sales numbers and what approaches he's taking to hit the sales.

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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 In this episode we talk about hiring and firing a sales role! We recently had a new member of the team at Expert Trades to fill a sales position. Through various reasons he was let go shortly afterwards. We discuss why, what to look for in a sales person and if you need one.

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 we talk about how Adam learnt to build the business and get it where it is today. We also share some insight in to how you can take steps to get closer to your dream career and why the people you're spending your time with could be stopping you from reaching your goals.

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 chat about our Black Friday sales funnel. Gone are the days of last minute .com! We've planned and prepped and are ready for the big day! (even if Harry doesn't know what day that is!)

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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're catching up with Dan again from The British Bearded Baby. He's making a big move at his existing place of employment in order to help his long term plan.

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 we have a listener message, this time from a young man with some serious drive. He poses an interesting question. Being 15 years old, currently studying for exams but also building an AR app at the same time, what should he focus his efforts on? Does he postpone development of his app until next year to make sure he gets good results in class? Or should he double down on the app and not worry about his grades potentially suffering?

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 we have another recording from Dan at The British Bearded Baby. His company is now live and it's time to start making sales. There's a bit of insight into likes Vs sales but there's a silver lining to take away.

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 It's almost the big day, Dan from The British Bearded Baby is finally about to launch his start up! He's checking in one last time before the launchThere's some excitement, nerves and a question about the shit in mindset from building the idea to finally running the business.

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 we talk about how you can get stuck on the 'defence' and limiting factors that can prevent continued growth.

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 we answer an email from Richard at Gymshark, regarding a previous episode and some of the advice we gave Dan from the British Bearded Baby.