#founderhacks 29: A newsletter and podcast where three founders of businesses, Antony, Alex & Ben, talk about one thing they have seen, one thing they have read and one thing they have learned – this week they talk about being bold - being jilted, buying companies and setting big, bad and beautiful goals.
#founderhacks 28: A newsletter and podcast where three founders of businesses, Antony, Alex & Ben, talk about one thing they have seen, one thing they have read and one thing they have learned – this week they discuss how to get the best out of advisors - and when to use them - plus what do when things might be about to get better fast and the perils of business myths.
#founderhacks 27: A podcast where three founders of businesses, Antony, Alex & Ben, talk about one thing they have seen, one thing they have read and one thing they have learned – this week they discuss showing your sharper edges to the world, exponential growth curves and the genius of recombinant innovation - a vital skill for the 21st century perhaps?
In episode 26 of #founderhacks three founders, Antony, Alex & Ben talk about they have seen, one thing they have read and one thing they have learned – this week they discuss amazing people who achieve amazing things during difficult times, the perils of pessimism and wannabe founders of businesses.
In episode 25 of #founderhacks Antony, Alex & Ben are joined by fellow founder Dom Jones of Maray where they discussed one thing they have seen, one thing they have read and one thing they have learned – this week they discuss stones and friction, re-finding your mojo and learning things from 2-year-olds.
In this week's #founderhacks we look at Turnaround.
Can you develop the discipline to focus on controlling the controllable when you are turning things around? Removing those emotions and frustrations, rage, or anger that can paralyse us might prompt us not to fight back but to fight forward.
In this week's #founderhacks we look at Reaping what you sow.
Do you keep your reputational bank account a healthy balance? You never know when you may find yourself making a withdrawal when you need it the most. Do you appreciate messages of support? Are you someone ready to send a message of support when a friend or a colleague needs it. Could you build it into the culture of your business so your whole team can learn to show gratitude and help everyone to feel part of your mission.
In this week's #founderhacks we look at Engineering.
When do you need to step in and engineer a new approach? How do we engineer a deal? Finding a way to shine a light with little and often and create a new rhythm can throw challenges into a whole new relief.
In this week's #founderhacks we look at Legacy.
What is the legacy you want to leave? Your role is to find yourself better at everything. Can you replace yourself? Are you a founder with a shelf life? Overcoming the the 10 year mark seems to be a curious challenge for many entrepreneurs. Do you take the time to reflect and make sure you do make the right choice to step away from your business and move onwards?
In this week's #founderhacks we look at Time and a Place.
What does it take for a business to endure? Does place affect your brain? Is different thinking always something of inherent value. Could you leverage place to break your patterns and generate newness and energy and discover what that could offer you?
In this week's #founderhacks we look at Getting it wrong.
Who is your tribe to test where you are? A trusted inner circle perhaps who you trust to believe in you, but also to be honest with you and keep you grounded. Being open to challenge may perhaps also help you have the best chance of not getting it wrong and surrounding yourself with people who look and think like you and only want to agree with you might not always be the best choice.
In this week's #founderhacks we look at Bide your time or Blow up the room.
Do you force a resolution or wait for things to naturally come to a head? AI will transform our working lives and our societies within our lifetime so how do we engage with these technologies, these huge paradigm shifts?
In this week's #founderhacks we look at Interpersonal.
Do you listen with your eyes? Do your team look and feel ready to win? How can you play your part in making sure that they are? Do you speak emotion? Can you use a textured understanding of emotion to gather more data and make better decisions?
In this week's #founderhacks we look at Feedback Revisited.
What do you want? Do you know? Is it critical for you as a founder of a business to be clear about what you want in terms of the relationship with your business and your expectations of those within it? Can you make a commitment to learn how to give feedback brilliantly well?
In this week's #founderhacks we talk about Coping with the Imperfect.
Can you dispel the myth of the perfect employee? How do you manage your natural instinct to make the fundamental attributional error? Can we assess our staff as we do ourselves?
In this week's #founderhacks we look at Clarity.
How do you contract with your team? There is always that initial opportunity to put on the table the realities of being part of a business and a team. How do you feedback to your team and does the feedback have the impact that you intend? How do you measure that? Do you balance your criticism and celebration?
In this week's #founderhacks we talk about Changing the Lens
When the fields you plough go from fertile to baron, how do you change lenses? Leading from good times to the bad is of course a challenge to your leadership and how do you manage that shift of perception that is going to determine that outcome?
In this week's edition of #founderhacks we talk about all things stress.
What stresses you out when running your business? How to you cope with stress? Do you plough on and ignore it or do you fall apart and absorb the pain?
As our 2nd series continues we bring you the concept of "choosing the right attitude".
As a founder / entrepreneur do you have to choose your attitude dependant on the situation you find yourself in?
We would love you hear your thoughts....
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We are delighted to introduce "business owner" and award winning "entrepreneur" Caroline Strachan to #founderhacks.
Recorded earlier this year, we discuss a number of topics with Caroline including the thought of loving your competitors and just saying no to your customers!
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So, after a bit of a break we are back in the saddle with a new series of #founderhacks.
This week we discuss the subject of change, spotting when things need to change, spotting when we need to change whilst keeping it simple and sticking to the basics.
Enjoy.
On #founderhacks this week we are joined by entrepreneur Nat Rich to discuss how people choose to show up at work compared to how they show up at home.
Nat is a mental health and wellbeing expert, workshop facilitator and a speaker and moderator for both in-person & virtual events.
Serial entrepreneur Chris Hughes joins us on #founderhacks this week to talk about, "What Inspires?"
Chris started his career in a foundry working 80 hour weeks in the UK before he began life as an entrepreneur at the ripe old age of 35 in China. He is now the founder and MD of Health Well Solutions - a global insurance brokerage with offices in China and the UK.
In this edition of #founderhacks we are joined by social entrepreneur Amar Dani to debate how he choses to "show up" in his business.
Amar is the founder of Dani Organics a leading supplier of organic food products. This amazing business employs 200 staff who support a network of 50,000 farmers across 4 continents.
This week we discuss something that some founders aren't particular good at - managing themselves. Topics include knowing when to read things at face value, accepting when your confidence outstrips your ability as well as a founder-hack that might help you better manage your business when you get sick. Enjoy
