#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.
Richard Guyver joins us on #founderhacks this week to discuss keeping your head during times of stress.
Richard is a serial entrepreneur who started his journey by building a multi-site dental practice who has since diversified in to healthtech as an advisor and investor. He also trades currency in his spare time
So, as the Beatles once sang, this is Christmas. After another challenging year for many of the world's small businesses we decided to take a look back at some of the things we didn't have time to talk about during 2021 and celebrate some of the good stuff.
Let's face it, we all encounter injustices in our lives and businesses on a regular basis. In #founderhacks this week, our 50th edition no less, we dissect the thorny issue of how, when and if we chose to fight them.
This week on #founderhacks we bounce around ideas on the topic of reframing our thoughts to gain deeper perspectives.
This week on #founderhacks we are joined by Pia Muggerud to talk about finding your voice in the world. With 20 years experience as an executive coach, Pia draws upon a rich background of spiritual studies, therapeutic training and meditation techniques to help clients with their presentation and communication skills. She is also a published author of a book named, “She Rises for Tomorrow”.
In this edition of #founderhacks we look at the lessons of growing a business during a pandemic with the help of our very special guest Jennifer Quigley Jones - founder and CEO of Digital Voices - the global leader in YouTube Creator Marketing.
In #founderhacks 46 we look at the following metaphorical gears of life: 1. the importance of being in the right gear at the right time, 2. finding your top gear, and lastly 3. knowing yourself well enough to drop down a gear or two to stop the engine blowing up.
In #founderhacks 45 we delve in to the subject of team traction and dynamics in the context of numbers, something called social loafing and good old-fashioned listening skills.
#founderhacks 44: This week Ben, Antony and Alex, three founders of companies, are joined by entrepreneur Jim James where they discuss how to be resourceful when you are lacking resources - Jim’s “seen” is all about Genghis Khan, Jim’s “read” is about Sun Tzu’s 2,500 year old book the Art of War Influence and Jim’s “learned” amplification.
#founderhacks 43: This week Ben, Antony and Alex, three founders of companies, are joined by solopreneur Steve Bruce where they discuss the importance of focus in business - Steve’s “seen” looks at focusing on what we choose to measure, Steve’s “read” is about Dan Priestly’s excellent book Key Person of Influence and Steve’s “learned” is a about lifestyle focus.
#founderhacks 41: This week, me, Antony Enright and Ben Thomas are joined by fellow founder Edward Francis on our #founderhacks podcast. Our theme is great corporate culture - our “seen” looks at Dan Pink’s seminal thinking on autonomy, mastery and purpose, our “read” looks at Michael E Gerber’s book the E-Myth and our “learned” is about the dangers of working by a success/fail criteria. Enjoy.
#founderhacks 40: This week we are joined by James Burchell and we discuss the theme of how founders adapt as we emerge from the pandemic - our “seen” is about returning to offices, our “read” looks at self doubt and our “learned” is about being in control of your own bus!
#founderhacks 39: This episode is all about knowing ourselves in the context of being a founder - this week our seen involves a hard working team that made us ponder if sometimes knowing yourself means realising it’s not all about you, our read is about who gives you an unvarnished perspective on your performance as a leader and our learned looks at the different personas people bring to the workplace and home. Enjoy.
#founderhacks 38: This episode is all about bias and assumptions - the impact of dumbing down a conversation on the assumption that a colleague won’t understand the detail, the pitfalls, and benefits, of something called illusory superiority before ending up with a discussion on the benefits of getting to know people before using biases to write them off. Enjoy.
#founderhacks 37: This episode is all about the moral dilemmas that founders of businesses sometimes face - this week we talk about how a company’s moral code can be good for business, Elon Musk’s Neuralink and its experiments on animals as well as the benefits of owning up to your mistakes (and yes, we’ve made a lot of these between us). Enjoy.
#founderhacks 36: This episode is all about helping people you work with be brilliant - topics include “tooling up” external advisors when they miss the mark, a founder hack about scoring interactions and the benefits of asking people how we stop them being great.
#founderhacks 35: A newsletter and podcast by founders for founders, this week Antony, Alex & Ben talk about one thing they have seen, one thing they have read and one thing they have learned – this episode is all about getting things done - topics include what tidy files might have say about how a company is run and the person who runs it, getting more from your colleagues and how to use trust to boost productivity.
#founderhacks 33: A newsletter and podcast by founders for founders, this week Antony, Alex & Ben talk about one thing they have seen, one thing they have read and one thing they have learned – in this episode the topic is innovation.
#founderhacks 32: A newsletter and podcast by founders for founders, this week Antony, Alex & Ben are joined by guest speaker Richard Robinson where they about one thing they have seen, one thing they have read and one thing they have learned – in this episode topics discussed include meditation, AI and writing books.
#founderhacks 30: A newsletter and podcast by three founders for other founders, this week Antony, Alex & Ben, talk about one thing they have seen, one thing they have read and one thing they have learned – in this episode the guys talk about skipping to the end, the virtues of being idle and staying calm - oh and they mis-quote some famous poetry too!
