Entrepreneur Life

After 10 days since recording my last episode, I nearly forgot what I was doing, needless to say it’s been a busy week. As we approach the end of the summer holidays, I talk about the impact of the cost of living has had on individuals, the impact on our business, and how we are tackling this. I also noticed that one of my team is working harder than I am, which means I need to find a new gear and...

The past week has given me a lot to consider when it comes to expectations, not expectations I have for myself bit the expectations I have for others. I’m exploring if its right for me to have expectations for others or by doing so I’m setting myself up for disappointment and frustration. This makes a huge difference in how I run our businesses, each company within the group has lots of opportunit...

I think every business owner needs to understand their own business, not just what it is, but how it runs at every level. That’s not saying you have to be involved in every decision and detail, but its sensible to remember the core route of what you do and experience it. I wanted to get back to this, so I spent a couple of hours as a prison officer wandering the attraction. I spoke with customers,...

First off, I had a bloody nightmare recording this one, my phone cut me off 3 times so I had to re-do 8 minutes worth of footage a few times (lots of expletives were said) Yes we have conducted the interviews for the marketing manager, which is really exciting and I’m very pleased about with the questions being asked in the interview. These confirmed my expectations on the shift we are seeing in e...

The last few weeks have been tough, really tough. I really want to share the downs of running, building and developing a business along with the ups. Let’s face it the Ups are easy, it’s the downs where it’s hard.   It’s fair to say the last few weeks have had lot of downs for me and trying to move out of this is hard, which is where My Why come into play. Perspective and mindset are big themes in...

This week I wanted to really focus in on my Why. With recent events that have happened, leaving my attraction business, my Gran passing away, and being more mindful about what I want from life. These things have enabled me to really focus on the important things in life and where I can make the biggest impact and difference, achieving the things I want to achieve. Will I take the road to politics,...

Last week I handed in my resignation as Marketing Manager of the Attraction Division. It may sound strange resigning from a position within my own business, but as Owner, Founder and CEO I have held multiple roles over the years many of which at the same time. My business has now reached a stage where it needs someone who can provide it more than I am able to give in this role. It's not a question...

Having to re-record episode 11 as the original version breached an NDA. This week I discuss moving the businesses into a divisional model and replacing myself as the director in the attraction division. I talk about using agencies and why I have recently terminated one of our contracts. Plus the main section, and on topic, as to why I would be a shit Prime Minister now, but in 10 years’ time I cou...

I wanted to explain a little about how my mind works and how I perceive and analyse daily occurrences. I don’t think this is completely unique but does reflect the entrepreneur within me. I announce the big decision I just made about appointing a new attraction division director and who is taking on this role. And following on from episode 9, last week’s podcast I discuss the challenges you face w...

Not making a decision can be more costly than making the wrong decision. I know it sounds hard to believe but it’s very true. Each of us faces many decisions each day, but how do we know the choice we make is the right one? We don’t is the short answer. We use our experiences to choose and deal with the outcomes. Consider how your decision could affect 75 people, their wider families, suppliers’ b...

In episode 8 I discuss allowing people to Take, Take, Take, and where to draw the line. After a recent experience with an organisation who literally took the piss, I wanted to explain why we will never (big word) let our services and products be used for free again. This is an episode I hope I would never have to record and its sad that this can happen, but I felt it was important to share the exp...

In this episode I wanted to cover how I value our business and what metrics I use to do this initially. I look at valuation of our business in 3 ways, The value of our individual products & services, the current position and growth of these The monetary value of our business as a whole, based on the P&L and balance sheet position The value of our people (our employees) and how we can truly value w...

I spent a few days in Somerset visiting the team at Shepton Mallet Prison and was incredibly impressed by how well organised and together the whole team was. I spent some time reflecting on what makes a good manager and the difference between this and a good leader. That brought me to the realisation that I’m not a good manager (something I have known for while, but not said). Having me managing p...

This week delivered me a wakeup call, reminding me to continue to challenge myself, not to get complacent or comfortable. The last week also brought more emphasis on employees and what I see as the top things employees should get from their job. Plus, I talk more about the future growth and plans for TCG and the vision to grow to £100million business

I spent a few days away from the business last week, where I went on a short holiday with my childhood friends. This was a great chance to just take a breath and enjoy a few days out of the grind. Upon coming back to the office, I had a bomb dropped on me. After taking a couple of hours to digest this it brought me to the next stage in the journey which is looking to change the employer landscape...

Are Entrepreneurs born or made?

My Why In Episode 2 I discuss my why, where i'm coming from, what I want to achieve and how I want to change the world (one step at a time) Entrepreneur Life follows the ups & downs, success & failures of running a business, as it happens. 

Entrepreneur Life follows the ups & downs, success & failures of running a business, as it happens.  In episode 1 I introduce myself, my business, talk abut some of my success and of course my failures.