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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.

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....  To listen please click: https://www.atomex.co.uk/founderhacks  Enjoy.

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! Enjoy.

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 chooses 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

In this weeks episode we welcome fellow entrepreneur Dr Richard Guyver to #founderhacks. We get to hear Richard’s all time, “Seen, Read & Learned” with some fascinating shares concerning how to keep level headed during times of high stress. 

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.

In this weeks episode Ben, Alex & Antony discuss as founders do you have the choice as to when to fight or when to take flight? Sometimes is it better to go against your instinct and take flight rather than always be fighting? 

Three serial entrepreneurs in Antony, Ben and Alex take time in this weeks episode to discuss the power of endless possibilities of reframing! 

Antony, Ben and Alex, three founders of businesses are joined by special guest Pia Muggerud to discuss the lessons she has learned about finding her voice in the world.

Antony, Ben and Alex, three founders of businesses are joined by special guest Jennifer Quigley Jones to discuss the lessons she has learned whilst growing a successful business during the Covid pandemic.

Antony, Ben and Alex, three founders of businesses shares their experiences on the topic of when and how a business founder should change gears in their business.

Antony, Ben and Alex, three founders of businesses shares their experiences on the topic of building and managing teams.

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.

This week we are joined by Ed Francis. Our theme is great corporate culture - our “seen” is looks at Dan Pink’s seminal thinking on autonomy, mastery and purpose, our “read” looks Michael E Gerber’s book the E-Myth and our “learned” is about being the dangers of working by a success/fail criteria. Enjoy.

#founderhacks 40: 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!

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.

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: A 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 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...

#founderhacks 36: 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 helping people you work with to be brilliant - topics include “tooling up” external advisors when they miss the mark, a founder hack about scoring interactions and the benefits...