scale with soul

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AJ is a serial entrepreneur and passionate student of startups. After a decade of spending countless hours and money building companies, most of which failed, he went back to basics and surrounded himself with entrepreneurs decades further ahead of him. He ran a deeply connected community of 400 entrepreneurs in the UK and realised how little he knew about the art and science of company building. At this intersection of relationships and company building is where AJ has found the key to success. If we don't understand people, we don't understand business. But people are hard to understand.......

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Dangerous (But Common) Startup Myths | Sho Sugihara 30.10.2024 1:19:33

Discover some of the common startup myths, and a deep insight into the life of a founder in this raw interview with Sho Sugihara. --- 👉 Subscribe on Youtube to be first to learn from world class, inspiring entrepreneurs 📧 Subscribe to my newsletter to get exclusive content and timeless frameworks for company and community building --- Sho Sugihara is a serial founder who has through both Entrepr...

Why 93% of Entrepreneurs Fail At Content Creation | Dan Murray-Serter (Ep.5) 14.10.2024 1:17:04

Dan is a serial entrepreneur, content creator, and community builder. He's started a number of businesses, has over 50m downloads on his own podcast (Secret Leaders) and has >500k followers across socials. 👉 Subscribe to the newsletter to get exclusive content and timeless frameworks for company and community building. In this episode we deep dive into: 📖 Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:20 - How mu...

Create Networks Of Power | Sharmadean Reid MBE (Ep.4) 22.09.2024 1:11:42

Sharmadean Reid MBE is a serial entrepreneur and founder of The Stack World - a global community of ambitious, mission driven women. This is a powerful, deep dive conversation into: 📖 Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:20 - Relationship With Control 06:45 - Impact of Covid 08:15 - George Floyd Murder 14:20 - Support Spreadsheet 16:20 - Support As A Leader 20:40 - How To Ask For Help 24:23 - Short & Lo...

Hard Startup Truths: Funding, Team Design, Skills | James Routledge (Ep.3) 22.09.2024 1:22:11

James Routledge is a serial entrepreneur, Chief Product Officer and Venture Capitalist who says it how it is. This is a deep dive conversation into: 📖 Chapters 00:00 - Intro 04:00 - Mentorship 06:50 - Doing Startup Things Well 07:53 - VC-Backable Business 15:00 - US / UK Differences 18:40 - What To Do With $250m? 21:45 - Product Market Fit 27:45 - Founder & Investor Market Fit 35:18 - Scaling...

BAFTA Winner: Limitless Creativity In Business | Beta Lucca (Ep.2) 22.09.2024 1:25:48

Beta Lucca is a serial entrepreneur, BAFTA winner, investor, non-executive director, with guest judge appearances of TV shows like The Apprentice. She is also a singer/songwriter, improv. actor, and multifaceted creative. In this interview we tap into how to inject creativity into business while also peeling back the layers of her upbringing and inspirations. 📖 Chapters 00:00 Intro 03:58 Stimulus...

Shazam Cofounder: Secrets for Luck, Persistence & Success | Dhiraj Mukherjee (Ep.1) 22.09.2024 1:35:11

Dhiraj Mukherjee co-founded Shazam in 2000, which then went on to sell to Apple for $400m. They raised $150m in the company's lifetime. In this energising interview we cover: 00:00 Intro 04:45 Hiring For Values 11:00 No Absolute Strengths 14:00 Beliefs from stories 19:00 Lessons from failures vs successes 25:25 Recipe For Persistence 33:40 How To Delegate 39:18 Luck 45:30 Loving Fundraising 49:40...