Tag: Founder
The marketing vending machine
I don't think people truly understand what marketing is. There's this mindset we perpetuate that marketing is deterministic.
Bethan Vincent
Staying in the shadows
We worked so hard to stay behind the scenes that only businesses knew about us - not the consumers or fans. We wanted to avoid that kind of attention.
Danielle Neah Amponsah
Just Do The Damn Thing, Mindfully©
As a naturally anxious and introverted person, I used to say no to pretty much everything and I really felt like it held me back.
Annie Mai
The utterly unemployable entrepreneur
I was very honest with my buyers. I told them I was unstable. Including that, if I was up at 5 am, I was still partying with mates, clients, politicians, and celebrities.
Angie Moxham
Growth, no matter what
I nearly killed my digital marketing agency by onboarding the wrong clients. I fell for the stupid “growth or perish” mantra.
Adriana Tica
D-list people and upsetting spies
I’ve had some projects that have landed with a bang, but nothing close to nuclear.
Steve Price
Trusting people to run my agency
When I realised that staff had lied, been lazy, and we were losing accounts left, right, and centre, it sent me into a spiral of anger...
Adam Pritchard
I thought I was going to have to eat grass
There were times when things did get hairy for me when I had no clients, and I wondered about where the money was going to come from.
John Lim
Business partners. Never again.
Twice in my journey, I took on business partners. I took an easy option to put more money into my business, and it bit me in the butt.
Katherine McCord
Burning through cash for zero output
On a personal front, I felt cheated, hurt, and maybe also lost a bit of faith in humanity because I really thought they’d offer to stay till there were results.
Neelam Tewar