Another Excuse | Entrepreneurship, Business, Insights, Fears

Izzy is the founder of Portless, a company that helps DTC brands increase profit margins and cash flow by using cross-border logistics. They help DTC brands with better cash flow by selling products just 2-3 days after production vs. 30-90 days by boat.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What Portless is and how it works
• How Portless started
• Izzy's previous companies
• Pivoting and handling big challenges
• How to build resilience
• How to get used to fear
• What it took to get the company off the ground
And so much more

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Stanley is the founder of The Attention Seeker, a full-service Social Media & Creative Agency. He started the business 5 years ago and has grown it to over 25 employees and $2.4M in annual revenue. He has created content about his journey since he began and he shares a lot of valuable advice and insights into the industry.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How company started
• How their services developed over time
• Lead Generation: Inbound vs. Outbound Approaches
• Public salaries
• Embracing Rejection and Understanding Your Target Market
• Creating Original Content to Showcase Capabilities
• The struggles with cashflow
And so much more

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Jason is the co-founder of Astrix AI, an adaptive learning platform for professional level exams. And the first exam they're focusing on is the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level 1 exam. We discuss how it all started and what's wrong with the current way exam prep is done.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Astrix works
• Why Jason is tackling this problem
• The importance of pivoting
• How the LLM boom influenced how they make decisions for the future of the business
• The Importance of Deliberate Practice and Instant
Feedback
• Taking the Leap and Overcoming Fears
• Ambitious Milestones and Future Plans for Astrix AI
And so much more...

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Matt Raad is the Founder and CEO eBusiness Institute and the Host of the Digital Investors Podcast. He buys and sells online businesses and teaches others how to do it too.

In the episode, we discuss:

• Why online businesses are better than physical ones
• His journey to financial freedom
• How to scale and flip a website
• What to look for when buying a business
• The importance of Sales
• Where to start

And so much more...

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Stephen Dooley is the founder of Roamr. Roamr is a platform that enables businesses to offer global mobility as a perk to their employees. It's a house swap and meetup platform and we get into all the details in this episode.

In the episode, we discuss:

• How Roamr started
• What makes Roamr different to other platforms
• The three criteria for starting a business
• The importance of market research and how to do it
• Finding a co-founder
• Asking and perception of risk
And so much more...

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Jean-Francois is the co-founder of wabya, a platform that connects you with the right coach. They aim to bring self-realisation through coaching to 1 billion people by 2023.

In the episode, we discuss:

• How wabya started
• The meaning behind the name
• What self-realisation means
• Dealing with burnout
• The impact coaching can have
• The hurdles they've overcome
And so much more...

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James is the co-founder and COO of Narchie, an investor at Portfolio Ventures and the co-host of the Riding Unicorns podcast. We cover it all in this episode, including how Narchie, a social marketplace for homeware, started.

In the episode, we discuss:

• How Narchie started
• How they got 20,000 waitlist signups
• What kind of businesses Portfolio Ventures invests in
• The difficulties of being a founder
• Why he started podcasting
• The scrappy tactics he used to grow the podcast
And so much more...

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Arshad is a partner at Betatron Venture Group, a VC fund investing in early-stage B2B companies across Asia. We chat about Betatron's investment thesis and Arshad's experience in running and starting businesses.

In the episode, we discuss:

• His investment thesis
• What it takes to be a founder
• His scrappy startup stories
• Valuable lessons learned
• De-risking starting a business
• The importance of health
And so much more...

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Niall Cleaver is the founder of Cupsly. Cupsly is Britain's luxury coffee brand and their first product is a reusable coffee cup. The business is about to launch its first product and we discuss every Niall has learned so far.

In the episode, we discuss:

• How Niall had the idea for Cupsly
• The benefits of building in public
• What Cupsly will become
• Mindset around the unknown
• Slow is sometimes the fastest growth
• Finding the right team
And so much more...

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Mack Grenfell is the founder of Byword. Byword enables you to generate high-quality, AI-written articles at scale. You can upload 1,000s of keywords or titles, and create SEO-optimised articles in just a few clicks. We discuss all things AI and how the idea for Byword came about.

In the episode, we discuss:

• How Byword works
• Building in the AI boom
• Differentiating your product
• Acquiring users and validating your idea
• Trusted your gut and biases
• Bootstrapping as an alternative
And so much more...

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