Fathers & Founders

Every Friday I summit Lions Head with a group of Founders, Fathers, Friends and Funders. Experimenting with this ‘Walk & Talk’ format recorded in my mobile studio ‘aka car’ post summit. I will invite a few guests to join me.

A 19 year old wantapreneur asked me this question and I wrote a blog post about it. I read the 12 answers to this question. This is a valuable exercise for anyone with 20+ years experience and would like to be a mentor.

Any business owner / shareholder and fund manager should know what the Capital and Sales efficiencies of their company and portfolio is. I. This short episode I share a definition and good benchmark with some examples.

In a recent TED talk the presenter shared some research on female teenagers and how the majority favoured the quality of ‘perfect’ over ‘brave’. This narrative needs to change as we all know, personal growth comes from bravery.

How do you build a community? Scratch your own ‘itch’ and see who joins you. Consistency, experiences and authenticity are key.

Humans are only born with two fears but have three more that are learnt. The emotion of fear is similar to excitement and biochemically the body releases Adrenaline to fight or flight. It is also a signal of change for Entrepreneurs. Being aware of the trigger that causes this is emotion is a valuable exercise. With change comes growth.

At the end of the year professional business people around the world are generally feeling tired with low energy. Sleep, exercise, purpose are my Top 3 things I do/have to top my energy up. I would add Nature and Love to my top 5. Enjoy this short pod episode. Hope it gives you energy 😜

If you are a Founder you are a Sales person. Solid businesses are built on solid sales. How do you think about Sales? Let’s break down 3 important sales basics.

Something to share to add value to your day.

A short practical pod to help you keep being top of mind with your sales pipeline (apologies, audio poor due to studio)