Adam (Active Internet Marketing) and Jon (Octopus Computers) chat with Toby Thomas, founder of Love Stamford. After moving from London to Stamford just before the pandemic, Toby went from online business training to a hyper-local project designed to connect residents, visitors, and businesses. He shares lessons from past ventures, including speed dating, domain hoarding, and a short-lived spinning tops empire, and how failure shaped his approach. We cover community pride, local growth challenges, and how Love Stamford aims to be an inclusive, collaborative hub. Plus: why cutting costs can matter more than sales, and why AI is a “sports hall-sized brain” for entrepreneurs.

Main takeaways from our chat with Toby:

• Failure teaches as much as success: know when to cut losses.
• WordPress was a game-changer for making business training accessible.
• COVID showed Zoom’s potential, but also the loneliness of remote-only work.
• Love Stamford is built on inclusivity, collaboration, and no paywall gatekeeping.
• AI is like a free super-team: learn to use it as a business partner.

Toby shares how he built Love Stamford through entrepreneurship, resilience, and community. Discover the failure lessons that shaped his journey and the power of building with purpose.

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