Venture Wisely

What is the future of jobs? We are undoubtably about to enter a painful recession post Cornavirus. Once the initial impact is over, how will the labour market need to change and evolve? I explore a thought around flexible employment. Not to be confused with flexible working, which already exits. Flexible employment would focus on a middle ground between being employed and self employed. Could it work?

What motivates you? Today's audioblog is a short one covering what's motivating me, how I'm thinking about this and why what motivates us changes over time. 

This episode came from a place of amazing energy. It's about the importance of stopping, reflecting and planning in life. I recorded it over a holiday weekend where I used the time to rest and recuperate mostly, which gave me the energy on the last day off to focus. To focus on myself. To stop, pause, reflect and plan for the future. I share why I think its important we all take the time to do this from time to time.

Community building is one of the most important parts of building a successful business, but so few people talk about it as if it were a priority. Today I talk about why and how companies build communities, and how to measure their success in the long run. 

I write everything down. Literally everything. Work task? Write it down. In a meeting and need to take an action? Write it down. Need to buy something? Write it down. You get the picture. In episode 5 I share why I write everything down, how I build a personal Wikipedia and how I then organise those notes into lists to be productive. 

This is the first in what will likely be many posts around the differences I've experienced in what skills you need to deploy when starting a business vs running one. 

Change is something we are all going through right now, and various parts of our lives require us to adapt to change. This episode describes how I deal with and manage change. 

Day 2 on the blog - a focus on a thought I hold that there is no such thing as a stupid question.

Hello - welcome to my Audioblog. I'm Alex - a marketing & technology entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of ContentCal. I've wanted to produce more content myself for a very long time and now, due to a lot of extra time at home, not needing to travel to the office every day as my company are all working from home, is the time to start. 

I'm going to be publishing a short Audioblog every day, so here's the first one. A short welcome and thoughts around why I think there's no such thing as over communication during times like these. 

This is my audioblog. My little spot of the internet to share some behind the scenes of some of the stuff of my life in business. If you’re interested in startups, entepeneurship or business more generally, I’ll be sharing some of the thoughts and experiences I’ve been through in my life you might find interesting. Enjoy!