Real World Entrepreneurship
In this podcast Alan and Bhairav talk about the real world issues that are faced by entrepreneurs and small business ownersWe have both run successful businesses, raised money, grown them globally and now we're giving practical advice to the next generation of entrepreneurs.
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How to Build a Business That Lasts (opens the original)
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Most business advice is about getting started. The harder question, and the one Alan and Bhairav dig into here, is what it actually takes to still be standing in twenty years. In this episode of Real World Entrepreneurship, the two of them step back across their earlier conversations with Richard McCombe, who has run a Glasgow print business for two decades, and use his story to unpack a broader theory of durability. The result is less a recap and more a working map of what a lasting business lo
Every boss needs a boss (opens the original)
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Richard McCombe is Managing Director of Graphic Warehouse, Scotland's largest independent large format print company. In this conversation, Richard talks candidly about the loneliness of running a business, the cost of having no one to hold you accountable, and the nearly ten-year relationship with an external advisor that changed how he leads and how the business runs. This episode is about why the instinct to escape having a boss is exactly what leaves so many business owners without anyone in
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