Startup Diary

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Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network In todays episode Adam an Harry have a catch up of the week and talk about the current focus of the business, figuring out the 'Why'.

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Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network In this episode Adam and Harry share what podcasts they listen to and recommend some great shows to tune in to. If you want to find any of them then lookout out for: Art of Paid Traffic The Cult Cast Inside intercom The Official Saastr Podcast StartUp The Pitch Startup for the rest of us The Tim Ferriss Show

Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network In this episode Adam and Harry talk about how they deal with their inboxes and how to optimise the time it takes getting through it all.

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Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network In this chat Harry asks Adam about how the recent push to get the team owning their roles without the 'safety net' has affected personal and business goals.

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Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network In this episode Adam and Harry discuss what type of market you need to aim for depending on your desired size of company and how you should niche to achieve your goals.

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Support the show and join The Network today. We've built an active community of business owners and professionals that really care about helping each other along their journey. Also access bonus activities like: - The Weekly Live Stream - Monthly Book Club - Member Panel Discussions A subscription to the network costs just £5 per month. We want to thank you for supporting the show and the community. Learn more over at nbs.fm/network In this episode Adam is asked about the role a CTO plays in a start up and if you need a second person to focus on the sales and marketing.