Random things I’ve learned from working with the 50+ demographic
Although I can’t speak from the point of view of a 50 year old quite yet, I spent 12 years building up GrownUps to a place where we were really proud to call 145,000 people ‘members’ and to welcome up to 200,000 visitors a month. The time in that business culminated in a few themes, myths, stats and general points of interest that I’d like to share.
Does Content equal Content?
For a while now, the word ‘Content’ has been one that I would use to describe myself — at least for the most part. It’s an interesting word to me, so I thought I’d put some thoughts down as a starter. Now, to explain…
The lost art of calling people — rethinking time spent on the phone
I was sitting in a presentation a while ago, given by an old school mate. The audience was primarily Start-Up founders. My mate knew our previous business well and during a Q&A at the conclusion, he unexpectedly turned one of the questions over to me. Someone from the audience asked what the key was to actually making stuff happen in order to grow a business from scratch and most importantly, how to start getting revenue in the door.
A reminder to myself
To: Me From: Me Subject: A reminder to myself April 2018 Dear Me — it was good to have some downtime over the Easter break, to reflect on life today and where it’s going. The days, weeks & now months are flying by and as usual it’s a topic that so many people make mention of.
10 lessons about running a business, that I wish I’d practised from day ‘dot’
As they say, hindsight is a wonderful thing! And they (whomever ‘they’ are), are not wrong. After nearly 25 years of work since University, including starting a couple of businesses and selling one to date, I’ve got so much to learn!