Creative ambition - It may not be easy, but it will be worth it!
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Builds The Dots after quitting MTV and relaunching a previous product Loop in Australia, sinks life savings and bootstraps to profitability with 11,000 clients and 64% market reach there, nearly runs out of cash during an investor pitch, sells and reinvests proceeds to restart in London, scales to 250,000 UK members and 6,000 brands (Google, Facebook, Spotify, Net‑A‑Porter, Tate), hires for values, uses OKRs and quarterly internal pitch days, tracks burnout signals and prioritizes diversity and learning.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 13:14Startup Rollercoaster Ride
- 18:52Have a Very Supportive Partner
- 25:23Kpis Are the Death of Innovation
- 26:28Internal Pitch Days
- 27:44What's the Most Scary Thing about Our Industry
- 29:30Celebrate the Winds
- 29:42Glory Wall
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