Stu MacDonald has built the world's tastiest peanut butter. From auto-immune disease, to accounting, a trip to Argentina, scrappy beginnings and then 8 years of grind to build ManiLife to what is it today.

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Stu has been one of the most supportive people on my content journey and his generosity, openness and wisdom shines through in this interview where we cover...

📖 Episode Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

00:53 - Wilson's Disease (The 'Fuck You' Driver)

05:16 - Psychosis, Mania, Depression

10:42 - Who Is Stu?

11:40 - Why Are People So Important?

13:38 - Edu, The Supplier

16:51 - Love As A Currency

23:00 - Listing With Holland & Barrett

25:39 - One Favour A Day

27:46 - Balancing Ambition And A Family

32:29 - Doing Things That Don't Scale

41:56 - Interviewing For Care

44:16 - Trickle Down Attention To The Team

45:35 - Balancing Accountability & Care

47:52 - Long Run vs Short Run

52:50 - How To Get Out Of The Way

54:47 - What's Unique About You As A CEO

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If we haven’t met before - Hey 👋 I’m AJ, a serial entrepreneur and community expert who believes that company building should be viewed more through the lens of relationship building.

Through my videos here on this channel, my podcast and my writing on Linkedin, I share stories of successful entrepreneurs and evidence-based strategies and tools to help you create the most sustainable and fulfilling business - giving you a life of freedom!

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Margot De Broglie founded Juno, a free app for women and non-binary people to help them become more financially literate. Margot is a very honest and passionate entrepreneur who, in this podcast, shares her relationship with key investors, advisors and her sibling cofounder relationship as well as her relationship with herself.

This is the best summary of the human side of startup leadership I've ever seen.

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Margot and I have been good friends for years so this is as honest a conversation between entrepreneurs as it gets. We deep dive into...

📖 Episode Chapters

00:00 - Intro

02:57 - Sibling Cofounder Relationship

09:30 - Encouraging Employees To Push Back

12:21 - When To Systemise Your Management

16:17 - The Impact of Advisors

25:04 - Vulnerable Investor Relationships

29:20 - Leaning Into Inexperience & Imposter Syndrome

32:45 - Masculine & Feminine Leadership

43:10 - How To Bring Play Into Work

47:18 - Story Of A Human Moment

49:42 - Founders Never Get Positive Feedback

51:32 - How Is Your Mental Health?

56:51 - Founders Are More Polyamorous

01:01:09 - What existential crisis are you going through?

01:10:29 - Who are you outside of work?

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If we haven’t met before - Hey 👋 I’m AJ, a serial entrepreneur and community expert who believes that company building should be viewed more through the lens of relationship building.

Through my podcast, my videos on Youtube and my writing on Linkedin, I share stories of successful entrepreneurs and evidence-based strategies and tools to help you create the most sustainable and fulfilling business - giving you a life of freedom!

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Graham Hobson built Photobox for 17 years before selling it for €400m. In this deep dive interview he shares crazy stories from that journey and frameworks for building companies.

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Graham and I have been friends for years so this was a deeply personal and educational dive into:

📖 Episode Chapters

00:00 - Trailer

00:46 - How To Deal With Code Reds

08:19 - Intro

15:03 - Characteristics Of An Entrepreneur

18:48 - Talk To Other Founders

28:57 - Culture Transplant

41:54 - What Leader Would You Have Liked To Be?

45:30 - How Much Can We Push Employees? (& Incentives)

51:52 - Near Death Experiences

57:00 - Was It Worth It?

01:02:00 - Impact On Family Life

01:06:04 - Lessons That Apply To Family & Business

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Hard Startups Truths; Funding, Team Design, Skills | James Routledge

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🙋‍♂️ WHO AM I?

If we haven’t met before - Hey 👋 I’m AJ, a serial entrepreneur and community expert who believes that company building should be viewed more through the lens of relationship building.

Through my podcast, my videos on Youtube and my writing on Linkedin, I share stories of successful entrepreneurs and evidence-based strategies and tools to help you create the most sustainable and fulfilling business - giving you a life of freedom!

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