Screw It Just DO It with Alex Chisnall

Welcome to Episode #418: with Austin McChord, an American businessman and computer engineer and Founder and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Datto, a data backup company he founded in 2007. Currently, Austin is the CEO of CasanaCare, a medical device company doing in-home health monitoring through the toilet seat.   During this episode, we talk about starting up and growing your business from your parent's basement. Here are some highlights: In order to be successful, it takes both recognising opportunity and some luck. Hire somebody to do the things where you're most spending your time. Those tasks that doesn't make you happy and you don't like to do. It really does take a Screw It Just Do It mentally to be able to be successful. If you're having doubts or second thoughts, just go for it!   Sponsored by Freshbooks: The all-in-one accounting solution that’s built for business owners like you.   Learn more about the contents discussed in this episode: Connect with Austin via LinkedIn and learn more about Casana Care here.

Welcome to Sunday's Solo Episode #418.   During this episode, I talk about What I Wish I Knew Before Starting. In this new age, there are so much information out there. We have Google at the tip of our hands. All you have to do is go out and find the answer. Look for help. Get someone to help you with tasks that you don't like doing or you're not particularly good at. Hire experts that will help you build and grow your business. Automate things. This is the only way you're going to grow you business and that is if you're working efficiently.   Sponsored by Freshbooks: The all-in-one accounting solution that’s built for business owners like you.   Learn more about the contents discussed in this episode: Connect with me via LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Clubhouse.

Welcome to Episode #416: with James Clark, Marketing Director of Molten, Europe's largest listed technology venture capital firm.   During this episode, we talk about how to rebrand your business effectively. Here are some highlights: In marketing, you have to try and capture the mood within the company and bring that forth because ultimately, brand is an expression of the people working from within. Your brand is your way of communicating to your audience about your goals and ambitions. Any brand changes is always a risk. But as with anything, there is opportunity within that risk. There is opportunity in recognising where the brand and where the company has changed and evolved and to have a brand that reflects that.   Sponsored by Freshbooks: The all-in-one accounting solution that’s built for business owners like you.   Learn more about the contents discussed in this episode: Connect with James Clarke via LinkedIn and know more about Molten here.

Welcome to Sunday Solo Episode #415.   During this episode, I talk about all the opportunities that exist if you want to leverage the audio space for your own advantage. We are talking podcast and audio apps like Clubhouse, Spotify's Greenroom, Twitter Spaces, Facebook Audio Rooms, Fireside and etc.   Sponsored by Freshbooks: The all-in-one accounting solution that’s built for business owners like you.   Learn more about the contents discussed in this episode: Connect with me via LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Clubhouse.

Welcome to Episode #414: with Ben Branson, Founder of Seedlip Drinks, the world's first distilled non-alcoholic spirit company.   During this episode, From Seed to Lip: Changing How We Drink, we talk about disrupting the market by creating a new category and how he started Seedlip from ground up. If you have a goal, plan for it. Go for it. Screw it, just do it! In building something, there is no finish line. There is always something to ponder on, improve on. It's a continuous cycle of learning and and moving forward. The aim is not be just a good brand but rather to be an impactful brand. Create meaningful contents to have meaningful connections with your consumers.   Sponsored by Freshbooks: The all-in-one accounting solution that’s built for business owners like you.   Learn more about the contents discussed in this episode: Connect with Insert Ben via Instagram, LinkedIn Know more about Seedlip here

Welcome to another episode of Screw It Just Do It. In this bonus episode, I talk all about mentoring and why it matters. The best advice you can give someone is get help. It doesn't matter how old or how young you are. Don't be afraid to ask. Don't be afraid to ask for help. You'll be amazed of how many people will want to help you.  Sponsored by Be The Business: Register for free mentoring today. bit.ly/3qFs3qU

Welcome to Episode #413: with Lynsey Treharne, an Online Fitness Coach and Corporate Group Fitness Instructor and founder of the first fitness platform founded on Clubhouse.   During this episode, we talk all about Clubhouse - how it started, how it's currently going and the future of the audio apps.   Sponsored by Be The Business: Register for free mentoring today.   Learn more about the contents discussed in this episode: Connect with Lynsey via Instagram, LinkedIn.

Welcome to Episode #412: with Fergus Crawley, an accomplished powerlifter winning 4 gold medals. Fergus has been fundraising with Movember, a leading charity changing the face of men's health on a global scale, focusing on mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.    During this episode, Raising £100k For Men’s Mental Health, we talk about understanding depression, suicide and mental health. Here are some highlights: From an authentic point of view, every human being has this constant battle within themselves to stay sane and live life You should always evolve your comfort zone to be relative to the exposure to the things you have experience. Stress stacked on top of stress equals more stress for no real return. Being overly positive is not always the right thing to do. It is what it is actually a better approach to life because it means you're neutral about confronting what's in front of you.   Sponsored by Be The Business: Register for free mentoring today.   Learn more about the contents discussed in this episode: Connect with Fergus via Instagram, LinkedIn.

Welcome to Sunday Solo Episode #411.   During this episode, I talk about my My One Page Business Plan to get started now. In order to get started in whatever you need to do, you always need to have a plan. For any business, it is important to think about 3 important things and this podcast is centered on these things: - WHAT you're gonna sell - WHO is gonna buy it - HOW are you gonna get paid.   Sponsored by Be The Business: Register for free mentoring today.   Learn more about the contents discussed in this episode: Connect with me via LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Clubhouse.

Welcome to Episode #410: with Dr. Mandeep Rai, author of the book The Values Compass.   During this episode, Identifying Your Core Values, we talk about travelling around the world learning about purpose, life and leadership. Here are some highlights: Having fun is as critical as a value. If you're not having fun in the things you do, then why are you doing it? You have to have fun in order for joy and creativity to flourish Entrepreneurs should have authentic leadership development that helps the, question what would you do in moments of challenges and difficult situations. You have to know your North Start that can help you with being grounded as you navigate for solutions and answers. Sponsored by Be The Business: Register for free mentoring today.   Learn more about the contents discussed in this episode: Connect with Mandeep via Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and her website here.