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On the 21st September 2021 I achieved financial freedom. I sold my business, and the upfront payment hit my bank account. At 37 years old, I had the ability to never work another day, and live a very comfortable life. Sound like heaven? It certainly did for 18 year old me. I remember looking through holiday brochures (remember those?) when I was younger and picking where I would go if I managed to sell a business one day. The majority of my life was focussed on achieving that

Surely that blog title is going to win me some decent SEO results. But it's not just about the organic traffic potential. That title sums up the last 8 years of my career, starting as an employee in 2017, becoming a freelancer and transitioning to an agency owner. Then, selling my business in 2021 and effectively becoming an employee again within the company that I had run for 4 years. And finally, back to the world of self-employment again with FounderON. I would like to thi

It was something I dreamed about for so many years. Decades in fact. How it would feel to have built a business, sold it and then have the ability to pick and choose what I did. If anything. It was what kept me going during those challenging times that you face as a founder. Getting paid less than many of your team, not able to turn off your brain, feeling like you're going too fast yet not fast enough. And on 21st September 2021, that dream became a reality for me. I had bui

Many business owners dream of having a big exit one day. I was no different From as early an age as I can remember, I always wanted to start a business and sell it. I didn't give much thought to what that would actually entail, or even what the business would do. My dream was to build a business that someone found valuable enough to buy. In September 2021, I was lucky enough to have that happen to my business. You can read all about that day here . As you'll see from the blog

People say that money can't buy you happiness. Is that true or not? The only way to really know is to put it to the test. So two years ago I sold the business that I'd built, got some money, and below I will give my thoughts on whether I'm happier, sadder, or 'don't know'. I should say, I was pretty happy already. I loved running the business that I went on to sell. I have a mega wife and kids and a brill family. Not trying to show off. I just think it's relevant. Oh, but I a

Sorry to be a party-pooper (do people still say that?) but to be honest I wouldn't change a single thing about my own business journey. Purely because the outcome was better than I could have hoped. But, that's not to say that there aren't things I think I could have done better. Oh, there's lots of those! Here are three key things that I would advise others to consider in their business journey... Focus on profitability My business was an Amazon marketing agency. We started

I'm guessing I'm not alone with this, but if I'm being honest I gave very little thought to the earnout in the run up to selling my business. Everything I did or thought about for the 5 months prior to signing day was about getting to signing day (read about it here ). For anyone not aware of what an earnout is, it's a mechanism often used when selling a business to allow the founder and shareholders of the business that's being acquired to realise some of the ongoing upside,

Pretty much since I knew what money was, I would day dream about the prospect of starting a business one day and selling it. The day dreams were rarely about the actual running of the company, but very much about the bit at the end, when the money arrives! Safe to say the things that I fantasised about buying changed a little throughout the years, but it really started taking up head space during the actual acquisition of my business (see here ) when the dream started inching

Despite having many attempts at 'doing business' before Molzi (see here ), the reality was that I started out on my first proper entrepreneurial journey with no real clue about how to do it, but a solid confidence that I would somehow make it work. During my four year adventure starting and running Molzi I learned a huge amount. Below would be my top 10 things, purely because, well, everyone loves a top 10. 1. It's OK not to be a billionaire. For many people reading the title

This week I've felt like I'm back at school, straight after the summer holidays. I kind of remember how to do things, I'm a little bit nervous and I have a lovely selection of new stationary. Yep, it's been my first week back as a founder. Well, I say first week back. The first 3 days since officially registering FounderON Ltd were made up of 2 days holiday and a day with the kids (bloody inset days!). But I thought I would give a quick update on how the other 2 working days

As I looked around a restaurant I was at with my family last week, something odd struck me. Despite the picturesque surroundings, and the fact that almost all other diners were also families, I couldn’t see anyone who wasn’t using their phone. Maybe it was actually me that was odd for not using mine I thought. What could I be missing out on? That thought alone caused me to reach for my phone to check it, even though I wasn’t sure what I was checking for. And then I remembered