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The Molzi journey was start up to acquisition in almost exactly 4 years. We chose to grow quickly in order to capture the opportunity we had as the leader in a new hot category. And to chase growth requires investment in growth driving activities. But looking back there were a handful of core investments that got us over the line. And I think they're all things that any start up can focus on, whatever the budget. Our first senior hire Surely a contradiction to the last senten

When I first sat down to start to turn the journey of building Molzi into a series of posts, I had a bit of a mind blank. I knew there had been lots of interesting, odd and hilarious moments, but the more I would try to think of them, the more my brain moved the memories out of reach. I found the best way to remember the big moments was to scroll back through the photos on my phone. Most notable moments had some kind of accompanying picture. I'm not quite sure how I missed t

This isn't my formal resignation as Chief Blogging Officer at FounderON. I wouldn't do that to you. And I'm not sure how I'd fill in my days if I did. There are a few things that get drilled into you as you grow up. Get on the property ladder. Live within your means. If you want something done properly, do it yourself. Don't be a quitter. You just take it as gospel as it's advice that comes at you from all directions as you navigate your way through life. But it's the last on

As a founder, your job really is to deal with problems. It's unlikely that you will be able to focus your time on all the areas of the business that are going well. The reality is, you are the firefighter. And not just any fires, but only the fires that the rest of the team can't put out. But you only find this out once you've started. Cruel aye? Anyway, you could be forgiven for thinking that as Chief Firefighting Officer (I always wondered what CFO stood for...) you need to

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 always banging on about making sure you have a well thought through business plan before taking the leap and quitting your job (evidence here ). But that absolutely shouldn't mean you can't change everything after you've started. The reality is that your initial plan is mainly based on things you think will work. But until you get into the market and get client feedback, start doing clients work and start seeing what's profitable or not, you won't know for sure. My busine

I know what you're thinking, surely its a typo and should say warrior. Nope, my name is Chris Mole and I'm a worrier. Founders often come across as risk taking pioneers, and my guess would be the vast majority of them are. But I would consider myself as pretty risk adverse. I was able to start, scale and sell a business with this risk adversity though, and I needed to use various tactics along the way. So I thought I'd share them, in case they could be useful for you, whether

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

The World changed overnight I remember as if it was yesterday, Boris on the TV making the announcement that the UK was to go into a full lockdown. It seems so normal to think of it today, but I remember sitting there with my wife and thinking that’s it, all that work down the drain. So many businesses were decimated that day. Businesses that their teams had worked on for years, just stopped in their tracks overnight. My assumption was that Molzi would be no different. Surely