A Decision Framework For Choosing New Media Properties

From: Olly Richards26th May 2023Hobbitshire: Just discovered a famous founder lives near me!For an online education business, content is the lifeblood.The formula is simple:Teach what you know with

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Money Needs A Plan

From: Olly Richards19th May 2023*Hobbitshire: Literally sitting in a castle right now * Entrepreneurs are weird when it comes to money. We great at making it. But once

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The Smart Way to Scale from 1-to-1 to Group Coaching (Without Imploding)

From: Olly Richards12th May 2023Hobbitshire (Isn’t it supposed to be Spring already?)When you’re scaling a business...The order in which you do things matters.A lot.A few weeks back, I

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How To Use Killer Offers To Unlock Hidden Profits

From: Olly RichardsDate: 5th May 2023Lanzarote: On our annual StoryLearning team retreat!The other day, I saw this tweet:The tweet suggests:“Referral programs don’t work very well in 2023.”I sat

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How to Maximise Your Entrepreneurial Value & Income

Some time in 2020, I felt a shift brewing inside me. Perhaps it was pandemic-induced cabin fever. Maybe it was an early mid-life crisis. There I was, plugging

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Building an Audience That Buys: The One Thing You’re Probably Doing Wrong

From: Olly Richards21st April 2023Hobbitshire (feeling the jet lag) Late last year, I was in Marrakesh (Morocco) with a group of entrepreneur friends. The villa was gorgeous… The

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How To Build A Business You Love | My Story

I spent the first 7 years of my “career” as a jazz pianist.I spent the next 7 years as an English teacher, traveling the world.After that, I spent

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How Much Should You Invest Into Growth? (A Practical Framework)

This post is about the uncomfortable truth that your business will not survive. At least not in its current form. To survive, you have to evolve. My business, StoryLearning,

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The Alignment Dashboard – How To Stay Sane As You Scale

Let's be honest for a moment --Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.And I gotta say…Business often feels a lot like getting served up

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Growth Memo – Pep Talk To Myself (Vol 1)

Today’s newsletter is a pep talk to myself.A self-therapy session, if you like.And I really need it…See, I’ve got a bad case of the “6 Month Slump”.In other

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