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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The “Peaks” Model: How To Boost Customer Lifetime Value & Unlock Hidden Profits

A few weeks back, I sent a newsletter called: “49 things I’d teach my daughter about business.”And at the end, I asked you to vote on your favourite ideas

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The “Flywheel” Strategy to Making Millions

From: Olly Richards10th March 2023Hobbitshire (10 yards down from a flock of sheep) One of the little secrets of business is this: The longer you’re in business, the easier it

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My Writing Process – How I Write Words That Make Millions

From: Olly Richards 10th March 2023 Hobbitshire (Probably about to get rained on)​I built a $10m company by writing words on a screen.One word at a time.Week after

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49 Business Lessons I’d Teach My Daughter

My daughter is 7 years old, and I've been building online businesses for longer than she was alive. I think about this sometimes.She doesn't know it, but her

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Financial Zen & How To Get There

In this post:How to create a “financial operating system” for your business and personal money.We want you to feel completely in control of finances, with zero anxiety in

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