You know what gets my goat? People who torch their perfectly good businesses trying to “10x” them. Last week, I had coffee in London with a friend who
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Why I used to hoard cash (a confession)
Around 6 years ago, I had a conversation I never forgot. A conversation about business cash. It went like this: Friend: “Olly, how much cash do you keep
How I rescued my mastermind from the jaws of death
Last week I held the first meeting of my 2025 mastermind group in London. It was a blast… My mastermind group has 8 entrepreneurs — all online educators.
33 lessons from my mastermind last week
I held my first mastermind of the year in London a couple of weeks back at the Novotel in Canary Wharf.Coincidentally, I find myself in the same hotel
I saved $28,727 in 2 hours
Do you ever fantasise about having an office? I do. As much as I love my life in Hobbitshire, and as much as I’ve designed all my businesses
What everyone gets wrong with A/B testing
Marketing porn. Here’s a definition: ”Stuff that makes you feel sophisticated when you talk about it at conferences.” Chief culprit? AB testing. Oh, AB testing… Don’t you just
Please don’t start a Substack
No. And neither should you. .... Wait, you expected more meat on the bone? OK, here goes… ... Recently everyone seems to be getting on Substack. Weird, I
What’s the ROI of a team retreat?
Greetings from sunny Malta. I’m here for our annual team retreat with my business StoryLearning. It’s the same playbook as ever: Find a great villa Find a great
Dealing a harsh strategy lesson to unsuspecting entrepreneur…
Mentee: Olly, I have an idea. Olly: Cool, I love ideas! What is it? Mentee: So, I was thinking of creating a new offer for my agency. A
The measure of the man…
This is not the email I expected to write today. I thought I was going to write “launch email 2” or whatever. Instead, I find myself scrambling to