Non-Attachment and Business Success

From: Olly Richards18th August 2023116 miles West of Hobbitshire I was talking to a friend the other day who’s on a mission to build a billion-dollar company. “This is my billionaire play!” he told me. If you know me, you’ll know that the whole billionaire mission isn’t for me. Not my thang. I just don’t […]


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The Case for Daily Emails

From: Olly Richards10th August 2023Hobbitshire – Ever heard of “sea mist”? So it looks like you guys enjoyed last week’s email breakdown. In case you missed it, I showed you how to write quick daily emails that generate sales. I also gave you a breakdown of the simple formula I used to come up with ideas […]


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 10-Minute Emails That Make You More Money

From: Olly Richards4th August 2023Hobbitshire: Something big is brewing… Last night, I was on the phone with my business mentor. About 47 minutes into the call, he told me an anecdote about a business he worked with: “Scaling was simple for them… they just started sending daily emails.” I didn’t bat an eyelid at the […]


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How to Make Better Decisions

Do you know what an entrepreneur does? An entrepreneur makes decisions. Lots of them. Think back to your first couple of years in business – you were probably making 50 small decisions a day: Size of the font Price of the contract Opening line of your conference talk This freelancer or that Getting your business […]


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The Case Against Discounting

’ve been writing this newsletter for a little over six months now. It’s fascinating to start something new. One of the amusing things I’ve come to learn: The “marketing hot buttons” that make people mad! Certain opinions I bring up reliably provoke a barrage of emails and tweets. Some of them objecting. Some of them […]


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The Engagement-Based Business Model

From: Olly Richards14th July 2023Hobbitshire: Stranded in a corn field I think the Internet makes people lazy. Doing business is too easy. You can make content for free, run ads easily, spam Twitter, then just throw together an offer and… “Someone’s gonna buy!” But that’s not business. That’s grifting. I think the old school direct […]


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35 Business Lessons From My Mentors

One of the reasons I enjoy flying planes, is that it’s damn humbling to be a beginner again. With flying, there’s a lot of information to learn. And I noticed something interesting about this new information… I only truly “know” a piece of information when I’ve encountered it in multiple different situations. Know what I […]


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3 Steps To Making Better Strategic Decisions

Do you know what this blog is? It’s therapy to myself. Much of the time, when I choose to write about a given topic, it’s because it’s been on my mind, and I want to organise my thoughts. It may seem like I have it all worked out. I don’t. By the time the topic […]


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