Comments on: SmallBizPod #50 - 26 June 2007

By: Ever Feel Like Throwing…

Ever Feel Like Throwing… — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:04:23 +0000

[...] And finally, SmallBizPod is a podcasting site with some interesting interviews you can download for listening on your iPod or MP3 player. You do have an MP3 player don't you? In the show in the linked post, Martin Webb, the presenter of Channel 4's "Risking It All" business startup programme is interviewed. Later in the programme various thoughts are aired about the value of creating an exit plan well in advance. The show is SmallBizPod #50 [...]

By: alex

alex — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:25:16 +0000

Hi Oladele and good to have you back here and listening. Good luck too with your own business. Running your own business like we do requires a weird mixture of thick skin and sensitivity, I reckon.
As for SmallBizPod, it’s well and has recently found a new home on a shiny new server which I’m pleased about. As for my real babies, they’re both well and growing up fast

By: Oladele Ayuba (1st african on smallbizpod)

Oladele Ayuba (1st african on smallbizpod) — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:27:00 +0000

Hi Alex, just resumed listening to small biz pod after a long absence. how is your baby?

I was thinking of relocating to the UK a while ago but now I think I’ll be staying put here in Nigeria - even though things have been rough here lately. Will visit the UK occasionally tho.

Really enjoyed the discussion with Martin Webb, I certainly can relate to the point martin made about people giving you all sorts of comments about why you shouldnt step out into business or why your business will fail and so on. I’ve listened to all of these comments and I think it’s helped me to rehearse and fine tune the marketing and communication plans.

Everytime someone tells me why the business will not work, I use it as an opportunity to re-examine my value proposition and improve my marketing.

By: alex

alex — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:03:40 +0000

Many thanks Fiona, that’s very kind. Keep up the listening

By: Fiona

Fiona — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:11:28 +0000

Congratulations on #50. Keep up the great work!

By: alex

alex — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:43:10 +0000

Hi Ian, thanks for commenting. Funnily enough I was having a quick read through your blog at the end of last week. Perhaps you’d like to be involved in a chat for the podcast I’m planning on ‘what happens when things go wrong’?

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:55:46 +0000

Can empathise with this more than anything I’ve heard. In fact, I’m in the middle of the Pavlov’s dog situation Martin describes at the point of failure.

Maybe I am an entrepreneur having started again along with a blog to diarise the horror and hope as things develop. Reassuring that he talks about it as a positive experience despite the scars.