Jan 235 minTech. Why it was a money pit and what I'd do next time.Coming in second place, just behind HR (see here), tech was my weakest area of running an agency. Even now, over two years on from...
Jan 94 minPay rise and promotion pitfalls.Bit of a mouthful. This weeks blog is a tribute to one of the things that caused me the most problems and stress while growing my agency....
Dec 12, 20235 min5 things that I wasted money on while running Molzi.You have to speculate to accumulate when growing a business. And we did a lot of speculating during the 4 years of starting, scaling and...
Nov 7, 20233 minWorking out how much is enough.When you first start a business it’s possible to think that growth comes easy. The initial traction, the mountains of enthusiasm, the...
Oct 16, 20234 minMy darkest moment at MolziTo those who were there, it will always be known as 'Dark September'. We were super lucky that during the 4 years of running Molzi, most...
Oct 10, 20234 minThe 5 best investments I made at Molzi.The Molzi journey was start up to acquisition in almost exactly 4 years. We chose to grow quickly in order to capture the opportunity we...
Oct 9, 20235 minThe Great Molzi RobberyWhen I first sat down to start to turn the journey of building Molzi into a series of posts, I had a bit of a mind blank. I knew there...
Sep 26, 20235 minQuitting is for winnersThis isn't my formal resignation as Chief Blogging Officer at FounderON. I wouldn't do that to you. And I'm not sure how I'd fill in my...
Aug 10, 20233 minThe 4 things I was worst at when running my businessAs a founder, your job really is to deal with problems. It's unlikely that you will be able to focus your time on all the areas of the...
Jul 13, 20233 minBe ready to pivotI'm always banging on about making sure you have a well thought through business plan before taking the leap and quitting your job...
Jun 29, 20234 minBeing a founder and a worrierI know what you're thinking, surely its a typo and should say warrior. Nope, my name is Chris Mole and I'm a worrier. Founders often come...
Jun 19, 20239 min10 things I learned when starting, scaling and selling a 7-figure business in 4 years.Despite having many attempts at 'doing business' before Molzi (see here), the reality was that I started out on my first proper...