1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: When we're doing that, we can often forget about the 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:08,559 Speaker 1: most important role, which is being the visionary of the company. 3 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: Hello and welcome back to the Rising Conker Podcast. It 4 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 2: is your host, Georgie Stephenson. As some of you may know, 5 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 2: I'm currently on maternity leave, so Tim and I are 6 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 2: soaking up the newborn bubble and new parent life with 7 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 2: our little baby girl. But I did not want to 8 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:52,279 Speaker 2: leave my ron C fan with nothing, so we are 9 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 2: bringing back the best bits of the Rise and Conker Podcast. 10 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 2: We have nearly over two hundred episodes, so I thought 11 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 2: it would be a cool idea to bring you snippets 12 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 2: from the most listened to, the most talked about episodes 13 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 2: and just give you the best bits in a mini episode. 14 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: So be prepared to get straight into juicy topics, to 15 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: feel inspired, to feel motivated, empowered, and of course informed. 16 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 1: These episodes are shorter, but they're just full of the 17 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: best bits. If you did like this mini app, make 18 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: sure you go to the show notes where we have 19 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: linked the full episode. And I just want to say 20 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 1: I really appreciate you guys still supporting the show while 21 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: I'm taking some time off to enjoy baby Girl, and 22 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: I just can't wait to be back in your ears 23 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: with fresh episodes in the new year. We have been 24 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: planning the next season and there are so many exciting 25 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: guests and surprises coming up. So I really hope you 26 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: enjoy this mini episode. Let's get straight into the show. Okay, 27 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: let's get into it. So this is like the biggest 28 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: lessons and tips that I've learned in my first year 29 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: of business. We found a gap in the market and 30 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: hen h was born from a personal problem, and so 31 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: I want you to really think about, like with this idea, 32 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: with this business idea, and this is more for someone 33 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: if you haven't already established this, But how is this 34 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: product or offer different? How are you helping a customer 35 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: that's already not on the market, or if it's already 36 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: on the market, how can you market it? So you 37 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: are different, so you're you've got a certain pain point 38 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: you're hitting, and also you want to be thinking about 39 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 1: stuff like how does this person see transformation from your product? 40 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: Like we did a lot of testing on our pre workout, 41 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: which was our first product, and we felt the effects 42 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: ourselves and we knew that everyone else would. The next 43 00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 1: tip I have is to be scrappy when you have to, 44 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: but also to know when to outsource and hire. So 45 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: when I say be scrappy, like at the start of 46 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: Naked Harvest, we Naked Harvest was fully funded by all 47 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: me and Cooper's own funds. We did not get alone 48 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: or anything like that. He has a family, I've got 49 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: you know, to mortgages, so it's not like we had 50 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 1: heaps of money to just like throw at this business 51 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: and see what happened. It was actually like we ended 52 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: up adding up and it was quite a big investment 53 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: at the start, but that was over time. And so 54 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: a big thing about a business, especially a small business, 55 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: is like be scrappy where you can. So if you 56 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: can't afford it, don't go out and get the most extravagant, 57 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: crazy website that costs like fifty grand or something like that. 58 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: Try and do the website yourself first, or you know, 59 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: there's just like little aspects that you can try and 60 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: do yourself. Even now, still, like I edit a lot 61 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: of the Naked Harvest video, so any content on nhh 62 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: fit or igtvs or anything like that, because I have, 63 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: you know, some sort of editing skills, I do that 64 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: instead of hiring someone. So we're always kind of looking 65 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: where we can do it ourselves first before hiring. But 66 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: in saying that, a big reason why en H grew 67 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: so much this year and was quite successful was we 68 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 1: knew when to find people and to outsource because you 69 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: just you can't yourself, Like you just can't do that much. 70 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: So you're better off knowing your strengths, doing that amazing, 71 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 1: and then outsourcing the rest of the way. The next 72 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: thing is realize that, like you need to be constantly learning. Now. 73 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: I go through seasons. So I'll go through a season 74 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: where all I'm doing is absorbing podcasts and books and 75 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: audio books, and i might do some sort of coaching 76 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: or online course and I'm really like topping up my 77 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: knowledge pat analogy and just like absorbing more information. And 78 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: then I'm going through season where I kind of stop 79 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: that and I'm integrating. So I kind of can't be 80 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: doing both at once. I need to be doing one 81 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: or the other. But that is how I work. I 82 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: don't know about you, guys. Next point, make sure you're 83 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: being seen by the right people. So you need to 84 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: know who your customer is. Guys. You need to know 85 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: who your customer is and where they hang out. Obviously 86 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: because naked harvests came from my pain point, and so 87 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: then it is my demographic and I'm really like the 88 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: ideal client client. It's quite easy for me, but you 89 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 1: really need to know, like who is your ideal client, 90 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: Like what is your client avatar? Who are they? How 91 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,919 Speaker 1: old are they? What shops do they shop at? Where 92 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: do they hang out online? What sort of competitors are 93 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: they looking at? What platforms are they on? Another big 94 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: thing is communicating your offer and putting yourself in their shoes, 95 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 1: So that really ties into the point that I just said. 96 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: But know your customer, know the pain points, know how 97 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: to communicate and talk to them. So like all our 98 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: social media copy is done by either me or mel 99 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 1: or Megan, and we are all within the age demographic 100 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: of our ideal customer. Like we know how I would 101 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: want to be spoken to. We know what sort of 102 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: things the customer avatar cares about and how to sort 103 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: of talk to them. 104 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 2: Okay, rn C, fam, we're just having a quick break. 105 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 2: We will get back into the episode in one second. 106 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 2: But firstly I have to ask you do you get 107 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 2: enough sleep? Do you wake up feeling charged and rested? 108 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 2: Do you fool to sleep easily. Do you struggle to 109 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 2: wind down your mind before bed? If you're answering these 110 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 2: questions and you're like, oh, Georgie, no, I don't get 111 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 2: enough sleep, I can't wind down. I really struggle with 112 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 2: all these issues. Then girlfriend, you need to get onto 113 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 2: Moon Milk. So if you guys have me on socials, 114 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 2: you would know this is probably my favorite Naked Harvest product. 115 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 2: So moon Milk was born in twenty nineteen when I 116 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 2: myself really struggled and suffered from insomnia and basically switching 117 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 2: off at bedtime. This was in the very beginning of 118 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 2: Naked Harvest. So I had a lot going on. My 119 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 2: mind was running wild, and I really struggled to get 120 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 2: good sleep. And we know when you don't get good sleep, 121 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 2: everything else suffers. So if you don't get good sleep, 122 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 2: you're tied during the day, You're more hungry, you're more moody, 123 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 2: you can't process things well, you can't think as well. 124 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,679 Speaker 2: So I knew I had to get my sleep sorted. 125 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 2: I sat down with Cooper and our food tech and 126 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 2: I kind of said, guys, we have to develop a 127 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 2: product that is obviously or natural. I know there's so 128 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 2: many unique herbs and minerals and vitamins that we could 129 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:25,559 Speaker 2: include that just helps your body unwind and recover during 130 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 2: the night. A big thing with this is I said, also, 131 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 2: is I want something I can have at night while 132 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 2: I'm watching Netflix that taste delicious that also takes away 133 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 2: you know that feeling of you're not hungry, but you 134 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 2: want something sweet. I'm such a sweet toof, so we 135 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 2: also wanted to make sure it was that side of things, 136 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 2: so introducing Moon milk. It is gluten free, dairy free, refined, 137 00:08:55,760 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 2: sugar free, vegan, and all natural so honestly has no nasties. 138 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 2: It tastes like the most delicious hot chocolate, it has 139 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 2: no dairy in it, and get ready to have the 140 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 2: best sleeps of your life. It's also really nice because 141 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:19,479 Speaker 2: even though it's a natural product, you definitely feel the difference. 142 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 2: I can notice such a big difference of when I 143 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 2: take it and when I don't with just the deepness 144 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 2: of my sleep, feeling restless, tossing and turning, and also 145 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: feeling tired before bed. I'm someone who's super wired most 146 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 2: of the time, so it's so nice to have a moonmilk, 147 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 2: sit down, watch Netflix and feel that wave of tiredness 148 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 2: and go, yes, it is time to sleep. So, guys, 149 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 2: there are three new flavors with moon Milk. I am 150 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 2: so excited. So the ogy is chocolate. It's everyone's favorite. 151 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 2: The next flavor is a salted ca We wanted to 152 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 2: do this for the lovers of caramel. Obviously, it's got 153 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 2: a very unique, yummy flavor. If you're assaulted caramel gal, 154 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 2: that is for you. Next up is vanilla Chai, So 155 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 2: this one if you're a chai person. 156 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: It also has like a twist. 157 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 2: Of maple in there, so very very sweet. And then 158 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 2: our last flavor that is new and I'm going to 159 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 2: say it's my favorite, is Rocky Road. So basically think 160 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 2: Ogi moonmilk with a hint of lollies of marshmallows. Like 161 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 2: you literally smell it and it smells like Rocky Road. 162 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 2: I'm not like the biggest Rocky Road person, but oh 163 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 2: my god, this flavor will blow your mind. So, guys, 164 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 2: if you're not getting good sleep, if you struggle to 165 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 2: wind down, or if you just want something sweet before 166 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 2: bed that you know is going to calm your mind 167 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 2: and do really amazing things for your body, and it 168 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 2: will mean that you will have a very productive next day. 169 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 2: You have to try moon milk. I do have a 170 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 2: code for my ironc fam. It is rise and conquer 171 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 2: at checkout to get a sneaky dissy. 172 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 1: Ah, you will. 173 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 2: Not regret it. There are hundreds and hundreds of positive 174 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 2: reviews from the NH gang who will also obsess. So 175 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 2: come join us. You will not regret it at all. 176 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 2: Let's get straight back into the show. 177 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 1: Okay, So the next big thing is think outside of 178 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: the box, guys, and just go for it. Like I 179 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: don't know, I personally like Naked Harvest. I did not 180 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: want it to just be a carbon copy of another 181 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:54,559 Speaker 1: supplement brand that's doing all the same things that looks 182 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: the same. For us, it's really about making Naked Harvests 183 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 1: our own. Thinking outside of the box, really thinking, you know, 184 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: what would we want to see in a business, what 185 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,679 Speaker 1: would we want to see in products, and trying to 186 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: do it a little bit differently. A big thing also 187 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:15,679 Speaker 1: is like you want your company to reflect your values, 188 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: how you want to do things, and usually you have 189 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,599 Speaker 1: like a certain flare or the way that you like 190 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: to do things, which is very easy to reflect that. 191 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,199 Speaker 1: And a big thing me and Mel talk about all 192 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: the time is you know, like burning the rule book, 193 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: like because Mel as she went to university for I 194 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: think it's pr and communications or something like that. I 195 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: don't know, I'm probably butchering it. But basically, there was 196 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: quite a few times when we were first beginning where 197 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: Mel would kind of have the way of like she's like, no, 198 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,719 Speaker 1: this is the way you know, things are supposed to go, 199 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 1: because that's how she got taught in UNI. And I 200 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 1: would often be like, Mel, I don't want to do 201 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 1: it the way you know. I don't want to do 202 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: it the way we're supposed to do it. I want 203 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 1: to do it in a way that feels good to 204 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: me and feels good to the customer. And so I 205 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: think we have gotten a lot of organic sort of 206 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: success because we very much think outside the box. We 207 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: do it in a way that it's like how would 208 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: I like things to be done or how would I 209 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: like to be seen? If that makes sense. And like 210 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: a good example is like recently we launched our new 211 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 1: Thrive protein flavor, which is strawberries and cream. It's bloody 212 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: delicious and we it's COVID nineteen, so we're all in ISO. 213 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: Usually for a launch, we do like a you know, 214 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 1: we get a photographer and we do photos or some 215 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 1: sort of video campaign. But we couldn't do that, and 216 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: so we did just a live reveal where we literally 217 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: got a balloon like a gender reveal in the warehouse, 218 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: popped it, went on live, did a competition and all 219 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: that sort of thing, and it was like it was 220 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 1: so simple, but no one had done it. It was 221 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: a bit of fun, it was outside of the box, 222 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: and we got heaps of engagement and traction from that, 223 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,319 Speaker 1: so that it's a big thing for us and something 224 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: I constantly remind myself and Mel and like our team 225 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: is like, we don't have to do it the way 226 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: everyone else is doing it, because usually there's like a better, funner, 227 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: easier way to do things. The next thing is to 228 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: make sure and this is kind of like a non 229 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: fun step bit and we had a huge realization with 230 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: this about midyear, but make sure you're being super conscious 231 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: about money in and money out, watch your cash flow. 232 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: Like and then like my last overall thing is just 233 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 1: realize you need to be constantly working on your either 234 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: business or setting side of time and just making it happen. 235 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: So when we first started, before we launched. Like first 236 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: started with the very beginning, we basically set a time 237 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: every single I think it was Wednesday afternoon. Cooper would 238 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: finish early, me and Mel would finish early from whatever 239 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: we're doing. He would come over and we would have 240 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: this meaning where we would plan out stuff. And so 241 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: every single week we would do this and it was 242 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: just like slowly tipping away and eventually, you know, we 243 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: got it happening and we launched, and something we realized 244 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: even now, like when we're in business, sometimes you can 245 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: just get so stuck in like the everyday task. And 246 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: I'm not saying like you're not constantly working in your business. 247 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: You are, but I'm saying you need to constantly be 248 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: putting time away, whether it is weekly or fortnightly, where 249 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: you sit with your team or yourself and just go, hey, 250 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: are things tracking the way we thought they were tracking? 251 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 1: Are we at where we thought we'd be with our goals? 252 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: And just checking in because sometimes we can, yeah, just 253 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: get super stuck in the everyday sort of jobs and 254 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: not really see the overall thing. And a big thing 255 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: about owning a business is you have to wear multiple hats. 256 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: You have to constantly be in many different spots, and 257 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: when we're doing that, we can often forget about the 258 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: most important role, which is being the visionary of the 259 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: company and making sure you know all the messaging and 260 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: everything and making sure we're tracking where we want to 261 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: be and all that sort of stuff. So a big 262 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: thing is just to be super consistent with checking in 263 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: on your business and making sure you're on track or 264 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: if things need to shift, if you need to realign, 265 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: if that makes sense. 266 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening for another RNC episode. I really appreciate. 267 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: Taking the time to be here with me, and also 268 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: for taking the time for yourself. 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