EPISODE · Sep 30, 2020 · 25 MIN

01. What is #ADDAZERO?

from The Accidental Business Owner - For Conscientious Owner Managers looking to Grow | Scale | Exit. · host Jay Allen

The #ADDAZERO Business Challenge is a culmination of more than 4 years of research and 2 years of testing to determine: What causes Big Businesses to Fail? What lessons can we learn from this? How will this impact my SME Business? I was one of a large number of suppliers directly and significantly impacted by the collapse of Woolworths.  Since then, I set about to learn HOW a company (with an annual turnover of over £3.9Bn) could possibly go bust! And what lessons we could all learn from this. We've now researched more than 150 Big Business Failures and surveyed in excess of 100K SME businesses unearthing the 3 most common flaws in growing businesses. When they first occur, and the impact both ignoring and addressing them can have on YOUR business!  We've used this extensive research to cultivate a series of 'questions' and 'benchmarks' to pose to ANY business in order to reduce the risk of failure as they hit the accelerator from growth to SCALE. With no less than 8 of our clients now have become finalists in the Entrepreneur of the year awards (4 winners within their category) and countless others winning both regional and industry-specific awards for growth, development, diversification, entrepreneurship.   Alongside our Global Entrepreneur 'Big Impact to Business' Awards, we were added to the UK 'Clear Business Thinking' POWER 100 list recognised for our Ethical approach to the Significant and Sustainable Business Scale. The majority of the episodes are around 30mins in length. Interviews do tend to run beyond this up to 60mins.  We also have a designated #ADDAZERO Website: www.addazero.co.uk where you can access both the digital and physical copy of the #ADDAZERO book.  The #ADDAZERO SCALEABILITY Audit AND how to book a complimentary call with me as a founder of #ADDAZERO SCALE Methodology. Many thanks for reading through these Shownotes.  Feel free to join our #ADDAZERO Facebook Community and access our 7 Hurdles EVERY business owner faces when thinking BIGGER e-Book. We've now made it our MISSION to help 1,000,000 Business Owners #ADDAZERO to their Personal Disposable Income! - Welcome to the #ADDAZERO Podcast, brought to you by My TrueNORTH, The UK's leading Ethical Coaching Company.

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The #ADDAZERO Business Challenge is a culmination of more than 4 years of research and 2 years of testing to determine: What causes Big Businesses to Fail? What lessons can we learn from this? How will this impact my SME Business? I was one of a large number of suppliers directly and significantly impacted by the collapse of Woolworths. Since then, I set about to learn HOW a company (with an annual turnover of over £3.9Bn) could possibly go bust! And what lessons we could all learn from this. We've now researched more than 150 Big Business Failures and surveyed in excess of 100K SME businesses unearthing the 3 most common flaws in growing businesses. When they first occur, and the impact both ignoring and addressing them can have on YOUR business! We've used this extensive research to cultivate a series of 'questions' and 'benchmarks' to pose to ANY business in order to reduce the risk of failure as they hit the accelerator from growth to SCALE. With no less than 8 of our clients now have become finalists in the Entrepreneur of the year awards (4 winners within their category) and countless others winning both regional and industry-specific awards for growth, development, diversification, entrepreneurship. Alongside our Global Entrepreneur 'Big Impact to Business' Awards, we were added to the UK 'Clear Business Thinking' POWER 100 list recognised for our Ethical approach to the Significant and Sustainable Business Scale. The majority of the episodes are around 30mins in length. Interviews do tend to run beyond this up to 60mins. We also have a designated #ADDAZERO Website: www.addazero.co.uk where you can access both the digital and physical copy of the #ADDAZERO book. The #ADDAZERO SCALEABILITY Audit AND how to book a complimentary call with me as a founder of #ADDAZERO SCALE Methodology. Many thanks for reading through these Shownotes. Feel free to join our #ADDAZERO Facebook Community and access our 7 Hurdles EVERY business owner faces when thinking BIGGER e-Book. We've now made it our MISSION to help 1,000,000 Business Owners #ADDAZERO to their Personal Disposable Income! - Welcome to the #ADDAZERO Podcast, brought to you by My TrueNORTH, The UK's leading Ethical Coaching Company.