How to Scale a Creative Business. Entrepreneurial Lessons From CEO of Content Agency | Karl Hughes

The biggest entrepreneurial struggles are internal. It's much more important to overcome your mental barrier to actually starting a business than to learn the basics about it.    Today’s guest for Coffee with Closers went from being the first employee in several businesses and leading engineering teams to starting his own company. And it grew to over 150 employees in just a year and a half! How did he do it? That’s what we’re going to talk about today.     Meet Karl Hughes, founder and CEO of Draft.dev - a technical content marketing agency that creates in-depth, high-quality content for startups that want to reach software developers.   We’re going to talk about building and scaling a content business, overcoming entrepreneurial hurdles, maximizing your time as a leader, and more.     ►Why is it important to be hyper-focused on your niche as an agency?   ►What are some practical ways business owners can think about operation efficiency?  ►How can you remove yourself from the day-to-day tasks as a business owner?  ►How do you develop a positive company culture in a rapidly growing team?   Enjoy!   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ►Find Karl Hughes on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/karllhughes/ ►Visit Draft.dev at  https://draft.dev/  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This series is brought to you by OneIMS - a leading digital marketing agency helping businesses win new customers.   ►Request your FREE marketing ROI audit at https://www.oneims.com/  ►Follow OneIMS online!     ►Subscribe to our channel here:   https://www.youtube.com/user/oneims  ►Listen to our podcast  https://open.spotify.com/show/0rq9sO5hIdnMlsY3M7jqYf?si=fLmIEu88QMi6QFU8p6h_Gw  ►Visit our website here:    https://www.oneims.com/  ►Follow OneIMS online:  Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/OneIMS/   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oneims/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oneims/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/oneims?lang=en