SHOW NOTES for Alex Cunliffe - Inkthreadable
- 1:50 - Tell the audience what Inkthreadable is - AC explains briefly what his brand is.
- 3:50 - What do you do and how long have you been doing it? - AC: Amy is my partner in life and business. The beginnings when they were 14 years old.
- 6:06 - Tell us about your name inkthreadable.
- 7:30 - Units, staff, size, etc. - AC: Specific data
- 9:40 - Turnover and growth -
- 10:50 - What challenges did you face? AC: Creating a company with no experience at 17 years old. Family of entrepreneurs helped with good advice.
- 13:08 - Inkthreadable is a software company that offers a physical product as a service.
- 18:26 - Printing leggins for Martyn Cook, the challenge.
- 22:15 - The risks you’ve taken. AC - Change the equipment from desktop to large scale industrial. How do the new industrial machines function.
- 28:54 - Family. The birth of his child and how this affected the business.
- 33:40 - How can one manage being a good dad and a serious entrepreneur. “We do things as a family”
- 38:10 - “One of the things that are most important for me is happiness”
- 39:17 - How do you deal with an issue or problem? The fake stealing of Frozen soundtrack talk.
- 46:00 - The story about his customer, a lifestyle entrepreneur, who build a six figure business in 12 months while traveling the world.
- 49:50 - Round of quick questions. How do you get into a state of flow? Reflection and mindfulness.
- 53:10 - If you ran a school, what non traditional lesson would you teach? Basic Business. Marketing, sales, financing, taxes, operation.
- 54:40 - What silly thing should people do more often? Sing and dance
- 55:40 - Best advice? Don’t turn down opportunity
- 58:15 - Benefits for the listeners.
