Take the time off: When you decide to take time off, truly take that time off. Put your phone away and stay away from business matters. If you empower your team well and hire early you’ll realize that your team doesn’t even need your guidance half the time.
Taking the risk to start a company is a feat few are fully equipped for. Any business owner knows that the first few years in business are anything but glamorous. Building a successful business takes time, lessons learned, and most importantly, enormous growth as a business owner. What works and what doesn’t when one starts a new business? What are the valuable lessons learned from the “University of Adversity”? As part of this interview series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Ted Raad.
Ted Raad is the founder of Trend, one of the fastest growing influencer management and influencer marketing companies in the United States. After identifying gaps in the influencer management industry, Raad wanted to create a company that was focused on influencers rather than the agency’s own bottom line. Trend Management focuses…