Bricks And Bytes
Bricks And Bytes
Bricks And Bytes
#063 - James Swanston - An Ex-Army Officer's Guide to Entrepreneurial Success
40 minutes Posted Oct 13, 2023 at 8:00 am.
-2:59) Intro
-6:40) Background on military experience
-9:45) Key lessons as an army officer
-12:01) War principles relevant to business
-15:16) Motivation for starting Voyage Control
-16:19) Teamwork lessons from military
-17:09) Principles for hiring people
-15:53) Leadership principles
-24:00) Decision-making process in military
-27:39) Dealing with unexpected challenges
-29:29) Stress management
-31:49) Discipline lessons learnt
-40:09) Logistics experience
-40:37) Outro
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In today’s episode of Bricks & Bytes, we have James Swanston, the CEO and co-founder of Voyage Control and an ex-officer in the British Army.
Learn about military leadership principles applied to business and entrepreneurship, war strategies to improve decision-making, how military principles work in business, and much more!
Tune in to find out about:
Serving as an army officer and key lessons learned
Applying war principles to business decisions
Making long-term plans and dealing with uncertainty
Stress management and discipline for entrepreneurs
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James Swanston | CEO and Co-founder of Voyage Control | ConTech
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