Welcome to Episode Ten of Joining the Dots, a podcast brought to you by Dot Recruit. Hosted by Sofia Merraoui, and featuring Gordie Smyth, Founder and Director of Flower Accounting, set up in Feb 2020.
We discuss the pressures and excitement of leaving a secure role and setting up on your own (right before the unexpected pandemic!), hiring your first 2 employees, winning new clients, and the mindset needed to set up on your own! We also talk about how it’s not easy going from a good wage to earning very little in Year One, his management style which has always served him well, as well as future plans and goals both personally and for the business.
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