FounderFuel LIVE with Olympian and World Champion rower Alex Partridge
What can founders learn from athletes when it comes to getting in the zone to perform under pressure? How important is recovery to performing at our best? Why is it bad that we forget to celebrate the wins? And what
Founder Fuel: Our wellbeing tech guide for founders
With over 70% of founders saying running a business has affected their physical or mental health, and 68% struggling with regular sleep problems, it comes as no surprise that running a startup is tough. As founders, every single day we choose
Founder Fuel: Are negative thoughts downgrading your resilience?
Is it me or are our thoughts just a little bit harder to tame these days? It seems a lot of our founders feel this at the moment. You know the drill… you’re trying to sleep, but your brain has decided “let’s
Founder Fuel: Are you stealing productivity from your future self with busy procrastination?
As entrepreneurs, there often seems to be some unwritten rule that we should be ‘giving our best’ all the time. That we should be filling every minute with tasks… with ‘output’. But the question is, are you filling it with
Founder Fuel: Startup team communication for a work-from-home (WFH) reality
This is part 3 of our series to survive the startup team turbulence of the COVID-19 public crisis - we hope it goes just a little way to help us all get through the next few weeks. Part 1 on
Founder Fuel: Spotting stress in your startup team even when you’re remote
In turbulent times, it can be tough enough to manage your own stress as an entrepreneur and startup leader (see your tips here in part 1), but being present and supportive with your team is what will really get you
Founder Fuel: Surviving startup disruption, put YOUR oxygen mask on first…
How are you shoring up? At a time when everything feels disrupted and unsettled, it’s so important we take a moment to ask each other that, and make the time to listen to the real answer. For the good of
Founder Fuel: Turns out we’ve been doing habits all wrong
Whether you buy into resolutions or not (I don’t, I prefer reflections and refocusing) it’s likely that January unearthed something you wanted to change or improve upon. As entrepreneurs we forever see opportunities for optimisation and our personal development certainly
Founder Fuel: Kick the January blues with focus and friends
Is it just me or do these first few days after the festive break feel a little turbulent? Gone is that pre-Christmas trend of random strangers smiling in the street; the brain is still in a slow gear and, if you’re anything like
Founder Fuel: Let your brain work its magic
“If I can just get this one last thing finished” “I must just get through these emails” “I should just get this out the door” How many times can you hear yourself thinking one of these, or similar, as you speed towards the holiday period?