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The Small Business Sessions
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This series explores the practical steps small businesses can take to grow and thrive – from improving energy efficiency and embracing sustainability to creating a lasting impact in their local communities.
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The Small Business Sessions
Tom Voller on creative chaos, owning mistakes and building with honesty | Founder Fails
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Welcome to the Small Business Sessions: Founder Fails podcast, brought to you by Enterprise Nation, in collaboration with Hiscox.
In this series, we're sitting down with bold business voices to talk candidly about their biggest fails, unexpected lessons and the power of getting back up.
Expect honest conversations, tales of resilience and real talk from founders who turned mistakes into movement.
In episode four, we're joined by Tom Voller, the co-founder of global creative production agency Dojo Films.
Tom shares the messy realities behind running a creative business. From early missteps and undercharging to losing major projects and learning to own mistakes publicly, Tom opens up about what failure really looks like in the world of creative entrepreneurship – and why honesty has become his biggest business tool.
Topics discussed in the episode:
· Why not knowing what you're doing can be an advantage when building a creative career
· How therapy, coaching and community can help founders become resilient
· Why publicly owning your failures builds trust with clients and audiences
· How honesty online has helped Tom attract new business and find peace with vulnerability
· The need for more open conversations about undercharging, ghosting and client challenges in the creative industry
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