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Sian Murray

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
447 total appearances

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KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

And so I just โ€“ towards the end when we did pull right back โ€“

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

And when we pulled right back, because we couldn't pay ourselves, like I had to start doing less hours on Pleasant State and also I had Seve.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

So, yeah, but when we did that, I was like, oh, my God, we as a business are making more money from doing less than we were when we were like, you know,

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

Getting sucked into that culture of working like 10 hour days every day on the weekends, like busting our asses and then getting to the end of the month and losing money.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

Growth of all costs.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

Yeah.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

It just doesn't it doesn't make sense.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

And I think it's this kind of whole culture of startups.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

And like if you're not.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

killing yourself.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

You're not doing it right.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

And that your business needs to be huge.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

Like I'm not ready to start another business, but if I did, I would make it something that like works into my life and focus on it being profitable and something that means I can do what I want to do.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

So yeah, I just, profit is so much more important than revenue.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

And I just feel like it gets missed a lot.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

Yeah, I just think it doesn't have to be that way, I think, is my view now.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

The second one, which is knowing when to walk away.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

Oh, yeah.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

It came into my head and I had to share that.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

Say yes, go.