Founders: Should YOU be CEO? Are You Sure?

Founders: Should YOU be CEO? Are You Sure?

Founder-led doesn’t HAVE to mean being founder-run.

What does it really take to step away from the founder grind and still stay true to your business?


In this 5-minute short, Stu Macdonald, founder of ManiLife Peanut Butter, explains why so many entrepreneurs get stuck doing “an elite job they’ve never been trained for” and how he escaped the stress hole by changing the way he structured his business.

Stu reflects on:

  • Why being founder-led doesn’t have to mean being founder-run


  • Why most first senior hires don’t work out and why that’s okay.


  • How the right team can turn chaos into momentum.

Selected and hand-picked by the brilliant team at MKJ Ignite – the FMCG recruitment experts helping challenger brands grow with the right people in the right roles – this short is full of practical people insights. Billy, Paul, and Immy have combed through the Brand Growth Heroes archives to bring you the most valuable founder wisdom on hiring and scaling teams that thrive.


If you're wondering whether or not you need help with your recruitment, or would like to ask for some advice, you can e-mail Billy directly at billy.maddock@mkj-ignite.co.uk


Connect with Billy Maddock on LinkedIn


Connect with Immy Southwell on LinkedIn


Connect with Paul Jones on LinkedIn


Follow MKJ Ignite on Instagram


Connect with MKJ Ignite on LinkedIn

Tämä jakso on lisätty Podme-palveluun avoimen RSS-syötteen kautta eikä se ole Podmen omaa tuotantoa. Siksi jakso saattaa sisältää mainontaa.

Jaksot(134)

Grubby D2C Plant-Based Meals | From Almost Failing to Scaling Profitably

Grubby D2C Plant-Based Meals | From Almost Failing to Scaling Profitably

Grubby -  the award-winning plant-based meal kits and ready meals delivered to your door -  went from a £23M valuation and rapid growth TO around 140 VC rejections, losses of more than £1m in a year a...

29 Syys 51min

Denzel’s | Brand & Emotion is Build a £213M Opportunity in the Pet Category

Denzel’s | Brand & Emotion is Build a £213M Opportunity in the Pet Category

Most pet brands sell function. Denzel’s Dog Treats built its challenger brand around something very different: Happiness!! In this conversation, I speak with founders James and Nathan about how they s...

15 Syys 44min

Aduna Superfoods: Building The Supplements Category 3.0

Aduna Superfoods: Building The Supplements Category 3.0

Many of you founders working with niche ingredients out there might have struggled with this question: How do you build a new category when consumers don’t yet understand the ingredient, retailers don...

2 Syys 41min

How Merchant Gourmet Doubled Sales from £15M to £30M in just 4 years

How Merchant Gourmet Doubled Sales from £15M to £30M in just 4 years

In this episode, Fiona Fitz chats with Richard Peake, Managing Director of Merchant Gourmet and one of the rare non-founder guests to grace our show. When Richard entered the role, Merchant Gourmet wa...

18 Elo 48min

How To Raise Investment For Your Consumer Brand Without Losing Control! Phil Hails-Smith, Joelson (Part 2)

How To Raise Investment For Your Consumer Brand Without Losing Control! Phil Hails-Smith, Joelson (Part 2)

How should founders value an early-stage consumer brand, negotiate with investors and raise capital without giving away more of the company than they intended? In this second part of my conversation w...

5 Elo 32min

Equity, Shareholders, Investment - How Much Should Brand Founders Give Away? | Phil Hails-Smith, Managing Partner, Joelson

Equity, Shareholders, Investment - How Much Should Brand Founders Give Away? | Phil Hails-Smith, Managing Partner, Joelson

How should co-founders divide equity - and what happens to those shares if one person leaves?In Part 1 of my conversation with Phil Hails-Smith, Managing Partner at Joelson,  we unpack the ownership d...

21 Heinä 29min

Here We Flo | Building a £10M Period Care Challenger Brand

Here We Flo | Building a £10M Period Care Challenger Brand

Tampons in an Ice Cream TubIn this episode of Brand Growth Heroes, I’m joined by Tara Chandra and Susan Allen, co-founders of Here We Flo, the organic, sustainable period care brand turning one of the...

7 Heinä 39min

Why TrueStart Coffee Chooses Profitable Growth Over Scale  | Founder Helena Hills

Why TrueStart Coffee Chooses Profitable Growth Over Scale | Founder Helena Hills

We don't often hear about Challenger brands that are PROFITABLE...So let's do it! *** Find out more about the NEW Brand Growth Heroes September Sprint 4 week programme just launched June 2026 - applic...

23 Kesä 37min

Suosittua kategoriassa Liike-elämä ja talous

sijotuskasti
vallattomat
mimmit-sijoittaa
rss-oivalluksia-rahasta-elamasta
rss-rahapodi
psykopodiaa-podcast
ostan-asuntoja-podcast
rss-startup-ministerio
rss-hereilla
oppimisen-psykologia
rss-paasipodi
rss-kaupan-tila
rss-rahamania
rahapuhetta
rss-karon-grilli
asuntoasiaa-paivakirjat
rss-viisas-raha-podi
rss-elama-jota-rakastat
rss-inderes
inderespodi