You are about to ride a rollercoaster and learn a lot about running a business, things that you don’t even know exist. But you will love it. Every day will be a learning day.
You will make mistakes; the important thing is to learn from them.
Remember when a client asked you “While you’re running the account, who’s running your business?”
You shrugged it off “me and Andy.” But whilst you are working across six brands, Andy will be working tirelessly on new business and growing the agency.
So, you can both forget weekends for the first few years. Catching up on admin on Saturdays and Finance on Sundays.
Don’t worry though, your passion and drive to make 438 a success will see you through. In time, you’ll grow the team and weekends will be yours…mostly.
Spend time recruiting the right people, don’t jump at the first candidate because you’re busy. This will help you build a loyal, talented, committed team.
Invest time in the team, the progress of our people both personally and professionally will be one of your proudest achievements.
Try to enjoy downtime a little, I know it’s really hard. You’ll worry, are we running out of cash? Where’s the next job coming from?
When you’re maxed to capacity two weeks later, you’ll think what was I worried about? I should have taken some time out.
You will have lots of ‘I love my job’ days, you will travel, and you will meet some inspirational, brilliant people along the way. Some of whom will become lifelong friends.
Have fun!
Ps. The agency is 15 years old and the brands you work on are some of the best in the world.
Pps. You’re about to become a Grandad!