23/07/2026
Buying a business teaches you things no course, book or podcast ever could! ☕
Hi, I'm Ollie 👋 Welcome along our journey!
I took over Printed Cup Company last year, and I've been in the thick of it ever since, on the factory floor, in the numbers, and everywhere in between. I realised I've never properly said hello on here, so it felt about time!
These are 10 lessons I'd pass on to anyone buying, building or running their own business. No jargon, no theory, just the stuff you only learn by doing it (and occasionally getting it wrong first! 😅).
Some of these took me months to figure out. A couple I'm still working on! But that's the honest bit nobody tells you, you never stop learning. 🤓
If you run a business, which number hits home? Any you would you add? Someone reading this might need exactly the lesson you've learned 👇