I had the absolute pleasure to speak to Tim Ward πŸš€, CEO of Opportuni πŸ™ŒπŸ» Tim is a super smart, super nice guy and over the course of the interview we spoke on a whole range of topics including his early career, the challenges of running a business, the huge opportunity in public sector tenders, raising finance, and also launching his exciting new start-up. πŸ“ˆ πŸ†

Time codes: 0:00​ Introduction to Tim 3:06​ Early years 11:15​ The benefits of Stoicism 13:18​ Tim's career before starting a business 16:21​ Adapting your business in the early years 17:18​ The benefits of joining BNI 19:12​ The biggest challenges as a new business owner 23:48​ Launching bid and research company Opportuni 35:31​ Advice for raising capital for your startup 41:32​ The best advice you've ever had 50:54​ Wrap up

The Roadmap MBA is a CPD certified training course which provides the real world skills to grow a business, aimed at organisations of less than 250 people. πŸ†πŸ‘πŸ» SMEs account for 99% of the business population and the challenges smaller businesses face are different. They require a no-nonsense approach to deliver value quickly.

The Roadmap MBA was created to give a real world grounding across a range topics including sales, strategy, marketing and management with a particular focus on your personal and professional brand. For established businesses this course will help you drive your business forward. It will improve your team’s real world grounding in leadership, management, marketing and sales. For entrepreneurs this will help you improve your strategy, increase sales and gain a competitive advantage over competitors. For career professionals this course will give you confidence to make the next step in your career.

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