Founder Journey
Weekly vlogs with Chris and Helen Butler documenting the real decisions, pressure, wins, mistakes and lessons behind building multiple businesses.
11 Founder Journey episodes
A tough week prompts Chris and Helen to question whether work life balance really exists for business owners, as work starts creeping back into evenings and weekends.
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Built Not Born is growing beyond the podcast Chris and Helen first imagined. Week 10 covers the next studio, new relationships, client work and what they are building towards for 2027.
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A difficult dismissal, an already stretched team and a week that showed how quickly the highs of business can turn into hard decisions.
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Three major interviews, a first joint stage talk and a week that helped Chris and Helen see the next chapter of Built Not Born more clearly.
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Has LinkedIn become an online sales showroom? Chris and Helen share why they have pulled back from the inbox and are focusing on genuine human relationships instead.
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After a working trip to Wales, Chris and Helen start rethinking their future plans, business priorities and how they want life to feel along the way.
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Chris and Helen reflect on a packed Week 5 in business while hiking in Wales, sharing honest thoughts on growth, content, team accountability and the danger of becoming too tied to your business.
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A failed recording is only the start of week four. Chris and Helen share the pressure, decisions and lessons behind running Thread A Pixel, Two Krakens and Built Not Born In Business.
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Chris and Helen welcome a new Thread A Pixel team member, step back into production, manage a heavy edit week and move their new podcast studio towards launch.
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A week of client wins, operational pressure, a delayed van, new opportunities and one recurring problem: how do you give three growing businesses the attention they need without being pulled in every direction?
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