266: 20+ years in corporate life, now became one of the fastest growing hospitality networks across Austrailia and New Zealand with over 65 FTEs. (Jeff Williams)

Grow A Small Business Podcast

English - October 16, 2022 20:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
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Previous Episode: 265: QFF Believing that the value of any business lies in its staff. Now aiding small-medium business owners in the world of industrial relations. Discussing the importance of conversations in retaining good team members. (Eve Nelson)

Next Episode: 13+ years of experience in different business industries, now running a whole new purchasing company, growing from $80k to multi-million in revenue with over 42 FTEs. (Gil Bar-Lev)

In this episode, I interview Jeff Williams the Founder and CEO of Barcats based in Sydney, Australia. Jeff has set up his own business to help staff and venues connect with new opportunities.

With over 20 years of experience in corporate life, Jeff has decided to sat down and came up with different ideas to build his own business. Barcats was established in 2017 and has been running for over 5 years. Became one of the fastest growing hospitality networks across Australia and New Zealand with over 65 FTEs.

Jeff as said that growing a small business requires resilience and sort of bloody-mindedness. So he says, “Have confidence in your idea, but then go and execute it. Don't leave it up to somebody else.

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With over 20 years of experience in corporate life. Helping venue and staff connect with new opportunities. Bringing parties together with a vision of making hospitality better. Supporting stadiums and doing hundreds of people at a time. Managing their staffs with a system called “triangle”. Launched business in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and UK. With major sponsors such as Coca-Cola, Airbnb, Campari, Wine in Mackay, and Nestle in UK. Learning how to grow your business consistently through execution. With good group of investors and big corporate certain line officers. Learning how to overcome the biggest challenge in recruiting.

Links:

Jeff's LinkedIn

Additional Resources:

Barcats The Habits Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

Quotes:

“Taking many opportunities is easier to find within the wider industry.” —Jeff Williams

“You must ensure that you can build and grow with your people.” —Jeff Williams

“You’ve got to get out of you chair and away from your desk to execute.” —Jeff Williams

“Learn to be part of the solution not the problem itself.” —Jeff Williams

“Resilience and bloody-mindedness are the key to grow through opportunities.”

Music from https://filmmusic.io “Cold Funk” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0