{"id":8440,"date":"2020-02-09T16:12:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T15:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pixelfield.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8440"},"modified":"2022-07-28T13:01:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T12:01:49","slug":"how-to-survive-your-first-year-in-business-podcast-ep-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixelfield.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-survive-your-first-year-in-business-podcast-ep-12\/","title":{"rendered":"How to survive your first year in business (podcast ep. 12)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Becoming an entrepreneur might be hard, especially in the first year. You have to balance your work and personal life, and be ready to work as (probably) never before. How to survive your first year in business? Our director Filip asked 4 entrepreneurs from all around the world about their experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen to the episode here:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/WASH & CUT HAIR SALOON LIMITED\/embed\/episodes\/12-How-to-survive-your-first-year-in-business-eanp3u\" height=\"102px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About our guests:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/codezilla-technology-&amp;-consulting\">Haider Kanchwala<\/a><\/strong> from <a href=\"https:\/\/codezilla.io\/\">Codezilla<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What was the hardest part of starting the business?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finding the right team, you can&#8217;t do everything alone. Especially the first set of employees. 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