My CEO Life

The team at Classified Ad Ventures is proud to announce that we have just launched Jobs Portal Watch – a sister site to Property Portal Watch.

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The last three months have seen the Classified Ad Ventures business go from strength to strength.  We now have a clear mission for mission for the business, a strong team in place and most importantly operations underway.  Here is an update on the business.

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You just have to turn on the TV for one minute in any country to hear just how bad the economic situation is.  The reports flood in from around the world about how business is contracting, unemployment is rising, consumers are no longer spending and companies are focusing on cost containment rather than revenue growth.  However, it is in times like this, that companies should be looking to acquire new businesses – they are now trading at reasonable levels and many of them are looking to be acquired.  So why don’t managers take this contrarian approach?
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In the first part of this series i looked at some of the more hard core challenges i am facing in building a new business. In this entry i want to explore some other softer lessons being learned as we launch our new business. These lessons cover selection of people, the culture we want to create, our approach to working and most importantly having fun.

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Over the last 3 months we have been setting up a new business called Classified Ad Ventures (CAV).  As we set up this business, we are learning and re-learning what it takes to start a new business and I thought i would share some of these lessons with you.

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Since my departure from the REA Group a little over 4 months ago, i have been starting a new business called Classified Ad Ventures.   I am often asked what it is about so i thought i would post an overview of the business and what we are doing. Read more…