Language & Business Growth with The English Farm
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Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode featuring The English Farm Founder Matthew Radich.
The English Farm was created by teachers to be the best place on the Internet to learn English - They’re a community of more than 120 teachers, based all around the world, with Matthew himself residing in Auckland New Zealand.
During the podcast chat with Tractor Head of Engagement Garry Williams, Matthew dives into the origins of starting The English Farm in Japan and Brazil, new Māori language focussed business streams and the importance of people, especially with a workforce based all around the world.
Talking points:
- Beginning the business in one of the most difficult markets
- A long history wth Japan
- The challenges of dealing with a remote distributed team
- Building trust with a large amount of staff all around the world
- Factoring in seasonality
- Hard to find downtime!
- Down to the last $20…
- Make or Break time
- Luck plays a part in building the business
- The gratification in building a business
- Taking steps towards end goals
Online:
Facebook: @theenglishfarm
Follow Tractor Ventures on Twitter: @tractorventures
This episode was hosted by Garry Williams: @gwilliamsALTS
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