Episode 2

Choosing Between Employment and Entrepreneurship

Published on: 26th March, 2024

Welcome to Real World Entrepreneurship with your hosts, Bhairav Patel and Alan Clarke. This episode delves into the Modern Entrepreneurial Landscape and the pivotal question, 'Should You Start a Business?' Today's episode guides you through the thought-provoking terrain of start-ups, exploring the role of technology, support networks, post-COVID realities, funding challenges and the different scopes of entrepreneurial ambitions.

Throughout this episode, Patel and Clarke delve into the vast impact of technological advances on entrepreneurship. With AI, cloud computing and an array of digital tools, launching a start-up has become more accessible and less expensive. However, the ease of access and a vast expanse of support systems can be a double-edged sword. Serial-entrepreneurship, the effect of post-COVID repercussions on traditional support systems, and the new realities of investment are discussion points that they scrutinise.

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About the Podcast

Real World Entrepreneurship

Talking the truth to entrepreneurs

In this podcast Alan and Bhairav talk about the real world issues that are faced by entrepreneurs and small business owners

We have both run successful businesses, raised money, grown them globally and now we're giving practical advice to the next generation of entrepreneurs. We don't do platitudes.

We also talk to entrepreneurs from across the world and get them to share their stories and challenges

About your hosts

Alan Clarke

Strategy and Marketing specialist who helps businesses unblock the blockages that are preventing them reaching their full potential.

I love helping businesses develop strategies and action plans that get them working better and achieving their ambitions.

I excel at tackling thorny problems and difficult tasks, making things happen and achieving business goals.

I have an ability to break through the clutter, identify the nub of the problem and get the business moving forward.

Those working with me feel energised and empowered.

People like my honest, direct approach and my focus on securing meaningful results.

Bhairav Patel

I've worked in IT for over 20 years starting life as a consultant at PwC and IBM and then moving across the table to becoming the CTO for Norway's largest privately owned e-commerce business.

After growing a number of brands and expanding the business across Europe, I joined a FinTech startup that raised $12M in 2012 and was added to the Forbes FinTech 50 list in 2016.

Following a short spell at an e-commerce business in Bangkok, I started Atom Ventures where we invest in and help small businesses and startups grow their business by providing high quality technology advice and development