The Rebirth of AIB, now a Ciircles production

Adventures in Businessing: Entrepreneurship, Small Business, and a Healthy Dose of Humor

Show Notes

• [0:01:03] Episode Summary | Intro
  • “We’re back! ...All things considered.”
  • The Pandemic Pivot
  • From In-office to Running the Business Remotely
    • Thanking (and coincidently) we chose this for ourselves pre-pandemic.
  • Acquiring and Consolidating a WordPress Plugin
• [0:05:51] Why We Took a Year and a Half Off
  • Missing Podcast Voice
    • ‘Where’s Rob?’
  • Adventures in Businessing’s (AIB) new direction and new purpose:
    • Leadership, team building, and the Ciircles fulfillment theory.
• [0:12:21] Breaking Down the Transition From In-office to Fully Distributed
  • From operating out of one town, to having employees around the world.
  • In defense of colocated working...and why it wasn’t feasible for us anymore.
  • Growing Pains
    • “We experienced a crash course on distributed working.”
    • With AIB, we want to help other businesses make these sorts of transitions.
• [0:17:22] Ciircles.com, the New Home of AIB
  • What is Ciircles?
  • Intentionally Misspelled
    • “Ciircles? Why two ‘i’s?”
  • Subscribe to the newsletter!
    • https://ciircles.com/
• [0:21:53] Unpacking Fulfillment Theory
  • Work Isn’t Linear
  • Fulfillment is Driven by 3 Major Drivers of Motivation:
    • Passion
    • Progress
    • Purpose
      • “When these drivers are triggered, your team members are fulfilled, and we all want to be fulfilled.”
• [0:25:50] What’s Next?
  • Summarizing what to expect from the next 3 episodes of AIB
  • Why you should keep tuning in, whether you’re a business owner, leader, or team member.
  • Thank You! And Welcome Back!!