A Year After Launch, The Reality of Building Bid

Starting a business is exciting.
Running one a year later… that’s where the real lessons are.

A year ago, Dan Firth came on the podcast just as Bid was getting started.

Now we’re back to find out what’s really happened since.

Because starting a business is one thing.
Living with it day to day is something else entirely.

In this episode, Dan shares the reality of building Bid over the last year, from a small founding team to a growing business, and the lessons that only come from being in it.

We get into:

•  What’s actually gone well (and what hasn’t)
•  Why growth feels like a rollercoaster, not a straight line
•  The hiring mistake that didn’t work, and what it taught him
•  Why most business owners become the bottleneck
•  The shift from doing everything… to letting go
•  Why success depends on how you choose to measure it

There’s also a brilliant conversation around culture, values, and what it really means to be a “partner” rather than just another supplier in the estate agency world.

If you’re building a business, or thinking about it, this is the bit no one tells you.

Not the idea.
Not the launch.

What happens next.