Gary Ashworth reflects on mistakes made in his recruitment career, including starting as a generalist without a clear plan or endgame, prioritizing growing his customer and client databases over infrastructure, giving away too much control and ownership of his company to others on unfavorable terms, trusting the bank too much, failing to take enough time to improve his own business skills, selling his company too early, and taking on other people's company shares.

1. Mistakes I have made
(Huge whopping expensive ones)
Gary Ashworth

2. I started my recruitment
career as a generalist,
not a niche player
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3. I didn’t have a plan,
or an endgame
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4. I thought that
infrastructure had its place
(second place!)
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5. I became obsessed with the size of my
customer and client databases
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6. I gave too much of the
company away
To too many people
On the wrong terms
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7. I trusted the bank
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8. I tried to make change myself into a
better business person
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I didn’t work out the time
to sack myself

10. I sold too early
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11. I took paper
(other people’s shares)
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