Freddie Fforde is the founder of Patch...Freddie introduces us to the vision of Patch and how it incorporates everything to do with community, collaboration and local business, as well as being a shared “work near home” workspace.
We speak about how working near to the people and places that we love means that we can invest more time into those people and places.
We speak about the importance of building community as a way to mitigate loneliness.
Freddie shares the story of the ‘long history’ version of his inspiration to build Patch, offering some real gems that link back to that story, as well as what still inspires him today.
The conversation then moves through his experience of being a founder and speaking with numerous founders and entrepreneurs…we explore some of the practices he’s observed throughout this process.
Freddie offers his brilliant approach of “build, measure, learn” as a founder and leader, and how that’s worked for him and the teams he leads.
We also of course then understand more about the meaning of “beautiful mess” for Freddie.
The beauty of the mess for him has a lot to do with the operation underneath the public image.
A rich conversation with an incredible founder and human!
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Resources Mentioned:
Patch website: www.patch.work
Freddie Fforde linkedin page: linkedin.com/in/freddiefforde
“The Library of Things”: www.libraryofthings.co.uk
Django’s coffee: @djangosspecialtycoffeehouse
Flower tonic: flowertonic.co.uk
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