recently secured a $2 million funding round<\/a> that also saw Campbell take a step back from her role as CEO.<\/p>\nIn the AMA session, she revealed many interesting insights into her entrepreneurial journey and dished out some useful advice for all founders.<\/p>\n
Finding the right co-founder<\/h3>\n
Campbell says that finding a co-founder that has the same level of work output and quality is just as important as having similar values and vision.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf one person is working much harder or just does better work than the other founder then both founders will get frustrated,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve seen this break so many co-founder relationships. The only way to know is to have a long engagement and see how the other person works before you get married.\u201d<\/p>\n
Campbell, who recently became a mother, says running a startup team is a lot like being a parent.<\/p>\n
\u201cLots of marriages break down because the couple have different parenting styles. The same is true for co-founders,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you lead a team it\u2019s very different to being a couple of founders with a dream and laptops. You need to be a united front and have shared expectations for team accountability and culture.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard to know how you will parent until you become a parent but it\u2019s at least good to talk about how you would like a team to work before you build one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Keeping a growing team motivated<\/h3>\n
She says it has taken \u201cgreat difficulty\u201d to keep Hey You\u2019s ever growing team motivated.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m naturally very self-motivated, ambitious and driven so I don\u2019t really find it hard to keep going myself but it has been tough to keep a team motivated through lots of challenges,\u201d Campbell says.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can help to allow teams to go through a renewal process every so often. Sometimes people get tired and it\u2019s not always a bad thing if people leave because it can give you the opportunity to bring in fresh energy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The founder recalls how a simple new tradition helped her team push through some dark times.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce we almost ran out of money, some people left and weren\u2019t replaced, we were working out of a garage and it was winter,\u201d Campbell says.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew I had to do something but didn\u2019t have much cash to spend. I decided to start putting on team breakfasts at 8:30am every morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was cheap to buy nice bread and cereal and it got everyone together socialising first thing in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n
How becoming a parent changes your view of your business<\/h3>\n
Since becoming a parent, Campbell says her perspective has shifted.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecoming a parent has made me much more focused,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to spend lots of time doing things I didn\u2019t enjoy or that I wasn\u2019t actually that good at. Now I\u2019m a mum I want to spend as much time with my daughter as possible so I have had to give up doing a lot of what I was doing before.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt forced me to delegate responsibility and trust others to run large parts of the business. I\u2019ve also become a lot more patient and I\u2019ve developed a new level of empathy and care for others.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m way softer now which I can see will make me a much better leader in years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
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