11 Years of Building, Breaking, and Becoming

Over the last 11 years, we’ve experienced the highs, lows, pressure, growth, mistakes, lessons, and breakthroughs that come with building businesses, raising a family, leading teams, and navigating entrepreneurship together. In this podcast, we discuss: • Scaling a business properly • The pressures of being a founder and operator • Leadership, systems, and decision-making • Entrepreneurship, AI, operations, and growth • Building businesses that create freedom • Mistakes and lessons most people never talk about Because the reality is: Business isn’t just strategy. It’s emotion, responsibility, uncertainty, sacrifice, and growth. And the longer you build… The more you realise there is no final destination. Just evolution. 0:00 - Introduction 0:21 - 11 Years of Building, Breaking, and Becoming 35:45 - Conclusion Real founders. Real conversations. Real insight into what it actually takes to build a business. This isn’t theory. It’s over a decade of building businesses, solving problems, navigating pressure, and learning lessons the hard way. Hosted by Kev & Kylie Blackburn at The Founder’s Bar, this is where we go beyond surface-level advice and talk honestly about: • What it really takes to scale a business • The pressures of being a founder and operator • Mistakes, failures, and lessons most people never share • Building systems, structure, and businesses that work • Entrepreneurship, leadership, AI, operations, growth, and freedom 🎙 New episodes every Friday — with a drink in hand. If you’re serious about building a business that scales properly: → Subscribe for real conversations, not recycled advice → Comment your biggest challenge — we may cover it next → Share with another founder who’s in the trenches Kev & Kylie Blackburn Founders of Systemise Fulfilment & Blackburn Advisory