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CEO at Carted | Building solutions for the future of shopping

Lockdown is hard. I am forever grateful for my situation but what I realised this week is that it doesn’t matter who you are, what your situation is, it is still a challenge. When building a company and being a founder there are no guidelines, no playbooks… The best thing is that you get to make the rules. So today I told the team, we are taking the next two Wednesdays off, just because. Some are surprised, some are grateful, Mike’s excited to play video games and for those that thrive under pressure.. well they now can get more done in a 4-day week 😂   A reminder to my founder friends and business owners - you can do what YOU want to do and also what is best for your team at the time.

Natalia Tapia 🇮🇹

CEO/Co-Founder @ GRADUATED | Bridging the Gap Between Employers and Tech Graduates | Building Job Searches for Gen-Z

2y

I fully support this Holly C. ! 👏🏻 In my Co-Founder days I introduced BB days, 1 x Beach or Bed day for those who just woke up and didn’t want to do life! Work life can get really exhausting, especially working from home 24/7 with no real breaks between days or time away from screens! Well done for great leadership and taking charge of well being from the top 🙏🏻 it’s how it all starts in creating a supported and solid culture 😉 ⭐️

Matt Allen

Co-CEO and Cofounder at Tractor Ventures, Chair of Qsic, Cofounder Side Stage Ventures, YPO Melbourne Yarra

2y

💯! We’re doing 4 day weeks at Tractor. Everyone needs time for themselves.

Ali Bouhouch

Chief Technology Officer and Digital Strategy Executive at SZENTIA

2y

Kudos for having the courage to exercise your prerogative as a founder/startup leader Holly C.! Most founders would feel guilty taking a day off midweek knowing how full their plate is. However, that’s exactly what is needed once in a while to break the routine, create a space for team members to come up for some air and remind everyone that we should care about our wellbeing.

Caroline Lepron (Aguesse)

CEO / Co-Founder at Skoutli - Fastest, easiest and most affordable Location scouting online - Evangelist at She Codes Australia

2y

Well done Holly C.!

Matthew Arnison

Founder | CTO | Digitising fabrics for the fashion industry

2y

Good move Holly. Our team has been working from home for a long time now, but lockdown is different and this week felt particularly grim. We all need to take time to process and breathe.

Libby B.

Leading the disruption of remote accessible security hardware in Asia-Pacific | Founder & CEO | Private Investigator | Activator & Imaginer

2y

This feels so right Holly C.. Thanks for sharing your process of giving yourself and the Carted crew ‘permission’.

Siân Simpson

Founder of Public Rally | Founder of Bountifull Media

2y

This is awesome Holly :-)

Hey Holly how are you going to keep yourself from doing any work?

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Srikar Maddi

Director at WeClan - Sourcing and growing contracted tech teams for fast growth startups and businesses | Startup Keynote speaker | Seed investor.

2y

It’s really important to make such moves in these tough times. Self care is a top priority to excel in what we do. 👏🏼

Francine Ereira

Experienced Non Executive Director: Baby Bunting (BBN) & Brainwave Australia | Board Advisory | Management Consulting | GAICD

2y

Holly C. leading from the front! You're a super star!

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