Ep155 - Ash Davies (Founder & CEO - Tablo) on pivots, side hustles and self awareness by The Startup Playbook published on 2021-09-30T23:55:27Z My guest for Ep155 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was the Founder & CEO of Tablo, Ash Davies Tablo is one of the world’s leading book publishing platforms which allows over 100,000 authors to publish and distribute printed books at the touch of a button. But it hasn’t all been smooth sailing! In this interview, Ash Shares for the first time how a failed acquisition offer from Apple, led to a pivot and evolution into building the business that Tablo is today. Outside of Tablo, Ash also runs two highly successful side hustles, name Nonsense Inc, which creates parody car air freshners such as Elon's Musk and last year he launched Melbourne Mask Company, which has become Australia's largest distributor of reusable face masks. In this interview we also discussed: - How he’s taken a data-driven approach that has allowed him to grow the business 40-50% YoY despite only raising $400K in funding 7 years ago. - How 2 successful side-hustles have helped him to focus and create a better business at Tablo - Early mistakes Ash made when trying to grow Tablo - The importance of self awareness as a founder - How a failed acquisition by Apple led to a pivot and evolution into creating the business that Tablo is today & much more Genre Business