People have asked me why I’m sharing this journey now.
After all, Square Away Limited has been trading for over a year, High Street Media Company has been developing for nearly two, and Mat 360 has only recently launched.
So… why now?

Because I realised I’d spent the last thirty years collecting lessons that might be useful to someone else.

I didn’t set out to build three businesses. Circumstances presented an opportunity to take everything I’d learnt throughout my career and put it to work.

Over the last three decades I’ve worked in manufacturing, procurement, supply chains, quality management, international sourcing, digital technology and commercial growth. Every role taught me something. Every challenge added another skill. Every setback forced me to adapt.
That doesn’t mean I know everything. Far from it.

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learnt is that successful businesses are rarely built by one person. They’re built by trusted people with different skills, working towards the same goal.
I know where my strengths lie, and I’m equally comfortable admitting where they don’t. That’s why I’ve surrounded myself with partners whose expertise complements my own.

Today, those experiences have become three very different businesses.

Square Away Limited exists to help turn ideas into commercially successful operational, service and product-driven businesses.

Mat 360 is the first public example of that process.

High Street Media Company applies the same commercial thinking to a completely different industry.

Three businesses.
One philosophy. Keep Building.

This series isn’t about pretending I’ve reached the destination.
Quite the opposite.
These are first steps, backed by thirty years of lessons, and I’m still learning every day.

Over the coming months I’ll be sharing the successes, setbacks, decisions and experiences behind building these businesses. If anything I’ve learned helps someone take the next step, avoid a mistake, or simply see a challenge from a different perspective, then sharing it will have been worthwhile.

I’d genuinely value your thoughts, experiences and feedback along the way.

If you’d like to follow the journey:
• Follow Square Away Limited • Follow Mat 360 • Connect with Richard Plaskow • Share this post with anyone who enjoys building businesses, products and ideas.

Keep Building.

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