FAFO: Business Experiments for Creative Entrepreneurs
Nikki McKnightIf you like weird stories, business experiments gone sideways, and the occasional spreadsheet breakdown, you’re in the right place. Join Nikki McKnight, consultant, strategist, and chaos-wrangler for creative business owners as she shares bite-sized FAFO (that’s f** around and find out*) stories from behind the scenes of real businesses. You’ll get a dose of curiosity, a side of operational effici... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 8 | Founded | 5 months ago |
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| Categories | EntrepreneurshipBusiness | ||||
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Pickleball taught me a lesson I didn’t know I needed: speeding up isn’t the same as hitting harder. In this episode, I share how one frustrating drill nearly tanked my 3.0 assessment, and what it revealed about the difference between brute force and ... more
Nikki looks back at 2015, when perfection was the goal and every broken link felt like failure, and contrasts it with 2025, where tolerating uncertainty is the real superpower.
This episode dives into why certainty is a myth, why mistakes are data,... more
Everyone wanted to be her: the face of the brand, the booked-out speaker, the one with media buzz and a million offers. But what they tried to copy was the chaos, not the engine underneath.
This week’s FAFO is a PSA: complexity isn’t maturity, it’s a... more
Are you performing the role of “content creator” instead of actually building your business?
In this episode, Nikki gets real about the difference between broadcasting and guiding, and why all that polished content might not be pulling its weight. ... more
Most businesses stop at polite. But if you want loyal, long-term customers (say, 65 million years?), you need a signature spark.
In this episode, Nikki shares how a ridiculous Jurassic Park-themed night out became a masterclass in creating connecti... more
In this episode of FAFO, Nikki speed-runs six gloriously cringey eras of online business from dot-com dreams to the AI hustle. Then listen as she shows you how to sift the genuine wins from the hype so your next experiment actually sticks.
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SMART goals look brilliant on a colour-coded dashboard, right up until real life blows a hole through “measurable” and “achievable.”
In this audio version of FAFO, Nikki confesses her own graveyard of abandoned targets and introduces the SHIFT Plan... more
This is your official invite to break your workflow on purpose.
Nikki McKnight unpacks why “F*** Around & Find Out” isn’t a reckless chant but a repeatable strategy for building systems that grow without getting stiff.
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