The Try Hards Maddie Thompson and Bella Rookley

With over $8 billion a year spent on influencer marketing, why not tap into a market which seemed so untapped? Seeing exponential growth and a lack of security, organization, and structure within the marketplace, Christian Brown wanted to build a platform that solves all these issues.


“Glewew is now in our Web + iOS Application pre-launch phase. Focused primarily on executing marketing tactics in order to bridge the gap between brands and digital content creators. With a small team, they wear many different hats and have learned the importance of teamwork, versatility, and late many nights on slack (a notification noise that now wakes me up from any degree of sleep).”

Outside of work Christian is an avid reader, writer, film watcher, and social media aficionado. Having years of experience with social media management, marketing, and brand development I have been around the world and back working with friends and colleagues who have grown exponentially in the influencer space while having a tremendous amount of fun along the way.

No one tells you the things you're going to learn in your first year of business. Lessons about cash flow, taxes, and scaling a company come from experience, not some blog post. So if you're reading this, congratulations! You've made it through your first year alive and (hopefully) profitable. In this post, we'll share the biggest lessons we learned in our first year of business. Hopefully they can help guide you on your own entrepreneurial journey.

What was it like starting a business. Why did you start? What do you wish you knew before it all began. Advice for new and future business owners.

Who are we? What are our businesses? Why do we have a podcast? Casual talk about our businesses and new endeavours for the rest of the year. Where do you see your business taking you in the future?

A podcast filled with the realities of entrepreneurship, business management, and motivation. Hosted by Maddie Thompson & Bella Rookley.

Entrepreneurship is for people who don’t want to grow up and become an employee like everyone else. We are the people who never stopped dreaming. Am I good at it? Not yet. Am I trying? Yes.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0dFYyLHhTwe5v2eFKBbu7n?si=3b374bd8f3de4b79

@Thetryhardspodcast
@Maddie.theresa
@BellasRookley

Year In Review for both businesses, Talking about our break, Forshadowing the season.

A podcast filled with the realities of entrepreneurship, business management, and motivation. Hosted by Maddie Thompson & Bella Rookley.
Year In Review for both businesses, Talking about our break, Forshadowing the season.

Entrepreneurship is for people who don’t want to grow up and become an employee like everyone else. We are the people who never stopped dreaming. Am I good at it? Not yet. Am I trying? Yes.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0dFYyLHhTwe5v2eFKBbu7n?si=3b374bd8f3de4b79

@Thetryhardspodcast
@Maddie.theresa
@BellasRookley

Welcome back to the Try Hards Podcast! What have we been doing this past year? What will this upcoming season be all about? Welcome back to the Try Hars Podcast, Season 2 with Maddie Thompson and Bella Rookley!

A podcast filled with the realities of entrepreneurship, business management, and motivation. Hosted by Maddie Thompson & Bella Rookley.
Entrepreneurship is for people who don’t want to grow up and become an employee like everyone else. We are the people who never stopped dreaming. Am I good at it? Not yet. Am I trying? Yes.

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