This week on Giig It A Rest, we recap our live appearance at a recent TEAM event, complete with Andy's mid-sentence on-stage freeze.

Freezing in front of a crowd is everyone's worst nightmare, but despite inventing a few new idioms on the spot, he managed to compose himself and pull it back.

We dive into the key takeaways from the event, highlighting Michelle Flynn's powerful advice that "everyone needs an Ian" in their corner, and a backstage chat with Dave Irons about embracing the liberating mindset of simply not caring what other people think as you get older. The conversation takes a deeper turn as we discuss the incredible stress-management techniques used by ICU doctors to compartmentalise life-or-death decisions in the hospital.On the Giig software front, we share the bizarre story of a scammer who hacked a free user's email account, attempted to extort £5,000 from us, and resorted to calling us cheapskates using Microsoft Paint.

We also discuss how we are integrating Claude to fully automate administrative tasks and give a sneak peek at the upcoming CV formatter update.

00:00 - Live Event Recap: Public speaking nerves and mixing up classic idioms on stage.

09:15 - Industry Insights: Takeaways from Michelle Flynn and Dave Irons.

23:40 - Managing Stress: How an ICU doctor uses "three bins" to compartmentalize trauma.

38:50 - CRM Updates: Using Claude to automate workflow tasks and the highly requested CV formatter.

47:30 - The MS Paint Hacker: Dealing with a scammer demanding £5,000 for a fake breach.

53:15 - Lee's Lunchbox: The childhood myths we believed for way too long (and why Sai thought the entire country celebrated his birthday).

Enjoy x

This week on the Giig It A Rest podcast, we are covering everything from holiday board game strategies to major CRM updates. Andy is back from a chilled-out week in Montenegro (where he survived a "petrol spritz"), and we immediately dive into the realities of balancing a packed demo schedule with ongoing product development.We recap Jamie's recent recruitment event, sharing a brilliant (and slightly aggressive) email hack for re-engaging clients who have ghosted you. We also discuss Sam Rasdall's fascinating marketing experiment where he planted a "fake" recruitment agency at the event to test subconscious advertising.On the tech side, Luke explains how he is using Claude to automate his own admin (building a custom prep-sheet and email sequence in seconds), while James defends his £7 AI coding subscription that saved the team weeks of development time (that was quite the squabble over £7). Plus, we pull back the curtain on our latest product updates, including the new Tasks menu and the upcoming overhaul of the CV formatting tool.In this episode:00:00 - Welcome back! Montenegro recaps, rollercoasters, & "petrol" spritzers10:15 - The ultimate holiday board game tier list (and the infamous Pass the Pigs photo)21:30 - Event Recap: The one-line email hack to re-engage ghosted prospects28:45 - Marketing Psychology: Planting a fake recruitment agency at a live event35:20 - Product Updates: The CV formatter overhaul & using Claude to speed up coding49:10 - Lee's Lunchbox: If you knew you couldn't fail, what would you do? (And dealing with our first hate comments)

This week on the Giig It A Rest podcast, we are finally talking about the Ironman! After six months of grueling training, Andy successfully crossed the finish line at Ironman Wales, and we break down the highs (the Tour de France-style crowds on Heartbreak Hill) and the lows (the mental battle at the 30km mark of the marathon). Even better, together with the Giig community, we raised nearly £5,000 for charity!With the Iron Man out of the way, we dive back into the realities of running a bootstrapped software company. Luke reflects on his trip to the Winston Churchill War Rooms and how Churchill’s quote—"success isn't final, failure isn't fatal"—perfectly mirrors our own three-year journey of building and rebuilding the Giig CRM.We also pull back the curtain on some major UI updates hitting the platform this week. Luke explains why moving the Tasks menu to the new right-side panel is a massive workflow upgrade, and we discuss the realities of balancing product development, marketing, and a packed demo schedule as a small team.00:00 - Intro, hydration tablets, and post-Iron Man pints02:30 - Iron Man Wales Recap: Heartbreak Hill & the Tour de France atmosphere08:15 - Crossing the finish line (and ruining the professional photos)14:30 - Surviving the 2-mile sea swim and getting kicked in the face20:45 - Winston Churchill’s 18-hour work days & the War Rooms visit24:20 - "Failure isn't fatal": Looking back at the early days of Giig Plus29:50 - Bowling nights, Montenegro prep, and the official AI Plan launch38:15 - Major Product Updates: The new right-side panel & Tasks menu overhaul42:40 - The founder struggle: Balancing product development, demos, and YouTube content