If you're starting a business after leaving a career behind, whether that was your choice or not, there's a particular kind of nerves that comes with it. It's not just "can I make this idea work," it's "who am I now, if I'm not that...
Signs You're Ready to Start a BusinessA lot of people wait for a specific feeling before they start a business. A sense of total confidence. A moment where the nerves disappear and everything feels certain. Here's the truth, and I say this as someone who's...
Hobby to business - it really is possible There's a particular moment a lot of people describe to me. They've been doing something they love, on the side, for a while, maybe selling a few pieces, taking the odd booking, helping friends of friends, and then...
How to Get Your Small Business Noticed Online Almost every business owner I've worked with has, at some point, said a version of the same thing to me: "I've got a great product, I just don't feel like anyone can see it."It's one of the most...
Here's how to build a business around your actual life, not the other way around Let's talk about starting a business that fits around your actual life, rather than trying to force your life to fit around a generic idea of what a business "should" look...
You can start a business when your budget is small "I'd love to start a business, but I just don't have the money behind me." I hear this so often, and I get it completely, because I've felt it myself. It's easy to look at other...
I hear a version of the same sentence almost every week: "I will start when things settle down." When the kids are a bit older. When work is quieter. When I've saved a bit more. When I feel ready.I understand it completely, because I've said...
There's a particular kind of nerves that comes with having something to sell and no one to sell it to yet. I remember it well. You've done the work, you've got your product or service ready, and now comes the bit nobody quite prepares you...
Where to Start (Even If You Have No List Yet) If the words "email marketing" make you want to close the laptop and make a cup of tea instead, I completely understand.It's one of those things that sounds technical and a bit intimidating, especially if you...
We hear this one a lot: "I'm posting regularly, so why isn't it working?" And we get it, because it feels like it should be that simple. Show up, post consistently, and the right people find you. But content isn't really about how often you...