The Start Up Show 2020
About The Show In today’s show, we hear from two businesswomen who are very early on in their start-up business stories. Amy Harding is a hairstylist who has found an unusual angle for her craft, and one which let her combine two of her great passions. Sarah Cooke is a mum who started an online store as a way to improve her income and create a new life. We hear their stories, where they are now and what they’ve learned so far in their journey. Also in the studio are host Sian Murphy and Co-Host Laura Lawrence and there are more episodes available at
Instagram For Business
About The Show Live in the studio today are three very different, dynamic businesswomen who are using Instagram to grow their businesses. Rebecca Middleton is an interior designer from Rebecca Middleton Refined luxe, Louise Cartright the Money Mindset and Certified High-Performance Coach and Rebecca Smith, CEO of GOLDIE media, Editor GOLDIE magazine and Author of How to be a Happy Dresser. Listen in to hear how three very different businesses use Instagram and their top tips on getting started, connecting and using Instagram.
How To Turn Your Hobby Into A Business
About The Show How To Turn Your Hobby Into A Business? Tune to hear a lively discussion between women in business from the US and UK talking through how do you know when it’s time to leap from your job. Plus, what’s the difference between an Accountability Partner, a Mentor and a Business Coach and how do you decide who you need? What happens when your family and friends don’t offer you the support you expected. It’s a busy show and we cover these and other issues with business leader Toaccara Steele, Grace Kelly, Chair of Women In Business for North Kent, co-host Laura Lawrence and the host Sian Murphy
Networking Do’s and Don’ts
About The Show Are you thinking of going networking to help grow your business, but you don’t know where to start, don’t know what to do when you get there and are just dreading it? This is the show for you! Today we were joined in the studio by Grace Kelly, Chair of the Women In Business Networking group and founder of 21st Century Flooring. Alongside her are 3 members of the group the Glass Artist, Beverley Bunn; Transformational Life Coach Mel Smith and Naaila Clements who is a Health and Wellbeing Consultant. During the show we explore… * How to decide which networking group is right for you * What preparation you might need * What to do on your first visit and how to actually walk into the room on your own * Ideas for boosting your confidence Listen in with host Sian Murphy and Co-host Laura Lawrence for more business ideas and of course to hear how everyone gets the collywobbles from time to time! If you’re wondering what that sign that Sian is holding up is all about – it’s her asking for a coat as the studio was so cold!
Have You Got Imposter Syndrome? And How To Tackle It If You Do…
About The Show There are some definite and potentially serious impacts on your business and career if you have Imposter Syndrome. If you feel as though your forward momentum isn’t what you want, need or deserve, then the solution could rest in this show. So, pop in your headphones, maybe grab a coffee and join in. Today we’re joined in the studio by Clare Josa, author of Ditching Imposter Syndrome, and Tania Gough, founder of the Beauty Academy South East. Together we explore how to identify Imposter Syndrome, how to tell if it’s Imposter Syndrome or Self Doubt. There are some definite and potentially serious impacts on your business and career if you have Imposter Syndrome. If you feel as though your forward momentum isn’t what you want, need or deserve, then the solution could rest in this show. So, pop in your headphones, maybe grab a coffee and join in.
Are You Making This Costly Mistake Taking On Freelancers? And, Do This BEFORE Go Into Partnership!
About The Show Does the thought of contracts leave you in a heap on the floor? Then this show is for you! It’s also for you if you’re thinking of using a freelancer to avoid the problems of taking on a new member of staff. If you’re aiming to avoid expenses like sick pay, maternity pay, holiday pay, contracts, disciplinarians and all that hassle, then you really need to make sure your freelancers are actually self-employed. Lots of business owners have been caught out! Listen in to find out how you can avoid being one of them. Plus, the pitfalls of going into a partnership with others and how to avoid the problems of GDPR wherever you are in the world. We are joined in the studio by Annabel Kaye, international keynote speaker and founder of KoffeeKlatch (she likes to test people with their spellings and I hope we’ve passed the test here) and she gives out the sort of no-nonsense advice about the legalities of being in business, and of just being in business that we all need to hear every now and then. This is also the show where Brexit was renamed as Breakfast – a much better option don’t you think?
Turning Your Creative Passion Into A Business
About The Show Tune in to this 50-minute show where we hear from the MD of Etsy UK, Annette Picardo, Author and Coach Dolores Andrew-Gavin, who helps businesswomen find their voice, and Rebecca Smith, Deputy CEO of Social Enterprise Kent, who helps CIC’s and Charities to grow. Along the way, we find out about the secret sauce behind Etsy that all creative entrepreneurs can and should be tapping into to help their business succeed. Are you living your own life and you want to? It’s sometimes not that easy to tell when we get caught up in everyday activities and emotions. Dolores shares the symptoms to look out for as clues to when we are not being true to ourselves. Rebecca, who works with people who are often already working within their passion, but who still need that extra little something to make it work. Of course, we have the usual lively mix of technical hitches, phone traumas and the general disorganisation that makes the studio bosses shake their heads in despair. Well, I always did say they should never have let us loose in there with all those screens and knobs.
Are You Living Or Existing and Getting The Right Your Business Numbers
About The Show We’re joined in the Studio by Business Coach Claire Harvey and Life Coach Dione Lockyer on the phone from Spain. Along the way, we find clues to if you’re living your life, or just existing. Do you need to make a radical and change and how do you do that? Plus, what about those business numbers? What should you be monitoring and what’s not worth bothering with? If you don’t like looking at your numbers is there an underlying fear? Life coaching, business coaching and more so grab a coffee and a sticky bun and sit down and listen to a bit of light-hearted business talk.
Do You Need A Coach and Top 10 Must Do’s for Start Ups
About The Show In this episode, we’re joined by the powerhouse Toccara Steele with a frank discussion about whether you need a coach for your life or your business. In the second half of the show Hetty Rackham, who has made her mark as a social media consultant who supports agencies with their large clients, talks about her startup journey and shares the Top 10 steps from her new programme for emerging female entrepreneurs. Tune in for the usual laughs, ideas and inspiration with Sian, Laura and guests.
The Natwest Everywoman Business Award Winners Share Their Stories
About The Show Thanks to the winners of the Natwest Everywoman Business Awards 2018 for their insights in this packed show. Tune in as Chloe Franses, Roni Savage and Keely Deininger share stories of their business journey, what they found out along the way and what they wish they had known when they first started out. Plus, book recommendations and inspirational ideas.
Bounce Back From Burnout with Michala Leyland
About The Show Tune in to hear Sian and Laura find out how the author and coach Michala Leyland did Bounce Back From Burnout. As she shares her story we also see how to tell burnout from overwhelm; how it can be a blessing in disguise and of course those tactics for bouncing back! Michala Leyland – Founder of Wood For The Trees Coaching and The Energy Management Movement
How To Grow Your Photography Business With Amber Leach
About The Show Our studio guest for this episode is Amber Leach, founder of Liberty Pearl Photo and Film Collective. Listen in to find out how Amber grew her business from a standing start, with only enough money in the bank to last 6 weeks and as a single mum. Despite no marketing budget, very little time, she launched and made it happen. Today she has an award-winning 6 figure business with a team of 11! Along the way, we hear how she used her experiences to launch her second business as a coach and mentor and her top tips for starting and growing a business.
How To Get Unstuck and Into Your Flow
About The Show We’re joined in the studio by Angela Gower-Johnson, Business Spiritual Advisor and founder of the Ultimate Dream Project. We explore how to get unstuck and find a new direction for your life and your business. Also in the studio are host Sian Murphy, Co-Host Laura Lawrence and Kelly Culver, live on Twitter.
How Art Journaling Can Help Depression
About The Show Find out how Debs Smith not only helped her depression with Art Journaling, but went on to create a business she loves. We also hear about some of the key materials you need if you want to get started yourself.
Goal Centred Laser Focused 2019 with Toccara Steele & Reinventing Yourself Out Of A Rut With Amanda Holiday
About The Show Starting the year Goal Centred and Laser Focused with some inspiration and motivation with Toccara Steele, CEO of VOS International who is calling in live from the USA. It the studio with Artist, Film Maker and Poet, Amanda Holiday and we hear her story and ideas for recognising if you’re in a rut, getting out of it and reinventing who you are. With host Sian Murphy and Co-Host Laura Lawrence and Kelly Culver tweeting live updates.
Anna Iversen
Our VIP Guest Join fjor and implement a preventative strategy to live well and feel well For many years, there has been a lot of focus on genetics. We have grown to accept that we all have some “bad genes” which we have no influence over. In actual fact it is rarely our bad genes that give rise to health issues. Rather, it is how our genes express themselves that matters. This is determined by our environment, diet and and other lifestyle factors. This is where we can make a real difference to our lives. One step at a time we can switch on the “good’ gene expression and get rid of the negative environmental and lifestyle habits that give rise to “bad” gene expression. Once you have got your head around the basic concept, you will feel empowered – the state of your health is in your hands! The key is to implement a number of protective strategies, personalised to your own unique requirements, ranging from physical movement, nutritional plans, lifestyle coaching, including stress management and sleep optimisation, but also taking a critical look at your home and work environment, whilst throwing in the latest technologies to the mix to ensure that you truly become your optimal self. This highly effective programme, targeting your cellular powerhouses, will leave you feeling healthier, happier and more energised. My Story, Anna Iversen, Founder, fjor When both of my parents were diagnosed with cancer, within weeks of each other, I was scared. I felt that potentially everyone around me was falling victim to this awful disease, including myself. I viewed cancer as something external, that is thrust upon us, if we were unlucky. During the very emotional year I spend looking after my parents I was too scared to do any research – the thought of googling the word “cancer” was just too daunting. I felt like everyone around me would succumb to this terrible disease. By sheer stroke of luck, in the week before my mother’s passing (she was the last to go), I stumbled over a book fittingly called “Tripping over the Truth” by Travis Christofferson, an American science writer. I cannot recall how I came across the book, or why I dared open it, as I had been actively avoiding all literature about cancer and disease in general. Everything changed once I started reading the book. I was no longer scared of cancer or any other degenerative condition for that matter. I understood that we are in control of our health – it was truly empowering. This led me on a journey devouring every conceivable book and research paper on modern degenerative conditions. It resulted in me packing in my 20+ years as a lawyer in the City of London and setting up fjor, a preventative healthcare and health optimisation business. What I came to realise is that chronic conditions, ranging from diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome, heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune disease, arthritis, depression, attention deficit disorder, cognitive decline, hormonal imbalances, migraines, allergies, asthma and skin condition like acne, eczema and psoriasis, to the worst of them all, cancer – all have similar causes. It is our modern diet, lifestyle and environment the causes these diseases and we can therefore prevent them from occurring by making the right lifestyle choices. I created fjor to show people how this can be achieved. I feel a strong urge to spread the word as widely as possible! I want us all to understand that we are in control of our health and wellbeing. It could have such a profound effect on how the world develops. We need to address the current negative outlook painted of Western society and reduce the potentially crippling healthcare burden. At fjor we build bridges with a variety of clinicians, researchers and innovators who all share this objective. For our clients, we combine the most cutting edge science, novel technologies and top of the range services tailoring solutions that work for the individuals we are facing. We understand that people live busy and pressurised lives and our support needs to alleviate these pressures, not add to them. I’d like you to join me on this journey – it is fjor your health.
Tech Start Up Story With Special Guest Anna Iversen
About The Show Listen in to hear the ups and downs of bringing a technical product to market with our special guest in the studio today, Anna Iversen, Founder of Fjor. We also hear Anna’s personal story, how that led to her business and about her programme targeting the bodies cellular powerhouse to leave you feeling healthier, happier and more energised.” Also in the studio, is Sabrina Palme, Founder of Palme, founder of Gartenzwerg Technologies and the Indoor Garden. Plus the usual tips, ideas and banter with Sian Murphy and co-host Laura Lawrence. Read More About Anna Iversen
Women Starting Up In The Tech Industry
About The Show Tune in to hear the experiences of our guest Lucy Hall and Efu Akumanyi leaving their corporate jobs and setting up their own tech businesses. We find out what they wished they had known before they started out, their top tips for being in business and how it’s working out for them after jumping from their jobs. Plus, we hear from Lucy about the future of our business social media as AI (Artificial Intelligence) becomes a reality, and how we can embrace it as we promote our businesses.
Leaving Your Corporate Job To Start A Business
About The Show Do you dream about leaving the corporate job world to start your own business? Well, today’s guests did just that. Not only that but our host, Sian Murphy and Co-host, Laura Lawrence also took that leap of faith. Beth Lothian left her HR Directorship to start her own accessories brand, The Lion Sparkles and Harjit Sohetey-Khan gave up her job in the corporate finance world to launch her ethical fashion brand Jewelled Buddha. Tune in to hear their stories, what worked, what didn’t, business tips and a book recommendation. Plus the usual fun, laughs and, what women in business radio show would be without a baby burping in the background? Today’s show had it all! Also in the studio were presenters, Host – Sian Murphy, Co-Host – Laura Lawrence and Kelly Culver managing our live Twitter Feed.
Breaking Into The Fashion Industry
About The Show In today’s show, we hear from Jacynth Basset of the-bias-cut.com and Hazel Edwards, Milliner and founder of HoneyV creating bespoke hair accessories for brides. We hear how they broke into the fashion industry, some of the problems they experienced and their tips and ideas for succeeding in business, and in the fashion world. Jacynth also told us about her troubles with trolling on social media and we all discussed some excellent ideas for dealing with this really annoying, and sometimes upsetting aspect of marketing. Hazel shared how she broke into the prestigious Ascot hat market – not an easy thing to do by anyone’s reckoning! Also in the studio was host Sian Murphy and co-host Laura Lawrence and we had Kelly Culver managing Twitter!