How To Start Up by FF&M
How To Start Up is helping founders decide what to do now, next, or never when starting & scaling a business. I'm your host Juliet Fallowfield, founder of the podcast production & PR consultancy Fallow, Field & Mason & my aim is that each episode focuses on solving one clear, specific problem faced by all startup founders & small business owners. And if you can’t find your answer, DM us!
Episodes cover practical topics including starting a business, scaling a startup, founder mental health & wellbeing, writing a pitch deck, raising investment, hiring & managing teams, PR & marketing, customer acquisition, & navigating the realities of entrepreneurship.
How To Start Up is designed to provide practical startup advice, real-world insights, & reassurance from experienced entrepreneurs, operators, & experts, so founders can make better decisions with confidence.
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How To Start Up by FF&M
How (& why) to build a second business with Laura Butler-Madden, GROVE England
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Laura Butler-Madden is an award-winning interior designer with 14 years of expertise restoring and transforming period properties. Laura hasn't left her design career. She's simply added a second one.
For anyone starting a business, this may feel like a lot given how many hats you’re already wearing, so I was keen to chat to her about why and how she decided to do this.
Keep listening to hear a practical guide on how to build a second career alongside your first.
Laura's advice:
- Just because you can do something well doesn’t mean you should be doing it
- Go for what makes you happy and contented
- And simultaneously look for a gap in the market
- When you are in control of a business, you can shed the extra processes
- As long as you have the basics - like understanding spreadsheets - you can manage
- You don’t need a big team - but it also means you have no support group
- So you do need to be resilient to do everything yourself
- Patience and resilience are vital - just keep going!
- At first, there may be more lows than highs
- The big plus is the freedom
- Make sure you relax sometimes
- And acknowledge how far you’ve come
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Recorded, edited & published by Juliet Fallowfield, 2024 MD & Founder of PR & Communications consultancy for startups Fallow, Field & Mason. Email us at hello@fallowfieldmason.com or DM us on instagram @fallowfieldmason.
MUSIC CREDIT Funk Game Loop by Kevin MacLeod. Link & Licence
