With April fast approaching you might have done some sums and realised that you really do need to invest a little more £££ in your business if you don’t want the tax man to take ALL of your hard-earned cash come January. Question is, with so many different ways to invest in your business, how […]
Freelance life
Entrepreneurs: why you should embrace your inner introvert.
What’s your superpower? Here’s mine: I’m a card-carrying, badge-wearing, proud-as-punch INTROVERT. Okay, this is a new thing for me. Not being an introvert — I was born this way, baby! But the card-carrying, proud-as-punch part…that’s new. I read Susan Cain’s ‘Quiet’ a few years ago and while that did turn me on to the […]
Should you EVER work for free?
Should you ever work for free? Try asking this instead: Would you ask a man to work for free? Sugar, spice, and all things nice: that’s what little girls are made of. Then we grow up. And we’re expected to be just as nice. To not cause a scene. To blend in. To be quiet, […]
The 3 reasons every service-based business owner should turn down work.
When you’re running your own service-based business it’s tempting to say ‘yes’ to absolutely everything and everyone. And hey, your accountant would possibly just leave it at that. But I’m going to put my Mummy hat on now and tell you that, while staying in the black is pretty damned important, it shouldn’t come at […]
Caring for your mental health when you work from home
“Do you think you’ll be okay working from home?” my colleague asked me when I confided that I wanted to quit my part-time job to work on my business full-time. “What do you mean? Why wouldn’t I?” “Well, you know, with the anxiety and all…” Crap, I hadn’t even thought of that. I’d been too […]
Why you should set a yearly watchword for your business.
Entrepreneurship is one hell of a rollercoaster. Someone recently described it to me as ‘a series of “oh shits” followed by “woo hoos”, which I thought summed things up nicely. One of the biggest “oh shits” I face when running my business as a solopreneur is decision making. I’m definitely a type A gal, […]