Blossoming Business with Emma Middleton
This podcast is perfect for anyone who is considering starting up their own business or has recently started and would love to hear from people who are sharing the same journey just on a slightly different path.
In 2003 I qualified as an accountant and in 2009 I left the security and the constraints of my 9-5 job to set up my own business. Since then I have helped many women with the less exciting and absolutely crucial work on the financials of setting up a business and learned a whole heap about the non-financial side of running my own business as well.
Join me as I talk through some of my own experiences, give you some technical tips and advice (including the things to avoid) and chat to other women who will share their own experiences of setting up a business.
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Podcast #19 Do I need book-keeping software?
Do I need book-keeping software? Software for book-keeping is something that I use everyday as it makes the process of keeping financial records very easy and efficient, however, it is not something I would recommend businesses invest in initially as it can be done...
Podcast #18 Squashing those Money Mindsets
Squashing those Money Mindsets In this episode I share three of the most common money mindsets and how I have seen them overcome in businesses. 1. You have to work really hard to make money 2. You can help people or make money but not both 3. More money equals more...
Podcast #17 Working from home
Working from home In this episode I share some of my tips that I have found work for me when working from home and chat about how I have used them in my own day to day work life. 1. Holding myself accountable 2. Having a dedicated workspace 3. Having a dedicated work...
Podcast #16 Finding the funds
Finding the Funds In this episode I talk about the different ways in which it is possible to raise finance for you business including the following: 1. Savings 2. Friends and family 3. Bank loans and overdrafts 4. Asset finance 5. Crowd funding 6. Business...
Podcast #15 Fighting the fear of judgement
Fighting the fear of judgement In this episode I talk about how we all fight the fear of judgement in our every day lives as well as our professional lives and how at sometimes we can find it paralyses us. I start with giving some background information into why...
Podcast #14 Finding Your Ideal Business
Welcome to Episode Number 14 In this episode I discuss how we identify what product or service we could offer in our business. In some cases we have that light bulb moment first and know exactly what we would like to offer but other times it might be that we have...
Podcast #13 The Importance of a ‘Party Pitch’
In this episode I introduce the idea of always having a party pitch tucked up your sleeve for the moments when you meet someone new and want to succinctly tell them about your business in order to move your conversation towards a lead or a future contact. During...
Podcast #12 Keeping on Top of an Expanding Inbox
Keeping on Top of an Expanding In-box In this weeks episode I talk about my top five tips for keeping on top of an in-box which is fit to bursting. I share some of my own experiences and tips and tricks I have learnt over the last few years. 1. Unsubscibe from...
Podcast #11 Have I got enough money to …?
Have I got enough money to ...? Four out of the top five reasons for a business failing is that they haven’t done the back office work on the numbers and preparing a working cashflow is one of those important tasks. A cashflow forecast is essentially a prediction of...