Making It Women Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Secrets of Success

by Gimson, Lou; Mitchell, Allison

• ISBN13: 9781841127002
• ISBN10: 1841127000
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-15
• Publisher: Capstone

Summary

Many women have great dreams about owning their own business, yet sadly, it often remains just a dream. The reason? All too often it's simply lack of confidence and self belief that lets them down and a feeling of being too far removed from the famous women entrepreneurs of today and unable to compete on that level. In truth though, there are thousands of women out there who are just like them, but who do own a business and are living their dreams on a scale they choose, successfully mixing home lives with a business and feeling fulfilled. Making It is a compilation of inspirational women's start-up stories that lets you share their accounts of how the businesses came to 'be' as well as the highs and lows that came along the way. Packed full of hints and tips from the real life experts, this book is guaranteed to inspire anyone towards achieving their goal, and with the powerful NLP exercises included you'll be able locate your strengths and weaknesses and build up exactly the right attitude for success.

Author Biography

Lou Gimson is an experienced and accredited business trainer and coach, working with businesses of all types and sizes. She specialises in bringing pre-start entrepreneurs' business dreams to reality and has a particular interest in women owned businesses. She is an accomplished mentor and inspirational speaker Allison Mitchell is an inspirational coach and trainer and a pioneer in the field of ExecuMum and Mumpreneur Coaching

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements and Permissions list	p. xi
List of contributors	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Accentuate the positive: Steph Cutler, Open Eyed	p. 3
Total belief: Josephine LaVey, LaVey Corsetry & Clothing	p. 31
Trust: Sarah Pharo, Pharo Communications	p. 61
Innovative: Dawn Gibbins, Flowcrete Group plc	p. 86
To aim high: Perween Warsi, S & A Foods	p. 107
Unstoppable: Deirdre Bounds, i-to-i	p. 123
Determined: Fiona Oxley and Karen Wilbourn, Lello	p. 145
Enthusiasm: Lynne Franks, SEED Women's Enterprise Programme	p. 163
Epilogue	p. 185
Recommended reading	p. 187
Index	p. 191
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