Sitemap - 2024 - Failings of a Female Founder

A heartfelt thank you

Protecting your peace, valuing your time, and saying “no” in business is the lesson from Mary Kate Trevaskis

We can have it all. Just at the cost of our own sanity

I think I had a mental breakdown. And here’s what I did about it

All The Mistakes I Made in Retail (So You Don’t Do the Same). And What They Taught Me About Retail Strategy

Christmas has come early in our house this year, and so have my new year reflections

Confessions of a Bad Time Manager

Setting Boundaries and Being True to Yourself with Georgia Day, Sheerluxe Columnist, Vogue Contributor, and Former Head of Content at Space NK

LinkedIn Messaging Limits: When 100 Is 99 Too Many

How to Build a Personal Brand (When You Don’t Want to Be an Influencer)

Do you fancy a chat?

The boss needs validation too you know

Turning 39. (Shares so the birthday messages come rolling in - joking).

What actually is company culture & how can you create a good one?

Everyone wants to go viral, and I've done it dozens of times

Why confidence doesn't always come easily. And 'Learn from our mistakes' with presenter, influencer and sustainability advocate, Bianca Foley.

Nobody talks about how tough it is to switch from work mode to parent mode

5 Tips To Improve Any PR Strategy

Learn from our mistakes: Ciara O'Shea, make-up artist to famous faces and owner of uber-cool brand, Proshine

When does mentoring become mental?

People keep telling me I’m an inspiration, so why do I feel like such a failure

Learn from our mistakes: Estée Lalonde. Influencer GOAT, Mirror Water brand owner, and someone who has the potential to make me (and others) fangirl

I took two weeks off for the first time in a decade. Guess what happened?

Learn from our mistakes: Charlotte Stavrou, Founder & CEO of SevenSix agency, BBC podcast host, creator & inclusivity advocate

One of the hardest things I've ever had to do: My brand has so much potential, I got 3 Dragons in the Den, but I'm walking away, and this is why

Introducing 'Learn from our mistakes'. I'm asking impressive women 'what would you do differently' in my new Substack series. Kicking off with fellow Dragons' Den survivor, Karlee Oz of Hello Klean

A word on grief. Why my grief and entrepreneurial journeys are linked

Things we didn't sign up for as founders & what Steven Bartlett's team advised me

These are the 5 things I would never do if I was launching a business

A love letter to myself (and all of us trying our best)

My businesses

People are so nice. I think I might be addicted to IG, and admitting feeling jealous

You've fallen out of love with work, now what?

I didn't want to tell you about my new business

Why your 60% is good enough

Here are the five acts of micro feminism I’ve started incorporating in my day-to-day to succeed in an industry that’s male dominated

Big business energy (and why it's problematic)

You've launched a 'successful' business that's not making enough money. What next?

One week, all the feels

Why do women have to feel guilty for earning money?

Normal things that people do that stress me out

Is it ok not to reply to people?

I'm sick of success being measured by financials

Post Dragons' Den

How I’m feeling about Dragons’ Den next week

Sometimes you don't realise how bad it's been until it's over

How I self-sabotage

Doing less, enjoying more