💥 8 Years old today…

Brand New Horizons opened its doors 8 years ago, with an offering I was hoping would find an audience, very pleased to say it has definitely got an audience and delivered year on year growth. 💥

📍 Always a risk to take on the route of self-employment but I had a niggling feeling it would be a success thankfully I was right.

📍 None of it possible of course without my clients, students and the nice people who employ me in the University of Limerick and DCU. A huge thank you to them for their support, guidance and learning.

📍I am the teacher and the coach, but I learn so much from my clients, students and peers. Always grateful for that.

I recently posted about the benefit of reflecting, so I am taking the opportunity to reflect on 8 very successful years and provide some guidance/tips to anyone thinking about setting up a business.

✅ Think about your business offering, and where it sits in the market. Can you bring something new to the market?
✅Do you have the marketing/sales skills to sell your business, referrals will count for some of your business, but you will need to engage in some self-promotion to get your product offering out there?
✅Get organised with your finances, there is no point in working if you don’t get paid.
✅Set it up so that it works for you, enjoy the freedom and flexibility it brings.
✅It can be a slow process to build a brand and a business, be realistic about your projections.
✅Network with other self-employed people, there is huge learning to be gained from other peoples’ experience.
✅Get expert help when you need it.
✅Change brings opportunity don’t be afraid of it.
✅Try and do something you love, it can be hard work to do it all, but I love what I do, and that makes everything enjoyable and rewarding!
✅Enjoy it!