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Failings of a Female Founder

Open about running two 'successful' businesses with two kids in tow. Sharing my 'fails' to help you succeed.

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Meet the beauty brand insiders helping you to poo better (who made £100K in sales 5 weeks after launching)

The importance of drowning out the noise is the lesson from Holly Brooke, co-founder of WE ARE. REGULAR in my latest “Learn from our mistakes” instalment.

Can you give yourself a new title when you’re the boss? Is apologising hindering your progress? And can you parent like you don’t have a career, and work like you don't have children?

Questions I’ve been asking myself a lot lately.

I fulfilled £50K of orders from my kitchen after Dragons’ Den

Why I wish I’d always done my own fulfilment and how you can do it too.

Best friendship

An underrated love story

I shouldn't have got my skincare brand stocked in Lookfantastic and Harrods

Why more retailers didn’t grow my business – and advice on how to do it better than I did.

Entrepreneur Emma Grede (Billion-dollar SKIMS) thinks working from home is a “career killer” for women

I think she might (uncomfortably) have a point.

We, as women, owe it to other women to talk about money

Why I opt for financial transparency with my team (and I have no idea if it's a good management technique), but I do feel like it’s an act of micro-feminism.

Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere left me with so many unanswered questions.

And I can’t be the only one.

Side hustles are a lie

And why I have shut down my business.

Being brave enough to walk away - and why your gut doesn’t lie

Making bold business changes and leaving toxic relationships - this is the lesson from Pilates innovator & studio owner Claire Mills for my “Learn from our mistakes” series.