In this episode we hear from Stephanie Melodia, founder of Bloom, an award-winning marketing agency for tech scale-ups. Since starting her business in November 2017, Stephanie has been named one of the UK’s Top 20 Most Influential Female Founders. Stephanie talks about her motivation for starting a business, balancing ambition with enjoyment of your work and shares important advice on curating a business proposal and pitching to VCs. 

Stephanie's Advice: 

• Consider and learn from the bad practice of others as well as the good
• Balance ambition with mindfulness and contentment - to avoid needless stress
• Delegate; you are not indispensable
• Be aware of your strengths and your weaknesses
• When planning your day, know yourself and when you are at your most productive
• If you need to reject an invitation, be polite but firm
• When pitching don’t let yourself feel subordinate; remember your value and what you have to offer
• Always communicate, at every stage; present your vision succinctly
• Don’t listen to anyone else; go for it!

If you’d like to contact Stephanie, you can reach out at [email protected]

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Edited by Milun Haggipavlou. Recorded & published by Juliet Fallowfield, 2022 MD & Founder of PR & Communications consultancy for startups Fallow, Field & Mason.

FF&M recommends: 

• LastPass the password-keeping site that syncs between devices.
• Google Workspace is brilliant for small businesses
• Buzzsprout podcast 'how to' & hosting directory
• Canva has proved invaluable for creating all the social media assets and audio bites.
• For contracts check out Law Depot.

MUSIC CREDIT Funk Game Loop by Kevin MacLeod.  Link & Licence

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