High Frequency Fridays

Sian Millar, Founder of Dizzy Ducks, Luxury Coastal Holiday Homes, Polka Dot Farm, and The Boardroom “Early Years”


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In this episode, I catch up with someone who I have known and respected for many years, someone we’ve worked closely with in our business, and someone who is a friend that we’ve shared many trips – I know she doesn’t

like to mention Everest Base Camp for one!

This episode is with serial entrepreneur Sian Millar, who many of you will know from the Entrepreneurs Circle with her Dizzy Ducks hat on.

Sian originally got into the nursery industry because of the lack of childcare in Essex when she was a working mum. To a mind like Sian’s, of course a problem is an opportunity so she left her stable job to create a nursery group that would become a badge of distinction.

Sian grew Dizzy Ducks from one to eight sites, and fourteen years later successfully exited and sold her business to a larger nursery group.

Since then, she’s worked as a business coach, set up her rental property company, and has recently launched Polka Dot Farm, a unique space for young children that focuses on outdoors, exploring nature and ensuring their indoor space is just as engaging as the outdoors.

  • Listen to Learn:
  • Why Vision must come first, and everything (and everyone) needs to follow and stay true to this.  
  • Why you need to set-up for Exit at the START of your business journey, not at the end.
  • How to get a business to survive on its own.
  • How Sian has grown her team to 40 members, generated a Turnover of £2.2m, and has a long waiting list – in just 5 months!
  • Why you shouldn’t have a day job in your business.
  • Why you should never let people jeopardise your brand or identity.
  • Alarms & Alerts and Scorecards don’t have to be numbers based.
  • How to WOW your team & your customers for less than £10 to retain loyalty.
  • Why policies, procedures and systems are there to help and learn from – and not there to blame.  
  • Why you, as the Leader, must hold up your hands when you’ve got it wrong.
  • For more details visit https://sianmillar.co.uk

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    High Frequency FridaysBy Martin Norbury


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