Small Business, Big Network

Laurie Kozan is a brand and marketing strategist who helps founders, experts and independent consultants attract more of the people they really want to work with, by learning what to say about what they do.

Laurie’s work is built around the conviction that the way we communicate has real power — to create clarity, community and change. Using her background in PR, marketing, graphic design, and intuitive coaching, she develops brands that align expert perspective with audience desires, so selling feels easier + business works better.

A mother of three, Laurie is especially good at spotting synergies, coaxing order from chaos, and taming competing priorities. Like any good parent, what absolutely lights her up is helping others figure out what they uniquely contribute to the world — and setting them up with the tools to do it really, really well.

You can connect with her on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauriekozan and on her website https://www.sourcemarketingstudio.com

Anna Scaife is a founder of Anna Lou of London jewellery brand and nervous system regulation specialist who brings a fresh perspective to business networking. After more than two decades building and scaling a product-based brand, she’s learned that growth isn’t just about strategy , it’s about regulation.

Having navigated high-stress personal and legal challenges and domestic abuse while running a business, Anna became deeply interested in how the nervous system affects confidence, decision-making and relationship-building. She now speaks on regulation-based leadership and why in-person networking works not just strategically, but physiologically.

In this episode, she shares why sustainable business growth starts with a regulated founder , and how understanding your nervous system can transform the way you show up in rooms, build partnerships and create long-term success.

Connect with Anna:

LinkedIn: @annascaife

Instagram: @annalouwellness

Instagram: @annalouoflondon

Anna Brand is obsessed with one question: Why should anyone care about your brand? She helps founders get clarity and confidence in how their brand shows up, without overcomplicating it. No bloated processes. No buzzwords. No BS. Blending psychology and straight-talk brand thinking, Anna helps create brands people actually feel something for. She also hosts B. with Anna Brand, a podcast featuring honest conversations about work, identity, failure, and the messy human stuff behind success.

https://annabrandcreative.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-brand/

Josh Harris is an Ex-Big Four accountant and founder of Doc2, a contract automation platform helping businesses streamline while staying compliant.

He finds that networking at industry-specific events brings the most return on time investment, and recently Doc2 hosted their own event alongside a partner from the financial services sector.

Doc2.co

https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-w-harris/

Jane Parslow is a retirement coach and one of the founders of 'Retirement Pathways'. They are specialists in retirement, using a ‘Wholistic’ approach that empowers people to tackle the challenges and adjustments needed to make a successful transition to retirement.

Jane finds that most of her clients come to her via networking, one way or another.

www.retirementpathways.co.uk

https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeparslow/

Sarah Luong is a Performance Anxiety Coach who helps small business owners move from being fearful of interacting with strangers to the heart of the networking conversation. As a former nervous networker herself, Sarah understands the dread of walking into a room where you don’t know a soul. After mastering the art of confident pitching, she now specialises in helping others find their unique networking voice. Whether you’re terrified of the 60-second pitch or just aren't sure how to start a conversation, Sarah provides the practical tools to help you show up, speak up, and grow your business with confidence.

www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-luong-58859b106

Christen Gilchrist is a Organisational Psychologist and Executive Coach who helps leaders and organisations remove friction from the way they work.

Through her consultancy, Core Potential Solutions, she's supported clients ranging from Harrods and the NHS to founder-led businesses. Christen specialises in the psychology behind performance, decision making and efficiency - showing how behaviour patterns and operations shape business results. Her work bridges science and practicality, helping leaders build trust, influence ethically and create cultures that sustain growth.

Website:

https://www.corepotentialsolutions.com/

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christen-gilchrist-654701130?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app

Wendy Harris is the founder of Konpasu and known as 'the Chief Conversation Officer'.

All her life, Wendy has worked with people who aren’t comfortable with selling or networking - which is exactly why she started the Konpasu Community. It’s a relaxed, welcoming space that proves growing your network doesn’t have to mean pitching to strangers or working a room with a fake smile.

She is also the organiser of several LinkedIn Local events in Scotland.

Konpasu.co.uk

Book time with Wendy Harris: 121 - Wendy Harris

Kaye King is on a mission is to debunk the myths that cause fear, frustration, and overwhelm around marketing.

After working with brands like Kenco, Hilton, and Nationwide during her 30-year marketing agency career, Kaye now uses her experience to strip everything back to basics for her clients. Her aim is simply to stop business owners wasting time, energy, and money on marketing that doesn’t work for them (or to stop them avoiding it altogether!)

Through her calm, practical and jargon-free approach, Kaye encourages her clients to embrace marketing and prioritise it to grow their business in a way that works for them. All without being sleazy, spammy or annoying.

Connect with Kaye on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/kaye-king-marketingmentor

Visit Kaye’s website https://www.marketingmentorkaye.com/

Join Kaye’s email community for a regular dose of Marketing Calm in your inbox https://www.marketingmentorkaye.com/marketingcalm

Mateo Martez is the author of Beyond Networking: How to Become the Person Everyone Wants to Know. He loves helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses through meaningful relationships. By day he's Chief of Staff at The Resonance and by night he lives at Harvard St. Commons, a hacker house for entrepreneurs at Harvard and MIT. You can find him at mateomartez.com.

Links:

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Networking-Become-Person-Everyone/dp/1967284016/

Website: www.mateomartez.com

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