So You Want to Start a Business with Ingrid Thompson

Katherine Maslen is a naturopath, nutritionist, author and ambassador for amazing health. After completing 2 bachelor degrees in health science, she has been helping people be achieve good health for over 9 years.

Seven years ago she founded Brisbane Natural Health – a wellness center where she works with her team to help overcome her clients health issues.

After seeing clients for 5 days a week Katherine decided it was time to send her message a little further, so she decided to write Get Well, Stay Well.

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Also check out Katherine at http://katherinemaslen.com/ and www.brisbanenaturalhealth.com.au

Thanks for listening and if you are thinking about starting your own business I've written a book called "So You Want to start a business and you can grab a generous excerpt over at www.SoYouWanttoStartaBusiness.com.au

As always you can find full transcripts of all the podcasts over on my website www.healthynumbers.com.au with links and show notes

Remember: Ideas without action…. Well they are just that … ideas

What action are you inspired to take today?

I have long been in awe of what Kate Morris has achieved.

While we wait for her to be a guest on this podcast, here is (my version) of her business startup story!

In 1999 Kate knew her potential customers wanted a different experience because she listened to the customers she served at the Clarins counter in a major department store.

She started the first online cosmetics store in Australia.

Her story is inspiring. Listen in ....

If you want to read an excerpt of my book "So You Want to Start a Business" head over to www.soyouwanttostartabusiness.com.au and register your name and email and we'll send you access to a generous excerpt.

Kimberley Chan devoted over a decade to a career as a senior lawyer in international corporate organisations – which meant long, hard hours, high pressure and no room for failure. Whilst she had a solid, well-paying job, lived in a beautiful house in a gorgeous part of Sydney and was surrounded by a loving family and friends, she felt drained of life and by life. She was spent.

Kimberley spent a year of dipping her toes into various meditation styles – from mindfulness breathing to Buddhist, with varying degrees of success - before coming across Vedic Meditation. This technique was, by far, the most natural and effortless practice she had experienced.

"As I continued my twice daily meditation practice, I discovered a way to live and maintain the healthy, engaged and vibrant life I wanted, without feeling drained and withdrawing from the people and things I love. My physical and mental health improved dramatically. And, perhaps most importantly, I established clarity, purpose and a foundation upon which to view my life and my role in life," says Kimberley Chan.

In this interview conversation we hear Kimberley's business startup story.

Further information about pricing, what to expect and course dates can be found at kimberleychanmeditation.com.au

You can find full transcript over on my blog at www.healthynumbers.com.au

One of the definitions of entrepreneur that I heard recently and really like is:

"Where once there was nothing, there now is something. The entrepreneur is the person who makes some thing where previously there was nothing"

This episode is all about entrepreneurship by this definition. Nik Mirkovic and Alex Tomic were just 2 blokes in south east Queensland. They looked for an idea for a business and they grew it into a $40million + business n just 3 years.

Where there was nothing .... and now there is Hi Smile!

Theirs is a terrific story. One day it would be great to have one or both of them on my podcast. Meanwhile, here is my version of their start up story.

If you want to read the full transcript it is over on my blog at www.healthynumbers.com.au

If you would like an excerpt of my soon to be released book you can go to www.SoYouWanttoStartaBusiness.com.au and leave your email and we'll send you a copy immediately.

Thanks for listening.

Dr Sonia arrived in Australia on her own and with a dental qualification that was not recognised by the Dental Association.

Today she owns and runs multiple dental practices and she is here to tell her story - including washing dishes for almost no money !!

Dr Sonia is inspiring and energetic and appears regularly in women dental forums in Australia and NZ.

Her Mantra in life is "Do it". You can always do it better and faster so do not wait, take the risk, take the plunge.

"Be scared, be nervous, be excited, be positive"

Her first taste of business was co owing a dental practice at the age of 24. Just 3.5 years ago she bought a business that was almost closing and she has built it up to a hugely successful 7 figure business.

Dr Sonia now owns three dental practices in south east Queensland.

Kallangur dental surgery

Buderim Park dental

Wellington point dental

Dr Sonia is here to change the way dentistry is perceived by people because she believes it does not have to be a nervous or scary experience. She has built her niche in helping people who are nervous or scared about visiting the dentist. Her clients like that she has the ability to connect with them where everyone else has failed. They say she makes them comfortable.

She says the secret is :

if you feel comfortable with someone and trust someone, you create a long-term relationship with people.

She is here to create fans not clients.

Clients even travel from remote area of Western Australia just to see her. She has built her business on strong patient relationship and trust.

She believes in being authentic ,honest, knowledgeable and money and fame will follow you.

As always a full transcript is over at my Healthy Numbers blog, click here.

My guess is that you are here because you want to build and grow a successful and profitable business

I'm here to help you.

Everything I do in my business, every decision I make is based on this question: will this contribute to helping you, my listener take the steps to create a successful, viable and profitable business so that you can achieve Financial Independence?

This is why I do what I do

There are 2 ways you can access all my best material:

Come join us in this FB Group: Healthy Numbers Profit Lab the community for business owners and entrepreneurs who want to build and grow a profitable business.

https://bit.ly/HNProfitLabGroup

AND

Read my book! It is a Business 101 and can answer pretty much all your business questions. It is your step by step guide to launching and growing your business smarter and faster.

"So You Want to Start a Business"

You can order your FREE copy right here – you only pay for postage and handling: http://bit.ly/ThatBook

It's so exciting to be sharing it with you.

If you prefer the kindle Head over to Amazon

Happy reading!

Kate Toon is an award-winning SEO copywriter and SEO consultant with almost two decades of experience in all things advertising, digital and writing. Originally from the UK but now based just outside Sydney.

She has worked with big brands such as eHarmony, Curash and Kmart. And she's helped countless small businesses produce great content and improve their copywriting and SEO.

Kate is also the founder of The Clever Copywriting School and The Recipe for SEO Success eCourse, as well as co-host on the Hot Copy Podcast.

She presents the Write for Business show for the Dale Beaumont's Brin.ai app and recently launched The Copywriting Conference – Australia's first dedicated Copywriting Conference.

Kate's book "Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur" is one of the best books I've read this year!! Treat yourself to a copy!

If you are thinking about getting started in your own business and wondering what are the first steps, you may want to take the Business StartUp Readiness Assessment over here at my website healthynumbers.com.au/quiz and assess where you are on the business startup readiness scale. Once you complete the quiz you'll be asked for your name and email address and we'll send you some useful and helpful information about how to create, start and grow your own business, including an extract from my soon to be released book "So You Want to Start a Business"

Remember: Ideas without action …. Well, they are just that... "ideas" ...... What action are you going to take today?

In this episode we meet Hamilton Perkins who is the founder and President of Hamilton Perkins Collection, an e-commerce retailer, offering designer travel bags at an affordable price, while holding the highest standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.

In this in-depth interview Hamilton Perkins tells his business startup story of how he takes the bottles gathered up in Haiti by the locals and through all the steps these bottles become these useful, designer travel bags that looks good and are some thing to be proud of using!

Billions of plastic bottles are thrown away every year and that is a problem. Haiti has a particular problem with the plastic bottles. Hamilton has partnered with the organisation Thread Ground to Good which supplies fabric made out of recycled plastic water bottles.

Hamilton is committed to working with people in less developed nations by sourcing raw materials that divert plastic bottles, save water, and create jobs in parts of the world that need it the most. They track their progress and submit to rigorous third party review to ensure accuracy and accountability.

This is a terrific example of one person taking what they care about and creating a sustainable business.

Hamilton tells it like it is. He is articulate and passionate about his business and has a laser focus for what he knows will make a difference in the world.

Hamilton has generously offered listeners a discount on purchase at www.hamiltonperkins.com and use the code: business

If you are thinking about getting started in your own business and wondering what are the first steps, you may want to take the Business StartUp Readiness Assessment over here at my website healthynumbers.com.au/quiz and assess where you are on the business startup readiness scale. Once you complete the quiz you'll be asked for your name and email address and we'll send you some useful and helpful information about how to create, start and grow your own business, including an extract from my soon to be released book "So You Want to Start a Business"

Remember: Ideas without action …. Well, they are just that... "ideas" ...... What action are you going to take today?

Hayden Cox is the designer and founder of Haydenshapes Surfboards and the inventor of FutureFlex technology. Best known for his award winning (3 x Surfboard of the Year – USA and AUS) and global best selling surfboard design, Hypto Krypto, Hayden and the brand are also recognized for notable brand projects both within and unconventional to the world of surf.

Check out the Haydenshapes website here.

This is the first in the series of audio White Papers.

Hayden is on my list of people to interview in person and while we wait for that interview, here is his story as interpreted and told by me, your host Ingrid Thompson.

If you are thinking about getting started in your own business and wondering what are the first steps, you may want to take the Business StartUp Readiness Assessment over here and assess where you are on the business startup readiness scale.

Once you complete the quiz and leave your email address, we'll send you some information about to create, start and grow your own business, including an extract from my soon to be released book "so you want to start a business"

Remember: Ideas without action …. Are just that "ideas" ...... What action are you going to take today?

Accelerate your Business Financial Confidence is starting soon - 6 week Accelerator program that will change your life completely and forever https://www.healthynumbers.com.au/money/

When you understand how money works in your business your life changes completely and forever !!

Come join us in this FB Group: Healthy Numbers Profit Lab

This is the community for business owners and entrepreneurs who want to build and grow a profitable business.

https://bit.ly/HNProfitLabGroup

Jacqui Pretty is the Founder of Grammar Factory, a publishing company that turns entrepreneurs into authors. Many of her clients have become Amazon bestsellers, been featured on national television, landed paid speaking engagements and doubled their revenue. In short, she has witnessed first-hand the power of publishing to transform a business.

Jacqui has combined her love of writing with a solid business model. You can find out more over at the Grammar Factory website http://grammarfactory.com

This episode is brought to you by my book "So You Want to Start a Business; the 7 steps to create, start and grow your own business" and you can order your FREE copy right here: http://bit.ly/ThatBook

This is the only advertising on this podcast!

My guess is that you are here for one of 2 reasons:

Are you curious about what it's like to start a business?

Do you wonder if you have what it takes? Would your idea work? How much does it actually coss to build a successful business?

OR

Have you been in business for a few months or a year or 2 and things aren't going quite the way you thought they might?

I've written this book to answer pretty much all of your questions "So You Want to Start a Business" and you can order your FREE copy right here: http://bit.ly/ThatBook

My 15 years of experience working with start up and small businesses are condensed into this book.

This is your step by step guide to launch your business smarter and faster. It's so exciting to be sharing it with you. Please share your progress

If you prefer the kindle Head over to Amazon

Happy reading!

Dr. Ben Carvosso is a High Performance Coach with 28 years experience.

At the age of 23 he started his entrepreneurial journey, creating one of Australia's biggest allied health care practices. He then went on to build one of Victoria's premier bulk billing radiology companies, and within 7 years, had 4 practices in SE Victoria, employing over 35 staff, and turning over 3.5M+/year.

Ben is super clear when it comes to pricing and understanding your true value as a wellness practitioner and as a health professional. He speaks it as it is

Being in business is "Being an adult and doing adult things - even when you don't want to"

This is a terrific interview

Because of his age and personal experiences navigating mid-life, Dr Ben has had a focus on stuck and how it relates to mid-life. (mid-life stuck = mid-life crisis).

Ben now owns a company called The On Button. The High Performance Coaching arm of The On Button provides tailored Personal and Business Mindset Coaching for individuals, as well as Team coaching for small to medium sized businesses.

Ben is inspiring and passionate - and generous. He has offered a free Discover Coaching Call - click here to find out more

His book Life CEO is available at Amazon or wherever you buy your books

My guess is that you are here for one of 2 reasons:

Are you curious about what it's like to start a business?

Do you wonder if you have what it takes? Would your idea work? How much does it actually cost to grow and build a successful business?

OR

Have you been in business for a a year or 2 and things aren't going quite the way you thought they might?

You've dreamed of achieving Financial Independence through building a successful business … and it's taking longer than you thought.

Everything I do in my business, every decision I make is based on the question – will this contribute to helping you, my listener move closer to achieving Financial independence as a business owner? This is why I do what I do

That's why I wrote this book - to answer pretty much all of your questions.

"So You Want to Start a Business"

You can order your FREE copy right here – you only pay for postage and handling: http://bit.ly/ThatBook

My 15+ years of experience working with startups and small businesses are condensed into this book.

This is your step by step guide to launch your business smarter and faster. It's so exciting to be sharing it with you. Please share your progress

If you prefer the kindle Head over to Amazon

Happy reading!