The Parentpreneur Accelerator Podcast

In this week's episode I am interviewing Oxford based mum, Jessica Ashley.Jessica worked for a corporate estate agent for 10 years before setting up her own estate agent business Amelie’s Estate Agents when her maternity leave came to an end.In this episode, we’ll cover:What it’s been like to go from estate agent to owner of an estate agent business. The ethos behind Jessica's business, and how she provides an estate agent with a difference. How Jessica manages her time in a demanding industry. Click here to listen in: https://www.parentpreneur.com/podcast-080-jessica-ashley-an-estate-agent-with-a-difference"

On this week's episode I am interviewing Rebecca Cross. Rebecca Cross is a Business Success & Motivational Strategist who works alongside aspiring female entrepreneurs looking to build their dream business and achieve the lifestyle that they deserve, not in the future but now. Rebecca's goal is to help 2 million women ‘Step into their Greatness’ and achieve their dreams, taking it one step at a time. Rebecca has an emotional story that has made her the great woman she is today and although she suffered mental abuse, learning difficulties and more…Rebecca found strength in her dark times and managed to rise from the shadows to shine a light on the women she now mentors every single day. Rebecca has built her own successful business empire within coaching and property, studied motivation, business strategy and mindset so that she can motivate and support other women and enable them to realise that anything is possible. Alongside her busy career she also manages family life with her husband and 3 kids. In this episode, we’ll discuss: How to build a business empire around being a mum / Finding your passion and how you can make this your living / Feeling fear and pushing through it.

On this week's episode I am for the very first time interviewing couplepreneurs Joshua Lisec and Judy Shaw, whom together are The Entrepreneur’s Wordsmith LLC.During the first half I interview Joshua and in the second Judy, whilst the other cares for their young son, a real-life example of parentpreneurs. Joshua founded The Entrepreneur’s Wordsmith LLC, as the first Certified Ghostwriter in Ohio, a Forbes Contributor ghostwriter, a TEDx speaker, a leading authority on Author Voice Authenticity, and a two-time published novelist. Since 2011, he has ghostwritten forty books.Judy is the Vice President and Editorial Services Manager of The Entrepreneur's Wordsmith. Alongside husband Joshua, Judy helps business owners, chief executives, coaches, consultants, and entrepreneurs write, publish, and market their books.In just the past couple of years, some of Joshua and Judy’s author clients have had phenomenal results which we will discuss on the call.In this episode, we will discuss: What a Certified Professional Ghostwriter is....Ghostpublishing, Being life partners, business partners, and parents

On this week's episode I am interviewing Nicole Clewer.Nicole is the founder of luxury activewear brand Dot Dash Activewear. Prior to this, she was a celebrity trainer with 10 years experience in the fitness industry ranging from Barre, Crossfit, Powerlifitng and Personal Training. After being an ambassador for a renowned fitness brand for five years, she decided to become an ambassador of her own brand and Dot Dash Activewear was born. She started the brand when she was three months pregnant and her son Jago is now one year old. In the first year she was featured in Women’s Health twice alongside other magazines such as ‘Runners World’. As well as running Dot Dash Activewear, she is a qualified personal Trainer and Associate Lecturer at Oxford Brookes university within the business department. She exercises regularly and in 2014 she broke the squat British record in her weight class.In this episode, we’ll:Juggling parenting and business.Looking after your mental health and wellbeing.Entrepreneurship and taking the plunge.

On this week's episode I am interviewing Jo Bevilacqua. Jo is the Owner of ""Serenity Loves"" & Founder of ""The Unique Mumpreneur"".Serenity Loves is a hair and beauty salon with onsite creche and the Unique Mumpreneur an online and in person community for women (Mothers or Not) who want to take the first steps to starting their own business or grow an existing one. It is designed to support mothers who juggle entrepreneurship with the challenges of raising a family and establishing a work/life balance. Before she launched the Unique Mumpreneur she had many jobs involving customer service and sales and after years of earning amazing money but with no sight of a long term ‘career’ she felt like something was missing. So, she made the decision to retrain and formed a career within childcare, which was another passion. She then founded Hallmark Carpets & Flooring in 2009, in partnership with her husband, whilst on maternity leave. Despite knowing nothing about the industry she still made it a success then whilst pregnant with her second daughter had the idea of a one stop hair and beauty salon with a supervised crèche, which led her to open the doors to Serenity Loves.In this episode, we will discuss: Starting a business whilst on maternity leave, Doing what you love every day. Delegation. Listen in here: https://www.parentpreneur.com/076-jo-bevilacqua-the-benefits-of-working-with-a-sales-coach

In this month's episode I am interviewing Alison Edgar. Alison is the Managing Director of Sales Coaching Solutions, also known as The Entrepreneur’s Godmother. She is one of the UK's Top 10 Business Advisers and #1 in Sales and Marketing.Alison is regularly featured on BBC 1 Breakfast, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian as well as BBC Radio 4 Moneybox and has recently appeared on LBC radio.She has trained thousands of people nationally and internationally. Her client list ranges from start-ups all the way through to multinational conglomerates and includes Dragon's Den and Apprentice winners.A newly published author, book Secrets of Successful Sales, which explains her Four Pillars of Sales has reached #1 on the Amazon best-sellers chart.In this episode, we’ll: Secrets of Successful Sales Book / Sales, intrapreneurship & communications and Benefits of working with a sales coach.

On this week's episode I re-interview James Golden.James was one of our first ever interviewees and featured in one of our first episodes - number 14!After starting his business in 2010, he’s had an incredible journey that included getting a bank grant and later hitting rock bottom, overcoming a cancer diagnosis when he was 26, and building his company into a profitable business that employs 10 staff and has recently raised funds for growth through a crowdfunding campaign.James is fellow Parentpreneur, living with his wife, two daughters (aged 6 and 2) and his son who is 7 months old.14 months on from his original interview a lot has happened in that time. James has now parted ways with his business, is back to being a one man band and now involved in a retreat company called YOLO Retreats.We catch up to find out what's new and next for James.

On this week's episode I am interviewing Siobhan Murray.Siobhan is a Positive Psychology Success Coach & Psychotherapist and a Family Mediator.Siobhan holds a First-Class Honours B.A. in Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Diploma in Mindfulness and Wellbeing, is a Master NLP Practitioner, a certified Life Coach and a Mediator and is about to embark on a Masters in Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology. Siobhan’s early career began working in the Entertainment industry where she worked with artists such as Sir Elton John, Goldie and B*Witched...to name a few. In her early 30’s Siobhan established the Ronald McDonald Children’s Charity in Ireland and was instrumental in the building of the Ronald House at Crumlin Children’s Hospital.Following the expansion of her family and then subsequently becoming a single mother Siobhan began to view her world differently. It was her passion for understanding how our minds work and how the hectic pace we live our lives is creating an epidemic of burnout that inspired her to change careers and her lifestyle.She established her clinic in 2010 and has been working 1:1 with clients and delivering bespoke workshops on Behavioural Change, how to combat Burnout and Breaking the Glass Ceiling, to companies, conferences and events around the country.Siobhan is regularly interviewed on her view point as a Behavioural Change and Burnout Specialist for newspaper and radio and most recently was commissioned as an expert to work on the TV documentary, Stressed, which aired on RTE1 May 2018. She regularly contributes to podcasts on various different topics and has her first book, The Burnout Solution due for release January 2019.In this episode, we will discuss:The impact of burnout on our lives, How to be self-compassionate and how to become resilient.

In this week's episode I am interviewing Amanda Overend. WARNING: Don’t listen with small children as Amanda talks about delivery of presents at Christmas.Amanda is mum to 3 young boys and the Owner of Books & Pieces, which makes buying books easy for families who want to enjoy books with their children.Amanda's background is in sports PR & Media, and more recently education PR. Whilst pregnant in 2012, she set up Books & Pieces which she ran alongside her day job (and having a third child!). At Christmas 2016 she left her day job to go ‘full time’ with the business.She has been steadily growing Books & Pieces, and this September was a turning point for her because her youngest started school, so she decided to launch her second business, Stocking Fairy (providing wrapped Christmas stocking gifts)!In this episode, we will discuss: Running a business around the family.Standing out in a crowded marketplace.How Amanda found and tested her new business idea before starting it.

This week I am interviewing Lucy Parsons.Lucy is the CEO of Life More Extraordinary and is an academic coach who supports teenagers and their parents through GCSE and A Level exams, teaching them the study skills they need to reach their full academic potential. At the age of nine Lucy decided she would like to study at Cambridge University. She went to comprehensive schools where there wasn’t much help or expertise in helping students achieve things like this, so she worked it out on her own. After her three years at Cambridge she was headhunted for her first job with Tesco.com, but corporate life wasn’t for her. She trained as a teacher and worked in schools for four years. Her business was born out of the desire to continue to work in education but to be at home for her young family and she hasn’t looked back since. She is the author of The Ten Step Guide to Acing Every Exam You Ever Take and the founder of The Extraordinaries Club, an online membership site for families to support them through the exam years. She has been featured in The Telegraph and The Independent and on BBC Radio 5 Live.In this episode, we will discuss: How she supports teens and parents through the exam years.How Lucy originally wrote and launched her book and how this led to getting a publishing contract and the expansion of her business.How her business enables her to work in a flexible way around her health needs and the element of my well-being journey.