The Women Money Business Podcast with Dr Pretty Basra

I was 8 years old when I realised that something wasn’t quite right with my eyes and vision. My parents were immigrants to this country and had perfect vision. Which meant their education in health played a huge factor in me not having an eye exam.

My passion for paediatric eyecare stemmed from here. My quote in my testing room is ‘ You don’t know what you can’t see, until you see it’. I saw the world differently when I put my glasses on for the first time.

I hope you enjoy listening to this episode and I am hope it makes clear how important regular eye exams are for children even if you think they are fine.

I would love for you to follow and review my podcast so I can grow this community.

Thank you for listening.

The business world was new to me. I had no formal training, well in fact no training whatsoever. I recruited my right wing women and she has been instrumental in my brand vision.

The good always comes with the bad and the ugly. The bad and the ugly were some of the staff I had inherited and/or recruited. In this episode I also speak about an employee that was being deceptive and stealing.

Due to me having to hit the ground running when I bought my business with a 5 month old baby in tow was not the best combination in business. But the main thing is I didn’t give up. I just learnt and developed from each experience.

I hope you enjoy this episode and as always your feedback is always appreciated.

Thank you for listening.

The Accidental Entrepreneur - buying a half a million pound practice.

The Optometrist who ACCIDENTAL bought an opticians practice. In healthcare we are not taught how to run or own a business. We learn the hard way. But we shouldn’t have to. My journey has been anything but smooth sailing.

How the owner influenced me to buy a half a million pound business! We had very little savings and we quickly learned about the banking world in terms or loans, grants and business forecasts.

My life has been anything but plain sailing and I hope this podcast series helps someone in business.

My first ever Podcast where I talk through why I have started this and why I think it’s so important. I am a mum of 3 boys and I have 2 businesses as well as various other advisory roles. I want to talk about women, money and business the good, the bad and the ugly. Not necessarily in that order!