For the Love of Small Business with Joanne Hawkins

7 Jun

Description: In this week’s episode of The Future-Proof your Business podcast I’m excited to welcome the self-professed ‘straight-talking Northern woman’ and the founder of the North West VA Conference, the brilliant Joanne Hawkins.

I asked Jo to share the behind-the-scenes from her business and entrepreneurial journey and we chatted about:

- taking the leap and how to best prepare for starting your own business,

- the importance of knowing why you're doing it, and having a clear vision,

- the best way to find your niche and own your space,

- the power of community and building relationships

- why it’s incredibly important to future-proof your business,

- behind-the-scenes at this year's NWVA conference and of course, why you should attend

- learning how to recognise your own value and worth and being able to communicate it to others

and Jo’s key to success, being true to yourself and your values and not trying to be someone or something you're not.

Hello and welcome to the Future-Proof Your Business podcast with me Lucy Rennie.
I’m a massive champion for small business and I’m on a mission to help you to love what you do and to build and grow your business in a way that works for you and feels good.
I’m convinced that the best way to create a successful and sustainable business is to do it from the inside out, which means that it has to start with you, the business owner.
In fact, I believe that business really is all about people, and if you want to future-proof your business and make an impact then you need to get really clear on why you do what you do, create the best experience and then build relationships and trust.
In this podcast, I want to share with you as much of my knowledge, expertise and experience with you, as I can, as well as some behind the scenes stories and strategies from my business, and I’ll be having conversations with and learning from some amazing business owners and experts so I can give you everything you need to stay focused, on track and feel more in control on this rollercoaster ride that is building a sustainable business.
Thanks for listening to The Future-Proof your Business podcast. I have been your host Lucy Rennie.
I want to help as many business owners build a business that works and feels good, and the best way for me to do that is to get this podcast out to as many people as possible. You can help me do this by sharing it, clicking subscribe and especially leaving a review.
If you want to get more of my insights and resources then head over to my website IamLucyRennie.com, and come and join me and lots of other small business owners like you in my FREE Facebook group, Communicate with Purpose. All the links are in the show notes.
Thanks again and I’ll see you next week for another episode of The Future-Proof Your Business podcast.