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Being Remarkable
I see lots of businesses, and business owners all the time.
Some of them are remarkable and extraordinary when I first
see them, but they don't realise it, and don't know how to
tell people about themselves. Some of them are rather dull,
staid businesses, but by the time I've finished with them,
they've got that extra something that gets people talking
about them.
Read more about how to make your business remarkable...
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The Joy of Business Philosophy
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The Joy of Business was founded by Julia Chanteray
because so many people asked her for advice and support for
their businesses. Julia has run a number of successful companies,
including an IT company valued at £48m, a housing association
and a management development company.
Julia is fascinated by the opportunities that running your
own business brings, and now acts as mentor for people with
great businesses that deserve to succeed. She provides advice, support and help for growing businesses.
Julia was the resident business expert on Channel 4's Risking
It All programme. You can find out more about Julia here... |
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Where does success come from? |
My experience of running companies myself and helping others
to develop their businesses leads me to believe that these are
key elements for success:
- Confidence
- Your attitudes to finance
- Commitment to learning
- Networks
- Persistence
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Confidence |
| Entrepreneurs who are confident that they will succeed, very
often do. They might not succeed the first time, but they will
eventually. Confidence works because it attracts other people,
they believe in you and will support you. Those of us who were
not born with natural confidence, need to work at believing
in ourselves and our business. Developing confidence is the
number one issue that I work with people on; it’s the
biggest area where I make a difference.
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Your attitudes to finance |
| It’s amazing how far some people will go to avoid getting
their business to make money. This is the area where I most
often see people sabotaging their business. Under-pricing kills
small businesses, as does bad cash flow management. When clients
first come to me, it’s often because of financial issues.
People need to raise investment, they’re not making the
profits that they would like to or they’ve got themselves
in a bit of a mess with their finances. I love taking the fear
factor out of money and making it into a good thing.
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Commitment to learning |
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One of the greatest things about running your own business there’s
always something new to learn. One of the reasons I do this
work is because I learn from every single client. Every time
you learn something new, you can apply it to a new situation
and use it to make your business bigger, better and more profitable.
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Networks |
| Your business success will depend on how you build and maintain
your networks. The people you know are the ones that will bring
you new customers, new ideas and ways to do things and the tips
and advice that can prevent you making mistakes. People come
to me is because I have very extensive networks, so a lot of
my work is based on the joy of bringing two people who need
each other together.
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Persistence |
Everything you do in business always takes longer than you think
it will. People who fail are often those people who were just
on the point of succeeding, but they gave up at the wrong point.
I’ll tell people straight if they should give up on a
bad idea or what they need to do to change things around, but
clients appreciate having someone who can help them maintain
their enthusiasm and joy for the business even when times get
hard.
Julia Chanteray
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