The HoLT’s Survival Guide For Small Businesses
Lea🌈 Turner
Not everyone starts a business to become the next Steven Bartlett or Gary Vee. Millions of us start our businesses to escape the 9-5 ties to the office, toxic bosses, threat of redundancy, and chasing pay rises. We want freedom, control of our own time, and to be able to choose who we work with, where we work from, and how much we work. But what’s it really like to start and run a small business? Lea Turner, Founder of The HoLT business community, digs deep with real small business owners from a variety of sectors, into why they ch...
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Truly, unconditionally you?
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Lean into it and work through it.
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Business is not all about money.
Shock! Horror!!
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Accounting, marketing, offer structures, pricing…… the list goes on
But that should never stop you.
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How do you avoid being one of them?
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With 20 years’ experience running her own businesses there is no-one better to advise small business owners on what it takes to succeed. Put simply having a pipeline of work will save a business.
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It’s time for a reality check.
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And you know what?
Your age when you make the change means absolutely nothing.
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Do you always hear that ringing in your head as a business owner?
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The HoLT’s Survival Guide For Small Businesses - The Trailer
Does running your business fill you with self-doubt or make you feel lonely?
If so, you’re not alone.
That’s exactly where I was when I started my first 2 small businesses that grew to 6-figures in their first year. My friends were all employed, and they didn't understand what I was experiencing. I didn't want to admit to my peers that I was struggling.
But I am a small business survivor!
And that's why I started my membership community, The Holt, to bring small business owners together. To lear