Case studies, Entrepreneurship, Starting a business
Charmaine Cowling had just opened a Yoga studio on the Sunshine Coast in November 2019 and things were going well. Then Covid came along. “Do you know you’re closed tomorrow from midday?” Charmaine’s husband asked her, after watching the news. “We didn’t sleep much...
Entrepreneurship, Money & Sales
Little scraps of time captured on a paper pad next to my computer is how I recorded my paid client work when my children and business were young. Invoicing clients involved adding up 10 minutes plus five minutes plus 15 minutes. Oh! The things I could get done in 20...
Entrepreneurship, Money & Sales
At the end of our fourth meeting, I finally plucked up the courage to say, “we can’t keep meeting like this. I’ll need to be paid for my time.” To which the business owner responded, “but we’re finally getting somewhere!” She didn’t appear to be embarrassed. But I was...