Starting out – radio shows about the early stages of business

In our Business Spotlight feature, we ask business founders and owners to tell us their story. How did they start their business? How has it been different to what they expected? How are things looking now? What advice would they give other business owners and people thinking about starting a business?

In this 10-minute episode, recorded during MicroBizMattersDay in London, Marianne is joined by Michelle Dorrell, founder of Chelle’s Designer Nails.

Michelle is probably best known for her impassioned confrontation of energy secretary Amber Rudd on BBC’s Question Time. In this episode, she talks about how she started her business and how things are going now:

Many business owners arrive home late, tired and preoccupied. How can you find the perfect balance between your business life and your personal life?

In this episode

In this episode of Essential Business Radio, first broadcast a few years ago, we talk to Soraya Shaw of Springboard Coaching, Mark Walsh of Integration Training and Curtis James, now of Fieldwork and ask them striking the balance between business and personal.

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Show notes

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