A great course for self-starters.

I've done a few free courses in my life - believe me, I used to work in a school.
But let me just say I've not been on one this good in a long time.

Our host was Paula M for two weeks and she was a fountain of business knowledge.
2 weeks! Pretty much non-stop information and support.
And it was government funded!

Every course is what you make of it of course - the workbook, chat and 1-1 advice opportunity made this one very memorable indeed.

For a creative person who has previously tried to avoid anything too left-brain in terms of business planning and money management I was face to face with it by day 1. So I stuck in and worked through it. The light at the end of the tunnel came along after day 2 and things started to click.
Trying to find where to go next when you're self employed is an absolute minefield.
This course helped to break it down and gave space for the information to digest.

I built a business plan, marketing plan, understood some fancy business acronyms, started reaching out to find collaborations and received personalised feedback and help.
I got some invaluable advice that made me rethink my who marketing strategy and where I want to go with all of this. It was a lot take in and I'm sure I'll be processing things for a while to come.

So I'm just leaving this here as a thank you to Paula and to Dawn for recommending this to me.
Thanks Ladies.
Wishing you all the best in the future should our paths cross.​

It's free?! I can just sign up and do it?!

Yeah - you can!

What has kicked off since I finished the course:

- Got my painting up in The Berliner
- Attended a job interview
- Answered "I'm an artist" when someone asked what I do 
- Started on my collection piece
- Felt more confident in talking things business!

...watch this space