Be your own Boss...It's my time to Shine

Ok so here I am standing face to face with Richard Reed the Co Founder of Innocent Smoothie - the guy who was going to invest in a business that he thought would be worth investing in. This is it.... my time to shine........

 

Wow...I can't believe I was in front of camera's, crew, production team and Richard Reed and I had just pitched my business. Richard loved what I did and said he strongly believes in what I do as he believes coaching really works, he told me I was my  product so I just need to get out there and do my thing and make those calls. I didn't think he wanted to invest in me and I had a feeling that this was the case so I turned him as quick as a flash from an investor to a prospect - I pitched to him about coming in to work with his staff - he politely declined the offer and said he had coaches already. Oh well it was worth a try!

 

One lady I wanted to see there was a well known Executive Coach and Occupational Psychologist, she was working on the show along Richard as one of his Business Experts. I managed to speak to her at the end of the day and boy did she give me a grilling - a very tough confrontation to say the least. She dissed my business, my business name, my title as a Life Coach and my business idea - ouch!!! she was worse than pitching to Richard!! But you know she had a point.........which you will find out soon why!

 

Well I don't know if you can guess and I don't want to disappoint you all but I didn't make it passed this stage but I have to say this whole experience was a brilliant one and I took away so much from it and learnt alot too. I'm not sure if I will get any air time even though I was in front of the camera and I did a seperate pitch in the pitch hut too in front of a camera so I maybe. But I didn't do this for fame I did it because I saw an opportunity and I ceased it. Even though it didn't go the way it was intended too I gained so much from it. I learn't alot to take to my businesses which will be launched very soon. I thank Richard and Felicity (the Executive Coach) for their advice and tips because I have acted on them and am very excited for the future. And do you know who will be my first phone call to sell my new programme?........Well I've already approached him already but as they say persistance is key! Would Richard's investment of helped me? - yes it would have....but this is my dream, my venture and my mission.

Make sure you watch......BBC 3 @ 9PM Wednesday 12th September

 

 

My debut on Be your Own Boss TV Show....

You may remember a few months ago back in May, I was faced with a challenge of selling cakes and face painting at Devon County Show. Even though this challenge was a great one, it wasn't something I set my self personally and some of you might have wondered why I was doing it well let me now tell you what this was for.......

Back in April I am in the car listening to Radio One and Richard Reed the Founder of Innocent was on there promoting his new show Be Your Own Boss, he was looking for people who was or wanted to start up in Business to invest in. Ok so I applied for the Apprentice last year and got through to the auditions but didn't make it past the first round of the auditions - failed at the first post. But this wasn't going to put me off - I have a passion in my business and if I can get an investment from a Sucessful Enterperner than I am going to give it a try.

So I completed the application and got through to the phone interviews. They were only putting 500 people through to the next challenge so my hopes weren't hopeful but I knew I could still be in with a chance so I waited for the email to confirm I had been selected as one of the final 500, let the amazing experience begin.

 

The Challenges

Yep you got it this is where I had to sell cakes and facepainting at the Devon County show to show my business skills, and thank you for the support of my lovely friends and family it was a great sucess. I am so impressed with the facepainting my friends did - Niki and Chris if this business doesn't work out we could have something here :)

 

Meeting Richard

For the second challenge we had to attend an expo put on by Be your Own Boss, we all had a stand and this was the time we had to sell our idea to Richard. I did my pitch to a business mentor and ceased the opportunity to grab Richard to sell my idea. With the camera's on me and Richard infront of me this was it...........

 

Find out in tomorrow's blog inline with the show starting tomorrow evening how I did.......