The Bottleneck Founder Fix
Being the bottleneck founder is the most common trap in founder-led businesses. Here’s why it happens, and what it takes to build a business that runs without you at the centre of everything.
Pip Malpas | Little Pips Soda Syrups
The Hand Up Project Pip Malpas, Founder Little Pips Soda Syrups Some businesses begin with a spreadsheet and a market gap. This one began with a lemon, a recipe passed down from a mother, and a casual conversation with a chef who said “I know who you should speak to.” Pip Malpas launched Little Pips […]
Sandra Julian | Business Coach & Mentor
The Hand Up Project Sandra Julian Founder, Business Coach, Mentor Some founders know Sandra Julian as the woman who built a thriving events business over 25 years. We know her as the client whose SOP library became, in her own words, “a thing of beauty.” What both versions have in common is a woman who […]
Samantha Jung-Fielding | Happinessence
The Hand Up Project Samantha Jung-Fielding, FounderHappinessence There’s a particular kind of resilience that doesn’t announce itself. It doesn’t post about the hard times while they’re happening. It simply rebuilds … quietly, deliberately, and with more clarity than before. Samantha Jung-Fielding has that kind of resilience. She built a natural healing centre in the UK, […]
Kate Ashcroft | Ashcroft, Mitchell, McGregor
The Hand Up Project Kate Ashcroft, Partner Ashcroft, Mitchell, McGregor Most lawyers will tell you what the law says. The best ones tell you what to do next. Kate Ashcroft built Ashcroft Mitchell McGregor on exactly that distinction … a law firm designed to be more human, more direct, and more useful than the profession […]
Claire Jackson | The Habit Lab
The Hand Up Project Claire Jackson, Founder The Habit Lab Some businesses are built from ambition. Others are built from necessity, from the moment a founder realises the tools everyone else is using simply weren’t designed for the life they’re actually living. Claire Jackson built The Habit Lab from exactly that place. She was navigating […]
Debra Chantry-Taylor | EOS Implementer
The Hand Up Project Debra Chantry-Taylor, Founder EOS Implementer There are people you meet in business who change the way you think. And then there are the rare few who change the way you operate. Debra Chantry-Taylor is one of those people. She’s been a client, a mentor, an EOS Implementer, and a friend of […]
Dr. Kate Riegle van West | SpinPoi
The Hand Up Project Dr. Kate Riegle van West, Founder & CEO SpinPoi Most founders are waiting for the moment everything changes. The big client. The viral post. The investment that finally validates what they’ve been building. Kate Riegle van West waited too … until she stopped waiting, and started trusting the process instead. Kate […]
Midge Hand | Whippet Digital
The Hand Up Project Midge Hand, Co-Founder WHIPPET DIGITAL This International Women’s Week, the air is thick with talk of leadership and empowerment. But often, the most radical act a woman in business can take isn’t a grand public gesture it’s the internal decision to stop proving her worth through constant doing and start trusting […]
Cat Macnaughtan | Getting Lost
The Hand Up Project Cat Macnaughtan, Founder & CEO GETTING LOST Cat’s journey to founding Getting Lost didn’t start with a five-year plan; it started with a ‘rage launch’ sparked by a $10,000 financial hit and a refusal to let others control her destiny. From reclaiming her independence in just six weeks to navigating a […]
Amanda Jeffs | She Is AI
The Hand Up Project Amanda Jeffs, Founder & CEO SHE IS AI This is the first in our Hand Up Project series; conversations with successful female founders who share the insights, hard lessons, and strategic shifts that transformed their businesses. Today, we’re thrilled to introduce Amanda Jeffs, Founder & CEO of SHE IS AI. Amanda […]
The Cost of Mental Exhaustion
You’re not exhausted because you’re doing something wrong. You’re mentally exhausted because the business was built around you — and it never got rebuilt around anything else.”