by Charlotte | May 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
You decided it is time to take a vacation, what do you do next? Do you plan your trip? Do you know where you are going, how you are going to get there and have, at least, a rough idea of what you plan to do while you are there? I’m going to take a wild guess and assume you said yes to most, if not all, of those. So why is it that so many people do not want to create a business plan? I am not saying that you need to write out a 25 page plan, with a crazy amount of detail. If you are like me and most people, you find that to be overwhelming, time consuming and often not worth the effort. (Unless of course you want/need investments, then yes, you need to do it and email me if you need help.) However, everyone needs to write a plan for their business. You need to take the time to get clear on several areas of your business, especially before you put your precious time and money into it. Get clear on the following: What do you do? Who you help? How you help them? Do they actually want what you have to offer? How you are going to make money? Can you make enough money? Where will people find your product/service? How can they buy it? How will they know you exist? How do you plan to evolve and grow your business overtime? You can do this on a napkin, written down in a random notebook, while journaling in the morning, a...
by Charlotte | Apr 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Hello ladies, moms and everyone else! I’m Charlotte. I am so happy to be here sharing my journey with you. I finally took the leap and am officially sharing my business with the world. I am beyond excited and totally terrified at the same time. This business has been a dream of mine for years, but I kept thinking I needed and wanted to do other things first. After I closed my first business, when my son was 6 months old, I decided that being a stay at home mom was what I really wanted. I mean, I was envious of all those moms with perfectly clean houses, working out in the middle of the day and always taking their kids to the zoo or the beach. Sometimes I still long for that concept of a life, but it is not the ideal one for me. With a lot of introspect and a short project writing a business plan for a friend, I realized I needed and wanted more than being just a stay at home mom. Don’t get me wrong, I want to be home with my son, that is my main reason for starting this business, but I needed an outlet for myself to share my knowledge and passions. Besides that, I am not that good at keeping the house clean, my outings are always Target and somehow I could not find time to workout anyways. So here I am. A new business, a happy son, and a husband that is beyond proud and excited I am doing something for myself. This did not come easily though. I took the time to...
