Hello Roses,
I thought this week I would let you inside my head to get a glimpse of what it's like being an entrepreneur. I’ve decided to write this because quite frankly, my head is a mess right now and I thought it might give me some clarity to try and explain my thoughts as well as giving you the chance to see what it's like at the beginning. I have been doing this business full time for a month and a half now, but have had the idea for over seven years.
I have been in a start-up program at the AllBright for about nine weeks and each week we go into depth on a specific topic. I feel like it’s finally catching up with me the fact that I am actually starting a business and I am supposed to know so much. I am supposed to know how to market my product and get followers. I am supposed to know my market inside out. I am supposed to know exactly how much funding I need and when. I am supposed to know my go to market strategy. I am supposed to know all about the legal aspects of starting a business. I am supposed to have a team of people who know what they are doing around me. I don’t. I don’t know everything at the moment. I don’t have a team of people, it’s just me. I don’t even have a product yet. All I know is that I am following my dream. I have no idea how I will make it yet, but I know that I will.
I have a vision of opening my first ever shop. I have a vision of how the shop will look, who will be there and how I will feel. I have a vision of how my shoes will look on the shelves and I have a vision of my first ever customer.
I also have a wider vision of when I believe I have “made it”. I want to go somewhere when I have made it and I visualise getting on the plane to said place and arriving at the hotel I want to stay in, every morning over my coffee. Again, I don’t know when I will board that plane, I don’t know who I’ll go with yet. But I know that I will stay in that hotel, and when I do it’ll be the most incredible feeling I have ever felt.
That is why I am doing this. That is why it’s okay if my head feels this messy. It’s all part of the process of being an entrepreneur. I feel lucky to have a dream so strong that all I can do is follow it. As the quote in the picture says "Oh, but my darling, what if you fly!?". I would really love to hear your experiences of the beginning of your entrepreneurial journey, please comment below.
Lots of love and empowerment
Emily xx