So You Want to Start a Business with Ingrid Thompson

Whether you are thinking about starting a yoga studio business, a Pilates studio or any other wellbeing, health or fitness business - this episode is for you!!

We talk about pricing, attracting clients, keeping clients, making a profit - more than just "paying yourself enough"

Michael walks us through some of the big changes he's seen in the industry - wellbeing, fitness and allied health have all been affected by The Corporates! 

Every business is constantly morphing and changing to meet the existing market.

There's lots of me in this conversation as well because this is an industry and a topic I care deeply about.

Understanding business and how money works is crucial for every business.

Listen in now.  I know you'll find it informative and interesting

You can find Michael on IG: @yogabizchamp

His website is www.michaeljayonline.com

My guess is you are here because ..... 

My guess is that you are here because you are a business owner and what you really want - is to build and grow a successful business - whatever that means to you.

We know that business owners want to feel more confident when it comes to the money side of business.

Take Your Business Financial Health Check click here

Having a successful business might mean making business decisions with reliable information - facts & data as well as your "gut feel."

…  ultimately you want to do what you do best AND have a successful business AND make a difference.

I’m here to help you.

Everything I do in my business, every decision I make is based on this question: 

Will this make a difference? Will this help you, my listener - will this help you to build your business? will this help you to create your successful, viable and robust business so you can achieve Financial Independence?

This is why I do what I do

There are 2 ways you can access all my best material:

I regularly run webinars on a range of money related topics:

• Managing Cash Flow so you never run out of money
• Understanding where your money goes - getting those expenses sorted out
• Understanding the Profit First book
• Pricing - getting it right for your studio
• The things you need to know before signing a commercial lease
• How to make more money
• ... and many other topics

If you’d like the replay of any of these recent webinars, please email me [email protected] and put "Replay" in the subject and let me know which one you'd like to watch. I’ll send you the link to the replay

AND

Read my book! It is a Business 101 and can answer pretty much all your business questions.

This book is designed to help you build your business - whether you are starting from scratch and creating something new or you have been in business for a couple of years and want to build from your foundations.

The book is your step by step guide to building a business smarter and faster.

"So You Want to Start a Business"

Order your copy now from Booktopia, Amazon or Book Depository

It’s so exciting to be sharing it with you.

If you prefer the kindle Head straight to Amazon

Happy reading!

What is your biggest question right now? Let me know - send me an email [email protected] 

I answer all my own emails 😊

How do we create the future we truly want?

In today's episode I explore one of my favourite models - The 2 Future's model and share 3 actions for your take to create the future you desire.

When you truly understand how money works in your business your life changes completely and forever.

You make more money in your business

Importantly – not just more revenue, you make and keep more profit AND you pay yourself the salary you deserve

My guess is that you are here because you want to build and grow a successful and profitable business

I’m here to help you.

Everything I do in my business, every decision I make is based on this question:  will this make a difference? will this help you, my listener- will this help you to create and build a successful, viable and profitable business.

This is why I do what I do.

I wrote this book: “So You Want to Start a Business”

It is a Business 101 and can answer pretty much all your business questions whether you are just starting out or are already in your first few years of business. It is Back to Basics.

It is your step by step guide to launching and growing your business smarter and faster,

You can find out more about the book here on my website: http://bit.ly/ThatBook

Order your copy wherever you buy your books online or Head over to Amazon

It’s so exciting to be sharing it with you.

Happy reading!

Already read the book and looking for more?

I regularly run webinars on a range of money related topics:

• Managing Cash Flow so you never run out of money
• Understanding where your money goes - getting those expenses sorted out
• Understanding the Profit First book
• Pricing - getting it right for your studio
• The things you need to know before signing a commercial lease
• How to make more money 
• ... and many other topics

If you’d like the replay of any of these recent webinars, please email me [email protected] and put "Replay" in the subject and let me know which one you'd like to watch. I’ll send you the link to the replay

There are a few things that are truly exceptional about Jack Tanasi and here are just a few that stand out from this conversation/ interview:

* he started his e-Commerce store completely from scratch. He did not have a product, didn't have a store. He created something from nothing

* during the early days of the enforced Melbourne lockdown – one of the longest lockdowns – Jack spent his time interviewing entrepreneurs who had started e-commerce brands “instead of playing Play Station like most people.”  He asked questions and "was a total sponge soaking up all their information."

* He tells of how he learned the most from the smallest of the 10 business owners he spoke with and it was a lot of the little things – that some of the bigger brands didn’t have issues with. This matters to a startup business.

This is so insightful – we look at the large companies for ideas and inspiration – and in fact small business is where many of our best lessons are. 

* He talks about taking that 1 product and creating 7 different SKUs – so smart! 

* Finding a name that he could have both here in Australia and across the globe – and that has not all been smooth sailing – there were some big challenges and fortunately that has all been sorted out. He tells us about it in this episode.

* He has a 3 days action plan and holds himself accountable to implement an idea within 3 days.

* Jack is big on Time Management and has fixed ways he organises his day and that how he gets so much done in a day, in a week, in a month.

* Feedback comes from customers and they pride themselves on a fast response. They fix problems quickly.

* He says: "Be a sponge, learn as much as you can – constantly"

I think you are going to really find this episode helpful and informative as you look to grow your business.

Would you like to work with me directly to learn the financial framework I use for all of my clients?

Accelerate your Business Financial Confidence starts next month and is a 6 week program + 2 follow up sessions that tackles the 3 greatest challenges most business owners face when it comes to understanding how money works in their business. 

So if you are sick of not making enough money, of not making a profit and of not paying yourself what you what you deserve ... take a look at www.healthynumbers.com.au/money

NB: This is NOT a sales page - information and explanation of the Accelerate program

About Ingrid Thompson:

I'm super passionate about helping business owners - and especially women - to pay themselves what they deserve, to charge their value, to make a healthy profit in their business and to understand the numbers!

I'm the founder of Healthy Numbers and the author of So You Want to Start a Business. 

We know that when you truly understand how money works in your business - you life changes completely and forever.

We're changing lives here - for the better! One healthy business at a time!

There are 2 ways you can access all my best material:

Come join us in this FB Group: Healthy Numbers Profit Lab the community for business owners and entrepreneurs who want to build and grow a profitable business.

 https://bit.ly/HNProfitLabGroup

AND

Read my book! It is a Business 101 and can answer pretty much all your business questions. It is your step by step guide to build your viable and robust business - smarter and faster.

“So You Want to Start a Business”

You can order your FREE copy right here – you only pay for postage and handling: http://bit.ly/ThatBook

It’s so exciting to be sharing it with you.

If you prefer the kindle Head over to Amazon

Happy reading!

Welcome back to 2021.

Having taken a bit of a break to enjoy sunshine and the wonderful surf in the morning and some "laying on the couch reading with cats" time in the afternoons - now I'm back.  Thank you for tuning in.

In this episode I talk about what's coming up for this 7th year of the podcast. It's going to look a little different - there will be more from me.

Thank you so much for continuing to listen, for being here, for spending your precious time with me and my guests. I am honoured! Thank you

The interview conversations are definitely continuing - and there are some terrific guests lined up. Interviews I have already recorded and they are ready to go!

More from me = more mindset, more practical nitty gritty of finance and money and numbers - made simple! and more stories and case studies - of course honouring client confidentiality.

If you want to hear more about what's coming up - tune into this welcome back episode.

Would you like to work with me directly to learn the financial framework I use for all of my clients?

Accelerate your Business Financial Confidence starts next month and is a 6 week program + 2 follow up sessions that tackles the 3 greatest challenges most business owners face when it comes to understanding how money works in their business. 

So if you are sick of not making enough money, of not making a profit and of not paying yourself what you what you deserve ... take a look at www.healthynumbers.com.au/money

NB: NOT a sales page - information and explanation of the Accelerate program

About Ingrid Thompson:

I'm super passionate about helping business owners - and especially women - to pay themselves what they deserve, to charge their value, to make a healthy profit in their business and to understand the numbers!

I'm the founder of Healthy Numbers and the author of So You Want to Start a Business. 

We know that when you truly understand how money works in your business - you life changes completely and forever.

We're changing lives here - for the better! One healthy business at a time!

I've never really been a "goal setter" and have to admit the whole Great Big Hairy Goal discussion makes me squeamish! In this "just me" podcast episode I describe my personal approach to business today.

Inspired by a few different things that I've been thinking about and working on in the past few months, I'm taking a very singular view and focussing on The One Thing that I can do right now to achieve my daily, weekly and monthly goal.

Please notice that I use the singular goal - not the plural goals! Having too many goals, I have found, leads to nothing being done particularly well. 

Please also notice that in this episode I tend to use "can do" rather than "must do" or "need to do" (well, most of the time) do let me know if you hear a "need to" sneak in!  Language is one of my other projects i.e. as regards the language I use - all aligned to my One Goal.

Accelerate your Business Financial Confidence is starting soon - 6 week Accelerator program that will change your life completely and forever  https://www.healthynumbers.com.au/money/

When you understand how money works in your business your life changes completely and forever !!

As always, there is deliberately no advertising on this podcast.

My guess is that you are here because you are a business owner and you want to increase your financial intelligence & business acumen.

You want to have confident conversations when it comes to talking about money

You want to make business decisions based on data and facts

… so that ultimately you can build financial autonomy through business success.

I’m here to help you.

Everything I do in my business, every decision I make is based on this question: 

Will this contribute to help you, my listener take the steps to create a successful, viable and robust business so you can achieve Financial Independence?

This is why I do what I do

There are 2 ways you can access all my best material:

Come join us in this FB Group: Healthy Numbers Profit Lab the community for business owners and entrepreneurs who want to build and grow a profitable business.

 https://bit.ly/HNProfitLabGroup

AND

Read my book! It is a Business 101 and can answer pretty much all your business questions. It is your step by step guide to build your viable and robust business - smarter and faster.

“So You Want to Start a Business”

You can order your FREE copy right here – you only pay for postage and handling: http://bit.ly/ThatBook

It’s so exciting to be sharing it with you.

If you prefer the kindle Head over to Amazon

Happy reading!

Accelerate your Business Financial Confidence is starting soon - 6 week Accelerator program that will change your life completely and forever  https://www.healthynumbers.com.au/money/

When you understand how money works in your business your life changes completely and forever !!

Gabriella Rosa graduated as a Naturopath with a Bachelor of Health Science almost 20 years ago and has been running her business pretty much since graduating.

Gabriela is the author of 4 books.

She has a Master of Science in Medicine (Reproductive Health and Human Genetics) from The University of Sydney and has recently completed clinical research program at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health where she was awarded The Scholar Award for academic excellence.

She is currently working towards a Masters in Public Health.

It's not all academic, Gabriela has a world wide impact:

In the past 10 years she has run free online events that have helped educate more than 140 000 people across more than 100 countries. One of here events was for more than 12 000 people in a 12 day free online event – this cost $80 000 to put this event together and run online.

The reason that Gabriela is able to run her free events for so many people is because her business is financially successful.

If you have been listening to previous conversations you know that one of my favourite questions is “when did you feel your business was real?” and Gabrialla’s answer is completely different to any other we have heard – she said “Last week” and laughs.

She goes on to explain what she means “As your business progresses you face different challenges”

"In that moment the business is real and then it becomes unreal again."

Gabriela is really honest about how she made the huge change from the entire business being in a physical location as well as relying on her individual effort – hours for dollars - and building something that was one to many. The changes happened in 2013 – she closed her physical practice and "took everything online."

She speaks really honestly about the thinking process about choosing a niche and tells a truly helpful example of how she has landed where she is today in her business - the pathway to finding the people she works with and solves their number 1 issue

I am personally inspired by what she says about her focus on THE MOST challenging cases that led her to where she is today. 

Gabriella asks a really powerful question: what is the highest price that you can comfortable ask for?

This underpins her premise that Pricing is a self image question.

Gabriela is the author of 4 books:

NEW! Fertility Breakthrough: Overcoming infertility and miscarriage when other treatments have failed

Protecting Your Fertility: The Dangers of Conventional Pest Control and Natural, Safe Alternatives Revealed by Gabriela Rosa

Eat Your Way To Parenthood: The Diet Secrets of Highly Fertile Couples Revealed by Gabriela Rosa

The Awful Truth About Cleaning Products and Fertility Revealed by Gabriela Rosa

You can find Gabriela at the following:

website:

naturalfertilitybreakthrough.com


FACEBOOK Gabriela Rosa Natural Fertility Breakthrough

https://www.facebook.com/FertilitySpecialistGabrielaRosa/

INSTAGRAM
@fertilitybreakthrough 
@gabrielarosafertility 

My guess is that you are here because you are a business owner and you want to increase your financial intelligence & business acumen.

You want to have confident conversations when it comes to talking about money

You want to make business decisions based on data and facts

… so that ultimately you can build financial autonomy through business success.

I’m here to help you.

Everything I do in my business, every decision I make is based on this question: 

Will this contribute to help you, my listener take the steps to create a successful, viable and robust business so you can achieve Financial Independence?

This is why I do what I do

There are 2 ways you can access all my best material:

Come join us in this FB Group: Healthy Numbers Profit Lab the community for business owners and entrepreneurs who want to build and grow a profitable business.

 https://bit.ly/HNProfitLabGroup

AND

Read my book! It is a Business 101 and can answer pretty much all your business questions. It is your step by step guide to build your viable and robust business - smarter and faster.

“So You Want to Start a Business”

You can order your FREE copy right here – you only pay for postage and handling: http://bit.ly/ThatBook

It’s so exciting to be sharing it with you.

If you prefer the kindle Head over to Amazon

Happy reading!

Today I want to take us through the basic belief cycle – you may have seen this before or have had it explained to you before … and I especially want to use some of our beliefs about our ability to understand money as an example

The basic belief cycle = we start with our beliefs and our thoughts - our thoughts and our beliefs lead to our feelings - our feelings lead to the actions we take - and then our actions determine the results we achieve - our results then impact our beliefs and out thoughts and so we go around and around

In today's episode I use our beliefs about money and understanding how money works in our business and I follow the cycle through what happens to many of my clients.

My gift to you from this episode is a way for you to shift that self belief - to jump the line from where you are to where you can be!

This is my Christmas gift to you …. Your belief in yourself :

It is absolutely possible for me to understand how money works in my business

Listen in to this short episode where I give you the action to take to shift your beliefs and your thoughts. 

1 action - that's all and repeated daily. Micro changes not massive changes are what we need right now.

Micro changes

Trust me, this works!

Accelerate your Business Financial Confidence is starting soon - 6 week Accelerator program that will change your life completely and forever  https://www.healthynumbers.com.au/money/

When you understand how money works in your business your life changes completely and forever !!

My guess is that you are here because you are a business owner and you want to increase your financial intelligence & business acumen.

You want to have confident conversations when it comes to talking about money

You want to make business decisions based on data and facts

… so that ultimately you can build financial autonomy through business success.

I’m here to help you.

Everything I do in my business, every decision I make is based on this question: 

Will this contribute to help you, my listener take the steps to create a successful, viable and robust business so you can achieve Financial Independence?

This is why I do what I do

There are 2 ways you can access all my best material:

Come join us in this FB Group: Healthy Numbers Profit Lab the community for business owners and entrepreneurs who want to build and grow a profitable business.

 https://bit.ly/HNProfitLabGroup

AND

Read my book! It is a Business 101 and can answer pretty much all your business questions. It is your step by step guide to build your viable and robust business - smarter and faster.

“So You Want to Start a Business”

You can order your FREE copy right here – you only pay for postage and handling: http://bit.ly/ThatBook

It’s so exciting to be sharing it with you.

If you prefer the kindle Head over to Amazon

Happy reading!

Accelerate your Business Financial Confidence is starting soon - 6 week Accelerator program that will change your life completely and forever  https://www.healthynumbers.com.au/money/

When you understand how money works in your business your life changes completely and forever !!

Julie Goodall takes the solo out of being a solopreneur and in this honest and practical discussion Julie shares the wisdom of building and growing her business over the past 6 years.

Highlights in this interview:

What she wished she'd done differently? Realised which clients were the "best fit" for her business.

How did she get started? It was when a previous client described her as "like having an extra right arm" and she realised that all the things she loves to do – others don’t! and therein lay her business opportunity!

She talks about the “life changing” value of hiring a coach. Julie learned how to set boundaries “and as an empath, I always wanted to say “Yes” to everyone.”

Julie knew exactly how much her business needed to pay her to support their family of 4 – she loves being across the numbers. Music to my ears.

Julie's website:

https://www.genesisconsultingcorp.com/

social media links
Facebook: facebook.com/genesisconsultingcorp/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgoodall/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mightyjulestorm/

My guess is that you are here because you want to build and grow a viable and robust business

I’m here to help you.

Everything I do in my business, every decision I make is based on this question:  will this contribute to helping you, my listener take the steps to create a successful, viable and profitable business so that you can achieve Financial Independence?

This is why I do what I do

There are 2 ways you can access all my best material:

Come join us in this FB Group: Healthy Numbers Profit Lab the community for business owners and entrepreneurs who want to build and grow a profitable business.

 https://bit.ly/HNProfitLabGroup

AND

Read my book! It is a Business 101 and can answer pretty much all your business questions. It is your step by step guide to launching and growing your business smarter and faster.

“So You Want to Start a Business”

You can order your FREE copy right here – you only pay for postage and handling: http://bit.ly/ThatBook

It’s so exciting to be sharing it with you.

If you prefer the kindle Head over to Amazon

Happy reading!

Accelerate your Business Financial Confidence is starting soon - 6 week Accelerator program that will change your life completely and forever  https://www.healthynumbers.com.au/money/

When you understand how money works in your business your life changes completely and forever !!

A few weeks ago a came across this book: The XX Brain by Dr Lisa Mosconi Click here for more information

Over the past decade we have come to know so much more about the brain – through neuroscience and brain studies and extensive research.

Dr Lisa is especially interested in women’s health – and preventing dementia and Alzheimer’s

One of the things Dr Lisa talks about in her book is the importance of sleep - for the brain

I love to sleep - and to sleep well!

I believe our confidence is directly affected by how much sleep we get. I know my confidence certainly is related to how much sleep I have.... maybe you find the same??

It occurred to me that this is a key ingredient to be more successful in business - being more confident

In this episode I discuss the impact effective sleep has on your confidence and therefore, on your business success.

It's a short 12 minute episode packed with information to grow your confidence FAST!

My guess is that you are here because you are a business owner and you want to increase your financial intelligence & business acumen.

You want to have confident conversations when it comes to talking about money

You want to make business decisions based on data and facts

… so that ultimately you can build financial autonomy through business success.

I’m here to help you.

Everything I do in my business, every decision I make is based on this question: 

Will this contribute to help you, my listener take the steps to create a successful, viable and robust business so you can achieve Financial Independence?

This is why I do what I do

There are 2 ways you can access all my best material:

Come join us in this FB Group: Healthy Numbers Profit Lab the community for business owners and entrepreneurs who want to build and grow a profitable business.

 https://bit.ly/HNProfitLabGroup

AND

Read my book! It is a Business 101 and can answer pretty much all your business questions. It is your step by step guide to build your viable and robust business - smarter and faster.

“So You Want to Start a Business”

You can order your FREE copy right here – you only pay for postage and handling: http://bit.ly/ThatBook

It’s so exciting to be sharing it with you.

If you prefer the kindle Head over to Amazon

Happy reading!

Highlights from this episode:

1. What happens when you don't pay attention to the numbers?! You just might get a very pleasant surprise!

2. The unexpected benefits of identifying your niche - which she wishes she had done "much earlier" than she did:

• collaboration opportunities
• content creation
• speaking to your ideal client
• understanding the platforms they use in their business - this is especially important for Jessica 

3. She tells us "I have a degree in design - not a business degree. I didn't get any training in how to run a business." Jessica has a unique perspective on the role of business coaches and others for specific projects in her business.

and much more

Jessica Freeman started her business Jess Creatives more than 10 years ago - designing T-shirts as a college project. She charged a whopping $10 + she always got one of the T-shirts!

Fast forward to when she was able to quit her corporate job when she realised she was making more money designing websites and providing copy as a side hustle - than she was even being paid in her job!

That's when she tells us "Pay attention to the numbers!"

Settle in for a terrific conversation with Jessica Freemen

website: www.jesscreatives.com

social media links:

www.instagram.com/jesscreatives

www.facebook.com/jesscreativesdesign

www.twitter.com/jesscreatives

Jessica mentions in the interview that she was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at the age of 30. She has written a book to help others in similar situation:

It's called The Type 1 Life and you can find out more here: www.thetype1life.com

My guess is that you are here because you want to build and grow a successful and profitable business

I’m here to help you.

Everything I do in my business, every decision I make is based on this question:  will this contribute to helping you, my listener take the steps to create a successful, viable and profitable business so that you can achieve Financial Independence?

This is why I do what I do

There are 2 ways you can access all my best material:

Come join us in this FB Group: Healthy Numbers Profit Lab the community for business owners and entrepreneurs who want to build and grow a profitable business.

 https://bit.ly/HNProfitLabGroup

AND

Read my book! It is a Business 101 and can answer pretty much all your business questions. It is your step by step guide to launching and growing your business smarter and faster.

“So You Want to Start a Business”

You can order your FREE copy right here – you only pay for postage and handling: http://bit.ly/ThatBook

It’s so exciting to be sharing it with you.

If you prefer the kindle Head over to Amazon

Happy reading!