03/05/2026
This is almost too embarrassing to admit.
I am brilliant at the vision. The strategy, the experience, the feeling I want people to have when they walk through the door.
But the numbers? That was a different story entirely.
And I know I'm not alone in that. Not by a long shot. 🙋🏼♀️
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Last year I wrote a blog about Victoria Beckham. Because in her Netflix documentary she talked candidly about throwing herself completely into the vision of her brand — the clothes, the aesthetic, the world she was building. All of it. Even the £70k a year on office plants. 🤦🏼♀️
And then she admitted she had no idea how to run a business.
I've been there. And it hurts. A lot.
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The thing nobody tells you when you start…
Being brilliant at ‘your thing’ doesn't automatically come with a working knowledge of cash flow, profit margins, or why your bank balance looks nothing like your revenue.
Too many talented, capable women are sitting with a 'shameful' secret that isn't actually shameful at all.
It's just the gap between passion and infrastructure. Between the dream and the plumbing that makes it run.
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Anyway, I posted the blog last year with zero expectation. A friend in Australia read it, bought the book, implemented the strategy, and transformed her finances almost immediately.
I didn't see that coming. But that's the thing about handing someone the right thing at the right time. ✨
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The full story — Victoria Beckham, the book I recommend you stop everything you’re doing and read right now, and why I think every founder-led business needs this conversation — is on the blog. Link in profile pic. 👆🏼
PS. Want to be in a room where this kind of honest conversation happens in real time? That's HiveMind — free, live, high-impact group mentoring with ambitious founders who actually show up and do the work. Next session Friday 8th May, 8.30am. Drop me a DM and I'll send you the link. 💫