Julie Stevenson has recently joined the Inspiring Enterprise team as a Business Specialist, helping participants along with their journey into self-employment.
Julie has loads of experience in helping start-ups, she worked in banking for many years before becoming a self-employed Finance Consultant, assisting businesses raise the finance to help them grow. Subsequently she became a small business advisor and has been doing this for 10 years!
Julie’s favourite thing about working with Inspiring Enterprise is the people and the variety.
She says “In this role I get to meet lots of clients who all have very different backgrounds, skills and business ideas. It never gets boring and it is so rewarding helping them turn their ideas into viable businesses”
Julie loves being outdoors in nature, walking, cycling, swimming and Kayaking, she fosters rescue dogs and enjoys spending time socialising and training them. If she wasn’t helping small businesses and start-ups she would love to work in woodland and wildlife conservation and help educate people about how to change their habits to protect our planet.
Julies top business tip:
“Do thorough research to verify the business idea is sound before committing to it and use that information to map out the finances by means of a sales and financial forecast. Validating the finances can save disaster in the early stages”