Business Clinic: 2nd June 2021 (afternoon session)
Featuring:
Elena Frangeul Baron – Vegan The World Consulting
Florence Hanampota – Eden Home Vegan Foods
John Beske – Vegan Street Media
What we talk about:
- Scaling up when you’re currently selling as much as you can possibly make (you’ve reached capacity)
- Finding a manufacturer to make your products so that you can supply demand
- The growing vegan marketplace in Zambia
- The importance of being able to tell an investor exactly what you need
- Employing an apprentice
- Whether crowdfunding is an option for B2B
- The importance of having an audience If you’re going to do crowdfunding
- The formula you need to use to work out how much you’ll be able to raise by crowdfunding, and whether it’s a viable option for you right now
- Crowdfunding isn’t just about making money – it’s about raising awareness
- Using Patreon as a way to raise regular funds and have regular supporters
- Having multiple streams of income
- Finding new clients
- The benefits of working out your ideal customer types (it’s in our marketing course!)
- Working out why your company is remarkable (that’s in our marketing course too!)
- Being explicit that you’re actually looking for clients and work
- Why you should never do work for free (even for a great cause) – there are alternatives such as creating a community pot
