Starting a small business with Voluptuary Ceramics

On today's episode I caught up with Avril Treasure, Editor at Timeout Sydney to talk about her career journey from freelance writer to her dream job as Editor of the Timeout publication.    Avril shares so many incredible insights on how she hustled her way through multiple jobs and opportunities to get to where she is today and the people who helped her to achieve her career dream as an editor.    https://www.instagram.com/avriltreasure/

On today's episode I catch up with my sis Jade Goodwin, a fellow First Nations creative who has turned her love for creativity into a viable business. Jade's worked with publishers as an illustrator and is coming up on 30 books in total.  She shares her creativity practice, how she got started, advice for pricing and pitching, taking on feedback and juggling creativity and running a business.  Check out Jades website & instagram   Join our October 2025 Business Coaching Academy

On today's episode I share the BTS of my creative practice, how I get started, develop ideas and the routines, habits and mindset that I use to get them out into the world.    Join our October Coaching Academy My recent Substack on Motivation Recent Podcast on Taking the Leap to Just Start

On today's episode I catch up with an old friend and now successful foodie content creator and private chef Lucy Roseberg aka @food_bylucy Lucy shares her startup story of going from a fashion designer to a full time content creator and viral recipe maker working with her favourite brands and kicking her life long goals.  Her story is one of hard work, resilience and figuring it out as she goes. Packed with lots of advice and inspirational quotes Lucy tells it how it is and gives you all the tips and tricks she's learnt along the way. Join our Start Your Side Hustle Business Coaching Academy 

On today's episode I catch up with a past coaching client Eunice Cheung who has had incredible success in her field as a therapist. On today's episode she shares how she started out working in a non profit clinic and eventually took the leap to build her personal brand and business Your Millennial Therapist. She shares how she kept showing up with advice and support for her community even when it felt small and no one was listening but that consistency eventually opened doors to her wildest dreams of being an expert on national television, landing a speaking gig at Google HQ and lecturing at University of NSW.    https://yourmillennialtherapist.co/ https://www.instagram.com/yourmillennialtherapist/   Get in touch for 1:1 Business Coaching  Follow us on socials @startupcreative

Check out our Start Your Side Hustle Business Coaching Academy - SIGN UP today - limited to 10 spaces.    On today's episode I share a personal story as an analogy to explain how one can motivate oneself to overcome the fear that stops you from taking action.  If you're feeling stuck, or just can't get motivated to start your side hustle or take action on your goals this episode is for you.    Check out this episode for overcoming fear 'My go-to Guide for Overcoming Fear'    Follow us on Instagram @startupcreative

On today's episode I share my top tips for presenting, including how to calm your nerves, engage your audience, structure your talk and the best way to finish strong with a clear call to action.    Watch this epsiode on Youtube  Get in touch for 1:1 Business Coaching Follow us on Instagram

On today's episode I kick off a mini series showcasing some of the incredible creatives and small business owners in the StartUp Creative community.  Introducing Emma from Voluptuary Ceramics. Emma shares the highs and lows of starting a ceramics business from her kitchen and how she expanded to her new studio/shop front in Sydney. She shares really raw and valuable insights about self funding, taking risks, the difference between markets and selling online and her advice on how to get started.      https://www.voluptuaryceramics.com https://www.instagram.com/voluptuary_ceramics/

On today's episode I share a personal reflection about the passing of a dear friend and coaching client. Amanda was due to come on the podcast to share her inspiring story of starting and scaling her family business Eyre Way, an eco friendly off grid holiday accomodation. Sadly we never got around to recording the episode but she was a big fan of this podcast and always supported me and shared how much she enjoyed the episodes so I wanted to honour her and her legacy through a small snippet of her story.    Amanda's husband and team are keeping her dream alive so be sure to get behind their business and show it some love    www.eyreway.com   For Spiral Up Support and findign ways to create through hardships get in touch with Dr Marion Piper her website       

On today's episode I chat with Rosy, the brains behind IV League Drips, an IV vitamin infusion company.    Rosy shares her inspiring startup story about how she introduced a new health treatment to the Australian market and the challenges she had to overcome.    She also shares insights into her marketing strategy and what she did to get to know her target market in order to educate them on what she was offering.    Rosy has successfully scaled her business across the country after many failed attempts and shares how she did it.    Check out https://ivleaguedrips.com for more information on what they offer - would highly recommend the NAD+