Katherine Elizabeth learnt her craft working alongside the well-known milliner Catherine Delaney, in costume. It wasn’t long before she was also working with the internationally renowned hat-maker to the stars, Stephen Jones in London. Seeing what was possible for herself, meant the appeal of running her own business was never far away. After receiving a grant from The Princes Trust, Katherine took the plunge and began her own company; Katherine Elizabeth Millinery. It wasn’t long before her designs were being featured in top tier media titles including The Daily Telegraph, Tatler and Marie Claire and she was working in partnership with the cosmetics giant Benefit. She then went on to attract celebrity clients of her own. Now with her own established store at London’s OXO Tower, Katherine is helping the next generation of wannabe milliners understand and hone their craft through her supportive online Millinery and Business Academy.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Philip Treacy
- Stephen Jones
- Catherine Delaney
- Galliano
- Vivienne Westwood
- Alexander McQueen
- Amy Porterfield
- Carrie Greene – Click the following link to listen to the Carrie Greene Podcast on The Entrepreneur Way
- Marie Forleo
When business started difficulties overcame:
“my struggle I suppose was the money side of things and having to work part-time and doing my own business. So I would work some evenings so that I could work days on my heart so I would constantly for a few years work seven days a week constantly either earning money or my hat business and dealing with clients and things. That was quite hard but I also enjoyed it, loved it, it was tiring at times. You’re getting somewhere, your building something so it was amazing as well. I should have learnt more about business that would have helped me a lot. I wish I had gone into that earlier on, I wish I had done a business course or degree or something like this to learn a bit more ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich Book by Timothy Ferriss
- Think And Grow Rich Book by Napoleon Hill
- Lucky Bitch: A Guide for Exceptional Women to Create Outrageous Success/easyazon_link] Book by Denise Duffield-Thomas[
Favourite Quote:
- “She Believed She Could, So She Did”
- “Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen” Wayne Huizenga
Recommended Online Resources:
- WordPress is a free and open-source content management system based on PHP & MySQL. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. It is most associated with blogging but supports other types of web content including more traditional mailing lists and forums, media galleries, and online stores.
- SquareSpace – is the all in one solution for anyone looking to create a beautiful website Domains, eCommerce, hosting, galleries, analytics, and 24 7 support all included
- Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems Zoom Rooms is the original software based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms Founded in 2011, Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done Zoom is a private company headquartered in San Jose, CA
- Mailchimp Email marketing, ads, landing pages, and CRM tools to grow your business on your terms. Get the word out with email, social ads, and make your life easier with automation. It’s easy, and you can start for free.
- Notes on my phone
- Facebook Live – Live Video Streaming. Live video streaming is a fun, engaging way to connect with your followers and grow your audience Start live streaming today with Facebook Live
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“work out how your business is helping other people. And who are you helping? So in your business you have to work out your goals and where you want be in the future and what you are going to do and what it’s all about and also how is your business helping other people. So is it helping other people, how you serve in them? Because every business is about serving someone. So if you can work that out and you work out how you are serve them then you can work out who they are”…[Listen for More]
More About Katherine Elizabeth:
- Katherine Elizabeth Millinery
- Millinery and Business Academy
- Katherine also puts on a lot of corporate millinery events and this is the website for that – Millinery House Events
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“As a young leader, the only way to display credibility is to lead by example.” Unknown
Other Quotes From the Chat with Katherine Elizabeth:
- “I’ve always been a positive person. But just being around other positive people and trying to think positively and learning more about positivity and inspiration really helped”
- “don’t waste time, time is very precious”
- “trust your gut and not your fear because sometimes your fear is the thing that’s always holding you back and wants to keep you safe. So you think what am I listening to is that my fear talking or is that really my instinct talking and my gut talking. So you have got to work out what’s the one to listen to. Your gut instinct is the right one you have got to go ahead with that and don’t listen to that nagging little voice on your shoulder say no no no no no don’t do this because that’s your fear… Fear can be in the car with you but don’t let it drive. So you must be the one to make the decisions
- “I wasn’t really money orientated at the beginning I just wanted to make my hats and I wasn’t thinking about long-term the fact that if I had done a few different things and earned some more money then I could have put that back into the business”
- “doubt is the precursor to fear”
- “believe in yourself”
- “be of service to others so you are not always thinking about yourself and earning money. If you are servicing other people and you are helping other people then it will come round, you will make money from that”
- “be happy in what you do”
- “if you are excited and you are passionate and people can hear it in your voice then they are more likely to come to you and be excited to work with you”
- “if you believe you can you will. If you don’t believe you can you won’t”
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