Andri Benson, of Always Andri, is a UK design-led wedding planner with a decade of experience in the industry. She brings her creative vision to weddings and turns her couples’ dreams into reality with her innovative concept sketching. She is now passing that expertise to those in the industry with Wedding Design and Concept Sketching courses.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Andri’s Parents
- Andri’s husband’s Parents
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I knew nothing about running a modern business… I knew nothing about marketing, PR… It was a real baptism by fire so are really just threw myself in at the deep end, I took as many courses as I could… The wedding planning side of it was the bit that worried me the least. I knew I could plan a wedding, I wasn’t worried about that. It was like theatre design. It was the business side of running the business. How do you market yourself? How do you set up a website?”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear Book by Elizabeth GilbertFavourite Quote:
“Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Already Taken.” Oscar Wilde
Recommended Online Resources:
- Procreate – Made for Artists – is the most powerful and intuitive digital illustration app available for iPad. It’s packed with features artists love, and it’s an iPad exclusive.
- Aisle Planner – Wedding Planning Software – Aisle Planner Wedding planning software and CRM tool for wedding pros couples and an online Wedding Advice, Inspiration and Wedding Vendor resource for couples
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“everyone always says it’s about knowing how to do your job and the experience you have but I think it’s more than that. I think you really need to believe in yourself, I think being a business owner is as much about your mindset is your experience. It’s all very well being the best person to do something but if you don’t actually believe in yourself you can do it or believe in yourself enough to put yourself out there I think that can really hamper you as a business owner. Believing yourself you can do it you got to really work on that mindset as well as your experience and gaining that knowledge and that will really help you in business”…[Listen for More]
More About Andri Benson:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.” Unknown
Other Quotes From the Chat with Andri Benson:
- “Everything you learn within a business is always … It’s hard to know is in it than would that shortcut have make a difference”
- “it’s really good to diversify don’t put all your eggs in one basket”
- “believing in yourself, being determined, believing in your abilities to do something and just putting yourself out there… Having a belief in yourself not worrying too much about what others are saying and thinking and doing and just putting the work in and sort of not giving up. Don’t give up at the first hurdle, just keep persevering. If you know what you’re doing it’s going to help people… It pays into your passions, it’s something that you love and you know it’s going to help people and there is a need for it just go for it and believe in yourself and believing what you are doing ”
- “be happy to go with it and don’t feel like changes a bad thing. I think change can be a good thing for the right reasons. So why just really keep abreast of what’s happening in keep and I and what’s going on and try and keep up with it and adapt to change as needed”
- “go with the curiosity over the fear and explore that creativity”
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