Claire Julia Ross-Brown is an English actress, musician, business consultant, and fashion expert. After moving to Copenhagen, Denmark 22 years ago – Claire starred in the Danish hit TV sitcom “Klovn / (pronounced ) = “Clown” “ before achieving a life long dream of launching her own fashion company in December 2019, called CJ London – a concept designed for the future of fashion.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Having to re-identify myself because especially in Denmark where I live, I am known as an actress… When I came out with my fashion company, I remember one of my girlfriends who’s a lawyer and she said ‘but Claire don’t you need to go to design school to do this?’ And I said ‘well, no actually not’ of course I can employ people that can do the technical designing but I have the vision in my head and I know exactly from a business point of view how I want to run the company. So, everything in my head I was very, very clear about but you could say that you do have to prove yourself. To a certain extent I could definitely feel with some people oh okay here we go here is an actress who thinks that now she can run her own business. So that’s what I had to overcome”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- How Will You Measure Your Life? by James Allworth and Karen Dillon and Clayton Christensen
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment Book by Eckhart Tolle
Favourite Quote:
- “Just do it”
- “You can die tomorrow”
Recommended Online Resources:
- YouTube, LLC is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google’s subsidiaries.
- Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service developed by Google. It became available in beta release April 13, 2006, and in general release in July 2009, on the web and as mobile apps for the Android and iOS platforms. Google Calendar allows users to create and edit events.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“if you have a passion for what you are doing or thinking about doing something it’s really to just believe in it and try it and not be afraid of whether it succeeds or doesn’t succeed. Because I think personally just the fact that you go for something and you do it is succeeding in itself. We tend to look at success especially as an entrepreneur as to whether you IPO’d. But I don’t see it that way, I see success in many different ways “…[Listen for More]
More About Claire Julia Ross-Brown:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
Try, P!nk “Just because it burns doesn’t mean you’re gonna die you’ve gotta get up and try.”
Other Quotes From the Chat with Claire Julia Ross-Brown:
- “Other than I think the very, very beginning I think it would maybe being just to have explore certain possibilities, and that was difficult to see. So, if I am a little bit more specific, just in terms of production and how long does it take to actually go from choosing the right material to having a prototype and that being created a factory and coming back to you. There are certain shortcuts there that could have been made that would have shortened that time however I wouldn’t have known it at time. So sometimes it’s just trial and error especially when it’s something that’s new to you. I think you have to start somewhere…”
- “I think the secrets to success are really believing in what it is you want to do and not thinking about if it works or if it doesn’t work but just actually getting on and doing it and not over analysing it. Because I think if you overanalyse what you want to do as an entrepreneur often can stop us from just doing it. And I think if you don’t even wait for the next day. If you have that idea and you think it’s something I’ve always wanted to do then literally just start. And even if you start in the middle it doesn’t matter, it’s a start…”
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