Christine Pearce
- Christine Pearce
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- Number of businesses:
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- In business:
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- Defining Moment
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It has always felt more natural to me to start a new business rather than seek employment. Although I have a wealth of experience and can competently run and manage companies, because I haven’t got a degree I find that applications for positions that fit… read more
- Pearl Of Wisdom
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I believe that to be a successful entrepreneur you must be determined that you can make a business happen and believe that it will be very successful. It will be necessary to take calculated risks, but at the same time enjoy the responsibility of taking… read more
- Challenge
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The biggest challenge that we’ve faced in getting started has been securing enough investment. We have both covered our own salaries since October in order to work full-time on the development of the business. As a result, we have very little personal… read more
- Secret
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You need to be single-minded about where you are heading, whilst also being aware that there will be many opportunities as well as threats that present themselves along the way. It’s important to be flexible and adaptable in order to be able to deal… read more
- Success
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Success will be reaching a point where the company is well known and has more suppliers contacting us to join up, than us having to sell the idea to from scratch. We will have enough staff to make the company run efficiently leaving us time to focus on… read more
- Aspiration
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We have many aspirations in developing our business. Primarily, we want to provide an exciting and user-friendly online service to Period Home Owners where they can source all of the goods and services they need to sympathetically restore their homes.… read more
- Support Story
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We have received excellent support from our Business Link advisor who has helped with many aspects of starting up including securing £7500 in funding from NEEIC and sign-posting us to Be-Enterprising, Hartlepool’s Women’s Development Fund and Entrust. We… read more