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 Carol Metcalfe
Name:
CarolMetcalfe
Business:
Musa Fine Art Ltd
Web site:
www.musafineart.com
Years in business:
3.5
Number of businesses:
3

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Before I started my own business my circumstances weren’t that great. I came from a family of six kids brought up on a council estate. We had no...

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-challenge - The barriers I faced in setting Musa up... >

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"The barriers I faced in setting Musa up were pretty enormous. I had..."

-defining moment - Before I started my own business my... >

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"Before I started my own business my circumstances weren’t that great...."

-support story - With all places I think you find good >

"With all places I think you find good and bad business advisors, but..."

-How I … gathered advice and support for the... >

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"Me and my business partner Hilary took a lot on ourselves. We went..."

-pearl of wisdom - I think you can either be an optimist... >

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"I think you can either be an optimist or a pessimist, and I’m an..."

-success - My business partner Hilary came on... >

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"My business partner Hilary came on board with me. She was a fine..."

-success - The moment we won at the Blueprint... >

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"The moment we won at the Blueprint awards for business plans was just..."

-challenge - When I first sat down >

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"When I first sat down and thought about the goals I wanted to..."

-mistake to avoid - Looking back I probably could have done... >

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"Looking back I probably could have done things differently. In the..."

-secret - I always think you should do business... >

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"I always think you should do business with people. Don’t do business..."

-How I …marketed the company >

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"Everyone kept coming up to us in the early days and asked us who did..."

-pearl of wisdom - I really think that if you can do the... >

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"I really think that if you can do the household budget, you can do..."

-success - My biggest strength is probably my mouth >

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"My biggest strength is probably my mouth. I remember at one point I..."

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