Business Boost: How this entrepreneur went from fashion to fighting plastic
My Duvet Flip by Jack Parsons
Jack Parsons
4.2 • 5 Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Apply for a chance to win £25,000 via Simply Business' Business Boost:
Episode Guest
Meet Claire Marchais, Co-Founder at Fair-Well.
How do you turn a milk float into a movement? Claire Marchais did just that with Fair-well! From her first job in Paris fashion to creating a plastic-free revolution in North London, Claire reveals how winning a £25,000 grant helped her business thrive. Whether you're a budding entrepreneur or passionate about sustainability, Claire's story will inspire you to dream big, start small, and embrace failure along the way. Tune in to this inspiring episode of MDF to build an eco-enterprise from the ground up!
Episode Timestamps
00:00 The Journey of Entrepreneurship
10:02 Overcoming Challenges and Learning from Failure
19:51 Building a Sustainable Business Model
29:51 Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Episode Partner
T&Cs apply. One entry per person and business. Business Boost is open to UK residents aged 18 or over. Entrants’ businesses’ annual turnover must not exceed £750k or have received over £50k in private funding in the past two years (not including Gov grants). For full eligibility terms visit Simply Business. The competition closes: on 15 Oct 2024. Simply Business will announce the winner on 13 Dec 2024
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Have the big dreams, but start with more. |
| 0:02.0 | When you have this entrepreneur belief in you, no matter what you're trying, |
| 0:06.0 | and most of the time it's going to fail, and it's fine because it's a journey. |
| 0:09.0 | We're all on a journey of doing something. |
| 0:12.0 | Wow. |
| 0:13.0 | My name is Claire Marche. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm a director at Fairwell. |
| 0:17.0 | We make an impact reducing plastic waste. |
| 0:20.0 | What was your first job? I started in fashion in Paris, |
| 0:22.6 | whole collection of beautiful Christian girl dresses and accessories. |
| 0:26.6 | What other some of the entrepreneurial things that you picked up? |
| 0:29.6 | Not being shy of putting yourself into a challenging situation. |
| 0:33.6 | I've been an entrepreneur for about five years and I'm still learning. |
| 0:36.6 | Every time you think you know something, you don't. |
| 0:38.3 | You learn each time. |
| 0:40.3 | Tell me a bit about business boost. |
| 0:43.3 | How did you come across it? |
| 0:44.3 | I don't on their Instagram post about apply for the business boost. |
| 0:48.3 | And I started doing the application and I submit the application. |
| 0:51.3 | And this application was to enter for 25,000 pounds. |
| 0:55.0 | Yeah, then they told me that I was among the six finalists. |
| 0:58.0 | How did that make you feel? |
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