Business Boost: The lockdown entrepreneur that won £25k for her business and how you could too

My Duvet Flip by Jack Parsons

Jack Parsons

Business, Careers

4.2 • 5 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Apply for a chance to win £25,000 via Simply Business' Business Boost:

https://bit.ly/4cUXQdl

Episode Guest

Meet Mo Kanjilal, Co-Creator at Watch This Sp_ce. Award-winning senior leader and employee engagement expert. Mo is an Author, TedX Speaker and Mentor. She is an NLP Master Practitioner, Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Clock Tower Sanctuary and Non-Exec Director for Here Care Unbound

Episode Timestamps

00:00 Becoming an Entrepreneur by Chance

02:24 The Importance of Communication and Listening Skills

07:30 Winning the Business Boost Competition

16:34 The Business Case for Diversity and Inclusion

18:55 Creating a Positive and Inclusive Work Environment

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	My name is Moe Candelal and I'm one of the co-creators of Watch This Space, a diversity inclusion company.
0:05.5	So how did you become an interesting?
0:07.4	What happened?
0:08.8	It was by chance really.
0:10.0	It was probably April 2020 when my business partner Allegra and I were on a Zoom call together.
0:16.3	If there's a time to try something out, it's now.
0:19.4	And what we did at the start was literally just like set up a website, get the social media
0:23.2	accounts and just start from there.
0:25.5	Tell me how you came across business booths.
0:28.4	This is such a cool competition. Tell me your story.
0:30.9	I'm gonna tell you all about it.
0:31.9	We had seen this competition that said you can win 25,000 pounds through business boost and then the night before the deadline
0:39.6	Both of us entered it all competitions are all about telling your story why is it you why is it your business
0:46.0	What's the impact you're making why should people believe in your business? They phoned us and said can you join a Zoom call?
0:52.9	They hit record and they said, you've won it.
0:56.0	Wow.
0:57.0	What is the 25,000 pound done for you?
0:59.0	So many things.
1:00.0	So first of all, obviously it's .
1:01.0	And my final question is what dovet,
1:03.0	what gets you out of bed in your mind to flip the dovet?
1:06.0	Ah. Who do I trust for business insurance?
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