Last week I was asked for a top tip for running your own business. One of mine was in quiet periods (unfortunately at some point we do all have them) I always create posts for blogs, or PR which I send out to various publications, blogs etc...
This is the latest of those pieces - based on a interview I did with the Manchester Evening News when I established Colourwheel creative....
Name: Michelle Wright
Occupation: Owner at
Colourwheel creative – graphic design
Married with one child,
Scarlett aged 6 yrs
Achieving a balance of
motherhood and career was the major factor when Michelle Wright decided to go
it alone and set up her own design business.
“It had always been on my ‘to
do list’,” says Michelle “But then
something else would crop up and it would be pushed to one side for another
time.”
Her daughter Scarlett, had just
started school and Michelle was aware that, if she returned to full-time
employment, there would always be the chance that she’d miss out on important
events such as school assemblies and plays.
But it was an ‘I can do that’
moment that set Michelle on the road to being her own boss.
She says: “As a qualified graphic
designer, I was constantly looking at other businesses supplying logos, flyers,
banners – business promotional tools and thinking ‘ I can do that’
“I knew the industry inside
out, I’d been producing flyers and leaflets on a daily basis for years, so I
decided to put my experience to the test.”
Within two months, Michelle had
been put in touch with Salford Hundred venture – a funded venture created to
help others start up busiensses. Michelle completed an Aspire course, won some
funding and set up colourwheel creative.
The design agency offers a full
range of creative design services including business design: logos, flyers,
banners and even branded cake toppers, as well as personalised invitations.
“I am sure colourwheel would
have been born one day,” says Michelle, “and missing important key moments in
Scarlett’s school life has helped me make this jump… now over two years later, I
know I made the right decision. I love that I work with so many different types
of industries and people – all over the UK and I have even worked with people
further afield in Spain, Australia and America. Email and social networking
pages has made the world a much smaller place and opened so many more doors for
smaller businesses”.
“I’m busy, I’m working at home and
for myself and if my daughter is in a school play - I’ll be there.”
Colourwheel creative – graphic design
twitter: @colourwheelcrea
