In 2001, after a long corporate career in leadership roles, I set out to start an HR consultancy. That’s the fancy term we use to describe it now, but at the time Idomeneo Enterprises was just an idea, and a business building mountain I had to climb. Because, although running a business wasn’t my idea (someone actually had to push me into it), I became bitten by the entrepreneurial bug.
And once I decided, I was all in. Then the joy (and the pain) began in earnest. While I had an idea of what I wanted to sell (HR services), I had no idea how to sell, or who to sell to, or what the product would actually look like, or what I needed to do to properly set up the company, or the insurance I needed, or the systems I had to put in place, or where to get a client agreement, or how to tackle the technology, or how to reach my customer, and on and on.
Finally, after much trial and error, and piecing together bits of advice from here and lessons from there, I began to get the hang of it. I understood how the bits and pieces fit together, and I realized how much easier those early days would have been if only all that knowledge was pulled together in one place; a step by step guide that would help me move from one growth stage to the next, without having to figure it all out on my own. So, I created one. And it has helped me grow into a serial entrepreneur with a seven figure business.
That framework is the backbone of the Leader’s Journey Experience. My goal is to help corporate professionals smoothly transition into solopreneurs, and grow into entrepreneurs. You aren’t the run of the mill start up – you’ve been in the corporate world, and you understand business. But a corporate leadership role, and an entrepreneurial leadership role are two very separate muscles – and mindsets. I invite you to join the Leader’s Journey Experience – grow your entrepreneurial muscle, and get the business you imagined up and on its feet.
Thanks for letting me join you on your journey!