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The business story

Last week I had the privilege of speaking alongside Laura Cosgrove (Evolution Business Performance) at Creative HQ, Wellington.  Together we discussed Business Planning and Financial Modelling.  The two always work hand in hand when it comes to creating a business, and all to often people focus on the money without the plan, or the plan without the money!  I know that when I started out 12+ years ago I was the later!  I have been working alongside Laura for a couple of years ...

Tom O'Connor The Irish Convict

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/301014135/new-fiction-book-series-delves-into-early-nz-irishmori-historyOur One Umbrella Team's have been working with publishers for Tom O'Connor's latest series The Irish Convict.   Re-worked into 5 amazing books the story of Maurice travels from Irish to NZ with some very interest tales along the way.  As part of our work we got first dibs on reading these great books and are excited to spread the work for book lovers of NZ history....

Lynne chats with Hayley Lowe

Back in 2022, I chatted with Hayley Lowe about how her business transitioned from Graphic Designer to Modern Day Mystic.  The leaps she made by focusing on her personal brand and the lessons she learn as a woman in business.  Hayley is raw and candid about the challenges she faced, and how she drove her business on everyone else's expectations.  (How things have changed) Answering emails whilst in labour is certainly not what was recommended and by listening to our chat, there are...

Wow it is Friday and it is still raining

Wow it is Friday and it is still raining.  My heart goes out to those around the country that are having serious flooding issues and slips.  Staying motivated when there is so much pain around us can be very exhausting - and i would like to say to all ... the sun will shine again! Yesterday I bought a stunning bunch of daffodils and they made my heart sing.  I realised over night that some of my emails to my suppliers this week had been a bit abrupt and so today I sent out ap...

It's time to get your head sorted!

I have been in business for over 10 years and have had some amazing successes.  The biggest issue that I have had this entire time is self-belief.  Belief that I knew what I was talking about.  Belief that I was successful and Belief that my business could succeed.   This constant battle with my head blocked some of my goals and as a result I missed plenty of opportunities.  I had worked with some amazing business coaches and heard some amazing speakers.  ...

Taking a leap of faith

The journey to create a new and effective new brand name didn't just happen over night.  It took months of planning and thinking about what we wanted in our new brand!  Follow up on our journey and what we put in place to get the right look and feel for Orange!  It started on a Sunday drive up to the Kapiti Coast when Chris and I were brainstorming what we could change the name of our company to.  We bounced around all sorts of ideas - knowing that the key word Orange ha...

Happy New Year 2022 is buzzing with potential.

There is so much to be thankful for:Looking through the lens of life we can get clarity on what is important to us. We get to filter out the crap, and focus on the positive and exciting. On the eve of a New Year best wishes to all my amazing friends and family. May the photographs of your memories stay firmly in your heart, and you capture many more exciting experiences.I wrote this out on News Year Eve and posted it on my personal Facebook page as I reflected on 2021.   I generally do...

Love what you do

It reminded me of the importance of loving what you do!  For us it more than a tagline - it is a way of life.  Confucius was believed to have said "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life,"   I am certainly not saying that I love what I do everyday or somedays to be exact I don't want to be working in my business.  For those days I have learnt to listen to my mind and take some time out to enjoy what I like doing.  Or if it is an ad...