Tina Boden, one of the leading voices for micro business in the UK, is set to launch an exclusive online club for micro business owners. Boden, who co-founded the #MicroBizMatters movement with Tony Robinson OBE, has spent 10 years working to make life in micro business better.
Whilst working on how micro business owners can improve their wellbeing and become more resilient in a post-Covid environment, she came up with The Micro Business Mentor Club – an online subscription mentoring service launching 1 April.
An experienced business mentor, Boden shares knowledge, experience and advice gained from more than three decades of running her own businesses. The Micro Business Mentor Club will also provide guidance from subject experts − those with ‘been there and done it’ experience − in the form of peer-mentoring, interactive workshops and panel discussions.
A fully online membership community, the club will allow businesses with 0-9 employees to come together, share skills, learn, collaborate and build resilience, with the convenience of doing it all online.
Boden explains more about the thinking behind The Micro Business Mentor Club.
“I want mentoring to be affordable and accessible to micro business owners without it being free because that is rarely valued. I also want people to be mentored and supported by those who have empathy and understanding of how personal wellbeing can impact business wellbeing and vice versa; knowledge gained through their own experience.
“Peer mentoring groups are an informal facilitated space for micro business owners to share thoughts, fears and great ideas and receive feedback from others to help them; something you rarely get as a freelancer or owner of the smallest of businesses. This is an opportunity for micro business owners to pay an affordable monthly amount and spend time building a more resilient future for their business.”
What else is included?
Members of The Micro Business Mentor Club will receive access to a monthly peer mentoring session. Plus, monthly workshops led by subject experts. This will allow subscribers to access a variety of support that they feel is relevant to their business.
Award-winning Growth and Innovation Consultant, Naomi Timperley, will facilitate the first workshop − Perfecting Your Business Value Proposition. This session will help members to clearly articulate the point of their service or product, who it’s for, and what makes it unique.
With a limit of just 250 members at any time, a waiting list is anticipated to join the Club, which will see members receive profile promotion across social media. There will also be the opportunity to take part in the monthly ‘Talk it over with Tina’ panel discussion.
To help businesses in need of support, Boden is offering three free memberships for qualifying businesses in different sectors.
A start-up micro business owner trading for under three years; a micro business owner trading for over three years, and also a business owner whose personal and business wellbeing has been impacted by perimenopause or menopause symptoms.
“I wanted to offer these memberships to people who may be unsure of where to turn,” concludes Boden. “Peer mentoring can offer a wealth of advice and open up new support networks that micro business owners simply weren’t aware of.”
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