Nicola Jayne Little

Capture Your Business Vision

Capture Your Business Vision

Every January here in MINT Business Club we run a session to create a Vision Board. I'll admit to being sceptical the first time we did it. I was unconvinced about trying to represent my dreams and aspirations by cutting and sticking pictures out of magazines and...

But what happens if I fall?

But what happens if I fall?

But what happens if I fall? But oh my darling, what happens if you fly?" Erin Hanson Every year, we encourage our members and community to create a vision board, in the firm belief that by taking the time to let our brains wander to where we actually want to go and...

Six essential tips for self employed business owners in 2022

Six essential tips for self employed business owners in 2022

Wow... 2022 is already flying by. And if you're self-employed it's a good time to reflect own what you want to achieve this year. So, here are our SIX essential tips for self-employed business owners in 2022. We call these our six pillars of MINT - the essentials you...

4 is the magic number

4 is the magic number

4 years ago this month, in January 2018, we welcomed our very first members to our club and what an awful lot of change we've lived through. Looking back at our first event on 23rd Jan 2018, we were in the office at Viewpoint and our great friend James Lane had built...

Four Years On… My Own MINT Adventure

Four Years On… My Own MINT Adventure

Recently, I've been asking members and the rest of the team to reflect on their MINT journeys. Well today I find myself reflecting on my own... and it's been an ADVENTURE! 4 years ago today, on November 9 2017, I popped onto the Companies House website to register a...

Small business owners: Mental health after Covid

Small business owners: Mental health after Covid

When the Covid pandemic first began, we were all stressing about how we were going to deal with the coming “few months”. By the middle of the pandemic, we were busy trying to just get through and keep working and now, almost 20 months later, we’re hopefully (in some...

Getting Together is MINT… Two Years On!

Getting Together is MINT… Two Years On!

Yesterday, September 13 2021, we held our first in-person taster session since early 2020. And it was MINT! I was so nervous - like never before - to meet new people, engage face-to-face and actually be able to see our guests engaging before my very eyes. Zoom helped...

Adapting : The “New” MINT Offering

Adapting : The “New” MINT Offering

I launched MINT Business Club in 2019 having initially run it as Savvy Solos Business Club for a couple of years before that. My aim was to get business owners in a room together, learning new skills, supporting one another, keeping each other accountable and totally...

THINK… MINT!

THINK… MINT!

We’ve all had 12 months of “you’re on mute”…. a year of partners, kids and cats camera bombing us. We did the Zoom wave, we had the Zoom laughs, we saw the Zoom lows. We’ve all struggled to find the right head space for training when we’re sat in our kitchens. We’ve...