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Why My New Venture?
My New Venture is a labour of love, brought alive by three founders and a team of talented people that share our passion. Most technology companies don’t really talk about the team or the founders, because it’s about the tech. We hope you’ll indulge us in telling you a little about ourselves, not because we have a problem with narcissism (well maybe one of us does) but because this platform and the point of it is to help micro and small businesses to start, develop and grow. We think it’s important that you know that we’ve all been where you are, whether that be thinking about starting, already running, or looking to give your venture a renewed kick.
We’ve been there. We know how you feel, good and bad.
Are we doing this for the money, well it would be nice to make a few quid for sure. The real reason is that we’ve each had business failures that have affected us in different but profound ways. They’ve all been different, but one thing links each flop, and that is with a little more information, knowing the right question to ask and having the confidence to ask it, could have prevented those businesses from being unsuccessful.
We want to give small business owners and sole traders the information they’ll need and the confidence to ask the right questions so the chance of success is as high as it can possibly be.
Our Purpose,
“To empower individuals to make confident decisions and design their own future”.
Our Vision
“Success for everyone who starts a business”.
Meet the team
Three founders, all running small businesses
Jovan Maric
Formerly group HR manager for a small chain of hotels, owned an Argentinian steak house in Yorkshire, co-founded a successful creative agency in the South-East, spoke at the EU on Enterprise and Entrepreneurship and led a hospitality business into administration. Battle-scarred, experienced and passionate about helping micro and small business start-ups to avoid the bad decisions he has made.
Phillipa James
Meet Phillipa from My New Venture, founder of an international health brand and owner of a busy digital marketing agency. She was inspired to start a business by family and a desire to manage her own team after working in marketing consultancy for a range of corporate clients. My New Venture is her way of passing on that inspiration to others.
Richard Bevan
Richard is a chartered accountant, his specialty being international tax. He has advised individuals and large international organisations, along with the rich and famous (like seriously famous, we can’t tell you but trust us, it’s really cool) Richard is a serial entrepreneur and has arranged investment for many start-ups through his own accountancy firm.
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