Maxine Laceby, co-founder of Absolute Collagen, explains the obstacles she faced when starting her own business and shares tips on overcoming them. 

Lunch and Learn: Overcoming obstacles when starting a business

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In this business.connected Lunch and Learn, Maxine Laceby, co-founder of

Absolute Collagen, shares the story of how she co-founded the business with her daughter Darcy and the obstacles they faced when they started their entrepreneurial journey.

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Learn how to overcome any obstacles you may face when starting your entrepreneurial journey. 

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Jay Maniar is an experienced Finance &amp; Operations professional with over 23 years of experience.
As an ex-Director of Operations for KPMG Middle East his interests and passions have always been with small businesses, start-ups and scale-ups.
Currently supporting small businesses through&nbsp;
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<li>Finance and strategy workshops,</li>
<li>Enterprise Nation Local leader and Advisor</li>
<li>Group Mentoring</li>
<li>Advisory Board Member</li>
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Having attained further qualifications in Digital Business Transformation from MIT/Columbia Business School he&apos;s dedicated to providing the critical problem solving and innovationsupport that small businesses need.

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Hertfordshire small business networking group

Being self-employed needn't feel lonely. This group is for small business owners in and around Hertfordshire. Your Local Leader for Hertfordshire is Jay Maniar. Jay is an experienced Finance & Operations professional with over 23 years of experience. As an ex-Director of Operations for KPMG Middle East his interests and passions have always been with small businesses, start-ups and scale-ups. Join this group to connect with like-minded founders, share knowledge, discuss challenges, and support o

“After taking our previous business from zero to a multi-million exit, we now help business owners and managers, to grow and scale their businesses” Jamie Christoforou FCIM, CEO of Zero to Exit Ltd
We have taken a real business from zero, through to a multi-million exit. We mentor and train from real life experience. You can read our story below.
Back in November 2001, Jamie Christoforou arrived in Plymouth on a National Express coach, with two bags and £50 in his pocket. He didn’t have a job or any form of income and barely had enough to cover one week’s rent for a bedsit near the train station. He just hoped that the landlord who said he would meet him there, actually turned up, otherwise he would have been sleeping on the streets. Some would say he was the definition of a lost cause. But that didn’t stop him. In 2002, with no business qualifications or degrees, Jamie and Kevin, decided to start their own business. With no money and no idea what they were doing, it’s safe to say that their friends and family weren’t exactly optimistic about it. In fact, Kevin’s parents whose house they were planning on running the business from, said they couldn’t do it from their house. But they were adamant about proving everyone that doubted them wrong. 19 years later at the age of 37 and 45, Jamie &amp; Kevin officially retired!  After pulling off a multi-million business exit, retiring themselves and their family, and accumulating a wealth of knowledge about starting, scaling, and selling businesses, they made it their mission to help businesses and start-ups like you, formulate strategies for consistent growth.
Jamie mentors business owners and managers using the Zero to Exit 4-Step Formula. Jamie works with a select few businesses at any one time. If you are an ambitious business owner, and you are open, willing and have the ability to invest time, money and energy into a solution to take your business from where you are currently, to where you want to be, please visit <a href=&apos;https://calendly.com/zte-jc/discovery-call&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Jamie&apos;s calendar here</a> to book your free Zero to Exit discovery call.
Zero to Exit Ltd also runs online training courses at various times during the year. These are both live in small group via Zoom, as well as recorded on-demand, to learn at your own pace (coming later this year).
To be kept undated on the latest courses and workshops, you can <a href=&apos;https://keap.app/contact-us/4896207926355901&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>join our updates list here</a>.
We look forward to hearing from you!

&apos;Zero to Exit&apos; is a registered trademark of Zero to Exit Ltd. All rights reserved.

Business Mentor and Keynote Speaker

Jamie Christoforou FCIM Business Mentoring

“After taking our previous business from zero to a multi-million exit, we now help business owners and managers, to grow and scale their businesses” 

Jamie mentors business owners and managers using the Zero to Exit 4-Step Formula. This covers attracting potential customers, Converting these into paying customers, nurturing the relationship with the customer and how to grow and scale your business. These are just the four broad areas to the Zero to Exit 4-Step Formula.

Jamie would work with yo

<h3>&quot;we are on a mission to increase retention in sales&quot;</h3>
My name is Tom Luke, I am the founder of Closers Ace; as well as a sales professional, educator, motivational speaker &amp; creative. I am a nerudiverse founder who has ADHD &amp; Dyslexia. So I frequently promote neurodiversity in the work place and explain how to launch a business while being neurodiverse. Understanding the sales world is changing; I feel sales is still considered a &apos;dirty word&apos;, moreover, people entering sales are not supported and must fit an old fashioned jacket. I am here to re-educate and create a prosperous future for sales; full of diversity &amp; passion from all walks of life&quot;.
It was reported by Task Drive that only 17% of companies say they have an effective training programme. And sales training reaps a staggering 353% ROI for the average company.
Closers Ace deliver a series of skill developing content and is available for solo members or corporate teams. The information and insight is delivered in a way that is clear &amp; easily actioned. There are already a lot of speakers and information about, but Tom delivers this content in a way that makes it easily malleable to create fast results.

Founder

Tom Luke

<h3>&quot;we are on a mission to increase retention in sales&quot;</h3>
My name is Tom Luke, I am the founder of Closers Ace; as well as a sales professional, educator, motivational speaker &amp; creative. I am a nerudiverse founder who has ADHD &amp; Dyslexia. So I frequently promote neurodiversity in the work place and explain how to launch a business while being neurodiverse. Understanding the sales world is changing; I feel sales is still considered a &apos;dirty w

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