Today is International Day of Happiness so we asked our Twitter followers why running their own small business makes them happy. Here's what they said.

Why running a business makes you happy on #InternationalDayofHappiness

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Start-Up of the Year Ireland 2022: Nick Cotter, The Cotter Crate

Nick talks about his experiences as a young entrepreneur.

My motto in life and work is 'Meet people, make friends, and help them.' Getting to know people is the best way of finding out what makes them tick in terms of goals, ambitions, dreams, interests and life in general. I help people by listening to what they need, suggesting ideas, sending links, making introductions, adding value, and offering relevant products and services, where appropriate. When friends have a problem, I love to help them fix it.
My varied portfolio career means I have knowledge, experience and contacts in many fields. I am an expert in book publishing, media, mentoring, writing, editing, marketing, crowdfunding, sponsorship, social enterprise and commercial start-ups.
I'd love to get to know you better, so I can help you get to where you want to be.
Career highlights: • Book trade professional since 1990 • Consultant Producer, YOU'RE BOOKED! (ITV book series) • Pioneer, World Book Day UK • Research Director, StoryCode (online recommendation engine for fiction, featured on BBC TV’s DRAGONS’ DEN)
Current roles: • Founder, CopyGhosting Publishing Services (editorial, marketing, PR &amp; digital agency) • Editor &amp; Development Executive, Insight Film Festival • Founder, Jolabokaflod CIC (promoting Icelandic 'Christmas book flood' tradition) • Director of Crowdfunding, CrowdPatch CIC: free crowdfunding platform for social enterprise • Founder, The Wisdom of Coffee: a network for Meetup gatherings &amp; a community that shares best practice about business, enterprise &amp; alternative finance) • Founder, Smart Crowd Productions: integrated arts, media, business &amp; alternative finance production consultancy • Director: Corporative Sponsorship, SMGlobal Catwalk, Inc: global fashion events brand • Social entrepreneur, 12R Prizes: solving social issues and commercial problems via sponsored cash-prize comptetions • Mentor, Founders and Mentors: networking platform, comprising forum, communities and courses for mentors to help pre-launch founders launch start-ups successfully • Social entrepreneur, 12Ronnies: hub that provides founders, inventors and creatives a toolkit for launching a startup successfully • Co-founder, CrowdMall: virtual shopping centre for ideas that do not yet exist
Charities: • Chairman, Seeds Creatives (charity): runs the ‘Artist in Your Own Residence’ collaborative network mentoring scheme for creatives in all disciplines • Director, Arts Centre Group (charity): membership organisation for arts &amp; media professionals
Committees: • All-Party Parliamentary Committee for Crowdfunding (chair: Barry Sheerman MP): meets quarterly at the House of Commons
Author: • Six published books • Two books in progress

Serial entrepreneur

Pre-launch founders, inventors & creatives

Signposting for advice, tools and resources for members wanting to start turning an idea into a business.

&lt;p&gt;I am a newbie to the world of Entrepreneurship, having started my first company on October 2018. With over 14 years of experience working in Luxury Fashion editorial I wanted to put my skills to good use and launched my media platform, &lt;a href="https://thevendeur.co.uk/"&gt;The Vendeur&lt;/a&gt;, to fill the gap in the market for exciting, inspirational sustainable fashion and lfestyle media.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I manage a small team of contributors but also write and style our content as well as working with sustainable companies&amp;nbsp;to help to grow their brands. I truly believe that conscious consumption paired with loving what you already own is the key to slowing our consumption and saving the planet.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In addition to this I am a freelance stylist and consultant helping brands with social media and content creation. Prior to The Vendeur I was a freelance fashion stylist. I still style for brands and magazines, most recently Phoenix Magazine where I serve as their Accessories Editor. I have worked for Harpers Bazaar &amp;amp; Town &amp;amp; Country, as well as Edward Enninful, InStyle Magazine, Jane How and The Independent. I have a huge wealth of knowledge and contacts within the industry that mean that I can serve as a creative touch point for other brands and Founders.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

Founder & Director

Podcasting for you or your business

Having begun my own successful podcast Style With Substance, I taught myself everything I needed to begin and manage a podcast for my business. It helped me extend my brand reach and now we are regularly recognised as a sustainable fashion podcast to listen to by our listeners. 

I can help you ideate and get cracking with your podcast for your business (or to extend your own personal professional reach), as well as do your own marketing, find guests and get rated. If you are a beginner, or lite

Esther can make you look &amp; sound confident on video calls and hybrid meetings with her secret tips learned from 20 years in broadcasting (10 years at the BBC) from loving the lens to nailing your message.
Esther runs fun masterclasses, online programs, and one to ones for global clients including Deloitte, Barclays, Allianz, law firms (A&amp;O, MoFo, and Linklaters), the Universities of Harvard - USA, and Oxford &amp; Cambridge in England.
You can read about her confidence on camera tips in the press including <a href=&apos;https://www.metro.news/tips-from-the-top-lockdown-special/2038104/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>The London Metro Newspaper article here</a>…
plus, she’s featured in UK Magazine, <a href=&apos;https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/how-to-take-a-conference-call-confidence-tips-and-hacks/369608&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>The Stylist</a> talking about Working from Home here!
Fun fact, Esther&apos;s met Madonna, George Clooney, Samuel L Jackson, and many more Hollywood stars. She interviewed 1000s of celebs as she started out as a showbiz reporter in the 1990s!
Learn more about me:
<a href=&apos;https://virtuallyconfident.podbean.com/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>The Virtually Confident Podcast</a>
<a href=&apos;https://www.estherstanhope.com/blog&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>My Blog</a>
<a href=&apos;https://www.estherstanhope.com/s/Esther-Stanhope-Media-Kit.pdf&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Media Kit</a>

Speaker, Author, Pitching Expert

Esther Stanhope

Esther can make you look &amp; sound confident on video calls and hybrid meetings with her secret tips learned from 20 years in broadcasting (10 years at the BBC) from loving the lens to nailing your message.
Esther runs fun masterclasses, online programs, and one to ones for global clients including Deloitte, Barclays, Allianz, law firms (A&amp;O, MoFo, and Linklaters), the Universities of Harvard - USA, and Oxford &amp; Cambridge in England.
You can read about her confidence o

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