'I started my first business 'The Be Group' aged 23-years-old after working in the city and seeing that there were a number of people at various stages of the career lifecycle who needed assistance with understanding the value of their 'personal brand'.
When I started the business, I was young and fairly naive but over the last four and a half years I have grown the business from nothing to having an amazing list of blue chip clients (Accenture, EY, Barclays, HSBC, Mercer, Alliance, Olswang LLP etc), universities and schools.
In 2014, after having my own personal frustrations with not being able to find the right 'nude' tights to match my skin tone, I took my business plan to redefine nude hosiery by offering a variety of colours to suit all skin tones onto the BBC show, The Apprentice.
My hosiery brand 'Bianca Miller London' launched online in November 2015 providing eight shades of nude to compliment all women - from English rose to darker African skin tones. In August 2016 we launched internationally with Topshop.
I have learnt a lot in business about what it takes to succeed - the importance of having a vision, accepting feedback, the ability to negotiate, how to turn no into yes, being determined and so on.
My advice to women is 'feel the fear and do it anyway', women tend to be more risk adverse than men but statistically are better in business, so if you have a great idea get the support you need and get started.
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