Friend Business: Recent Episodes
Susannah Jane Photography
The podcast for you besties, sisters, friends - who dream of opening and running a business together. I hope this podcast will bring you inspiration and encourage you to dream big as we chat with those who have been on the journey before us and listen to their stories.
This episode features a fabulous conversation with Lucy who is one half of Wiskow and White. Danielle and Lucy met when Lucy was having her own destination wedding in Italy and have created an incredible wedding planning service for couples who are getting married in Italy. We hear about Lucys own experience of planning her wedding, the process of developing a new way of working and building the business together, how things have grown and changed over the past few years.
As always, I don't take lightly the time that is given to us and all that is shared in these conversations, and so a really heartfelt thank you to Lucy.
Websites:
https://www.wiskowandwhite.com/
https://www.lalista.com/
Instagrams:
https://www.instagram.com/wiskowandwhite/
https://www.instagram.com/_lalista/
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https://www.instagram.com/theblur_betweenyou/
https://aletheia-weddingphotography.com/
Lisa and Tracey are the sisters behind Palmaira Sandals. Growing up between Menorca and England, they have taken the traditional Menorcan sandals and designed styles with pattern, colour, glitter and continue to develop new styles of these shoes.
They are a family business and in this episode we listen to their story of starting the business, how it has grown and expanded over the 10 years, and the benefits of working together.
www.palmairasandals.com
Insta: @palmairasandals
Located in Cape Greco in Cyprus, is The Cupule wedding venue. Initially a home built by the parents of sister Philisa and Elaine; it is now a beautiful wedding venue surrounded by the sea and countryside.
Today we hear from Philisa and Elaine, learn about their business, the what and the why behind its creation and development and working as sisters.
You can find out more at www.thecupule.com
Or say hi on instagram @thecupulevenue
This interview is with Zeleka and Maria from The Wedding Coordinators. Friends since university days and now in business together. In this interview we reminisce on their first event together; discuss how the business began and delve into thinking about the value of a business partner and the influences it has on a business. They discuss making a friendship into a business with different time commitments at present. And share so much on the mindset of entrepreneurship and building a team. Here is their instagram to find out more about them! https://www.instagram.com/thewedcoordinators/ (thewedcoordinators) I hope you love this episode as much as I do. Come and say hi on https://www.instagram.com/susannahjanephotography/ (instagram) and let me know if you listened! I would love to know what you think! And so
Our guests today are Project Memory. Created by Aneri and Sammy - started during college and now being run alongside full time jobs whilst living in different time zones. Aneri and Sammy developed their buisness with the ethos of helping people to preserve their memories better, to empower people to spend time with their memories in a physical way and belief that photos should be visible, and discoverable. They have made beautiful albums for a new generation who have a million photos on their phone but where the precious ones can get lost amongst the screenshots and selfies. They articulate so clearly their belief and passion for this work. They have some absolute gems and insight into entrepreneurial culture, in consistency, in ways to support each other and how to make it happen. Their beautiful chronicle photo albums and more about them can be found on their https://www.projectmemory.co/ (website) and also https://www.instagram.com/projectmemory.co/ (instagram) This is an absolute gem of an episode and I hope you love it as much as I do. Thank you for listening and your time and support! Please rate and review so more lovely people can hear these amazing stories. If you have any feedback or just want to say hi I would absolutely love to hear from you! Im on https://www.instagram.com/susannahjanephotography/ (instagram) or my https://susannahjanephotography.com/ (website) (both susannahjanephotography) or drop me an email at openingline@susannahjanephotography.com.
Emma and Susan are sisters, who own La Boda Bridal - a gorgeous bridal boutique in Northern Ireland. They started the business together over 16 years ago and are still going strong. In this episode we talk about families in business together, being self-employed and approaching things with a business mindset. We discuss their love of bridal and the uniqueness of the bridal industry. For anyone thinking of going into business with a sister - definitely have a listen to this episode. They are a delight! And I know they would love you to say hi on their https://www.instagram.com/labodabridal.banbridge/ (instagram).
This episode features Nici and Jo from Hustle and Co cafe in Harrogate, a spa town in the North of England. These fantastic women share with us their story of decades of friendship, of families and careers, and how they opened their cafe and went into business togethers, many years after they initially thought of being in a business together. These best friends have so much to share about the realness of being in business with your best friend and I so hope you enjoy this conversation! Do go and say hi to them on their https://www.instagram.com/hustleandcocafe/ (instagram) and see more about the cafe on their https://www.hustleandcocafe.co.uk/ (website) As always, I love to hear from you and love to hear your ideas of people you would love to see on the podcast so please do get in touch over https://www.instagram.com/susannahjanephotography/ (@susannahjanephotography)
Today's interview is with fabulous Sam, Chloe and Emily from This is Cluck. An alternative hen party planning company based in London. They research gorgeous hotels, restaurants and events for tasteful and classy hen parties - taking all the stress from hens of booking, money chasing and organisation! We talk about how they became friends, and formed This is Cluck; how they moved from discussing it over drinks in the pub to making it a reality; and what its is like to run a business with friends. We discuss using each others strengths and how that evolves over the years. Please do say hi over on their https://www.instagram.com/cluckhenparties/?hl=en (instagram) and visit their website to see the incredible brand and business they have built. I know you are going to love this episode. If you would like to be kept up to date with new guests, questions you would love to ask, or just to say hi. Im over on insta https://www.instagram.com/susannahjanephotography/?hl=en (@susannahjanephotography) or my website www.susannahjanephotography. I'd love to get to know you!xx
Welcome to Friend Business. The podcast for best friends and siblings who day dream of designing, opening and running a business together. This podcast is brought to you by me, Susannah - Friendship Storyteller from SusannahJane Photography. You are so welcome. Thank you for being here.
Every week we will hear the story of, friends who work together and their story of opening their business together. I hope this will bring you inspiration and encouragement in pursuing your own dreams. I believe hearing other peoples stories is so important, and by sharing these with you hopefully it will help you to dream big.