From Entrepreneurship to Authorship: Jan Cavelle’s Story

After building a successful manufacturing business from scratch Jan Cavelle made the decision to step away from her company to write and advocate for entrepreneurship.

Listen in as Jan discusses her journey from business owner to writer and ins and outs of publishing. The episode also delves into the importance of connecting with a publisher before the submission process, taking that first leap, the impact of technology on writing styles and the role of artificial intelligence in content creation.  

Highlights:

• The importance of having sales knowledge in order to put forward a vision and communicate with others. 
• Beginning writing as a form of stress relief transitioned Jan into writing her first book.
• The changes to the entrepreneurial world during covid was Jan’s impetus for her second book. 
• Interviewing over 70 entrepreneurs and their inspiring stories on starting businesses.
• Saving time utlising ai for content creation.

Fast Five Questions

1. If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “Trade.”
2. What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “Staying in that business for too long.”
3. What is a book that you would recommend? “It’s A Zoo Around Here by Nigel Risner.”
4. What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “Grammarly.” 
5. What is your definition of freedom? “Choice.”
6. What is the best way to contact you? “https://jancavelle.co.uk.” 

 About Jan

Jan is an entrepreneur from the UK who has a few decades of running entrepreneurial businesses behind her. One she started from the kitchen table when her children were small and she was a single mother, to go on to build that into a multi-million turnover business.

She has been involved in many campaigns to encourage others on their entrepreneurship journey and now does so through her writing. She writes articles on her own blog, a regular piece for Elite Business Magazine and others.

Jan’s first book was Scale for Success (Bloomsbury Publishing) aimed at helping entrepreneurs to grow their businesses during the big leap of 1-10m.

Her second book, Start for Success, is to encourage aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs who want to build fast-growing, but sustainable businesses. It launched earlier this year.

https://jancavelle.co.uk/

About Jeff:

Jeff spent the early part of his career working for others. Jeff had started 5 businesses that failed before he had his first success. Since that time he has learned the principles of a successful business and has been able to build and grow multiple seven-figure businesses. Jeff lives in the Austin area and is actively working in his community and supporting the growth of small businesses. He is a board member of the Incubator.Edu program at Vista Ridge High School and is on the board of directors of the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation

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