Running in the Dark with Katherine George

EP.17 You Will Have No Money

Everyone thinks when you’re working hard at running your business that you will have loads of money. The reality is often very different. In this episode, Katherine highlights the times when you will have no money as a business owner, as well as ways to prepare for them. Cash flow issues are the obvious one, but there's another time you will have less money that is rarely talked about, and often forgotten. 

EP.16 Beware of Client Creep

It happens to all of us. It’s the... “while you’re at it, could you...?” conversation that happens when you’re already halfway through a project or completing a service. Sometimes it’s a five-minute job, often it’s not, and you end up working extra for free. In this episode, Katherine explains the key to handling potential client creep – it's simpler than you might expect. 

EP.15 Redefining Resilience with Lyssa-Fêe Crump | Career Success Beyond the Diagnosis

In this open and honest interview with Katherine, Lyssa-Fêe Crump shares her story, her experience living with a number of health challenges including PoTS, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Narcolepsy, and balancing these alongside her success in her professional life. Lyssa's Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyssafeecrump/
https://www.instagram.com/lyssacrump/
https://hiyield.co.uk/
https://www.potsuk.org/
https://www.ehlers-danlos.org/
https://www.narcolepsy.org.uk/

EP.14 Running a Business with Sjogren's Disease | An Interview with Katherine George

In the first of the interview episodes focusing on entrepreneurs who are balancing career success with health challenges, Katherine has volunteered as tribute to go first. Diagnosed with Sjogren’s Disease in 2022, she discusses how she has grown her business and how her health has impacted on how she's managed her agency since her diagnosis.

EP.13 Remember Why You Started

When you are running your own business, it’s important to remember one thing: the reason why you started. This reason is personal to you, whether you want to escape the 9-5, spend more time with your family or something else, but it should be something you remind yourself of frequently. In this episode, Katherine expands on this and explains why this is crucial as an entrepreneur. 

EP.12 Take A Break

It sounds obvious, but it is crucial as a business owner to actually take a break, book a holiday or give yourself time to rest. In this episode Katherine emphasises the importance of setting boundaries, avoiding burnout and making time to live your life away from work. 

EP.11 You can fall out of love with your business

Your business is growing, developing and, from the outside, everything looks amazing. But, with growth comes change, and what happens when you actually start to fall out of love with your business, your work is giving you anxiety and you actually dread showing up to work? It’s rarely spoken about, but Katherine shares her very real experience of this, and how she changed things in order to fall back in love with her business again. 

EP.10 Don't let anyone else's poor organisation stress you out

It happens to everyone in business. You’ve discussed a project or service, talked about prices and even sent the final confirmation and then – poof! - the customer ghosts you. You chase, you reach out, but you get nothing back. At some point down the line, they suddenly reappear and want to start tomorrow. In this episode Katherine shares how to handle this very common situation, rather than let panic set in. 

EP.09 40 Hours is Enough

When you’re an entrepreneur, it’s easy for the hours to creep up and up. You work your 9-5, but then you jump on emails in the evening or pick up work over the weekend. The result? It’s not sustainable; it ends in burnout. Katherine has learned the hard way, and in this episode she shares the reality and how she’s managed this. 

EP.08 People Will Ignore You

Whether you’re just starting out or an expert in your field running multiple businesses, one fact remains certain: people will ignore you. In this episode, Katherine shares her experience of this, and how best to handle it when (not if) it happens to you.