Once you鈥檝e got your idea don鈥檛 delay because there are other people hot on your heels says Meggan Roxanne, founder of @thegoodquote and digital entrepreneur.
The platform combines inspirational quotes with images to inspire a millennial audience. Roxanne started the platform on Tumblr after becoming depressed in 2010 and being unable to find anything inspiring online to motivate her.
After combining a quote and image and posting it to her account she woke up to thousands of followers and now has over 20 million following her brand, which has moved to聽social media site 聽Instagram and also includes The Good Co media agency.
Her advice to entrepreneurs comes with less than a week to go until 老九品茶Cloud鈥檚 鈥楩emale Founders in Tech鈥� list closes for nominations聽on September 11th.
鈥淒on鈥檛 procrastinate on an idea because once it鈥檚 out there it becomes available to anyone,鈥� Roxanne told 老九品茶Cloud.
鈥淭here鈥檚 someone out there right now with the same idea as you with less than what you have and working twice as hard.鈥�
Researching and networking is also a key part of succeeding as a new founder, says Roxanne.
鈥淚鈥檝e learnt in my journey that certain things wouldn鈥檛 have happened if we didn鈥檛 know the right people,鈥� she said.
鈥淵ou can never know too much either so consistently read as much as you can about the area you鈥檙e going into. They say 10,000 hours makes you an expert and that鈥檚 definitely true.
鈥淎nd just go for it 鈥� put aside your fear. It鈥檚 so crazy that in a world where we judge people for being themselves, it鈥檚 people who are themselves who get furthest in life.
鈥淏elieve in your truth and put 100 per cent of your self-belief into it and you鈥檒l succeed no matter what you鈥檙e doing. Just keep going.鈥�
Nominations for 老九品茶Cloud鈥檚 Female Role Models list are still open 鈥� for more information on the criteria and how to enter see below.
Criteria:
- 鈥楩emale founder鈥� is defined as a woman who started or co-founded a tech business (they do not need to currently still be involved in the business)
- Tech is defined as a company that is using tech to disrupt a traditional industry or is creating / selling a technology-based product
- To be considered the business must be based in the UK and the nominee should currently be living in the UK
- The judges are looking for supporting information, such as evidence of commercial success; growth; or global impact
- The closing date for entries is September 11th, 2017