Latest / Complicated Conversations
Structure — The First Year on the High Street, with Caroline Creba
A year ago Caroline Creba spent her life savings opening a bespoke jewellery showroom on Knowle High Street — with gold at a record high and the economy in a state. This is what the first year actually looked like.
The Tuesday afternoons with nobody through the door. Closing Mondays. The £5,000 welder that brought people in and turned into £25,000 of sales. Hiring before she felt ready. Hitting a £25k-a-month target she’d filed under “years away.” And the line that should be on every founder’s wall: you don’t open a shop and suddenly have a business. You open a shop so your business has a…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.