Bloom Venture Catalyst

01/09/2025

Top ask of any business owner? More time 🕰️
But that’s a zero sum game.
We get 168hrs every week. That’s why working
smart wins. Every time 🏆

27/08/2025

Ten years ago, I contributed to The Burt Report: Inclusive Support for Women in Enterprise 2015.

By then, I'd been in business for 18 years, with plenty to say.

Has much improved? Women-led startups increased to 54% of all Scottish startups (according to Women's Enterprise Scotland research) - Yayyy!

WES rightly points out the ~£17bn opportunity cost to the economy... but a 61% attrition rate is, well, challenging. And women-led employer businesses dropping to only 20%, speaks volumes about confidence, constraints and access to capital.

In 2025, I could say much more, instead, I set about bridging the gap between your business reality and the conventional scaling playbook.

How? Strategic support for women who've built something that works — and are ready to scale it without losing what makes it theirs.

The first step? Starts with a 2-minute focused scorecard that identifies what's blocking your next steps to growth.

Did I mention it's free... zero cost to you.

Why? Because frankly, I'm sick reading the same script every year for ten years.

Link in comments.

20/07/2025

You’ve survived every challenge you thought you wouldn't.
You’ll survive the next one too 💙🧡

14/07/2025

What Superman gets wrong … and what your business can learn from him 😇
You’re welcome 🤩

Sooner or later, we are all superheroes. Superman wears a costume. As we all do. He isn’t great at time management, always focused on the urgency at hand instead of investing in long-term pla…

09/07/2025

Your next chapter starts here.
Just published!

Link in bio

12/06/2025

Your project doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Your company wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the customers, competitors, marketplaces, systems and tech that make it all work. I used to m…

27/03/2024

True Fans make your business or social cause fly higher. But how many? Where to find them? Why does it matter?

New resources, content and coaching open to all from April…
watch this space!

08/11/2023

Lots of gorgeous gifts on the shelves already. Present shopping this weekend? Shop online or in store on Bute. Great coffee a bonus 😉

23/11/2016

Could 2017 look any more exciting?

27/03/2016

We have a new site coming soon... watch this space.

22/02/2016

Tired of Useless Meetings? 9 Ways to Make Them More Effective. (Infographic) http://goo.gl/qbD7BK

Agenda Item Number 1: Control your meetings so your meetings don't control you.

20/02/2016

Microsoft acquired another app with the same name as its Groove music service http://goo.gl/Ksp8Km

Microsoft's decision to rebrand its Xbox Music streaming service as Groove last year made a lot of sense — the name was confusing for a service that also found its home on Windows machines. But...