#30 Jenny Hunt
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Jenny Hunt is the Founding Partner and CEO of the Gateway Group of Companies, a company formation specialist providing a corporate sponsorship platform for onshore companies in the UAE. Jenny is an active Committee Member for the British Business Group in Abu Dhabi; regularly presents to incoming trade delegations about setting up and doing business in Abu Dhabi for UKTI; will be moderating the panel discussion at CDB NOW’s annual breakfast forum in March 2015; will be conducting a workshop for Upcoming Women Entrepreneurs at the Extraordinary Women Conference in Oman in March 2015; and, will be participating in the International Business Excellence Awards as a Judge in May 2015. Jenny’s background, as a qualified marketer, was in UK advertising agencies and prior to moving to the UAE in 1999, she set up and managed her own business in London for five years. Jenny is an active blogger and firmly believes in sharing knowledge, experience and expertise within the community.
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Jenny Hunt is the Founding Partner and CEO of the Gateway Group of Companies, a company formation specialist providing a corporate sponsorship platform for onshore companies in the UAE. Jenny is an active Committee Member for the British Business Group in Abu Dhabi; regularly presents to incoming trade delegations about setting up and doing business in Abu Dhabi for UKTI; will be moderating the panel discussion at CDB NOW’s annual breakfast forum in March 2015; will be conducting a workshop for Upcoming Women Entrepreneurs at the Extraordinary Women Conference in Oman in March 2015; and, will be participating in the International Business Excellence Awards as a Judge in May 2015. Jenny’s background, as a qualified marketer, was in UK advertising agencies and prior to moving to the UAE in 1999, she set up and managed her own business in London for five years. Jenny is an active blogger and firmly believes in sharing knowledge, experience and expertise within the community.
Jenny says.....
If you can't value your gifts then any business plan you write is fundamentally flawed.
Inside this Episode
These are the questions I asked Jenny and the answers are in the podcast.
- Question 1: Tell us a little bit about yourself and your entrepreneurial journey and how starting your own venture came about?
- Question 2 - Tell us a little bit about your business and the vision for your business. What is it that you do?
- Question 3: What is the difference between body concious and Health concious? Is one more important than the other?
- Question 4: Do you believe nutrition can cure many conditions?
- Question 5: Can you give us an insight into your day to day activities. How do your organise your day and how do you prioritize?
- Question 6: Do you think there is some sort of pattern or formula to being a successful entrepreneur?
- Question 7: Do you believe there is a work life balance? Is it achievable?
- Question 8: What's the best piece of business advise you have been given and how is that working for you right now?
- Question 9: Which social media tools are working for you right now?
- Question 10: How (if ever) did you rise above failure or struggle and what action did you take?
- Question 11: What do you think are the top 3 skills needed to be a successful entrepreneur?
- Question 12: Where do you see yourself and your business in 10 years and how do you think it would have evolved?
- Question 13: Who is your go to quote, book or person that gets you pumped when you are feeling and and you need to be refocused?
- Question 14: If you have to start again where would you start?
- Question 15: What was the inspiration behind the name of your business 'BeUtiful'
- Question 16: What would you say to those ladies out there that are on the edge of taking the plunge of entrepreneurship
Great Quotes by Jenny to Tweet
- Nutrition empowers people to take control of their life. (click to tweet)
- Embrace the power of food as a healing tool (click to tweet)
- Food is one way of creating an environment inside the body that is conducive to well being (click to tweet)
- Learn how to step back and relax to let opportunities come to you. A go go go attitude can be counter-productive. (click to tweet)
- If you can't value your own gifts, any business plan is fundamentally flawed. (click to tweet)
- Having a passion in something you have a strong belief in and is something that is bigger than just you, is essential to keep moving forward with your projects (click to tweet)
- Have strength of mind to have your mind work for you as opposed to working against you. (click to tweet)
Jenny's favourite Go To resources when she needs inspiration.
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