12. My Story of Creating a £500k Jewellery Business with Jessica Rose

<div class="">This week hear from me about my story. From starting at zero, to building my jewellery business, creating the London Jewellery School and Jewellers Academy to scaling to a £500k a year business. When I first started out I couldn’t have even imagined that being possible! Find out more and some of the lessons I’ve learned along the way in this week’s podcast. <br /> <br /></div> <div class=""> </div> <div class=""><strong class="">EPISODE RECAP</strong></div> <div class=""> </div> <ul class=""> <li class="">I started my first real business back in 2008. I had never considered that you could actually be a jeweller (1:51)</li> <li class="">I wasn’t making quite enough and I was thinking about ways to diversify my income. In one course about teacher training I found that I wanted to be a teacher (4:51)</li> <li class="">The teaching business became the London Jewellery School - one of the worlds largest jewellery training centres  (6:23)</li> <li class="">Something I hadn’t considered with all of these businesses was what the day-to-day would be like. The money was coming in but I was exhausted and that was not the dream that I had (8:09)</li> <li class="">Even when things feel like a disaster, it may be pushing you in the right direction (11:14)</li> <li class="">And then I had another disaster (11:50)</li> <li class="">There were also lots of incredible things - business awards, programs, etc. (14:30)</li> <li class="">The next phase was trying to grow The Jewellery School - this was more of a challenge than getting started (17:27)</li> <li class="">Learning how to take a rest has been a process for me (18:55)</li> <li class="">I wanted to be able to reach a wider audience and I knew that online was the way to do that (20:46)</li> <li class="">There are seasons in my business where I’m having to do a lot, but I’m very mindful of it and take the time off afterwards (23:52)</li> <li class="">Nowadays I run Jewellers Academy full time (24:32)</li> <li class="">A few of the main lessons I’ve learned along