Alison Hogarth's Page

Part 4 ! -wow.
I wonder if anyone out there actually reads anyone else's Blogs- I really don't care- for me this is a way of recording my thoughts and actions, in the hope that when I'm successful I can revisit the hard times and keep myself grounded.
Everyone tells me how important it is to Blog and Tweet and Facebook etc- I kind of get it- but it feels lonely- what's wrong with actually talking to people?- making contact- meeting-interacting on a physical level ( no funny stuff!!)
I worry that… Continue

Well,
Things are going frustratingly slow, simply due to having to do whatever I can without actually spending anything.
All I really want to do is show my collection and begin selling!
SIMPLES- as the meercats would say.
I have learnt that you cannot run before you can walk- and there is an important need to be strategic with the steps getting from one stage to the next.
All I want to do is shout from the RoofTops-"Look at my wonderful collection-come and Buy.".... BUT there's a danger that if… Continue

Well, I met with my potential backer last week, but it seems he's in a financial black hole right now, so I don't expect anything in the near future, Although it was good to pitch my idea to someone like that, rather than friends and family- He thought it was certainly a viable business idea which boosted my confidence.
So now I'm spending ages looking into Grants and Business Start up funding- I've registered with all the relevant bodies ie Business Link,Chambers of Commerce,Yorkshire-Forward,.… Continue

Having recently been spectacularly fired from my fabulous job-(I knew there was a risk, Good Money/Bad Boss!) I have finally decided to do what my Friends and Family have been nagging me about for years- and set up as a Designer Lingerie Brand.
Great Timing...perhaps not ,but I've nothing to loose (quite literally!) so lets see what happens.
I've been working with a great Embroidery company, who have worked from my sketches and are now preparing my first samples-(very exciting!) in fact all my c… Continue