How do you secure angel investment for your growing business - and ensure your relationship with your investors is as good as a strong marriage?
In this episode, Gemma chats to Claire Copeman, co-founder of Adventure Tours UK, who left a successful marketing career to self-fund a travel company based on her passion for the great Welsh outdoors. Even as she was starting out, Claire was advised that she'd need investment to grow - and she describes how words of wisdom imparted at that early stage helped her navigate the funding landscape.
4 Dod O Hyd I Angylion: Claire Copeman
Sut ydych chi'n sicrhau buddsoddiad angylion ar gyfer eich busnes sy'n tyfu - a sicrhau bod eich perthynas â'ch buddsoddwyr cystal â phriodas gref?
Yn y bennod hon, mae Gemma yn sgwrsio â Claire Copeman, cyd-sylfaenydd Adventure Tours UK, a adawodd yrfa farchnata lwyddiannus i ariannu cwmni teithio yn seiliedig ar ei hangerdd dros yr awyr agored gwych yng Nghymru. Hyd yn oed wrth iddi ddechrau, dywedwyd wrth Claire y byddai angen buddsoddiad arni i dyfu - ac mae'n disgrifio sut y gwnaeth geiriau o ddoethineb a oedd yn cael eu rhoi ar y cam cynnar hwnnw ei helpu i lywio'r dirwedd ariannu.
Pynciau'r episodau:
01:28: Beth yw Adventure Tours UK, a pham y penderfynodd Claire ei lansio.
05:06: Ariannu'r cychwyn.
06:03: Logisteg sefydlu busnes teithio.
07:29: Defnyddio rhwydweithiau'n effeithiol i roi busnes ar waith.
12:36: Ceisio a sicrhau buddsoddiad angylion.
15:34: Rhedeg busnes cynaliadwy.
21:49: Dechrau taith y B Corps.
Episode topics:
01:28: What Adventure Tours UK is, and why Claire decided to launch it.
05:06: Funding the start-up.
06:03: Logistics of setting up a travel business.
07:29: Using networks effectively to get a business off the ground.
12:36: Seeking and securing angel investment.
15:34: Running a sustainable business.
21:49: Starting the B Corps journey.
Visit Adventure Tours UK website here: https://adventuretoursuk.com
Read the Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship: https://natwestbusinesshub.com/articles/rose-review-2022-a-fresh-drive-to-boost-the-number-of-female-entrepreneurs
NatWest Accelerator Programme: https://www.natwest.com/business/business-services/entrepreneur-accelerator.html
NatWest's tailored support for women in business: https://www.natwest.com/business/business-services/women-in-business.html
University of South Wales' Business Services: https://southwales.ac.uk/business
