Eleni Fantis
5/5
I attended the Spring Expo at Wrest Park, and to my delight, won a ‘Power Hour’ with Kevin Abranches of Beansprout.
The meeting with Kevin was arranged really quickly for the following week, and I have to say, turned out to be the catalyst I needed to pull my socks up (although I usually refer to this as putting on my big girl pants!) and really work on my business – which I love and am passionate about - instead of just giving up. Kevin was exceedingly kind and understanding, but also honest about what I needed to do, avenues I should think about exploring, and reassuring in his advice that the situation was nowhere near as bad as I felt it was! I’m not actually sure that I would have carried on if I hadn’t had the Power Hour, and I certainly would then have mourned the loss of my company. The Power Hour, and Kevin’s encouragement gave me the confidence to really push myself out of my comfort zone and in the intervening months, I’ve attended lots of networking events, proposed and agreed several collaboration partnerships, been a guest speaker on a podcast, had an article on one of my residential projects published, and taken part as an exhibitor at large events; all of which have contributed to new enquiries and a flurry of new clients being successfully secured.
I’ve since met Kevin and also Helen at other events and their ongoing support and encouragement is just lovely; no pushy sales tactics, just a sense that they both really want you to succeed and are there if and when you need their expertise. I wholeheartedly recommend Beansprout to anyone who feels they could do with a fresh pair of eyes, some hand-holding, and sensible, practical advice – they may have just the big girl/boy pants you need!