Julia Bickerstaff's expertise is in helping businesses grow profitably. She is the founder of two businesses, The Business Bakery and Butterfly Coaching and is a former partner at Deloitte.
In this interview, Julia shares:
- how to manage your business costs
- the basic recipe for business success
- how to free your business up (and get you out of the day-to-day)
- advice on how to boost your business performance
Enjoy this interview with Julia Bickerstaff.
About Julia Bickerstaff
At The Business Bakery, Julia helps kitchen table tycoons* build their best businesses - essentially giving them the know-how to build businesses that are a genuine financial alternative to paid employment.
Through Butterfly Coaching Julia provides entrepreneurial medium sized business with frameworks, education and coaching to enable them to grow profitably.
Julia is the author of How to Bake a Business (Allen & Unwin), a collection of recipes for running a small business presented in a fun and sassy style and written with women in mind.
Julia writes SmartCompany's "profitable growth" column, is the finance expert on Channel 7's Kochies Business Builders, is a former co-host of Sky Business SME Money Makers and speaks and writes regularly on matters relating to small business, profitable growth and women in business.
For eight years Julia was a partner at professional services firm Deloitte. During her time there she chaired the firm's Innovation Council, was on the Inspiring Women Executive, lead the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, was on the board of the Deloitte Foundation and led the firm's strategic focus on small and medium sized businesses.
Julia is a Chartered Accountant and has a degree in Economics from The London School of Economics & Political Science, London University. She is also Mum to three young boys.
Connect with Julia
Websites:
www.thebusinessbakery.com.au
www.butterflycoaching.com.au
www.juliabickerstaff.com
* kitchen table tycoons are women running small businesses; often from home
Books by Julia Bickerstaff
