Tag Archives | inspiration

Why Malawi?

A few months back I went to the Ethical Fashion Forum‘s Source Expo in London. I chatted to the international suppliers and manufacturers all making the textile industry a fairer place to work. From Blacker Designs, who use British rare breed sheep’s wool to create yarn, to London’s Inmakulate who source textile made from recycled cotton and plastic bottles. From [...]

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It’s time to Thrive! Women Unlimited’s 2012 Conference

#WUC2012 Starting in business is a hard road: lists, emails, research – it can get dull and, dare I say it, depressing. Last week MalawiBaby was stuck in a rut, we needed a wee sprinkle of inspiration. And lo and behold, our fairy godmother stepped up to the mark. An email from Julie Hall, founder [...]

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Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Beating Your Business Start-Up Fear

  I’m up setting a business. It’s called MalawiBaby. It’s been growing inside of me for the last nine months: three unsure, when it was touch and go whether I’d stick with the idea, then six of excitement and creative zooming. When I fleshed the idea out and talked about it: endlessly. When I created [...]

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