The editor Annie Ridout has launched The Early Hour mentorship scheme, taking on one freelance mother to mentor every six months. Her first mentee is Sinead Carey, founder of PaperGrace stationery and mum-of-four. Here’s an introduction…
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Work Life
The editor, Annie Ridout, is keen to take The Early Hour to the next level – so she entered the Virgin VOOM business competition to win £££ and support. The next stage involves pitching live to Richard Branson…
Work Life
Emma Gannon hosts the hugely popular Ctrl, Alt, Delete podcast (2m downloads), was one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 this year and is about to publish her second book. We discuss what it’s like to be successful, as a woman…
Work Life
Rebecca Monserat launched Forivor; an ethical, magical, story-based kids’ bedding business with the environment in mind. But soon found herself with reams of unusable stock. In true eco-warrior style, she’s decided to sell it all, at a reduced price…
Work Life
Amidst all this talk of shared parental leave – low uptake for the men, the fault lying with outdated work cultures and sexist bosses – there’s an important voice missing: the mothers. Maybe 98 per cent of leave is taken by women because that’s what they’d prefer…
Work Life
The editor, Annie Ridout, has benefitted from having a business mentor to help her with The Early Hour. Now she’d like to offer a mentorship to another freelance mum, in need of some guidance…
Work Life
Motherhood may impact a woman’s career but it doesn’t have to destroy it. In fact, The Early Hour’s editor, Annie Ridout, found hers blossomed after giving birth. Here, she argues against the idea that babies are a barrier to your career…
Work Life
Alex Blumberg – the Brooklyn-based creator of Startup Podcast – has over 5m listeners tuning into his shows each month. We discuss starting a business, entrepreneurial traits and not being motivated by money…
Work Life
Sarah Davies De Paola’s childhood dream of becoming an energy healer dissipated when she moved to Zurich to live with her husband. She ended up working in finance for a decade but has now quit to embark on a more spiritual career path, alongside running her own business…
Work Life
When Nicola Emmett returned to her marketing role after maternity leave, she found the hours and commute no longer worked for her. She needed flexible work that would fit around childcare so she quit and – after a long, hard search – landed the dream job…