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A no pressure, no obligation chat to discuss your ideas, challenges, or sticking points anywhere in your start up business journey

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Get Help Starting your Business

If you are undecided about starting your own business, have just complete a training course and are not sure about what to do next we can help.

We specialize in helping service based micro businesses get their business up and running and can assist with:

  • Business Planning: Budgets & Pricing
  • Getting & Keeping Customers
  • Customer Management & Bookings
  • Managing Finances

Our approach is based on our own experiences, testing and trialling different systems, approaches and process running a clinic micro business from home.

What's holding you back...?

How We Can Help

Our Services

Everyone starts from a different place, so we tailor our time to what you actually need — whether you're still weighing up an idea, fresh out of a training course, or already trading and chasing your first customers. Here's what that looks like in practice.

FREE 30-Minute Business Consultation

A no-pressure call to talk through where you are and where you're stuck.

1-Hour Business Audit

A structured look at your competition, costs and whether your numbers stack up.

1-1 Business Mentoring

Ongoing support as you build, from £75 an hour or £150 a month.

Marketing Services

SEO, AI search, Google Business Profile and social media — explained without the jargon.

Business Planning, Budgeting & Pricing

Working out what it really costs to run your business, and pricing that pays you properly.

Winning & Keeping Customers

Finding your first customers, and the systems that stop enquiries slipping away.

Business Processes & Systems

Simple SOPs so your business doesn't run entirely from memory.

Managing Your Business Finances

Tracking expenses against budget, and being deliberate about what you take home.
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We'll help you Start your Start Up!

Our mission is to help micro business owner reach their dreams and aspirations and not simply become an employee in their own business. We provide personal, practical advice and tools. No jargon, dealing with coaches who have gone through your journey. We work honesty, integrity and full transparency.

Who's our Business Mentoring For?

  • First-time entrepreneurs with a dream but unsure where to begin.
  • Small business owners in their early stages who want guidance on building strong foundations.
  • Passionate creatives or service providers - you have skill, you've done the training and are ready to turn that skill into a sustainable business.
  • Anyone who feels overwhelmed or stuck and needs encouragement, clarity and a plan to move forward.


Whilst we are willing to coach small business owners in any field we specialise in micro businesses, especially those of you who  may have just completed a course in:

Who We Help

Businesses We're Currently Helping Start

A taster of the trades we work with most closely right now. Whatever you're planning, we'll help you work out whether it fits a service-based or location-based model — that's part of what the free consultation is for.

Start an Ear Wax Removal Business → Start a Mobile Mechanic Business → Start an Aesthetics Business → Start a Dog Grooming Business → Start a Landscaping Business → Start a Personal Training Business → Start a Nail Technician Business → Start a Skin Clinic Business → Start a Cleaning Business → Start a Massage Therapy Business → Start a Handyman Business → Start a Gardening Business → Start a Lawn Care Business → Start a Window Cleaning Business → Start a Construction Business → Start a Dog Walking Business → Start a Lash Technician Business → Start a Virtual Assistant Business → Start a Car Detailing Business →

Don't see your trade listed? Get in touch — this isn't exhaustive, and we work with plenty of businesses beyond this list.

Why Get a Start-Up Business Coach?

With a Mentor
Without
5-Year Survival Rate
70%
35%
Revenue Growth
83%
16%

Your business is 3x more likely to scale and hit your performance goals, with your survival rate twice as likely to pass the 5-year mark, when you work with a mentor.

  • Revenue and scaling accelerate
  • Mentoring fills knowledge gaps
According to the Federation of Small Business, SMEs supported by mentors are twice as likely to survive beyond 5 years compared to those without mentoring.

Why Choose My Business Buddies for Business Coaching?

What makes us different from other Business Coaches?


  • At My Business Buddies, we provide two perspectives with one goal - your success: With us, you don't just get a mentor; you get two. One who brings empathy, encouragement, and space for your vision to unfold. The other brings practical guidance in marketing, finance, and business growth. Together, we will give you the balance of heart, passion, practicality, and strategy that every new business needs.


  • We’ve walked the path: We know the challenges of starting something new - the doubts, the risks, and the feeling of being overwhelmed. We've lived it ourselves, and we mentor not from theory, but from real lived experience. We will share our stories, the highs and the lows.


  • You will enter a safe, honest space: We don't believe in shortcuts or templates. We believe in listening first, understanding where you want your journey to go, and only then providing guidance with honesty and care.


  • Moving you from ideas to results: Dreams matter, but dreams paired with structure and action become businesses that thrive. That's where we come in, helping you move from inspiration to implementation.

FREE Consultation

This provides an opportunity to share where you are on your startup journey with us. Where you are, what you've done, what you haven't done and importantly why. Yo get the most out of this call / video call please be as open and honest as possible as it will enable us to do the same in terms of where we can help and how to prioritise the help and guidance we can give.

My Business Buddies carrying out a video consultation

FAQs about Starting up a Business with a Business Coach

  • Is the consultation you're offering really free?

    Yes, it is. We'll offer an 30 minute free consultation to get an understanding of where you are att with your busienss journey and some points you may want to consider. It will also provide you with an opportunity 

  • Can you help with a business plan?

    Yes, we can help you break down your business, or potential business to understand what points you need to consider and establish the viability of your buiness. This forms part of the business audit process to understand the competition in your area, what you may need to do to compete in order to achieve the financial goals you have set. 

  • Can you help me find new customers?

    Yes. We provide advice and guidance on what optoins you should consider based on your particualr business. We can provide direct and indirect support to help you know what to do and how to do it for a number of marketing & business development scenarios, which can include:

    • Social media, website & online media, telesales.

  • Is forcasting & budgeting for a small business advisable?

    Absolutely. Without these it's like having a sailing boat with no rudder - you have no idea how to adjust or steer your business to keep on track towards the goals you have set. 

    We can help with setting a budget and forecast in a spreadsheet whcih will allow you do make simple adjustments to some figures to understand what impact this would make to the profitability of your business.