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EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women, what is it?

The beginning of the year is a time to buy stock and plan for the next. It really is not a time to do some personal development. Having said that, you do not get much time for personal development, when you run your own business, as you are just running! Unlike the ole corporate days when it is always available.  Also you always try to look after your amazing team and the business generally before anything else.

Anyhow a lovely lady from Ernst Young asked me to apply for the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women Awards. She chased me a few times, as I have been so focused on getting money into the door rather than spending time on my development. Anyhow she was so persistent, thankfully, that I did apply and I got it in.

The EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women Awards – New Zealand programme is an executive leadership programme that identifies a select group of high-potential women entrepreneurs whose businesses show real potential to upscale — and helps them do it. It is designed for women with established businesses who are ready to upscale operations and grow to become global market leaders.

Our annual EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women Awards – programme brings entrepreneurial winning women together to meet with a diverse and experienced community of successful entrepreneurs, board executives, industry leaders, and professionals who work with entrepreneurs around the world.

Many programmes focus on helping women to start a business. Entrepreneurial Winning Women is focused on accelerating growth for businesses that have moved beyond start-up.

We provide practical strategies and an action plan to ensure your growth is both ambitious and built on a solid foundation. This is a hands-on workshop, focused on sharing knowledge and insights from successful entrepreneurs, to motivate and inspire you to take your business growth plans to a whole new level by:

Thinking big and being bold
Building a public profile
Working on the business rather than in it
Establishing key advisory networks
Evaluating finance options for expansion

To be selected for the New Zealand EY Entrepreneurial Winning Woman Award, you must meet the following criteria:

Woman business owners
Minimum of NZ$1m in sales in each of the last 2 years
The business has the potential to grow substantially

I meet some amazing women from mainly service based industries such as a gaming company, HR company, ex sports Olympian, medical services, charities and many more.  Over the time we all talked about our businesses and set the discussion against 7 Drivers of Growth.  A big thank you to EY for providing such a course and inviting me to attend.

Now fun time is over, back to business as usual!!

Anna

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We asked Zoe to do a review on our Eco Hero Dinnerset (which includes the eco hero bowl, cup, lid, fork, spoon and slip mat) and see what she said below…

There comes a time in every baby’s life where milk alone no longer cuts the mustard, and just when you thought you had enough baby ‘stuff’ to get you through to when she leaves for uni, you realise you’ve a need for baby feeding paraphernalia.

As a mum of 3, I like to think I’ve tried a fair few things in this department. Melamine, enamel, porcelain, plastic with some sort of Elsa sticker – all come with their pros and cons (Pros: they hold food. Cons: they last approximately 2.9 meals before being broken or leaching toxins and stickers into food) and all seem to have one thing in common: they leave me wondering “what on earth possessed me to part with my money for THIS?”
Enter, the Eco Hero Dinnerset from Munch Cupboard.

So why rice husks? Well, rice husks are part of the rice plant.  They use to be burnt after harvest and now we can make our eco hero range out of this ‘by – product’. How cool is that?  Making use of rubbish!! I just love that concept.  Also the rice husk is biodegradable, so that means once you have finished with your eco hero product, just pop it in your compost and it will break down.  And no, it does not mean that our products are ‘one use products’.  It means that maybe in 50 years when you have finished using them, then you can through them out and you know that they will feed the earth!

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I stumbled across Krystine Nation from Real Life Wife last month and thought she was so so funny.  She did a fantastic video on the mum bun and I related to it really well.  So we decided to ask her to do a Munch Ice Pop product review for us.  We reckon if she keeps up her social media presence she will definitely increase her following because she is so funny and real!

Below is some snipets of what she thought about in her Munch Ice Pop product review.  You can read more over at her website here.

I will definitely be purchasing some more of these to stock up for summer and any visitors we might have over the holidays. My girls are looking forward to making up their own mixtures as well and being in charge of their own treats! ( healthy treats of course ). I really don’t think that i have anything negative to say about this product as they are so handy and have so many uses. In the summer i always put out Giant

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Lydia is one of our favorite mummy bloggers here in New Zealand. Her photos are just amazing. You should check out her blog here.  We have in the past asked her to review some of our products such as our Munch Baby Feeders and more.  You can read about them here.   This year we decided to ask her to review our Reusable Stainless Steel Straws.

Lydia loved the fact that our Reusable Stainless Steel Straws not only come with a brush but also with an organic cotton bag for storage.  Below is a quote from her product review of our Reusable Stainless Steel Straws.

Each purchase of the Munch Eco Straws comes with 4 stainless steel reusable straws (so there is no fighting, everyone can have their own), 1 cleaning brush (for those hard to reach places) and an organic cotton bag for storage (so they don’t lost in the drawer). They are available now from the Munch Cupboard and would make the perfect gift for a smoothie or cocktail lover this Christmas.

If you want to read the rest of her review just click here and you can read more.

Lydia is also a great home cook. As we said above we love her photos and you should check out her Summer Berry Semifreddo image and recipe .  Below is the start of her amazing post on this delicious summer dessert. Yumm, I am making this tonight for dessert – thank you Lydia!!

It’s no secret… I LOVE (yes capitals) LOVE Summer. It would have to be my most favourite season. I love everything about it from the sunny days, long summer nights, alfresco dining, BBQ’s, trips to the beach and especially the summer fruits. And, I absolutely love all the Summer stone fruits and berries, give me perfectly ripe juicy berries any day and I am one happy lady……

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We have always liked Muffin-mum blog and thought she would enjoy reviewing a Munch Food Wrap.  So read more on our Munch Food Wraps below.  A pet food cover?  Yes really….just read on to find out more about this new use for a Munch Food Wrap.

I do not like cling wrap, I must confess that we have a box in the cupboard but hardly ever use it. I must also confess to having smashed a few saucers by precariously balancing them on top of things as lids. My saucers are now safe, thanks to Munch Food Wraps.

The main use for that awful cling wrap in this house is to stop insects or the furry animals who live here getting to the food. We have a tag team cat and dog who will steal anything uncovered and share, yes, really. This morning I used the Food Wrap to cover fruit while it got to room temperature and it was not touched by our dynamic duo and they love a strawberry.

As it is coming up for Christmas and Secret Santa seems very popular, I think you may have an idea for your Secret Santa with this eco-friendly gift? The Food Wraps are very attractive with lovely designs. They are going to be a permanent fixture in our house. I am always trying to find ways to go green without inconvenience.

Make sure you check out the photo of the dynamic duo food thieves, Milly the dog and Harley the most mischevious cat they have ever owned.

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