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Happy New Year Community! I’m going to kick us off with something heavy… but I wondered over Christmas how many portfolio careerists were planning pension or financial future as part of their forecasting and planning?
We didn’t cover this in detail during Catapult but we did talk about building a sustainable financial future e.g. taking equity / stock options as payment, creating a buffer to help protect you in case of getting sick, what to do with profit etc.
Did you know that if you are self-employed and pay into a pension, the Government will add 25% contribution on top? There are various apps like Penfold or NEST that are a good place to find out more.
Any other thoughts or additions on this topic you think Portfolio Professionals need to think about?
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Hi Everyone!
I am revisiting Module 1 of the Catapult Course this week and would really like to speak to anyone who feels they are still trying to work out what their value area is or how they might package it or turn their skills into a value proposition. It would be ideal if you have filled in the pre-work guide so that we can have a look together.
I would love to understand where you are in a 30min call and in return I might be able to coach a bit of clarity for you too. Please private message me if you think this is you!
Laura
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If anyone is feeling a bit anxious or uncertain about future finances or overwhelmed by all they need to do to be set up in business… today’s Catapult session is the one to attend.
We are covering financial forecasting, capacity planning along with other things to get you set up to start bringing in business – your sales process, general business organisation etc.
It’s stuff I wish I had known when I was starting out and if you complete the homework, I’m sure you’ll feel calmer about 2021 because you have a thought-through plan and can work different scenarios from it 🙂
Excited to see some of you there!
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For everyone who’s looking to write copy for your website, for ads or for blog post ideas/headlines – it might be interesting to check out a copy generator https://www.copy.ai/. I have yet to really play with it but I’m hearing good things from people about it. Would love to know how anyone goes!
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Would definitely love to hear about experiences with this – will have to play myself!
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Thanks Laura – I’m trying it. Have done a couple of slight variations on a theme and it produced 8 or so options as initial text, some of which are very accurate and provide really good templates for tweaking further. You can continue tweaking the basis until you’re happy with what it produces… or just copy what it’s produced and carry on off line. Well worth playing with – even if just for ideas / format / style ideas. 7day free trial as it’s c$35 pc…
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Very interesting Malcolm thanks for sharing your experience. Incredible to see AI in action like this.
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”There are lots of traps in life. There are failure traps when we aren’t good at something. But there are also success traps where we are good at something that isn’t our highest point of contribution.” From Greg McKeown’s The Essentialist Newsletter on LinkedIn…Highly recommend
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Very interesting point Laura Thomas that we often overlook when self employed. I have a Lifetime ISA that the government tops up by 25% annually for my pension pot. It’s a great incentive to save for the future!