If you’re intending to start a company then a launch party is a great way to start the ball rolling! We think whatever your company it’s a great way to get the people that have helped you, potentially useful people as well as possible customers together. Here’s our plan of action:

• Decide on a budget – Putting across a great and suitable first impression is vital so if you have to fork out a little then it may be worth it.
• Suitable guest list – People that will buy, sell or promote but feedback is also important. I think it’s really important to look after those who have helped us in the past also.
• Choose a venue – Somewhere that can fit all the people in
• Food and drinks – depends on time and cost no vodka breakfast or caviar on lobster for us.
• Help – There needs to be enough people to make the night run smoothly
• Personal touch – If you want to invite people and really want them to come my plan is to create a personal invitation (not decided how yet ….more info to follow)

So we have looked at these things and pretty sure on a venue just some negotiations on the price but a boutique hotel in Leicester I think will do the job! We have decided on the guestlist. Half the list has been suggested to me as really great people to know. What better place to meet someone after a Champaign cocktail and with our product all over the place. Excited!

If you have ever heard the phrase “you’re a walking advert” well this is sooo relevant as a start up business as I found out the hard way today! I would have to say that I like to think I am a pretty good face of Head & Griffiths I go to lots of networking events and speak to as many people as possible about what’s going on, always wearing one of my suits.

So why did I let my guard down today when meeting a well dressed and respected business man! I found out we were meeting early this morning while in the office but instead of rushing home to get a suit and shirt on I thought “naaa it will be fine”.

 I met the extremely well dressed entrepreneur at their workplace and immediately felt out of place dressed in polo shirt and jeans (which very soon after leaving did I realise has a split in, yup crotch). Never do I meet new contacts without a suit on and in future I will make sure that I am going to be wearing suits or at least a shirt of mine every day just in case! Gutted!

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