EXPERT MENTORING & ADVICE

Jan has worked with London's leading business support organisations, advising on the development of their business support programmes:  Centre for Fashion Enterprise, InnovationRCA and Fashion East.

Jan also works as an independent mentor and consultant to fashion and creative founders and  businesses, whatever their stage - pre-startup, emerging or pre-investment. She’s assisted over 100 entrepreneurs with her extensive industry knowledge and experience, and with her much valued supportive coaching approach in areas including:

  • Reviewing business plans/ambitions

  • Developing short to medium term sales and financial forecasting for business planning and investment

  • Support in accessing grant schemes to assist businesses to develop

  • Export strategies and accessing new markets

  • Supporting market intelligence gathering and formal market research to inform new product lines or validate existing lines

  • Development of business improvement action plans and assistance with implementation

  • Cashflow management, bench-marking against industry norms, identifying efficiency measures, funding of production

  • Costing and pricing methodologies

  • Supplier and procurement contracts

  • Trademarks and IP protection strategies

Join the following designers and brands by signing up to Jan’s mentoring. All support and pricing is tailored to individual needs.

Erdem - Mary Katrantzou - Peter Pilotto - Marques ' Almeida - Simone Rocha - Craig Green - Jonathon Anderson - Wales  Bonner - Molly Goddard - Rejina Pyo - Christopher Raeburn - Louise Gray - Holly Fulton - James Long - Phoebe English - Feng Chen Wang - Art School - Rottingdean Bazaar - Agi & Sam -  Rathel & Wolf - Thomas Tait - Henry Holland - Liam Hodges - Petit Pli - Alex Mullins - Ashley Williams - Meadham Kirchhoff - Sibling - Marios Schwab - Asai - Supriya Lele- Richard Malone - Palmer//Harding - Monreal London - Osman Yousefzada -  Richard Nicoll