Prowess Journal

Prowess

SINCE 2002 · WOMEN IN BUSINESS

Turn a Hobby into a Business with Etsy: UK 2026 Guide

Etsy is the online marketplace for handmade and vintage goods. Over 800,000 independent creative businesses, in 150 countries, use it as a trading platform and over half of them are earning revenues of over £40,000 a year from Etsy.

Marketing a vegan food business: how Victoria Prince built Energy Ball Recipes

When Victoria Prince started Energy Ball Recipes, she was working from her kitchen table, testing recipes and brand ideas alongside her marketing day job. She launched the business on Kickstarter and, within a year, had secured an exclusive range at Selfridges, dispatched hundreds of recipe kits around the world, been approached by Dragons’ Den producers, […]

Top 10 tips on doing business in Russia

It’s a mistake to assume the Russian market is similar to the European one. You need to think about which products and services will work in the Russian market, and which products will be in demand.

Connect to Your Passion

Imagine if you could harness your passion and that of others, what kind of life and organisation would you have?