My advice to anyone starting a new business? Ensure there’s a gap in the market for your product and look for ways to differentiate yourself from your competitors.

My advice to anyone going into business is to give back and pay it forward. Yes, this is the long route through to success – but the benefits of moving in this manner far outweigh the time put in.

Through the years I’ve learnt, be absolutely passionate about what you are doing – and learn from the failures, rather than being too fearful to consider making a mistake.

Some creatives don’t naturally see themselves as business people. However, I have found the process of founding and growing a business an incredibly creative process in itself.

So, what’s my best advice to anyone starting out? Ask yourself why you think it’s a good idea and write it down. If you read it back and believe it – do it.

Having been on the other side of the fence as journalists once hassled by PRs, we gained valuable insight into how and when to approach them with a press release or campaign!

Never work alone. As much as you may need or want to go your own way, you cannot do everything by yourself.

Throughout it all, I've learned that when opportunities present themselves, you have to be open. In fact, sometimes you should say yes to everything. You might regret the decision, but if you don't…

The best bit of advice I ever got was from my art teacher at college, who once suggested I “Go lay a prostitute or put a bet on a horse.” At the time I wondered what the hell he meant.

Sometimes an opportunity or relationship that appeared to be going nowhere can suddenly blossom.