For 48 hours now I’ve been trying to think of the perfect way to couch this request in an (at least) somewhat useful newsletter, but I’m so excited I can’t get past the ohmygod stage, so that’s (respectfully) where I’m emailing you from today. In short, I’m a finalist in the Female Founder Award for the Holly & Co Independent Awards, and I would be SO grateful if you could please vote for me to win (it’s free!):
The prize is £5,000 or £10,000 (as in, there’s two prizes: I’m not just so cavalier about finances that I don’t even know the details) and either one of those giant sums of money would be incredible for helping take The Enthusiast to the next level. I’ve got such big plans for where to take this platform & community — because, after all, you’re what makes it — so I’d be incredibly grateful if you could spare 5 mins to vote for me.
Being nominated in the Female Founder category in particular is a real honour, too: as not only are there some incredible businesses in there as well (like serious ‘business idol’ level of fellow nominees!) but also because enthusiasm is a feminist issue. I set up The Enthusiast to encourage everyone to be more enthusiastic, and whilst that’s definitely still true, women and non-binary folk in particular are the ones most denied by the way society dismisses enthusiasm’s importance.
Here’s that link again.
Thank you so very, very much for all of your support so far, whether you joined Pep Talk yesterday (in which case…sorry that this is your first incarnation of the newsletter!) or whether you’ve followed me since Day One.
Ellie xxx
Voted! x
You are amazing 🙌 And I voted last night 😘 Good luck lovely 🤞x