Pru Chapman is the Founder + Head Hustler at Owners Collective, a dedicated digital community and global online resource hub for early-stage entrepreneurs. Pru gets giddy supporting business owners to create meaningful, sustainable + profitable business. She loves nothing more than bulletproof coffee, her pooch Maverick, and an empty mountain hiking trail.
I am the queen of winging it. I dropped out of uni at the age of 22, with zero degree, zero savings and zero experience. A little spark flared up inside of me that shouted, “Let’s start a design business!”. Before the rational side of my brain had a chance to frame up...
Let’s face it, the ride of business ownership is filled with more highs and lows than the most death defying ride of any theme park. And at times it can feel just like that, death defying! To combat this we’re constantly being bombarded with messages to ‘think big’,...
An end of year interview with OC Maverick, Krista Jane Smith Sometimes when I’m running along the esplanade at the beach, sweatin’ like a Chrissy day roast, dressed head to toe in fluoro and rockin’ out to my life-theme-song-of-the-moment {holding back on the...
7 Tips To Self Invest Like a Balanced BOSS. Let me give it to you straight: if you’re neglecting your health, you’re neglecting your business, because as an entrepreneur you are your business. Before you recoil from that statement thinking health is yet...
Last week I totally lost it. It wasn’t quite as bad as a toddler at 4.30pm in the middle of the Coles frozen aisle, but it was a migraine, 3 days out of action and a headache hangover that rivalled any of the fun-induced headaches of ye’ol times in the...
A QUICK GUIDE TO LIFE AND HAPPINESS According to Raju, our tuk tuk driver. Varanasi, India. Steph: My God. Varanasi is crazy Raju. This is chaos. Raju: It’s ok. No hurry, no worry. Keep cool in your inside. Slowly, slowly. S: It’s crazy, but...
