Interview With Private HomeCare Founder Elizabeth Nicholson

We spoke to Elizabeth Nicolson, Private Home Care founder, and discussed how she founded Private HomeCare and her tips for female founders.

I thought I would share my story of how I started my business 30 years ago. I was a young mum with two children. We were like any young married couple with babies, we didn’t have a lot of money. So I got the idea to provide care at home.

I applied to get a place on a Start Your Own Business course in Dublin. Shortly afterwards I received a letter telling me I was unsuccessful. It was Christmas time so I had to wait until after the holidays to ask why I was unsuccessful.

I had never started a business before, but no-one was going to tell me I couldn’t do it! I fought against that decision and eventually secured my place on the course. I was one of only two from the course who went on to start a business.

In 2010, I sold my business to CPL. I remain MD of Private HomeCare, a role I have worked at fulltime since 1989.

Here are my 5 tips for all female founders:

1. Never give up
2. Don’t take no for an answer
3. Be stoic
4. Keep smiling
5. Enjoy starting your own business, it’s fun!

Thank you to Private Home Care Founder Elizabeth Nicolson for speaking with us.

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