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Maria FethersBusiness mentoring & coaching

Business mentoring for the way we work now

Build a business that works for you.

Practical business mentoring grounded in real experience of building, running and selling businesses. Together, we’ll work through your next decisions and explore better ways of working, including AI, automation and simpler systems where they can genuinely help.

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Maria Fethers working on a laptop on a sunlit terrace
Maria Fethers20+ years running businesses

Why this exists

When you own the business, every decision lands with you. It helps to have someone in your corner who has carried that weight too.

Not a script or a system to buy into. A calm, experienced second opinion on the real questions in front of you, and help following through on what you decide.

Where you might be right now

Three common situations. One way of working: practical, personal, and shaped around your business.

  1. 01

    Start something

    Turning an idea into a business with sensible foundations: pricing, numbers, first customers and the decisions that are expensive to undo.

  2. 02

    Grow with intention

    Choosing where growth should come from, what it will ask of you, and whether the business can carry it without the wheels coming off.

  3. 03

    Run it better

    Steadier cash flow, clearer roles, simpler systems, and more of your time back. Or deciding honestly what comes next.

Experience

I have bought, built, run and sold businesses.

I own Chelmer Mouldings, established in 2005, and over more than twenty years I have started and run businesses across manufacturing and construction, retail, beauty and hospitality.

My experience comes from making the decisions myself: pricing, people, cash flow, growth, systems and knowing when to change direction.

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Two ways to work together

I

A focused working session

Ninety minutes on one business question, with preparation beforehand and a concise action summary afterwards.

II

Ongoing mentoring

Regular, practical support to work through priorities and decisions, and to keep follow-through on track.

Scope and investment are agreed with you before anything is booked. See how each works.

If something about your business is on your mind, let’s talk it through.

A first conversation is simply that: a chance to see whether working together makes sense.

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AI is one tool I use where it helps. For specialist AI strategy and implementation, see The Focus AI Studio (opens in a new tab).