254 episodes

Joy Foster is an award-winning entrepreneur who helps women upskill with modern technology in order to return to work, change careers or start a business. Most recently she was recognised by Grant Thornton as one of the 100 Faces of the Vibrant Economy 2018, she was awarded Startup Director of the Year for London and the South by the Institute of Directors (May 2018). She was the only Startup female finalist in the national IoD awards (Oct 2018). Her business, TechPixies was named Women in Business Startup of the Year 2018 and Enterprise Nation Female Startup of the Year 2017. Joy and her company have recently been profiled in Forbes for raising £150,000 and Stella for breaking down barriers for women wanting to re-ignite their careers and in April 2019, TechNation has named TechPixies ‘one to watch’ in the EdTech space.

Sparkle and Thrive Joy Foster

    • Business
    • 4.9 • 138 Ratings

Joy Foster is an award-winning entrepreneur who helps women upskill with modern technology in order to return to work, change careers or start a business. Most recently she was recognised by Grant Thornton as one of the 100 Faces of the Vibrant Economy 2018, she was awarded Startup Director of the Year for London and the South by the Institute of Directors (May 2018). She was the only Startup female finalist in the national IoD awards (Oct 2018). Her business, TechPixies was named Women in Business Startup of the Year 2018 and Enterprise Nation Female Startup of the Year 2017. Joy and her company have recently been profiled in Forbes for raising £150,000 and Stella for breaking down barriers for women wanting to re-ignite their careers and in April 2019, TechNation has named TechPixies ‘one to watch’ in the EdTech space.

    E241|How to create kinder workplaces and grow your business. Becs Crosby's story

    E241|How to create kinder workplaces and grow your business. Becs Crosby's story

    What if the world was full of kinder workplaces? 🤗Companies that didn’t just pop #BeKind posts on social media but actually followed a framework that created work cultures based on community, connection and inclusivity?Becs Crosby is on a mission to help companies do just that and is carving out a successful business for herself in the process. And she’s doing it all from a ‘shoffice’ (a shed/office) at the bottom of her parent’s garden. Here’s why you need to tune inCome and discover how Bec...

    • 31 min
    E240|How to become who you've always wanted to be in business. Carolyn Boddington’s story

    E240|How to become who you've always wanted to be in business. Carolyn Boddington’s story

    How do you go from having a paralysing fear of being on camera and hating the thought of being on social media to managing successful social media campaigns, hosting webinars and implementing marketing strategies for clients?All within 15 months. 😲Thanks to our trio of transformational training programmes and teaming up with other talented TechPixies, Carolyn Boddington has crushed her crisis of confidence and is now hitting milestone after milestone as a fractional CMO (chief marketing offic...

    • 29 min
    E239|Build a part-time, flexible business that lights you up just like Lois Cox

    E239|Build a part-time, flexible business that lights you up just like Lois Cox

    Freedom. Whether it’s time or financial freedom, we’d all love to live our lives with more free time and money in the bank. 👌🏼But too many of us are stuck with our noses to the grindstone, thinking a never-ending cycle of eat, sleep, work a gazillion hours, repeat, is the only way to achieve this. 🤯So we called up Lois Cox, a TechPixie who has created a business that allows her to work flexibly part-time so she can prioritise time with her son to show you that with the right skills in place, ...

    • 28 min
    E238|Feeling anxious about your finances? How to change your relationship with money for good with Joy Foster

    E238|Feeling anxious about your finances? How to change your relationship with money for good with Joy Foster

    If your relationship with money feels a bit like the Nemesis Reborn ride at Alton Towers, we’ve got something to help you hit the brakes on your financial roller coaster. 🎢Our chief TechPixie Joy Foster is here with a fly solo episode that offers a few top money tips and tricks usually reserved for participants in our Money Mindset Masterclass. 🧠And the good news is that if you’ve ever wondered why you struggle with money, or you’re constantly worried about money and the thought of looking at...

    • 34 min
    E237|How to build a brand you love and grow your brilliant business with Julia Heffer

    E237|How to build a brand you love and grow your brilliant business with Julia Heffer

    Say the word ‘brand’, and what pops into your head? Amazon? Apple? Coca-Cola? How about you and your business? 😱 For TechPixie Julia Heffer, thinking about you and your business as a brand from the outset is the key to success. In fact, building an authentic brand is a business fundamental and goes way beyond a logo and a great-looking social media feed. Get your branding right, and you’ll put yourself on the road to saving time, saving money, finding clients more easily, and chargi...

    • 28 min
    E236|Making a dream a reality. How to become an interior designer with Carolyn Hayter

    E236|Making a dream a reality. How to become an interior designer with Carolyn Hayter

    ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ 🌈 It’s the question every kid gets asked at some point, an invitation to dream about the life you could live – and sometimes, it’s the start of something special. At 10, Carolyn Hayter was told fashion design could be a route for her creative talents. However, after marrying young and starting a family, buying a house and making it home ignited a passion for interior design. 🏠 And it’s a passion that’s burned brightly for Carolyn for the past 30 year...

    • 29 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
138 Ratings

138 Ratings

Emma Wiid ,

Inspiring

I’ve recently come across the Sparkle and Thrive podcast after being part of th eTech Pixies Bootcamp. It’s inspiring, educational and relatable. Love it!

locket1978 ,

Inspiring !

These are inspiring stories of real life women changing their lives and their mindsets to create the future they dreamed of. I’ve just completed the Tech Pixies social media boot camp and learned so much - I can highly recommend it!

Pina UK ,

Super, fabulous! So helpful and enlightening

I’m new to TechPixies and within my first week I’m already changing the way I think and behave through Joy’s fantastic information. So useful, a blessing to have you guide us in such a realistic and inspirational way. So glad I found you!

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