Hi and Welcome to
Fit For Business!

My name is Penny Paxman.

I am a Small Business Mentor with SBMS (Small Business Victoria), host a weekly radio show called ‘Taking Care of Business’ and I have a BA (Recreation) in Tourism and Management.

A qualified Life Coach and Trainer, I work with Small Business Owners who know they can do better. I bring over 30 years of experience, knowledge and resources to each client.

• An artist and I focussed on goal setting to set up her studio, create exhibition space and generate more sales.
• I planned a strategy for a houseboat builder enabling him to use staff more productively and complete several renovations in the time allocated to one. Another increase in revenue!
• And I am currently working with a furniture manufacturer who wants to develop systems that link the office and factory more closely on a day to day basis.

In your business,one or more of these will lead to improved sales and better cash flow, which ultimately allows you to achieve the success you desire.

I am passionate about building confidence in small business owners so they can go to sleep at night knowing they can pay the bills and that they don’t have to work in the business 24 hours a day.

You see, I live in a part of Victoria that was devastated by the 2009 bushfires and I saw businesses burned to the ground, but I also saw the effects the fires had on other businesses that were not flame affected.

Obviously, many businesses lost everything. In many cases, they didn’t even have time to grab their computers so lost their databases and financial records. They were faced with the choice of rebuilding or cutting their losses and leaving and I noticed that many of them had bought existing businesses so did not know how to start a business from scratch.

The other group of businesses lost income because customers didn’t come – especially while clean up operations were in progress. There was a definite slowing down in spending while people sorted out access to money and a resultant loss of cashflow.

All of this amounted to a huge lack of confidence in the business community.

The Business Owners I have worked with over the years inspired me (and gave me some material), to develop my new program ‘Fit for Business’.

‘Fit For Business’ helps you to create a successful business AND a healthy lifestyle. It is designed to be accessible, achievable and affordable for all small business operators,
no matter how far advanced they are in their business lives.’

Come join us today!