Business Mentoring

Desriee Asomuyide is the founder of Little Omo and has been running the business solely since September 2020. She invested only £1,000 into her business and has never had to put any money back into it again. She was and still is a creative and started with no business experience at all but learnt so much within these years of running Little Omo. Desriee is very open to sharing her knowledge and skills with individuals who are thinking about launching a business or already have a business running at the moment. Her business has featured in over 30 publications (print, online and TV coverage), stocked in Selfridges and Disneyland California and other stockists in the UK, Europe, USA and Canada. Her strengths lie within branding, website, getting your brand into the press, retail, wholesale and scaling your business. 

Faye: September 2021

It was a honour to have been approached by Desriee who essentially carved out time to meet with me and share her personal experience and share what she offered if I required business consultation, Desriee was very professional, approachable, calm and relatable. Desriee asked if I had specific questions that I wanted her to cover before the consultation. She was very honest with me about the way forward of my business and gave me useful tips on how it could grow and expand also shared with me accounts to follow which help product based businesses get into retailers She took a keen interest in the mission and vision behind the business. She covered aspects such as social media marketing, websites, upselling, adding more products.

Amma: July 2021
I was privileged to have been approached by Desiree who carved out time to coach me through the essentials of starting a business. I had pretty much been researching online but having someone else (who is doing well in a similar field) talk through their experiences was even more insightful.

Prior to meeting on zoom, Desriee took time to send me messages on Instagram with helpful information - such as the legalities of starting a business and even more so the importance of some of these aspects - with examples. Desriee also asked if I had specific questions / aspects that I wanted her to cover before the meeting, which I thought made the meeting very efficient. In addition to this, she also had her own checklist. The meeting (via zoom) lasted about 2 hours and 30 minutes (this was also more time than we had intended). What was really impressive from the first instance was her initial approach of asking me questions about the resources I was selling and how they came about. She took genuine interest in the vision behind what I was venturing into.

She was thorough with her explanation of different aspects of starting a business and answered questions in detail - some with visual examples (she made use of technology by sharing her screen to further help me comprehend the things she was explaining). As a visual learner, this was really useful for me. Some of the aspects that were covered during the initial meeting were: marketing, legalities, shipping, wholesale selling, selling online and the pricing of items. She also kindly sent a link for an item post meeting (which was really helpful). Sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin when starting a business, even with the information I had been reading online, it still felt like I needed extra support and Desriee's initial meeting provided exactly that and more: support, encouragement and valuable information.

Post the meeting, Desriee suggested having other mini sessions with her along the way. It’s really reassuring to know that there is a coach I can turn to – especially one who is approachable, knowledgeable and experienced in a similar field. I left the meeting feeling more equipped to start my business venture. The practical examples she gave and her personal experiences were far more effective than reading information on the internet.