Marisa da Silva: 2015

Wednesday 25 February 2015

Marisa da Silva: A young female entrepreneur taking her family business to a family empire.

Marisa da Silva

Marisa da Silva matriculated from Cornwall Hill College in 2009 where she then went to Tuks to study Bcom Business Management. After her first year she was invited to be a part of The Golden Key International Honour Society which is the top 15% academically at the university. She then went on to Cum Laude her undergraduate Bcom Business Management and got accepted into honours as one of the top business management students to be 1 of 30 students. Marisa da Silva studied and worked at the same time to pay for her own studies gaining the practical knowledge alongside the theoretical knowledge. When Marisa graduated from Tuks honours Bcom Business management in 2013, she joined the family business full time ready to take the business to the next level.

George H Ross (Donald Trumps right hand man) and Me

In January 2014, Marisa met world’s number one wealth coach; JT Foxx. He invited her to join his coaching student programme to be coached by successful entrepreneurs such as himself and individuals like George Ross (Donald Trumps right hand man and judge on the apprentice).

Judge on the apprentice

JT Foxx, Marisa da Silva and Steve Wozniak (Co-founder of Apple)

JT Foxx, me and Steve Wozniak (Co-founder of Apple)

Shortly after joining the JT Foxx Coaching Programme, Marisa attended the world’s number one networking event where she networked with the likes of Steve Wozniak (Apple Co-founder), successful entrepreneurs that are millionaires and billionaires from all around the world. This was where Marisa truly started to blossom and fuelled her passion for business.

Bakery in a Box

Throughout the year, Marisa kept taking her business to new heights and expanded her families’ current bakery ingredients business to open a training school as well as “Bakery in a Box” equipment business. This concept was inspired by meeting so many entrepreneurs wanting to start a business but not sure how to go about it. Marisa wanted to facilitate entrepreneurs and created “Bakery in a Box” as a mechanism for entrepreneurs looking to start a business or add to their current business. She has been profiled on Cliff Central to discuss this concept for entrepreneurs.

Sylvester Stallone, Marisa da Silva and JT Foxx

Sylvester Stallone, Me and JT Foxx

With all her business success, she has travelled to Los Angeles where she networked with entrepreneurs from over 30 countires and met Al Pacino, Sylvester Stallone and Michelle Mone (Voted one of UK’s most successful female entrepreneurs). In February 2015, she spoke to 1200 entrepreneurs about her business success and personal journey in this last year wanting to motivate and inspire those around her.

Driven to take her family business to new heights, Marisa da Silva is a young lady to watch out for.

Wednesday 4 February 2015

Does Business Coaching Work? The story of my journey

When I was first introduced to the concept of business coaching, it was not something I had considered for my business. A lot of the time people spoke of business consultants but that often had a negative connotation.

With business coaching, they often say "when the student is ready, the coach will appear" and that is exactly what happened with me a year ago.

I had never thought to go to business seminars but then I came across JT Foxx's event on a friend of mines facebook page. This was Friday afternoon and the event was Saturday morning. I just figured I had nothing to lose and I knew we needed to do something different but I did not know how. I registered and went with my business partner and we had no idea what to expect. We had never heard of JT Foxx but when we had the opportunity to meet him and learn from him we could understand why everyone spoke so highly of him. JT Foxx (Worlds #1 wealth coach) immediately became my role model as I knew this was an individual I could look up to and learn from. People often talk about a switch going off and that is exactly what had happened that weekend.

JT Foxx, Marisa da Silva, Veronica Da Silva

First Event

As the year has gone on, I have seen the growth in our business but predominantly in myself. One of my biggest fears was that I would not be able to take over the business and I would run it into the ground but I no longer fear that. I know with the support and guidance from my family, friends and my coaches I can not go wrong. Business now excites me and the challenges it poses only motivates me to succeed and push myself harder. The high level individuals I have met this last year and have the fortune to call friends have opened opportunities and created connections that are invaluable.

How business coaching helped my business:

This past year our business has grown by 21%. We have expanded our product lines, moved from 200m2 warehouse to 600m2 warehouse and even that is too small now. Expanded into 2 new countries. Started to supply bakery equipment which is our newest business venture (Bakery in a Box) and opened a training school for bakeries. We now analyse our numbers and have implemented more systems and feedback mechanisms. This is only a few of the changes our business has undergone since we have received business coaching.

This is why I can say business coaching does work if you do these 2 things: