I’m so grateful to have been shortlisted for Women in Business’ Excellence in IT award! Excited for the awards in March to celebrate and see if I’ve won!

Youth no obstacle to these entrepreneurs making big waves in the world of business…

9. Ellie McBride founder of Calibrated Concepts

Ellie, who is from the US, started out in 2017 with her business which specialises in designing websites for women entrepreneurs.

“When I arrived in Northern Ireland I had no contacts and little support to get my business up and running,” she explained.

Since starting out, I’ve grown my business to have supported over 100 clients and have designed over 50 websites.”

Ellie McBride, an American expat who made Belfast her home five years ago, has been named as one of the UK’s most inspirational and dynamic female entrepreneurs by the f:Entrepreneur ‘#ialso100’ campaign.

Ellie McBride, an American expat who made Belfast her home five years ago, has been named as one of the UK’s most inspirational and dynamic female entrepreneurs by the f:Entrepreneur ‘#ialso100’ campaign.

To understand my relationship with nature, you have to understand a bit about my dad, Robert, and a little about how I was raised.

Hey everyone. I, to be honest, I'm a little too lazy to write out a full blog post this month that I thought I would just come have a chat with you and then run it through my transcription tool. And you could either listen, or you could read as you prefer. So today I want to talk about what I've learned since I started my podcast.

It's, I'd say I knew from talking to other people that had a podcast, I knew it was going to be like quite the endeavor. Like I knew it was going to be a lot of work. and I knew it was going to be a really big learning curve, but I like a challenge. I have found that all to be true.

That's why The Capable Collective was created.

Because I have a vision for a space - where women run business in the integrative way that comes so naturally for us.

And we all thrive while doing it. Because there is a desperate need for us to push away from the hustle culture. That exists in digital business.

Because there needs to be an informational hub where the curtain is pulled back on the mechanical side of business. We are in this together.

I know it sounds cliche, but growing up in a small town in Eastern Oregon (upper left USA), I never would have imagined that I would one day live on the other side of the world and have a fantastic business that allows me to help women grow and scale their own businesses by simplifying their customer experience with bespoke websites and streamlined systems.

It took a few things happening all in a fairly short time frame before I felt like I could AND should take Calibrated Concepts on as my only form of income….

It’s been a whole month since I took Calibrated Concepts to the next level by making it my full-time gig!

To be honest, it’s been so different than I had expected it to be. I expected that I’d struggle more to scale up and to bring in revenue. I thought I’d have more free time to build the foundations of my business. But I made the space to take on more clients and they came in waves! I’m beyond grateful! That said, I’ve been so busy that I’ve found making time to put work into my own business.

IN HONOUR OF WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

I wanted to take a minute to tell the story of how I got through the worst of my anxiety to a place where those same tendencies have helped me to build the business of my dreams!