Turn your passion into profit

Yesterday morning, I was sat having tea and a catch up with the inspirational Ruka Sanusi, founder of Alldens Lane based in Accra, Ghana - she is on a whistle stop consulting tour of South Africa right now. We were talking about one of her favourite subjects, Turning Passion Into Profit, a topic she will be blogging about regularly on Lionesses of Africa shortly. Our conversation made me reflect on just how many women entrepreneurs in our network have done exactly that, doing big career pivots in order to turn their passions into successful businesses. We have lawyers turned artisan bread bakers (Babette van der Walt, founder of Babette’s Bread); environmental consultants turned chocolatiers (Vicky Bain, founder of Chocoloza); and lawyers turned artisan gin distillers (Lucy Beard, co-founder of Hope on Hopkins), to name but a few. These inspirational women are proof positive that it is possible to make the successful transition from the corporate world to entrepreneurship if you follow your passion and make that the foundation of your business.