Fearless Shropshire Entrepreneur Nicola Peake Spearheaded The Global Best-Selling Business Book Celebrating Grit, Fearless Connection

On The Table Read Magazine, “the best entertainment eBook magazine UK“, founder of Peakes Private Members Club, Nicola Peake, featured eight women in her inspirational new business book, Fearless Connection: Real Life Stories Of Entrepreneurs Who Made It Happen.

Fearless Connection: Real Life Stories Of Entrepreneurs Who Made It Happen

Nicola Peake, 45, who is a mum and ‘gritty’ entrepreneur from Bridgnorth, Shropshire and Founder of Peakes Private Members Club, spearheaded a new business book; Fearless Connection: Real Life Stories Of Entrepreneurs Who Made It Happen, featuring eight women from her network, which has become a global bestseller. 

Nicola, who runs a multi 6 figure business she founded in 2021 after selling her 6 figure afternoon tea business she launched during Covid, is recognised as a champion for other entrepreneurs and attracts founders from across the UK, who flock to be a part of her network.

Following in the footsteps of the first volume, which Nicola released in 2023, only a few hours after the release of ‘Fearless Connections: Volume Two’, it flew to the top of the Amazon book charts to be a No.1 bestseller in Small Business Hot New Releases, Biographies and Self Employment categories, also sitting at No.2 in Business just above the creator of Nike’s memoir.

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The book brings together stories from business owners within Nicola’s network, who bravely share their struggles, triumphs and wisdom in business, so others can become fearless and use their failures and challenges as fuel, to spur them on to create a business that they adore.

The book is filled with inspiration, tips and advice from women from varied backgrounds, running businesses in different sectors, including; accountants, bookkeepers, photographers, sales experts and strategists, social media coaches, personal health transformation experts, virtual assistants… and more, but the common theme is that despite their challenges, even when the chips were down, these business owners have dug deep and used their circumstances to fuel their success.

2024 Key SME statistics:

• There are currently 5.51 million small businesses in the UK, indicating potential for new ventures.
• Overall, the UK has still enjoyed a 77% increase in SMEs over the past 23 years.
• SMEs account for 99.2% of the UK’s business population. This fact highlights the significant contribution SMEs have on the economy.

But…

• On average, almost 20% of new businesses fail in their first year.
• Startup founders are navigating through incredibly challenging times, with many experiencing increased stress levels according to a new report by Business Insider. And, according to a report by Startup Snapshot in April 2023, 72% of startup founders reported a detrimental impact on their mental health.

Nicola Peake

Nicola is driven by her mission to support others in business to enjoy life alongside building their empires. After spending over 20 years in financial services, Nicola decided in 2020, that it was time to walk away from her career and create her own new business. Nicola grew this business to 6 figures within 12 months, before selling it. Although she loved the business and it was a huge success, she missed spending time with others, and working alone every day led her to not enjoy running the business she lovingly built. So, she decided that she had risked everything once, and of course she could do it again, so she created and launched her second business. This was created through her passion to work with people again, and to help to connect other business owners, who also wanted to be around people.

Peakes Private Members Club was opened in December 2021, and this is now a successful networking business with over 100 incredible business owners who she says ‘will never again feel lonely in business’. 

Having seen that ‘having it all’ means nothing if you are not fulfilled, if you are not happy, if you are not filling your life with things you love, Nicola has now made this the focus of her business, after much soul searching to discover what she needed her business to do for her. Nicola loves to help other ambitious founders see what they don’t see themselves, empowering them to grow in a way that makes them happy, and supporting them to build a business they love. 

Peakes Private Members Club is a place that challenges traditional networking cliques.  Having been on the receiving end of them, Nicola passionately dislikes cliques and believes the online world is full of them, making people “feel like crap” because they don’t believe they fit in –  Nicola likens this to the “cool gang at school and being made to feel your face doesn’t fit”, or being treated badly in a corporate environment, and is here to offer an alternative.

Find more from Nicola Peake now:

This book has been published by Discover Your Bounce Publishing run by Nicky Marshall: https://geni.us/KVSfxkB

Kindle: https://amzn.to/4dIwKqZ

Paperback: https://amzn.to/3yquiX7