This very much depends on your situation.
If you are still employed in your day-job. We would recommend starting with all of the ‘unpaid tasks’ of setting up a business in your spare time, whilst being guaranteed a wage from your current employment. Starting social media profiles, help sheets, pre-consultation forms, building a website, writing articles, creating processes around how you will deal with larger volumes of clients can all be done relatively ‘risk free’.
As an MNU Certified Nutritionist, the best place for help and support is the Mentoring Lab, remember you receive an exclusive discount as an MNU Graduate.
If you are already a member of the Mentoring Lab, we would like to highlight the series of interviews by Martin with Lorne Empson ‘How to Build an Effective Nutrition Business’. You also have access to the most supportive community of like-minded individuals, many of which have been in a similar position to yourself. As well as experts who can help you along your journey.
You can save yourself time getting up and running, by using the fully editable client documents available in the Mentoring Lab members area (e.g. pre-consultation forms, example service brochures, informed consent forms, example consultation notes/ meal plans and get access to invoice templates, calorie calculators and client resources) to build your business processes from the start.
If you would like to set up a discounted membership, please see 'I would like to set up a graduate Mentoring Lab membership'.