Mum’s The Word: How Two Sisters Grew A £250,000 Women’s Business Network In A Year
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Photo caption: MIBA founders Estelle Keeber and Leona Burton – Jessica Iliffe
Today MIBA members organize 130 networking events worldwide, in locations such as Barbados, Australia, Singapore, Spain, and the U.S., and the figure is growing by 10% per month.
As sisters, Estelle Keeber and Leona Burton were close and had always supported each other in their chosen career paths. In 2016, after studying photography at night school, Keeber had launched a photography business Love Photography 13.
As a single mother who’d struggled with mental health issues, she faced a host of unexpected challenges.
“Not only was I required to photograph gorgeous weddings, but I also had to know about business, marketing, web development, and social media,” she says. “I spent hours watching webinars, listening to podcasts and wishing I could find all the information I needed in one place.” […]