OK, so here’s the bad news: you didn’t get to go to the latest Stylist Network event, which was all about starting your own business (unless you were there, in which case, hi! Hope you had fun!). But here’s the good news to lift you out of your FOMO: we took plenty of notes, and can thus share some key takeaways from the night with you.

The event, in partnership with Google, kicked off with a keynote speech from Lottie Whyte, the co-founder of sports recovery brand MyoMaster. Whyte is seriously impressive, and credits a great deal of her success to receiving a cash grant from Google as part of the company’s Black Founders Fund. She also appeared on Dragons’ Den. Ahead, we’ve recapped the five lessons Whyte shared while speaking at our Stylist Network event. You’ll want to play close attention, as it’s this wisdom that Whyte says helped her to build a six-figure business.

Lottie Whyte reveals the 5 things she wishes she had known before starting her business