Testimonials
Thanks Mary for a great session!
Mary has so much positive energy and business experience to share. She took the time to understand my past experience, skills and goals. She has a great inspiring and bubbling personality, asking the right questions to bring someone closer to their goals. Learning from her sales background and experience will be a valuable asset for my PhD and any future endeavours.
Can highly recommend a session with her.
- Miriam Schmidt
Mary helped me understand that my businesses wasn’t just a hobby it was there to make me money to support my family.
She helped me work through the costing process of our meals & slices, which showed we were making very little on these items. Based on this information we made changes to our prices.
Mary also encouraged me to buy a separate fridge for cold drinks and grab & go food. As having it all in one fridge limited the amount of each item we could offer. I was able to buy a slim line fridge for our grab & go item and since doing this our cold drinks sales increased on hot days as we offered a bigger range of drinks.
It also highlighted our grab & go items better and we also saw an increase in sales.
I really appreciated the help that Mary gave to me. She was able to show me that a few small changes can make a big difference.
But the main thing that Mary was able to do was show me that I had to value my worth and the work I was putting into my business.
We are very thankful for the work and time that Mary put into us and our business.
- Lisa Froon, The Cafe, Rochester
Mary was appointed to us, Portwine Joinery, as a business mentor after the October 2022 floods. Portwine Joinery suffered significant damage to its stock, building assets and equipment and received absolutely no assistance from any organisation including Emergency Services, Council, Government etc.
Mary stepped in with her compassionate attitude and actually called the Local Councillor to discuss the lack of support and what could be done. This one phone call triggered so much action from Local Government that our business was able to get the support we needed. In addition, Mary gave me the strength and inner power to push forward and speak up and voice my concerns to people in power.
Local MP, Wendy Lovell stated that our story was discussed in Parliament and was an imperative for the vote for the Pre & Post Floods Parliamentary Inquiry. This would not have happened without Mary and her words of encouragement, courage, and support to rebuild our business.”
- Cindy Portwine, Portwine Joinery
Mary , I would like to say thank you very much and for helping me to turn this business around. You are teaching me things that no one else has done before. I can finally Read Profit & Loss and you have taught me this with a lot a patience. Thank you for introducing me to Angela, she has turned the books around and I am paying off my debts and one day I will take a wage and have extra money to give out. Your ability to talk to people is amazing and you always come to me happy and like a bull of gate . You always give your all.
- Joy, Director | EmbroidMe, Moonee Valley
Mary is an absolute powerhouse! Her motivation is infectious and her lifetime of knowledge invaluable - I feel absolutely privileged to have had her as my mentor. She has helped my business develop and has guided me through its nervous beginnings, constantly providing valuable support and advice to help my business grow. I highly recommend Mary, she's savvy as anything and a genuine person who you'll be happy to have by your side. Thank you so much Mary! I appreciate all the sessions we had together, my business wouldn't be where it is today without you!
- Michelle Pereira
Mary is insightful, supportive, wise and wonderful. I could honestly not have pushed through navigating setting up my business and balancing the at time overwhelming responsibilities that go with being a single Mum. Mary helped me to prioritise and put that super critical inner voice to bed. She gave me the encouragement and strategies to keep going. Thank you Mary, so very very much. You have been gold to me and my family.
- Kylie Mahoney
Mary gave me a short but extremely sweet guidance session where she consolidated my thoughts and my career goals and put together a very simple plan for how I would go about accessing the clients I wanted to work with. She distilled my vision quickly and it was literally less than a week before I won work that was exactly in line with my values. I needed that extra help to show me that what I wanted wasn't impossible, and that there is always a simple process to get where I want to be. You're in good hands with Mary!
- Jess O'Farrell
I attended Mary’s presentation about her book “Show Me the Money for those Screaming for Profit” and her life experience as a businesswoman. The book has a workbook to guide readers through their own business venture. Mary is a speaker with an inspirational journey. She shared her knowledge about businesses in an informative and realistic manner. She has played all business roles and thus is a mentor for people in any business capacity. I also had a one-to-one consultation with Mary about my business idea. She takes into consideration people’s contextual factors and empowers them with solutions that work. Thank you Mary for your professional ethics and for the valuable book.
- Majida Mehana
Mary and I have been working together for the last 6 months on increasing sales with existing and new customer and it's been super helpful. Without doubt, you can see Mary’s passion for helping businesses grow and her decades worth of sales experience really shows. She’s been just what I needed for sales planning, budgeting, strategy and a better look at the big picture which I desperately needed.
- Jamie Swinnerton
Mary…What can I say!?
In one hour, you given me clarity about my business, opened my eyes to things I didn’t see in my business, brought things to my attention that I’ve neglected in my business.
You inspired me, given me clear actions to take, and you reignited the ‘cinder’ inside my heart for my business. I recommend Mary to everyone who has hit a ‘brick wall’ in their business, wo is stuck with not knowing what to do. I also recommend Mary’s book as a must read. It’s no ordinary book. It complements the work she does, very well.
Rose ILIOSKI, Life Coach
Mary Philippou has been an enormous help to me in getting my business profitable, and I highly recommend her as a mentor. Not only does she have the business experience from her own life, but she understands the particular challenges faced by artists like myself, especially in gaining the confidence to quote and charge properly for the work I do, and pursue future contracts pro-actively and with confidence.
Having this kind of monthly mentoring definitely keeps you on track and accountable. I have learnt a great deal from my time with Mary that I know I will take forward with me as I make my business more profitable.
Tracey Johnson, Lanterns for Events