Grant Winner Interview: Dr Bethany Fisher, Founder of Dr Bethany's Tooth Tales - Round 12 $10k Winner

https://drbethanystoothtales.com/

In this episode we talked about...

* From dentist's chair to centre stage: how regularly extracting teeth from four-year-olds convinced Bethany the real work was prevention - and that it should be fun.

* The two songs she wrote "just randomly", the photo shoot for a business that didn't exist yet, and the gap year that turned out to be 2020.

* Taking Tooth Tales around the country - early learning centres, schools, playgroups, and an Indigenous community four hours south of Darwin - and the joy it brings to a topic mostadults still dread.

* What the $10k grant is funding: Tooth Tales On Demand, her play-based streaming platform - like Twinkl and Netflix, but for teeth - bringing oral health education to kids nomatter how far they are from a big city.

* Why she applied, and applied again - she first entered in Round 2, kept changing her idea after each miss, and won with the very concept she pitched the first time, reframed forthe life and business she has now.

* The application as a strategy session: how so few words force you to get concise about where your business is really headed and what impact the money will have.

* Her advice for anyone on the fence: apply and apply again - not winning doesn't mean the problem is your business or your idea.

Feeling inspired? The SPARK $15k Quarterly Cash Grants for Women in Business are open to women in business all over the world, and yes, you can apply more than once. Apply here |https://sparkbusiness.global/spark-women-in-business-grants

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