Build Your Own Business - Associate Memberships
Join the BYOB Community For Free
Get exclusive invitations to Showcase days, social activities, and networking events
Join an active WhatsApp group of like-minded entrepreneurs
Access a growing knowledge database of business advice and resources






Who is it for?
Corporate Escapees
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Entrepreneurs
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Small Business Owners
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Soloprenuers
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Corporate Escapees • Entrepreneurs • Small Business Owners • Soloprenuers •
Testimonials
Join the BYOB Community
As a BYOB Free Associate Member, you’ll step straight into a thriving community where real connections happen every day. Get instant access to our private WhatsApp group, receive invitations to live events and exclusive webinars, and be the first to tap into valuable resources designed to help you grow. Whether you’re looking to expand your network, find an accountability buddy, or just get some peer support on your journey, you’ll have it all—no credit card required, ever. This is your invitation to build your business with people who genuinely want to see you succeed.
BYOB Program Sneak Peek
A course that will teach you to understand, build, and leverage a strong brand that will promote credibility and maintain a professional brand that represents your values.
Instructed by Industry Expert
Developed by Andrew with years of practical experience across the Digital Marketing and Personal Branding industries, his course is designed to give you an instantaneous application of key skills to launch your business into the digital age.
Join an active community of like-minded business experts
Learn through participation with other students and professionals that are sharing your journey by accessing a community of likeminded entrepreneurs.
Cutting-edge strategy & tactics with real-world results
No fluff or useless theory. Learn the tactics that deliver immediate results for your business.



Meet
Andrew Ford
'I have dedicated 15 years to developing the e-ttraction method to help passionate people to build their own business so they can find freedom of time and money through entrepreneurship.'
- Andrew Ford
Andrew Ford is the Founder and lead Personal Branding Consultant at Social Star. With an undergraduate degree in Marketing and Master’s degree in Entrepreneurship, Andrew has the formal qualifications to match his experience.
With a natural gift for reading people and years experience running marketing campaigns at global corporations, Andrew now applies his passion for branding and digital to assisting professionals. Andrew is an expert at devising marketing strategies, identifying individual strengths and goals and mapping out long term solutions to market problems. His creative and ambitious vision is what makes him a successful entrepreneur and a leader.
BYOB PODCAST - SEASON 1
In the Build Your Own Business podcast, Andrew interviews everyday business people who have escaped corporate to run a business they love. What worked, what didn't and the nitty gritty details of how to overcome the challenges of running a start up and thrive in your business and life.
BYOB PODCAST - SEASON 2
Build Your Own Business is back! Fresh with more business owners sharing their hard won knowledge of escaping corporate and running a start-up. With a mix of chats with colleagues, friends, mentors and clients to provide a variety of advice. Get strapped in for another season full of inspiring stories from real business owners.
Creating a Powerful Business
Take a deep dive into Andrew’s second book ‘Creating a Powerful Business’, as he reveals the secrets to his e-ttraction methodology that has helped hundreds of people to start, grow and exit their businesses. Containing many examples and practical stories bringing the method to life to enable you to apply it for yourself.
“Whether you're just starting out or want to escape the corporate life to launch your own business and take control of your life, we’re here to guide you every step of the way. Success begins with the right mindset and a clear plan - and that’s exactly what we’ll build together."- Andrew Ford
