Get to know and learn from the likes of Doug Richard from Dragon's Den, Edward de Bono, and the founders of Glasses Direct and Coffee Republic and many, many more.
At Growth Enterprise, we passionately believe that no one individual has all the answers to running a business - not even us. We should always be open to learn from others experiences - be they positive or negative.
Each month, we will interview one or two high profile individuals from the worlds of business, politics, the military, academia, sport or entertainment who will provide us with insights to their successes and mistakes so we can hopefully learn from them.
These interviews are not edited highlights - but are instead full transcripts of the interviews which took place.
Interviews available for viewing now, include:
Doug Richard who is the founder of Library House and ex-panellist on BBC2's 'Dragon's Den';
Maria Kempinska who founded Jongleur Comedy Clubs and turned it into one of the largest company's of its type in the UK;
Tim Roupell who left a lucrative career in the City to make and sell sandwiches and who now, with Daily Bread, has a warrant to provide the same to The Queen;
Darren Richards who created has created Britain's largest online dating agency in the shape of Dating Direct;
Trisha Mason who, following the death of her husband when she was 29, established VEF who is now an award-winning estate agency in France; and
Mark Prisk who was a small business owner himself and who now finds himself the Conservative Shadow Small Firms Minister.
Growth Enterprise have already arranged a vast number of interviews with other equally high profile individuals. In the not-too-distant future, you will be able to read full interview transcripts with:
Dr Edward de Bono who has been widely acclaimed to be the 'inventor' of lateral thinking and is now one of the world's greatest authorities in direct thinking as a skill;
Derek Boulton who as the Managing Director of Hayter, the maker of the quintessentially English lawn mowers, continues to develop the brand as a modern force whilst maintaining its heritage;
James Murray Wells who at the age of 19 decided to take on the established world of the optical industry at their own game by selling spectacles on the internet for a fraction of the cost of those available in the high street and has grown Glasses Direct into a £3m business in just two years;
Sahar Hashemi who, in 1995 and in conjunction with her brother, Bobby, founded the Coffee Republic chain which they have built into one of the UK's most recognised high street brands with turnover of £30m;
Liz Jackson, the founder of Great Guns Marketing, the business she started with a £1,000 grant and £4,000 loan from The Prince's Trust in 1998 and who now employs over 100 staff and has franchises in six UK cities with an annual turnover of £2m; and
Fergus McMullen who is the heir to the McMullen Brewery empire.
Please note: you will need to register before you can view interviews.
