My Big Idea: 30 Successful Entrepreneurs Reveal how They Found Inspiration

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Kogan Page Publishers, 2006 - Biography & Autobiography - 186 pages
In this fascinating new book, 30 successful entrepreneurs explain how they turned their dreams into reality. They tell how they decided what to do, how they got started, how they found the money they needed and how they went about it. But they also reveal how they had doubts, made mistakes and encountered frustrations along the way. Importantly, they also explain how they overcame these difficulties and turn a dream into a commercially viable reality.Gutsy, inspiring and life affirming...if you have ever dreamt of starting up a business of your own, this book is for you.
 

Contents

୯ Introduction
1
Martyn Dawes founder of Coffee Nation ང
7
Judy Craymer creator of Mamma Mia
13
Stephen Waring founder of Green Thumb
19
Will King founder of King of Shaves
25
Deirdre Bounds founder of i to i
31
David Sanger founder of Rollover Hot Dogs
37
Anthony Ward Thomas founder of Ward
43
Ian Wilson founder of WEXAS
97
Karen Darby founder of Simply Switch
103
Guy Schanschieff founder of Bambino Mio
109
Lucy Barker founder of Barker Brooks Media
115
Richard Tang founder of Zen Internet
121
Carole Nash founder of Carole Nash Insurance
127
Spencer Swaffer founder of Spencer Swaffer
133
Helen Colley founder of Farmhouse Fare
139

Lara Morgan founder of Pacific Direct
49
Paul Stanyer founder of HolidayTaxis com
55
Robert Hughes founder of Wesco
61
Hilary Andrews founder of Mankind
67
David Salisbury founder of David Salisbury
73
Karl Massey founder of Cottrills
79
Sally Preston founder of Babylicious
85
Will Ramsay founder of the Affordable Art Fair
91
Don Lewin founder of Clinton Cards
145
Chey Garland founder of Garland Call Centres
151
Andy Thornton founder of Andy Thornton Ltd
157
Nick Austin founder of Vivid Imaginations
163
Cheryl Grant founder of White Label Productions
169
Gordon Montgomery founder of Fopp
175
Mark Leatham founder of Leathams
181
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About the author (2006)

Rachel Bridge is the Enterprise Editor of The Sunday Times. She writes the 'How I Made It' column each week for the paper as well as regular features about entrepreneurs and small and growing businesses. An experienced journalist, Rachel Bridge formerly worked for The Times and the Evening Standard. She is also a regular conference speaker on the subject of entrepreneurs. Rachel graduated from Cambridge University with an honours degree in Economics.

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