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Monday 4th December 2006
Evan Davis, presenter of BBC TWO's Dragons' Den and the BBC economics editor, believes there is no use complaining about the struggle to raise finances when starting up a new company. For Davis, it's simply part of the entrepreneur’s lot.
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Wednesday 31st May 2006
Andy Makeham is chief executive of K3 Business Technology Group, an enterprise software firm that’s successfully diversified into retail and distribution markets by building on a strong standing in manufacturing. It had a record year in 2005, with sales tripling to a record £22 million on the strength of savvy acquisitions.
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Friday 12th May 2006
Serial entrepreneur Andrew Selby launched Pavilion Insurance, insurer of musical and photographic equipment, bikes and fishing gear, in 1997 and guided the group to flotation seven years later. Now generating annual premiums of around £2 million, he is overseeing the company’s expansion into France.
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Thursday 13th April 2006
Simon Kearsley is managing director of Symmetry, a financial software developer based in Bristol. In the 1990s he led a management buyout of the operation from IT giant Oracle and after a tough first few months establishing the business in its own right, things are finally clicking into place.
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Friday 10th February 2006
This Masterclass on "Risk and Judgement " is just a few minutes selected from over 25 hours of audio material designed to help you grow a successful business. In the programme, 25 business creators (including 5 winners of "Entrepreneur of the Year" ) share their insights on how to succeed.
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Friday 25th November 2005
Despite knowing nothing about food retailing, the manufacturing industry or even home cooking, Preet Grewal and Praveen Vijh have created the fastest-growing cereal bar brand in the UK. GrowthBusiness reports on a duo that are giving the giants of the food trade a run for their money.
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Thursday 3rd November 2005
When Tim Clyde and Ed Chilcott launched their own advertising business, they reckoned that success lay in rejecting everything they had learnt from some of the most successful agencies in the world. GrowthBusiness talks to two unlikely business rebels about their anti-advertising agency.
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