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Entrepreneurs

Scott Nursten: What I wish I’d known

After Scott Nursten’s entrepreneurial dreams fell apart in Zimbabwe, he came to the UK and started IT company s2s. The business has won numerous awards and was acquired by technology company Bailey Teswaine in 2007. He is still managing director

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs

Danny Chapchal Interview – Musical chair

Danny Chapchal likes nothing more than lending his experience to the founders of young or troubled businesses - nothing, that is, except losing himself in his collection of 17,500 CDs. Nick Britton meets him.

Entrepreneurs

Shilpa Shetty talks business

With business interests ranging from curry to cricket, Shilpa Shetty is ready to launch a range of spices and chutneys in UK supermarkets. GB finds out more in an exclusive interview.

Entrepreneurs

Social entrepreneur: Tim Campbell

Apprentice winner Tim Campbell explains why his social enterprise, the Bright Ideas Trust, doesn't 'give money away'.

Entrepreneurs

The 21st century business

While the 19th century had the factory, the 20th century became notorious for the office.

Entrepreneurs

Silver lining: Steve Nicholson

Wi-fi broadband provider The Cloud has been through a radical overhaul in the past couple of years. GB meets the man behind the changes, CEO Steve Nicholson.

Entrepreneurs

Think twice before scrapping overseas operations

Shutting down offices abroad may not necessarily be the best course of action when looking to cut costs, writes Simon Cook, CEO of venture capital firm DFJ Esprit.

Entrepreneurs

Peter Jones: Ten rules for business success

Dragons' Den supremo Peter Jones offers entrepreneurs and business owner-managers tips and encouragement on technology, branding and shares his rules for success.

Entrepreneurs

Think twice before scrapping overseas operations

Shutting down offices abroad may not necessarily be the best course of action when looking to cut costs, writes Simon Cook, CEO of venture capital firm DFJ Esprit.

Entrepreneurs

Peter Jones: Ten rules for business success

Dragons' Den supremo Peter Jones offers entrepreneurs and business owner-managers tips and encouragement on technology, branding and shares his rules for success.

Entrepreneurs

Ambitious Adconion – Interview with Tyler Moebius

An owner-manager builds a company and then sells it to live a life of leisure. The entrepreneur, by contrast, enjoys the success of an exit but soon gets the craving to go through the misery of a start-up all over again.

Entrepreneurs

Sarah Beeny’s hot property

GrowthBusiness interviews Sarah Beeny about the property crash, her new venture Tepilo that allows people to sell homes online without estate agents, and why she's so proud of her dating website MySingleFriend.

Entrepreneurs

The importance of female mentorship

Female entrepreneurs are finding that mentors can reinvigorate their business.

Entrepreneurs

Keith Tozzi: Accidental entrepreneur 

Keith Tozzi may have stumbled across the idea for drugs and alcohol testing provider Concateno, but there’s nothing fortuitous about the chairman’s approach to growing a business for a big sale.