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Entrepreneur

“This defines entrepreneur and entrepreneurship – the entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.” – Peter F. Drucker,

Entrepreneurs

Missed opportunities: Jack Kaye

Serial entrepreneur Jack Kaye has gone from running Southern Cellular, to supplying breast cancer screening technology. He tells GrowthBusiness about his learning experiences along the way.

Opinion

The perfect entrepreneurial recipe

Three key ingredients for entrepreneurial success.

News

Spice girl: Pinky Lilani

Pinky Lilani set up Spice Magic in 2000. She now believes that she should have built up a stronger brand for the cooking and lifestyle business.

Entrepreneurs

From corporate to catering: David Bloom

David Bloom, co-founder of executive search company fdu group, cut his teeth in financial roles before starting out on his own. He charts his lessons learned, from corporate life to kebabs.

Entrepreneurs

Country air has benefits

Gayna Hart, managing director, Quicksilva explains why moving to the country was her best business decision.

Entrepreneurs

Suranga Chandratillake: Accidental Hero

A victim of the dotcom bust, Suranga Chandratillake never expected to end up at the helm of Britain's most talked-about young technology company. He opens up on separating from Autonomy and the future of video search.

Entrepreneurs

The ever-changing City

The recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, Brian Winterflood, says there are only two words to describe what he has observed in his nearly 60 years in the industry: constant change.

Opinion

Paul Luen on sailing a company through stormy waters

I like to think of myself as the kind of guy who's up for a challenge, but I've got to admit that getting through the recession was tough.

News

James Caan: Caan do attitude

Dragons' Den investor James Caan reveals how he made it, why he's still passionate about business, and whether he and Duncan Bannatyne have patched things up after that non-dom spat.

Entrepreneurs

Minicab monarch: John Griffin

John Griffin is the man behind Addison Lee, an acquisitive, multi-million pound minicab business which is taking on the might of London's black taxi drivers.

Entrepreneurs

When an entrepreneur’s ambition is truly limitless

In business, some people really do reach for the stars. Simon Cook, chief executive of venture capital firm DFJ Esprit, explores what happens when an entrepreneur's ambition is truly limitless.

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