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Category: Profiles
UK’s leading entrepreneurs tell Business Matters what inspires them and defines their way of doing business
Getting to know you: Ashley Payne from cashinyourgadgets.co.uk
Ashley Payne shares with us his inspirations in business and tells us what he would have done differently given the option.
Getting To Know You: Ross Fobian, CEO & co-founder, ResponseTap
Having founded the company whilst at University the company Ross recently expanded into America, with an office in New York and plan to ‘conquer’ Europe and South Africa this year. Here he tells us what inspires him.
Getting to know you: Darren Beale
Darren Beale shares with us his inspirations in business and tells us what he would have done differently given the option.
Getting To Know You: Tim Pearson, CEO of Manything
Tim Pearson, CEO of Manything tells us about why it is important to be involved in all elements of your business and why, looking back he wouldn’t change anything as it has made him and his business what they are today.
Getting To Know You: Ben Black from My Family Care
Ben Black shares with us his inspirations in business and tells us what he would have done differently given the option.
Getting To Know You: Claire Mitchell
We talk to Claire Mitchell founder of The Girls Mean Business. Here she tells about her inspirations, and what, looking back she would have done differently.
Getting to know you: Dan Mountain CEO of Buyagift.com
Dan Mountain is CEO of buyagift.com. Here he shares with us his inspiration in business.
Getting to know you: David Johnson
David Johnson is a founding director at foreign exchange brokerage Halo Financial. Here he shares with us his inspiration in business.
Getting To Know You: Mark Abrahams, West One Loans
Mark Abrahams, director at West One Loans tells us why it is important to listen to the market and why transparency is the best policy for running a successful business.
Getting To Know You: Lucas von Cranach, founder of THE Football App
As the football season kicks off we speak to Lucas von Cranach, founder & CEO of THE Football App who tells us why he admires the passion and has always looked up to his childhood heroes the ffootball players Bodo Illgner and Piere Litbarski
Getting To Know You: Tom Jordan, Founder & MD, Acknowledgement
Founder and Managing Director of Acknowledgement Tom Jordan joins us to tell him what inspires him, and what defines his style of business.
Getting To Know You: Kevin Allen, founder of re:kap
The former advisor to New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has gone on to found re:kap, the business transformation company in London and New York. Here he tells us why his mum is his inspiration, and what, looking back would he do differently.
Getting to know you: Simon Wilcox, Managing Director of Digital Craftsmen
Simon Wilcox is Managing Director of Digital Craftsmen. Here he shares with us what his inspiration in the business is, who he admires, and what, if he could, he would do differently.
Getting to know you: Angus Elphinstone
Angus Elphinstone, founder of delivery auction site Anyvan.com tells us about his inspirations in business
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