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Entrepreneurs

What I’m reading now – The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, by Alice Schroeder
Alessandro Hatami, MD of PayPoint.net

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs

Andrew Jenkinson is in Pole Position – The Entrepreneur Interview

Former British bodybuilding champion, racing car enthusiast, and friend to the rich and famous, Andrew Jenkinson founded recruitment company Charterhouse in 1995. Here he talks to Kathleen Hall about his drive to succeed.

Entrepreneurs

3 Entrepreneurs choose their favourite business books

No matter how charismatic and driven you are, everybody needs a little inspiration now and then. Entrepreneurs tell Kathleen Hall which books and business theories have made a lasting impression.

Entrepreneurs

Survival strategies in a depression

Times of economic turmoil require businesses to adapt quickly. Sometimes that requires radical, even painful action.

Entrepreneurs

Alex Hoye: Lines of latitude

Though he hails from the American Northwest via Silicon Valley, Alex Hoye remains convinced of Europe’s potential to create world-leading companies.

Entrepreneurs

The cleantech challenge

As the economic downturn deepens and spreads across the world, GrowthBusiness looks at how cleantech companies are reconciling the need for short-term survival with their long-term aims.

Entrepreneurs

What I’m reading now – Freakonomics

Freakonomics, by Steven Levitt
Phil Bridge, managing director of Kroll Ontrack UK 

Entrepreneurs

Kavita Oberoi interview – Good Chemistry

Kavita Oberoi heads up IT and business healthcare advisory firm Oberoi Consulting. She talks to Kathleen Hall about why she gave away nearly £50,000 on television.

Entrepreneurs

What I’m reading now – Freakonomics

Freakonomics, by Steven Levitt
Phil Bridge, managing director of Kroll Ontrack UK 

Entrepreneurs

Kavita Oberoi interview – Good Chemistry

Kavita Oberoi heads up IT and business healthcare advisory firm Oberoi Consulting. She talks to Kathleen Hall about why she gave away nearly £50,000 on television.

Entrepreneurs

Bob Holt: From Mears to Mfuse

The CEO of one of AIM's biggest success stories talks about leadership, survival in a recession, and why he's confident about the future.

Entrepreneurs

MBAs: switched-on thinking

It's about 100 years since the first MBA course was launched in the US. They're now more popular than ever.

Entrepreneurs

MBI case study – First Flight Placements in the pink deal

How MBI specialist First Flight Placements introduced would-be entrepreneur John Evans to his dream retail business. By Patrizia Rossi.

Entrepreneurs

Simon Cook: Exit Strategist

DFJ Esprit head honcho Simon Cook has had a string of multi-million dollar exits under his belt, but he’s still on the lookout for more great early stage companies.

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