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just IMAGINE if... 2022: Ideas to Solve Global Challenges
Posted
March 2022
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New Ideas. Where do they come from?  When we have a new one, why hasn’t anyone thought of it before?  How is it that some develop into reality and others don’t? Is it possible to solve g
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Could your idea change the world?
Posted
December 2019
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Innovation, Business for Good, Entrepreneurship
Percy Shaw’s did.  In the early 1930s he wondered why no one had thought of embedding little mirrors in the centre of roads to reflect back oncoming lights at night - a concept of ‘Cat
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Why It’s Never a Bad Time to Pursue Export Opportunities
Posted
October 2017
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Entrepreneurship
In turbulent economic times, it’s tempting for entrepreneurs to batten down the hatches and stay put, lie low and wait for the storm to pass. Indeed, in times of uncertainty we must do all we can to
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Forget the Work-Life Balance, We Need to Find the Right "Blend"
Posted
June 2016
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Entrepreneurship
Today, CityAM published an Opinion Piece I wrote about how the concept of finding a work-life balance is irrelevant to our modern society, indeed how it's pursuit can cause unmanageable stress. 
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High Risk, High Reward: How to Export Successfully
Posted
September 2015
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Entrepreneurship
I started Ella’s Kitchen in 2006 with the mission of improving children’s lives by giving them a healthier relationship with food. Nearly ten years on, the business is now the UK’s number one ba
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The Lessons Learnt Launching a Business the Second Time Around
Posted
February 2015
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Entrepreneurship
This month, I launched my second start-up. My first - Ella’s Kitchen, is named after my daughter, and is now the number one UK baby food brand. It was conceived simply to improve the lives of childr
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