Entrepreneurs are most admired leaders

Sir Richard Branson is considered a great leader by six times more people than the prime minister, Gordon Brown – a stark sign of the varying popularity of political and business figures.
Six in 10 respondents to a survey for leadership development company Impact International said they rated Sir Richard as one of their most inspirational [...]

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How I handled business failure, by Deborah Meaden

My first business was a financial failure. When I was 19 years old, fresh out of business school and after a brief stint as a fashion showroom model, I had moved to Italy.
I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do – I just had a burning desire to run my own show. I have [...]

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