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From famous entrepreneurs to young entrepreneurs, Growing Business profiles the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs, female and male. We’ve spoken to fast-growing businesses across the country to bring you successful entrepreneur stories to inspire and inform. We look forward at the companies to watch in our ‘Ones to watch’ section, and look back at the early days of the UK’s biggest businesses in ‘Something got me started’. Young successful entrepreneurs are profiled in ‘Young Guns’, our annual list of the UK’s most exciting entrepreneurs under 35, and in ‘FGBA profiles’ you can read about which business entrepreneurs have won our prestigious Fast Growth Business Awards.

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Blur Group: Philip Letts

The true story behind the UK's newest public company and the remarkable tech entrepreneur who started it
In Business success stories
Specsavers' Dame Mary Perkins

The Specsavers' co-founder on successful organic growth, managing a vast network, and dealing with tough calls
In Famous entrepreneurs
Accommodation for Students, Vincent Bond, and P6.com: William Berry

Serial entrepreneur, Young Gun, and new Growing Business columnist William Berry on running businesses in three locations at once
In Business success stories
One to watch: Base79

How Ashley MacKenzie has carved a niche in the media - with help from his famous father
In Ones to watch
NationalField: Ed Saatchi

The son of one of Britain's most famous businessmen tells us how he's making a name for himself - with help from Barack Obama
In Business success stories
Marc Worth

After WGSN co-founder Marc Worth sold the business for £142m, he tried his hand at retirement, angel investing and sunbathing – but found th...
In Famous entrepreneurs
Q&A: Jean Oelwang, CEO of Virgin Unite

Sir Richard Branson’s right-hand woman on the opportunities of the recession
In Business leaders
Mobile Interactive Group: Barry Houlihan

The story behind Mobile Interactive Group’s Barry Houlihan and his rise prior to the company sale to Velti Plc
In Business success stories
One to watch: DeVono

Adam Landau explains how the business he co-founded tapped an unmatched gap in the commercial property market
In Ones to watch
Sir Jackie Stewart’s business philosophy

F1 racing great Sir Jackie Stewart shares his thoughts on risk, honesty and over-delivering in life and business
In Business leaders

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