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Successful entrepreneur stories, like those below, provide inspiration and tips on how to build a successful business of your own. Take a look at our interviews with the entrepreneurs of successful businesses like Costa Express, Moonpig, Toptable and Shortlist Media and get an insight into how you too can build a successful brand.
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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
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
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
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
Mamas & Papas: David and Luisa Scacchetti
The husband and wife team describe how they transformed the baby and nursery sector
Costa Express: Scott Martin
The king of on-the-go coffee talks us through his rise and rise
Go Ape company profile:
Entrepreneur Tristram Mayhew
Go Ape's 'chief gorilla' gives Growing Business the view from his treetop empire
Quidco: Michael Murphy
Can the man who took Friends Reunited to 15 million members and a £125m exit do it again with Quidco?
Moonfruit: Wendy Tan White
How the first lady of web building dragged her company back from the brink
Bordeaux Index: Gary Boom
Claret with clarity: how a seasoned City slicker transformed the wine industry
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