Build Your Biz With Passion
James Caan is the newest dragon on the BBC television show Dragons’ Den. He is chief executive of the private-equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw and has been building and selling businesses since 1985 in various sectors.
Today in Britain it is pretty cool to be an entrepreneur. Programmes such as The Apprentice and Dragons’ Den regularly attract more than 5m viewers. The number of men and women opting to run their own businesses is increasing, and the rewards of following your own vision can be seen in the lifestyles of those who become extremely wealthy through their own endeavours - which in turn inspires the next apparently limitless generation of aspiring entrepreneurs.
Not everyone is programmed to be an entrepreneur, however, and there is certainly more to it than a strong desire to make money.
Whatever your starting point, no businessman or woman is an island capable of building a successful company alone.
Turning your dream into reality inevitably means creating a strong team, engaging them with your vision for the business and developing an environment that fosters the concept of ‘intrepreneurship’ - encouraging a creative approach to problem solving within a company and retaining valuable intellectual property.
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