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How bitter disappointment led to plans to generate $2.7 billion for the music industry
RYAN EDWARDS , FOUNDER & CEO, AUDOO

One minute you’re on stage playing your songs to 50,000 fans, partying with The Killers and rubbing shoulders with your idols. A few weeks later you’re knocking on shop doors in the rain begging for a job, breathing a sigh of relief when the manager of Carphone Warehouse invites you in for a trial. That’s life – and that’s how life was for Ryan Edwards…
Why businesses with ‘soul’ are magnetic
Josephine Fairley - Co-founder , Green & Black’s

The story of Green & Black’s shows that the courage to be different, together with a compelling adventure story, are key ingredients for commercial success…
Entrepreneurship will test your mental health. Here’s how to protect it.
TONY GOODWIN , FOUNDER & CEO, ANTAL INTERNATIONAL

It’s not a case of ‘if’; it’s a case of ‘when’. If you choose to be an entrepreneur, your mental health will come under strain. It’s inevitable. That’s the conclusion I’ve drawn after 30 years of running my own business. Here’s how I think you can protect yourself…
Jacqueline Gold’s four tips for women in business
Jacqueline Gold CBE - CEO , Ann Summers

Jacqueline Gold CBE, CEO of Ann Summers, gives her 4 top tips for women in business exclusively to the BDLN…
The recipe that’s fired PureGym's founder to success…
Peter Roberts - Founder , PureGym

PureGym is the UK’s leading budget gym with more than 170 sites and a turnover of £160 million. As a start-up that beat its original business plan budget by 200%, we had to speak to founder, Peter Roberts to understand just how he’s done it…
6 ways to create a killer brand
Juliet Barratt , Co-founder, Grenade

Why do some brands fly? What is it exactly that makes the ‘feel’ of a product or service so instantly enticing that it attracts customers like a magnet? To find out we spoke to one of the most successful UK brands of the past 10 years…
You can’t create a culture with sweets and pizza
CHRIS HILL , CEO, THE NEW WORLD TRADING COMPANY

Six golden rules that have turned The New World Trading Company into one of Britain’s most effective mid-sized organisations…
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Melissa Hemsley on why eating right can change everything (and it doesn’t mean you have to eat seven avocados a day…)
Melissa Hemsley - Celebrity Chef

While most of us now recognise that healthy eating, work-life balance and exercise make sense, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and intimidated about knowing where to start. So we, at the BDLN caught up with celebrity chef Melissa Hemsley who convinced us that you can improve health, productivity, relationships and outlook just by making a few simple changes…
The formula for perfect business development
Steve Varley - Chairman UK&I , EY

EY UK boss Steve Varley shares his philosophy on business development and explains what attributes impress him the most…
Dragons’ Den’s Jenny Campbell: “If people lack self-belief, energy and attitude, you won’t believe in them.”
Jenny Campbell - Entrepreneur & Investor , Dragons' Den

CLIC meets Jenny Campbell to hear all about her incredible journey from banker to entrepreneur to dragon…
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