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Natalie Ellis – inventor of Road Refresher

There is one item that President Obama doesn’t leave home without when taking his dog, Bo, on a trip. That item is the Road Refresher, which was famously rejected by the panel on Dragon’s Den in [...]

Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Evening – oh what a night!

What a fantastic night it was! Women Unlimited held its first ever Extraordinary Entrepreneurs evening in the British Library last night, and judging by the fact that the women had to be asked to vacate the [...]

Extraordinary Entrepreneur: Karen Hanton – founder of Toptable

Toptable.com is the brain child of Karen Hanton, a truly daring entrepreneur with a passion for British cuisine. Toptable is an online restaurant booking site which she created in 2000, and it is now the UK’s [...]

Saira Khan – Miamoo: Extraordinary Entrepreneur

Many will remember Saira Khan as the runner up on the first ever series of The Apprentice in 2005. She made quite an impression on the British public as the fiercely ambitious, free-spirited Muslim woman who [...]

Precious Awards 2009

This November, the achievements of women of colour are being celebrated by a newly launched awards ceremony. The Precious Awards were set up in 2008 by Foluke Akinlose to celebrate the work of inspirational and entrepreneurial [...]

Polly Gowers – Founder of Everyclick.com: Extraordinary Entrepreneur

Polly Gowers is on a quest of epic proportions. She wants to encourage people to rethink their traditional methods of using the internet, such as using Google as a search engine, and switch to everyclick.com so [...]

In focus: Julie Meyer… Extraordinary Entrepreneur

Now, how do we describe Julie Meyer? Women are renowned for wearing many hats, but Julie takes this to a whole new level! Julie has founded or is involved in a whole slew of high profile [...]

Drop shipping – the cheap way to get inventory

If you have been browsing the internet for a while searching for a business opportunity, the chances are you would have come across drop shipping. In the retail industry, this is becoming something of a growing [...]

Karen Darby – Extraordinary Entrepreneur

“My friends think I’m lazy, but I just work efficiently!” laughs Karen Darby, the gregarious, fun-loving founder of SimplySwitch. Karen is one of those inspirational entrepreneurs who accidentally stumbled across her chosen career and has been [...]

Working mums are great assets for small companies

For many companies, the whole concept of working mums is something they would rather stay clear of. Aside from the issue of maternity leave which can be quite costly for small companies, mothers, particularly single ones, often [...]

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