In this episode I talk with award-winning businesswoman, author, broadcaster and speaker Sue Nelson about how she started the multiple award-winning Breakthrough Group, which grew from a two-person operation in her conservatory in 2015 to a highly profitable multi-million pound business. It was sold to EY (Ernst and Young) in 2020. She was awarded the London and South East Director of the Year for innovation in 2019 by the Institute of Directors.

We discussed:

• Her ‘big experiment’ to make a successful business and ‘be nice’
• How her perspective on the meaning of success has shifted through her career
• The satisfaction of seeing people develop in their roles at work
• The importance of having a clear exit strategy on starting your business
• How critical it is to hire the right people to build your team (and how qualifications don’t always matter)
• Her views on bootstrapping a company
• The power of role models to show us what is possible

You can connect find out more and connect with Sue at suenelson.uk

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