British - Businessman | September 24, 1959 -
Business isn't complicated; we complicate business.
Theo Paphitis
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Entrepreneurship can be taught to people with average academic abilities - the proof of that is everywhere you look.
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When I went to school, most parents wanted their children to get good A-levels, to go to university, and get a degree so your children had a better life than you. The way out of poverty was through a degree. But the whole world has moved on from that.
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I'm incredibly passionate about business, about small businesses, and about kids being given the right skills so they are successful.
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When I was on 'Dragons' Den,' most of the letters I received were from people under 16. They wrote about their ideas, their views, their challenges. The audience is actually a very young audience.
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When we arrived in the U.K. on the banana boat, we settled right by Old Trafford.
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On Saturday, I don't want to be woken up until at least nine: I like a bit of a lie-in, a cup of tea, toast and marmalade, and the newspaper.
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I hate mornings.
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I try to support local traders. The service makes up for any extra cost.
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For me, the high street is a key part of how we live, what sort of community we are, how we get our news, and how we get our gossip.
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The high street is not a retail thing: it's a social thing, part of the British lifestyle. And I say that as someone who started his life on Limassol high street in Cyprus.
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The high streets I remember best were Seven Sisters Road in north London and then sunny Peckham in south London after we moved there. They were where my parents used to shop. They were great, part of being a teenager.
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