Common Sense Rules: What you really need to know about business by Deborah Meade

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Deborah Meaden is known to millions for her straight-talking, no-nonsense approach on BBC2's Dragons' Den, and in Common Sense Rules she shares insights and observations gleaned from a life lived in business.

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Common-sense business advice from the straight-talking DragonDeborah Meaden is known to millions for her straight-talking, no-nonsense approach on BBC2's Dragons' Den, and in Common Sense Rules she shares insights and observations gleaned from a life lived in business. Some of them come from witnessing the successes - and the failures - of others. Many more, though, are drawn from her own business ventures. She shows, for example, how an early stint in a holiday park gave her a crash course in customer relations. She frankly and honestly analyses why her first enterprise, which started so promisingly, turned sour. And she explains why turning down a multimillion-pound offer for her chain of holiday parks was the best decision she ever made.As direct and to-the-point on the page as she is in the Den, Deborah Meaden is a superbly clear-sighted and experienced observer of business success, and her book is guaranteed both to inform and inspire.

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Subtitled, What You Really Need To Know About Business. One of the Dragons from Dragons' Den, Deborah Meadon imparts her business advice in this new paperback. 'Many insights into what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur' Independent

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Deborah Meaden is known to millions for her straight-talking, no-nonsense approach on BBC2's Dragons' Den , and in Common Sense Rules she shares insights and observations gleaned from a life lived in business. Some of them come from witnessing the successes - and the failures - of others. Many more, though, are drawn from her own business ventures. She shows, for example, how an early stint in a holiday park gave her a crash course in customer relations. She frankly and honestly analyses why her first enterprise, which started so promisingly, turned sour. And she explains why turning down a multimillion-pound offer for her chain of holiday parks was the best decision she ever made. As direct and to-the-point on the page as she is in the Den, Deborah Meaden is a superbly clear-sighted and experienced observer of business success, and her book is guaranteed to both inform and inspire. 'A refreshingly sensible look at an area plagued by hype and mythology' Management Today 'Many insights into what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur' Independent

Author Biography

Successful UK businesswoman and entrepreneur Deborah Meaden is best known as one of the dragons from BBC2's hit show Dragons' Den.She's had an extremely successful career in business, starting out at the age of 19 with her own glass and ceramics import company, moving on to open one of the first UK franchises for Stefanel, an Italian footwear and clothing firm, and eventually joining the family company, Weststar Holidays. She staged a management buyout in 2000, and in 2007 sold the business in a deal worth e83 million, giving her the freedom and capital to invest in new opportunities.Her Dragons' Den investments range from MixAlbum, an automated music mixing system, and Magic Whiteboard, a product that combines the best of a flipchart and a whiteboard, to yoodoodoll, a doll that you can make resemble anyone you like (or dislike).

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A refreshingly sensible look at an area plagued by hype and mythology * Management Today *Many insights into what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur * Independent *For fans of straight-talking sass and common-sense wisdom * Harper's Bazaar *Common Sense Rules wages a war on business cliches and counters them with the simple truths that she says have guided her decisions * City A.M. *

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Details ISBN1847940277 Author Deborah Meaden Year 2010 ISBN-10 1847940277 ISBN-13 9781847940278 Format Paperback Publication Date 2010-07-01 Imprint Random House Business Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 658 Media Book Publisher Cornerstone Pages 304 Language English Subtitle What you really need to know about business Short Title Common Sense Rules UK Release Date 2010-07-01 AU Release Date 2010-07-01 NZ Release Date 2010-07-01 Narrator Raj Ghatak Illustrator Bruce Ingman Birth 1939 Affiliation Professor of Psychiatry, University of Geneva Position Illustrator Qualifications PsyD Alternative 9781409062035 Audience General We've got this

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