What makes successful entrepreneurs tick? How do they get started? And what can we learn from them?

As the Enterprise Editor of The Sunday Times Rachel Bridge is just the person to provide the answers. Over the past few years she has interviewed hundreds of successful entrepreneurs for her popular weekly column, “How I Made It” in the business section of Sunday Times, which has also inspired two books.

In the process Rachel has gained a real insight into what goes on in the mind of the entrepreneur and has dozens of real life examples to share which reveal what early hurdles they faced when trying to make their dream come true and how they overcame them – and what factors were key to their success.

Previous speaking engagements

2010

Erewash Partnership conference in Derby

2009

The Entrepreneur’s Forum Annual Conference, Newcastle
Facilitator at National Federation of Enterprise Agencies Annual Conference, York

2006

International Women’s Day breakfast, Jersey
Women in Rural Enterprise annual conference, Newmarket
Enterprise Nation conference, Manchester
B2B conference, London
B2B Women’s Network breakfast, Coventry
B2B Northwest conference, Manchester
East of England Development Agency Destination Growth conference, Newmarket
MIDAS conference, Manchester
The Sunday Times Enterprise Week conference, London
University of Surrey UniSdirect breakfast seminar
Derbyshire Chamber of Commerce conference, Derby

2004

National Federation of Enterprise Agencies annual conference, Birmingham
Kettering BizNet conference, Kettering

2003

The Business Enterprise Exchange conference, Manchester