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Women on Top

Read the stories of successful female entrepreneurs to gain inspiration and advice for your own small business. See how these women in business grew their start-ups and what challenges they faced as female entrepreneurs.

  • Clare Yarwood-White

    Clare stepped out of the shadow of her famous father to set up a successful jewellery...

  • New Moon

    Caroline Rowland can take some pride from the London 2012 Olympic bid - her startup...

  • Deirdre Bounds - i-to-i

    Former comedian Deirdre Bounds talks about how she made a success of i-to-i and her p...

  • Women Builders

    Janet Shelley has taken on the male-dominated building industry and now employs the U...

  • The Little Experience

    Tai Broadhurst explains how her Startups Award-winning business has toyed with succes...

  • Rock and Ruby

    Gemma Stone's redundancy laid the foundations of Rock and Ruby, one the UK's brightes...

  • For Parents By Parents

    Following a stillbirth, Pat Moores was frustrated at the lack of honest information o...

  • Babylicious

    Sally Preston overcame a series of setbacks to launch Babylicious. She tells Startups...

  • Ample Bosom

    Farmer's wife Sally Robinson braved her family's disapproval to set up successful onl...

  • Karen Hanton

    The founder of Toptable.co.uk talks to Startups.co.uk about finding a recipe for succ...

  • Ambition 24Hours

    Overcoming a lack of funding and negative attitudes, Penny Streeter has built up a £6...

  • Ambition 24Hours

    Overcoming a lack of funding and negative attitudes, Penny Streeter has built up a £6...



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