2. What is an entrepreneur? “An entrepreneur is an individual who accepts financial risks and undertakes new financial ventures. The word derives from the French "entre" (to enter) and "prendre" (to take), and in a general sense applies to any person starting a new project or trying a new opportunity.”
3. Michelle Mone Michelle is one of the UK’s top female entrepreneurs and creator of international lingerie brand, Ultimo. Michelle has built her success on determination, self belief and hard work and those qualities have helped her businesses develop and prosper in the consumer goods industry.
4. Michelle Mone Michelle left school at 15 with no qualifications. MJM International was set up in November ‘96. In 2009 Ultimo was the first UK lingerie brand to debut on the catwalk at New York Fashion Week In January 2010, Michelle was awarded an OBE by the Queen for her contribution to business.
5. Coco Chanel Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist thought, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the founder of one of the most famous fashion brands, Chanel. Her extraordinary influence on fashion was such that she was the only person in the couturier field to be named on Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century.
6. Mark ZucKERBERG Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American computer programmer and internet entrepreneur He is best known for co-creating the social networking site, Facebook, of which he is chief executive and president. It was co-founded as a private company in 2004 by Zuckerberg and classmates Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin and Chris Hughes while they were students at Harvard University. In 2010, Zuckerberg was named Time magazine's Person of the Year. As of 2011, his personal wealth was estimated to be $13.5 billion.
7. Traits Of a successful entrepreneurs Independence Persistence and determination Self-Confidence Creativity Organized and goal orientated Visionary Risk taking and tolerance for failure Perseverance and hard work Commitment Honesty and honour.