Secrets of Successful Women Entrepreneurs
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There are many successful female entrepreneurs in the UK, yet most are not well known. This book shares the inspiring stories of ten successful women with lessons on overcoming challenges, gaining motivation and turning your dreams into reality.
By following Sue Stockdale's Seven Steps to Success you'll be able to put what you learn to practical use. The women entrepreneurs featured include:
Linda Bennett - LK Bennett
Shoe designer and retailer of women’s shoes, clothes and accessories
Josephine Carpenter – The Big J
Producer and distributor of fruit smoothies
Julie Meyer - Ariadne Capital
Global investment and advisory firm
Michelle Mone - MJM International
Designer and retailer of lingerie
Dr Marilyn Orcharton - Co-founder of Denplan and Isoplan
Recognized as one of the 300 “women entrepreneurs of the worldâ€
Geetie Singh – Sloe Berry Trading
London based award-winning organic gastro pub owner
Dr Glenda Stone – Aurora Gender Capital Management
Promoting the economic advancement of women
Penny Streeter - Ambition 24Hours Group
Fastest growing unquoted company in the UK in 2002
Helen Swaby –DeMontfort Fine Art
UK’s leading fine art publisher and distributor of original paintings
Yvonne Thompson CBE – ASAP Communications Founder of the European Federation of Black Women Business Owners
A proportion of the profits from the sale of each book will be donated to The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. This will help more young people to experience the challenge of the Award, possibly helping them be the entrepreneurs of the future.
About the Author
Sue Stockdale is a motivational speaker, successful business woman and a record breaking explorer. Following a corporate career in training, she founded Mission Possible Ltd in 1997, specialising in motivation, entrepreneurship and leadership. Sue is passionate about women’s enterprise and is on the Board of several organisations related to business start-up.
Sue was also the first British Woman to walk to the Magnetic North Pole in 1996 and has represented Scotland in athletics and cross-country events. She finished runner-up in the Channel 4 show Superhuman. Sue’s advice regularly appears in the media and her first book, Kickstart Your Motivation received favourable reviews.
Book Reviews
Secrets of Successful Women Entrepreneurs is a mega-dose of inspiration – I felt like I’d had 5 cups of coffee all at once! It profiles 10 exceptional women entrepreneurs, who are inspirational not because of where they are now – but how they got there and why. Every woman will be able to relate to those women’s stories in some way.
Erika Watson, Executive Director, Prowess
These are no ordinary women - this is no ordinary book. Secrets of Successful Women Entrepreneurs exposes the lives of great business women allowing the reader to glimpse behind the business curtain to observe the virtues, intolerable obstacles and tenacity which are at the heart of any entrepreneurial enterprise.
Maria Kempinska, Creative Chairman, Jongleurs Comedy Ltd
Sue Stockdale has produced a gem of a book here. From experience of helping over 100,000 start ups a year and from our research, we know just how important role models are in inspiring people to start in business. In Secrets of Successful Women Entrepreneurs, Sue has complemented that with practical advice that would be helpful even to those who've been in business for years.
Stephen Pegge, Head of Commmunications, Lloyds TSB Business Banking
The biographies of these successful women entrepreneurs were illuminating. Sue Stockdale has selected some inspirational women to profile and she offers practical advice for women wanting to start in business.
Professor Sara Carter, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde
These portraits don't just tell a business story, they tell how it really feels to be an entrepreneur, from the depths of near-despair to the moments of elation when the original passion and insights become a successful brand. Each of Sue's short, insightful, honest and well-formatted portraits is inspirational reading for early stage entrepreneurs.
Margaret Milan, Former President of European Professional Women's Network and founder of "Eveil & Jeux", France's leading educational toy company
The book is the next best thing to having a life-time of role-models for the next generation of successful women entrepreneurs. Sue Stockdale has hit on a "do-it-yourself" model for entrepreneurship and it works!
Candace Johnson, International Telecommunications Entrepreneur behind SES ASTRA, Teleport Europe, Europe Online and countless other companies throughout the
Clearly, businesswomen are not a homogenous group; however, these stories reflect our research indicating that women tend to prefer to minimise and closely manage debt and are extremely well prepared by the time they approach banks or investors. They also recognise that large scale success does demand some personal sacrifice.
Clare Logie, Director, Women in Business, Bank of Scotland




