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James Caan - UK Dragons Den Judge & Successful Entrepreneur James Caan - UK Dragons Den Judge & Successful Entrepreneur

James Caan gives insight into how he has become an internationally successful entrepreneur and why he has decided to come to talk to South African entrepreneurs.

 

 

1. Can you tell our readers a bit about your success as an entrepreneur?

Many people dream of being a successful entrepreneur and watching my father run his own business was what gave me the business bug. I realised from a fairly early age that I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become my own boss.

 

I left home at 16 and after a few years of working in recruitment, I helped my future wife start her own fashion boutique. I didn’t actually have the money at the time but was so desperate to help her that I took out 3 separate overdrafts, something I wouldn’t necessarily recommend now.


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