What Inspired Andrew Smith as an Entrepreneur?
by Yolandi Janse van Rensburg on 26/05/10 at 12:03 pm
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We’re interviewing leading business minds and entrepreneurs to find out more about who inspired them to get to where they are today.
We asked entrepreneur and co-owner of Live Alchemy and Yuppiechef (Lets not forget previous Ideate Superhero!) Andrew Smith, about who inspires him most.
1. As an entrepreneur, who inspires / first inspired you?
Richard Branson. He owns over 100 companies, and somehow balances the need to let other people run them, while still bringing his passion and inspiration on the ground. For example, the stories of how he tries to stay in the same hotel as Virgin Atlantic crew so that he can hang out with them.
2. What is your best piece of business advice?
Business success involves a huge dollop of luck. Work hard, but don’t follow other people’s advice and expect to emulate their results!
Richard Branson sure is Legend! Thanks for the handy tip Andrew!
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social media, marketing, life and, of course, cars. We say “of course” because Yolandi is nuts about anything on 4 wheels and runs Autofemme, a blog about cars. Our Ideate sub-editor is also the Heavy Chef girl at World Wide Creative. You can follow her on Twitter @Yolandi_JvR View more articles by Yolandi Janse van Rensburg.
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