‘You sit there,’ barks Alan Sugar, jabbing a finger at an empty chair. The bully boy of business is everything you’d expect, at first: gruff, aggressive and intimidating. He makes me sit at a boardroom table, but seats himself behind a massive desk, which seems to have been raised up so that he can lookContinue reading “‘I was selfish. I’ve failed. And I’ve struggled with my conscience’ Lord Sugar”
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‘There are important reasons for staying alive’ Sir Richard Branson
Sir Richard Branson leans back in the captain’s chair on board his £18 million racing yacht, as Formula One cars tear along the Monte Carlo quayside just a few yards away. He puts his shoeless feet up on the control panel and – would you believe it – yawns. ‘Sorry,’ he says, grinning. ‘I had aContinue reading “‘There are important reasons for staying alive’ Sir Richard Branson”