Who is Britain's most successful young entrepreneur?

[Alex Bellinger]

I've just done an interview with Adam Hildreth who is one of the UK's youngest most successful entrepreneurs. He's 21 has two succesful startups under his belt and is currently worth £5 million.

Who else is there out there who might make a good guest?

Cheers

Alex

 

[adam]

So 5 years in to his business empire, his Crisp site start-up business is proud to declare it has "6 years experience...."

 

[Coding Monkey]

James Murray Wells, although if he carries on as he is, he's going to lose it all.

 

[Alex Bellinger]

So 5 years in to his business empire, his Crisp site start-up business is proud to declare it has "6 years experience...."

Adam, Crisp is not just Adam. He may have started it, but I'm sure he's hired in people with more experience than he's got in the field.

 

[Alex Bellinger]

James Murray Wells, although if he carries on as he is, he's going to lose it all.

Thanks Tom. Yes, James has been very high profile for the last couple of years. What is it that makes you say he's going to lose it all?

 

[10Yetis]

Thanks Tom. Yes, James has been very high profile for the last couple of years. What is it that makes you say he's going to lose it all?

Evil retailers like Specsavers trying to change the regs so that prescription specs have to be sold face to face and no longer allowed via interweb (at a guess?).

 

[BDBynetworks]

Let's hope the evil empire does not succed! After all, this is supposed to be the season of good will!

Brian

 

[Alex Bellinger]

Yes, I'm sure the competition authorities would have something to say about such a move!

 

[DuaneJackson]

Who is Britain's most successful young entrepreneur?

Me, surely? : )

 

[Arhiann]

Me, surely? : )

Young is subjective

 

[Cornish Steve]

Young is subjective

I've given up on that label. Give me 12 months and I'll lay claim to being "Britain's most successful old entrepreneur". To quote Del Boy, "This time next year we'll be millionaires"!

 

[Arhiann]

I think I was 35 years old when I was born. I may well be young, but I don't feel it mentally. Not any more anyway.

 

[DuaneJackson]

I'm only just 28. Surely I can still be called young until I'm 30? PLease?

 

[Gillie]

Duane, you can be as young as you want forever, or is that Peter Pan??

 

[Arhiann]

I'm only just 28. Surely I can still be called young until I'm 30? PLease?

Sorry, 2 kids and four mortgages at 28. Not young by my reckoning.

As I say it's subjective.

 

[Alex Bellinger]

Young is anyone who's been on the planet for fewer years than me. In fact, that's most of you!

 

[Coding Monkey]

Evil retailers like Specsavers trying to change the regs so that prescription specs have to be sold face to face and no longer allowed via interweb (at a guess?).

There is that, but it's not what Specsavers are trying to do, it's what he's trying to do to get publicity from it, and pissing off a load of other people in the industry. I think he overestimates his importance. Specsavers turnover £750m a year, he does about £4.5m. I think you're absolutely right that it won't go through - and hopefully if not UK regulations, EU regulations would prevent it because of anti-competition laws - but big business often control a government. Whilst at the same time, Specsavers are just shooting themselves in the foot by not selling online, which they'd regret. Time will tell.

 

[The Wholesale Forums]

Just wanted to say good interview, listened to it all - easy listening. Have bookmarked the site to listen to more.