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    Learn how to start a business from scratch in one day

    Ever dreamed of becoming your own boss? Turn the dream into a reality with practical advice at Future Shapers Live…

    By Lydia Regis
    Published 20 April 2017 In How Tos

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    Ever dreamed of becoming your own boss? Turn the dream into a reality with practical advice at Future Shapers Live…

    70% of employees dream of running their own business but are just too scared to take the plunge. Buck this trend by arming yourself with the insider advice and expert tips from those who have “been there, done that” at Future Shapers Live.

    Future Shapers Live is a bespoke event designed to give you the motivation you need to future-proof your career and improve your working live this is one day - you seriously don’t want to miss this.

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    Phoebe Gormley , founder Gormley & Gamble and Neutrogena ambassador

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    Phoebe Gormley is a 23 year old entrepreneur and owner of the first tailor exclusively for women in the history of Savile Row; Gormley & Gamble. Having interned on the Row and Jermyn Street from a young age, tailoring was always a passion of Phoebe’s. She soon began to realise that there was a gap in the market for bespoke womenswear; elegant, intelligent designs of Savile Row quality and fit. And so she took a ‘Gamble’ – quitting university and using what would have been her final year’s tuition fees to start her own business. She made her first sale in October 2014, from a small office in the City, and can now be found at 13 Savile Row.

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