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Sahar Hashemi
Sahar Hashemi and her brother Bobby founded Coffee Republic, now one of the UK's most recognised and high profile coffee bar brands with a turnover of £30m (€42m). To succeed in her entrepreneurial venture, she gave up her job as a lawyer in the City and their dream transformed a nation of tea drinkers into one obsessed with triple decaf half-caf lattes.
From the first conversations to writing the business plan, finding the name, 19 cruel and duly ignored bank rejection letters, getting a DTI loan from the Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme, nicking their first employees from Pret a Manger- Shahar is an expert entrepreneur who stopped 'thinking about it' and 'did it'. Sahar left the day to day management of Coffee Republic in 2001 and has written a book called 'Anyone Can Do It- Building Coffee Republic from our Kitchen table'
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Areas of Expertise |
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• Leadership
• Entrepreneurship Innovation
• Customer Service
• Marketing
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Notable Publications |
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Anyone Can Do It
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