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Sahar Hashemi
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In
1995 Sahar Hashemi together with her brother Bobby founded Coffee Republic, and
built it into one of the UK's most recognised high street brands with a turnover
of £30m. Giving up highly professional jobs, she a lawyer in London and he an
investment banker in New York, they staked everything on a dream - and made
Coffee Republic one of the main players in the 'coffee revolution' that
transformed a nation of tea drinkers into one obsessed with 'triple decaf half-caf
lattes'. Neither had any previous knowledge about retail or indeed coffee. But Sahar
had developed a passion for the skinny lattes and fat free muffins she had seen
in New York. How they came to build a nationwide coffee chain is a fascinating
and inspirational tale of the ups and downs of following your dream. From the
first conversation when the seed of the idea was planted, to getting a DTI Small
Firms Loan Guarantee, finding a name and opening the first store, its a personal
story about two people who stopped 'thinking about it' and 'did it'. |
| Published in January 2003, 'Anyone Can Do It' has reached #1 on the Amazon
business chart. It is 'suggested reading' for the London Business School
entrepreneurship course and Chapter 1 has been included as part of the syllabus
of the Entrepreneurship summer school. The book has also been endorsed by the
DTI, Prince's Trust and IoD and has received wide press coverage. It is now one
of top 10 bestselling business books in the UK. In 2003 Sahar received a number of accolades including:
Sahar has been the cover of Management Today, Director, Business 550 and She is a speaker ambassador for the Prince's Trust. and has spoken as keynote speaker at various high profile events including the IoD Women's 2002 Summit, Wall Street Journal Europe Women in Business Summit and Microsoft annual conference. She was also an ambassador for the Skills for Business campaign appearing on billboards across the country and full page press adverts. Most recently she has been appointed as a Young Global Leader by the World
Economic Forum (Davos), whose judging panel includes includes the CEOs of Yahoo,
Pearson, NBC, Reuters etc. The Young Global Leaders are an elite group of 237
chosen from 8000 candidates worldwide and are described as extraordinary
leaders, under 40 years old, and are clearly exceptional on a global level.
Leading on from this, she will be attending Davos 2005, plus a separate summit
in June designed to give the young global leaders 'a highly visible opportunity
to have a significant impact on world affairs'. Speaking Topics:
Testimonials: 'she connected with the audience at an emotional level and made a lasting impression'…..Microsoft 'It is always inspirational to hear the story from someone who has really pursued their dream and made it come true, particularly in such a down to earth fashion'…..GlaxoSmithKline 'your presentation hit the mark by encouraging people to push back the boundaries, develop a more entrepreneurial approach and simply make things happen!'…..GIST 'a truly inspirational experience'……Intrapreneurs Bootcamp, Cambridge University 'her strong message delivered in a natural way free of business psycho-babble'…..Jersey Business Awards 2004 Sahar was seamless, no notes and no pauses, very well polished' Scottish Enterprise 'you were a hit' ROCHE |
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