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Deborah Meaden
English
Businesswoman
Born:
1959
Business
Good
Me
People
Think
You
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Running the country is like running one big business.
Deborah Meaden
Business
Country
Big
Running
Like
Big Business
I did ballroom dancing at school, but I was atrocious.
Deborah Meaden
School
Dancing
Atrocious
Ballroom
Did
I was never good at taking instructions.
Deborah Meaden
Good
Never
Taking
Instructions
I am a very loyal person and believe that people should be treated fairly in life.
Deborah Meaden
Life
People
Believe
Fairly
Am
Very
Person
Should
Loyal
Treated
I would have liked children, but I am not all disappointed. I've had a lot of stuff thrown at me in life so I don't dwell on it.
Deborah Meaden
Life
Me
Would
Thrown
Had
Disappointed
Stuff
Liked
Am
Lot
Dwell
Children
I am terrible. When I buy stuff, I want it straight away. If it says two to three weeks delivery - no way. I will find somewhere that will deliver it that afternoon.
Deborah Meaden
Buy
Will
Three
Somewhere
Way
Says
Find
Weeks
Deliver
Delivery
Stuff
Terrible
Am
Want
Afternoon
Straight
Away
Two
I care a lot about animal welfare and children. Although I don't have children myself.
Deborah Meaden
Myself
Animal
Welfare
Care
About
Although
Lot
Children
I'm not particularly tactile.
Deborah Meaden
Tactile
Particularly
I'm not great at taking compliments because I always find the thing I could do better.
Deborah Meaden
Great
Better
Find
Compliments
Could
Taking
Because
Always
Thing
I didn't want to get married.
Deborah Meaden
Married
Get
Get Married
Want
It can be difficult to find investment for a new business, particularly one which is highly innovative or breaks new ground.
Deborah Meaden
Business
Difficult
Innovative
Find
Investment
Highly
New
New Business
Particularly
Which
Breaks
Ground
We have a very good history of manufacturing in this country but I worry that these skills are being lost. We walk around saying, 'We haven't got any manufacturing any more' but Made In Britain really means something, particularly in other parts of the world. We need to support British manufacturing.
Deborah Meaden
Saying
Good
History
World
Walk
Made
Country
Lost
Other
Worry
Something
More
Support
Particularly
Parts
Around
Got
Very
Any
Being
Really
Means
Skills
Manufacturing
Britain
British
Need
My first paid job was leading pony rides along Minehead seafront when I was eight. I probably got paid sixpence - not much but I loved horses and it gave me a great chance to be near them.
Deborah Meaden
Great
Me
Job
First
Gave
Horses
Leading
Along
Got
Eight
Loved
Pony
Them
Much
Paid
Rides
Near
Chance
People can be very serious with me, and expect me to be very businesslike all the time. So I have to help them get over that by showing them that I enjoy life.
Deborah Meaden
Life
Time
Me
People
Enjoy Life
Enjoy
Over
Very
Expect
Get
Them
Help
Showing
Serious
When I sold Weststar Holidays, the idea was to take stock and stop and then decide in life - we were going to travel around the world or whatever we were going to do. After about two weeks my husband said to me, 'Oh for goodness sake Deborah, get yourself a business because this is driving me bonkers.'
Deborah Meaden
Life
Me
Travel
Business
Yourself
World
Husband
Goodness
Whatever
Sold
About
Weeks
Take
Driving
Idea
Because
Around
Said
Sake
Were
Stock
Get
Going
Oh
Stop
After
Decide
Holidays
Then
Two
Two Weeks
If someone needs help, I don't do tea and sympathy, but I'm honest and practical - that's how I was brought up.
Deborah Meaden
Needs
Tea
Sympathy
Brought
Someone
Practical
How
Up
Help
Honest
I don't like anything with too much dependency. Children are very dependent, which is probably why we never had them.
Deborah Meaden
Too Much
Too
Never
Had
Like
Very
Dependency
Dependent
Children
Anything
Which
Them
Much
Why
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