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" Businesses might have been helped by the ability to promote themselves on the Internet, but they have also been hit by the web's encouragement of time-wasting by their staff. "
Theo Paphitis
Encouragement
Internet
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" I'm a very considerate spender. I'm a shopper, and I do spend money, but I think about it first. "
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" I used to see Triumph TR7s and E-Type Jags, and I used to think, 'One day, I'm gonna have one of those.' I remember seeing an E-Type and walking round it 40 or 50 times. "
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" Making the first million is hard; making the next 100 million is easy. "
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" Save money; never rely on other people to lend you money. We call it having 'walking the streets' money - money in your back pocket or bank account that belongs to you. "
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" Ultimately, if you don't have an interest in what you do, it will be so much harder to make money from it. "
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" For me, the high street is a key part of how we live, what sort of community we are, how we get our news, and how we get our gossip. "
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" I admire people who have passion and energy. "
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" I am the most conservative person you will ever come across, and that's because I'm good at reducing risks while leaving the potential rewards high. "
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" My parents divorced, my brothers and I ended up living with my mother, and we were living with the choice of heating or eating. My mum was working, but she needed financial support to make ends meet. I had to have free school dinners and free school uniforms. "
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" Without hope, the very fabric of our society will fall apart. "
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" In the 1960s, my first-generation immigrant parents were gifted the olive branch of a blue British passport when working for the British Army in Cyprus. It completely transformed the Paphitis story. "
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" It's called common sense, but it's not common. Most people don't have it. "
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" I'd rather be rich and miserable than poor and miserable. "
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" I've always maintained the basic business principles of keeping it simple, doing your homework, hard work, and common sense. "
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Doing
" The wider the exposure that we give children of the real working world, the better. "
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" I cringe when I watch myself on camera. I'm not articulate, and I'm dyslexic, but somehow it works. "
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" I'm a traditionalist, a family man. I love my kids. I believe I have brought them up the right way. They are all very different: they have different drives, different ambitions. They are never going to be me. They are going to be themselves. "
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" People in emerging markets want to do business with the U.K. I don't see why the U.K. should be penalised for this. "
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" When making an investment, the people are more important than the product. "
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People
" My vision is that everyone who has ever won an #SBS retweet from me becomes part of a friendly club. Like-minded individuals can share successes and learn. "
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Me
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" I'd like to think people know what I stand for, which is straight-talking honesty and telling you not just what you want to hear but where it is at. "
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" I'm a shopaholic. I really am. I can't help myself. I do go into, browse, and purchase from my own shops, too, although the CEOs who run my businesses wish I didn't. "
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" I like the odd day relaxing by the pool, but I couldn't stand to sunbathe for an entire week. "
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" I'm incredibly passionate about business, about small businesses, and about kids being given the right skills so they are successful. "
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" If you look at all the investments made during 'Dragons' Den,' the ratio of those that make it to those that don't is actually extremely high. "
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" The reality in business and in 'Dragons' Den' is you win some, and you lose some. "
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" The high streets I remember best were Seven Sisters Road in north London and then sunny Peckham in south London after we moved there. They were where my parents used to shop. They were great, part of being a teenager. "
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" If the cash runs out, it's like a heart attack for you and your business. Keep that front and centre of your mind, and you will have financial security and not be struggling to pay the bills. "
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" The high street is not a retail thing: it's a social thing, part of the British lifestyle. And I say that as someone who started his life on Limassol high street in Cyprus. "
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