Remember: if the most unique ideas were obvious to everyone, there wouldn’t be entrepreneurs. The one thing that every entrepreneurial journey has in common is that there are many, many steps on the road to success.

Being an entrepreneur isn’t just a job title, and it isn’t just about starting a company. It’s a state of mind. It’s about seeing connections others can’t, seizing opportunities others won’t, and forging new directions that others haven’t.

Sometimes women entrepreneurs are their own challenge, [in terms of] believing in themselves. There is no need to apologise for being ambitious.

I wanted to help women and their families.

Big businesses can help by engaging aspiring entrepreneurs and promoting initiatives which support small businesses from within.

I think women do work differently; it's important to have both men and women. They offer different things.

I could eat gazpacho three times a day.