Startup Secrets

#13: “It’s just as important to not start a business that isn’t going to work” with Nick Jenkins

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In this episode I speak with a dragon... in the TV sense at least! I had the pleasure of chatting with Nick Jenkins; founder of Moonpig.com, Dragon on the BBC's Dragon's Den, Philanthropist, and Angel Investor.   Nick has an amazing backstory, starting with him reading Russian at university, before going on to live in the Soviet Union (as it then was) and surviving its downfall. Further to starting and successfully exiting a business in Russia, Nick went on to do an MBA in the UK during which time he came up with the idea for Moonpig.com.   After years of planning, hard work, and very impressive growth, Nick sold Moonpig for a cool £120,000,000 (