Ebike entrepreneur Caroline Seton explains why start-ups should withstand external pressures to change course
Dougal Shaw
Dougal Shaw is senior correspondent at Business Leader. He is a digital journalist and multiplatform creative focused on entrepreneurship and how leaders succeed. He previously worked at the BBC and runs Business Leader's My Business Leader Secret video series.
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