{"id":299,"date":"2014-11-08T09:09:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T08:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate2014\/?page_id=299"},"modified":"2014-11-08T13:53:22","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T12:53:22","slug":"sahar-hashemi-obe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate2014\/friday\/sahar-hashemi-obe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sahar Hashemi OBE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Blog\u00a0written\u00a0by Penny Bartlett<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sahar Hashemi OBE \u2013 Entrepreneur is the new women\u2019s movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/harrogate2014\/files\/sahar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-533\" alt=\"sahar\" src=\"\/harrogate2014\/files\/sahar.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Take the leap, there\u2019s always a safety net\u2019, Sahar recommended to conference to help unlock our creativity.<\/p>\n<p>A highly successful entrepreneur who founded \u2018Coffee Republic\u2019 and \u2018Skinny Candy\u2019, Sahar has written books based on her achievements.<\/p>\n<p>Having trained as a solicitor she quickly discovered that the profession was not the fun that she had hoped for and through walking away from it she realized that she wanted to follow her own path although at the time she was unaware of her entrepreneurial skills.<\/p>\n<p>Sahar explained the steep learning curves of an entrepreneur and the need for self-belief \u2013 if doubts arise then she recommended that we press the \u2018delete\u2019 button. Sahar emphasized that this was particularly important for Soroptimists in their work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sahar\u2019 six habits for success are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>THE IDEA \u2013 be your own customer -empathy is the ultimate<\/li>\n<li>MARKET RESEARCH \u2013 think like a novice<\/li>\n<li>IMPORTANCE OF BEING CLUELESS &#8211; questioning, learning<\/li>\n<li>NOTCHING UP NO\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>MAKE IT HAPPEN \u2013 \u2018bootstrapping\u2019 (the detail)<\/li>\n<li>BE 100% YOURSELF- unlock your creativity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anyone can do it, especially women, and it ties in well with the 3E\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOW MUCH YOU DO IT = HOW WELL YOU DO IT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Sahar Hashemi is founder of \u2018Coffee Republic\u2018 and \u2018Skinny Candy\u2019, and author of \u201cAnyone Can Do It \u2013 Building Coffee Republic from Our Kitchen Table\u201d and \u201cSwitched On\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 She was 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