Peter Jones Quotes

Peter Jones

Profession : Businessman

Birth : March 18, 1966

When you do make losses, or you have businesses that don't succeed, it's about knowing when to stop and do something else.

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There are lots of people who say you are born an entrepreneur - you either have that gene or not. I really disagree with that.

Peter Jones

I've certainly learnt there's nothing more important than cash - cash flow issues are one of the biggest causes of company failures.

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I lost my computer business when I was 29 because I gave credit to firms I didn't investigate. I lost my house and had to move back in with my parents and then I lived in an office for six months.

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My father was an air conditioning engineer and we lived in a three-bedroom terraced house in Langley before moving to a four-bedroom house in Maidenhead, where my parents still live.

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I have seen celebrities whose friends change as they become more successful, but my friends haven't changed over 30 years. I've still got some of the friends I had when I was 14 and I see them regularly with their families.

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I want my kids to be polite and respectful, stand on their own two feet.

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I find it very, very difficult to watch myself on TV.

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People have dreams, don't they? Young people have enormous vision for their futures. I think a lot of them are realising that they won't necessarily be Robbie Williams but they might be brilliant businessmen and businesswomen.

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I've played a massive and growing part in making business glamorous and even, yes, sexy.

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Business is about more than just money. It's about being creative and innovative.

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I passionately believe that you should start a company that you really believe in. Don't start something that you have no interest in, start something that you're passionate about.

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If I'm filming 'Dragons' Den', we work flat out until 8pm, although I love seeing the weird, wonderful and plain delusional.

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I'm 6ft 7in and I was a bit like a giraffe on the tennis court, though I did play at county level.

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It was tennis that got me started in business. When I was 16 and about to embark on my A-levels, I set up a tennis academy and became one of the youngest qualified tennis coaches in the country. It did well; by the time I was 19 I was able to buy my first house.

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All young people can benefit from practical business knowledge but especially those from the poorest parts of the country.

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I want enterprise and entrepreneurship embedded in the national curriculum and will continue to lobby government until it happens.

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When I was 12 I worked with someone - it was actually an English teacher at my school, John Woodward. He was the only teacher in the school to have a top-of-the-range Porsche and all the trappings of success, so it was very interesting for me to find out how he did it. He was probably the wealthiest English teacher in the community.

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I really don't want to encourage young people to think that life is about money only. Life is about being able to give yourself choice.

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If you want to make your own decisions about where you work, what you do, what you earn and what you buy, then being able to make money is an important factor.

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