Robert Ashton

Robert Ashton has started three small businesses and sold two. He has also been instrumental in starting a charity and recently established a social enterprise. He has experienced the highs and lows of running his own company and knows how lonely life can be when you're your own boss. He believes that entrepreneurship is an attitude as well as a skill. He says that all successful entrepreneurs take control of their own lives. The best entrepreneurs however, also improve the lives of those...See more

Robert Ashton has started three small businesses and sold two. He has also been instrumental in starting a charity and recently established a social enterprise. He has experienced the highs and lows of running his own company and knows how lonely life can be when you're your own boss. He believes that entrepreneurship is an attitude as well as a skill. He says that all successful entrepreneurs take control of their own lives. The best entrepreneurs however, also improve the lives of those around them. Robert works with entrepreneurs of all kinds, advising growing businesses, evolving charities and social enterprises. He is a popular business speaker with a reputation for plain speaking and practical tips. A prolific author, Robert also writes regularly for a number of business and consumer magazines. He is increasingly becoming a social activist, challenging convention and encouraging innovation. See less