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The Road from Afghanistan to Entrepreneur

With Jeannette Linfoot · Army to business · Mindset

Nick's road from British Army officer, including Afghanistan, to building his own companies. With Jeannette Linfoot on what the Army teaches you about pressure and planning, what it does not teach you about business, and the discipline that carries across.

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Nick Thorpe: sixteen years a British Army officer, then a decade building his own companies in property and investment. He coaches owner-led UK businesses through CoreOS, the operating system he runs his own companies on, and turns applicants away when the fit is wrong.

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