Nothing ventured, Nothing gained
13 September 2012
It’s hard enough to start a new job - but when you are also starting the company the risks are rivalled only by the potential rewards. AT finds out what it takes to succeed
First there was the National Lottery, now there are Internet companies. The papers are full of stories of people (often very young people) who have spent two weeks setting up a web-based company, only to float it or sell it shortly afterwards for millions of pounds.
Of course not every start-up manages this kind of success - in fact most still face huge...