Flotation
‘It’s great being listed on the market – it stops you from adopting a maverick style’
Karren Brady, managing director of Birmingham City Football Club

Technology
‘Mine is the only office in the building that doesn’t have a computer that works’
Philip Green, retail entrepreneur

Overseas expansion
‘German culture is the most difficult to deal with – they have a very ingrained way of doing business’
Toby Esser, chief executive of reinsurance broker Cooper Gay