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Entrepreneur Q&A: ex-Apprentice star, Natalie Reynolds (Panayi)

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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Since Natalie Reynolds appeared on series nine of The Apprentice, she’s launched a new clothing business, Style Cheat.
The company drives sales with the help of Instagram, building a loyal following of customers (or Cheetahs).
Reynolds talks to us about the lessons she learned from The Apprentice and how she’s taken these forward in business.
What were the toughest lessons you learned on The Apprentice?
I learned that I wasn’t willing to be a fake, hard-nosed businesswoman so that I could win a TV show. I also realised I can’t sell something that I don’t believe in. Being in a house with 15 other people who all think they’re the best of the best really puts things into perspective.
I didn’t want to be like that or be seen in that way because I found it annoying. I must have been annoying! I just want to make money from something I’m passionate about.
Your first fashion label, Panya London, was launched in 2013. What happened to it and how did that influence Style Cheat?
We got everything wrong when we launched Panya. We invested a lot of money into product but didn’t have a route to market and couldn’t attract

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Entrepreneur Q&A: Peter Hillary, co-founder of Edmund Hillary clothing

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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
It’s 10pm in New Zealand and Peter Hillary, son of Sir Edmund Hillary, is chatting to me from a remote location where the WiFi can just about withstand an interview.
He explains how he and his grandchildren set up clothing line, Edmund Hillary, recreating the wares of the world-famous mountaineer.
How did the business come about?
Well, it was one of those chance meetings with a man called Mike (EH’s co-founder and CEO). He got in touch with me when we were in London attending the thanksgiving service for my father’s life at Windsor Castle.
We discussed the possibility of trying to do something like this which would also benefit the work and the legacy of my father, particularly in Nepal, but also in outdoor activities for young people.
It’s been in the making since 2008. We’ve been working on various versions of the range and in the past few years, we’ve got investment and come up with some wonderful designs and so we launched towards the end of 2018.
The thing is that the clothing really isn’t made for mountaineers, it’s more for people who like the idea of mountaineering or who are mountaineers but are off-duty, so

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