Pat Cooper - My name is Pat Cooper. I was a senior Human Resources manager for a large multi national Company in the IT industry.It was a well paid professional job and I'd been in that business for 35 years. I was just coasting to retirement - the job wasnt challenging me any longer and I'd reached the limit as far as any career prosects were concerned.

Miriam Phinda - Hello, my name is Miriam Phinda. Single mom of 2 beautiful and intelligent children. I am currently studying towards a degree in Business and Financial Management. I worked for 12 years as an Administrator and always had big dreams of becoming my own boss, but didn’t have the capital to do it and no way of obtaining a loan Funnily enough I wasn’t consciously thinking about business at the time - I started as a customer, but then got excited about the products.

Denise Cain - Hi. My name’s Denise Cain. My background is in local government. I had a fairly senior position with the local council and in my spare time I teach salsa.

Arabella Wessels - My name is Arabella M. Wessels, before I worked as a hairdresser In my spare time I earned extra money as fashion model. All my life I wanted to be my own boss and started a business from home. My first idea was to study and become beauty therapist.