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Sahar Hashemi is an entrepreneur, author, and internationally renowned speaker, best known as the founder of Coffee Republic, the UK’s first US style coffee bar chain.
After beginning her career as a lawyer and investment banker, Sahar made the bold decision to leave the corporate world behind. Inspired by a trip to New York, she co founded Coffee Republic with her brother, building it into one of the UK’s most recognised high street brands within five years, with over 100 locations and £30m turnover.
Today, Sahar is a leading voice on entrepreneurial mindset, innovation, and cultural change. Drawing on her experience of building and scaling businesses, as well as working closely with global organisations, she helps companies become more agile, resilient, and open to new ideas.
Her bestselling book, Anyone Can Do It, challenges the myth that entrepreneurship is an innate trait and has been translated into multiple languages. She later founded Skinny Candy, a disruptive sugar free confectionery brand, which was successfully sold in 2007.
Sahar’s latest book, Start Up Forever, explores how large organisations can unlock innovation and embed a start up culture. It was named a Financial Times Business Book of the Month and is widely used by leaders looking to drive meaningful change.
With a rare combination of corporate insight and entrepreneurial experience, Sahar delivers practical, actionable insights that help organisations think differently and perform at their best.
– Embracing change – Working outside your comfort zone
– Encouraging entrepreneurial behaviour in a corporate environment and keeping the start up culture alive
– Stepping into the customer’s shoes
– Understanding True Brand Value
– Getting work done by embracing persistence and resilience
You truly galvanized people in the room into feeling they could and should make changes in their approach to work – which is precisely the outcome we wanted
It was my absolute pleasure to have that conversation with you! I’ve received very positive feedback from people across the team, in fact someone on my own team said you were her favorite guest speaker she’s ever heard… she learned so much
