Sian Gabbidon

"I’m very confident in myself as a person, and I know I work well in business, but you just never know with the tasks. The first couple of weeks were really hard."

"“Actually, if I put my head down and do the right things, I could bloody win this.” I felt I grew a lot more in confidence during the process and eventually won it. So yeah, I did something right."

"One of the key things for me going in was to just be myself. I tried to stay calm. I did not want the aggressive label. In business sometimes, that’s how people are and that’s what works for them, but that’s not how I would want to manage my own."

"Usually, you’d have to remind yourself what happened but this part was just selling myself and my business, and that’s my passion. That’s what I know everything about. So by that point, it was great to be able to just talk abut the business and to sell it."

"In business sometimes, that’s how people are and that’s what works for them, but that’s not how I would want to manage my own. So I tried to keep out of confrontation, focus on the prize and keep people on board. But by the end, I wanted to show myself a bit more. I think everything I did worked really well and, obviously I’ve won so... I can't even believe I’m saying that."

"You have to work hard for money and save for a rainy day."

"I ended up working pretty much every hour I possibly could and reined in my spending as well so that I could invest in my business."

"You’ve got to have that entrepreneurial flair where you will find the answer to the problem."

"As long as you’ve got a solid idea and a strategy to get to where you want to be - just give it a go."

"The rise of social media made it easier to make and sell my own clothes and get into the fashion world."

"“Am I going to feel passionate about my business every day for the rest of my life?”"

"You don’t need massive amounts of money behind you when you start, but finding the right products for your business can really help."

"Business owners shouldn’t be afraid to ask for help from the people who have the answers."

"I think you need a little bit of everything. I think you have to kind of play it safe to begin with a little bit, you have to listen to people and work as a team, but towards the end you kind of use your own initiative and be a bit more outspoken."