If there is anyone who knows how to grow a business it is James Caan. As well as being co-founder of The EBA he is a serial entrepreneur and runs his successful private equity firm, Hamilton Bradshaw. We asked him to reflect on his success stories so you can learn from his lessons.

Sometimes you have to demonstrate a sense of realism. Every time I demonstrate to people how to do something, I needed to show them the good and the bad.

Successful people do the things they do in order to get the results they want – which may not be what they want to do at that time. Self discipline is key – it’s a sacrosanct ingredient for success.

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The life of a solopreneur and business owner is definitely exciting and takes us to an edge on a daily basis yet it isn’t for the faint hearted. We definitely need to keep ourselves ground and focused if we are to achieve the best each day for our venture.