“I consider my position in the business world not as a woman but as a p...” — Deborah Meaden Quote

I consider my position in the business world not as a woman but as a person.

I'm not great at taking compliments because I always find the thing I could do better.

I'm always asked about how women get on in the boardroom and my answer is always, 'Never acknowledge that you are a woman. Your gender is not the point.'

I did ballroom dancing at school, but I was atrocious.

We have a very good history of manufacturing in this country but I worry that these skills are being lost. We walk around saying, 'We haven't got any manufacturing any more' but Made In Britain really means something, particularly in other parts of the world. We need to support British manufacturing.

The leverage and influence social media gives citizens are rapidly spreading into the business world.

While I was playing, I started a company that didn't work out. I got a taste of the business world and realized I'm not going to be a 9-to-5 guy in the office after football is over. When the opportunity came for television. I thought, 'Let's go for it,' even though it was nerve-racking. I enjoyed it.

Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.

In the business world and the volunteer world, each job has certain requirements that must be met in order for that job to be done properly and for that organization to survive and prosper.