Sahar is a serial entrepreneur, Founder of @Buywomenbuilt, Coffee Republic, Skinny Candy, a speaker, visionary and coach.

MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES HAVE GIVEN ME A GROUND-LEVEL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT START UP CULTURE REALLY IS AND WHY IT GETS BLOCKED IN BIG COMPANIES.” A former lawyer, she started two ground-breaking businesses: the UK’s first coffee bar chain, Coffee Republic, which she grew to 110 stores and a £50 million market cap, and Skinny Candy, a market segment-defining brand of sugar-free sweets. Her first book, ANYONE CAN DO IT became a bestseller by demystifying the idea that entrepreneurship is an innate trait. Her latest, START UP FOREVER, stems from her experience working with large corporations over the last decade and addresses one of the most pressing questions now facing large organisations: how to be more entrepreneurial. Her mission is to connect the heart as well as the head in big business and distil the unnecessarily complex subject of innovation and entrepreneurial behaviour down into simple, actionable and human terms. Sahar is currently working on her exciting new project Buy Women Built, which launched in March 2022 to boost economic recovery by bringing consumer support and recognition to female founded businesses. We could not be more excited about this push for female founded products and are so grateful to Sahar for her vision, determination and service to grow the economy by encouraging women entrepreneurs.