Rachel Elnaugh
Entrepreneur, Author, Mentor and Former Dragon's Den Investor

Rachel Elnaugh is one of Britain's highest profile female entrepreneurs.

Having started her working life as an office junior, at the age of 24 she created the market leading experiences brand Red Letter Days on a shoestring budget from the front room of her home. Red Letter Days went on to generate over £100million in turnover in the 16 years that she ran it, and in doing so pioneered the UK's £250 million experiences sector.

This earned her an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2002, as well as being short listed for the 2001 Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year award and the Growing Business Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2002.

Then, in early 2005, Rachel shot to fame as one of the original Dragons in BBCTV's BAFTA nominated cult business show Dragons' Den.

After the well-publicised crash of Red Letter Days in 2005, which followed the ill-advised expansion of the business three years earlier, Rachel stepped away from the media spotlight and has been working in the small business sector ever since, inspiring, motivating and helping entrepreneurs to achieve personal success.

Rachel is a prolific business speaker, having entertained audiences throughout the UK and beyond including Harvard Business School, the London Innovation Forum, and the Conservative Party Conference.

Amongst her many recent assignments, she chaired the Marketing Week two day Innovation Conference, hosted the StrategicRISK European Risk Management Awards and also appeared on stage with Anne Widdecombe and Oliver Letwin in a Dragons' Den style policy review panel at the Conservative Party Conference.

She has acted as a judge for many business awards including 'Accountancy Age', 'Enterprising Britain' and 'Women of Worth', has recently been appointed as an ambassador for the Prince's Trust, is an entrepreneur in residence at the British Library Business Centre, was presented with the IAB 'Champion for Entrepreneurship in the UK Award' for 2008 and also recently gave evidence to Parliament on how to develop an enterprise culture in the UK.

Rachel acts as mentor and consultant to a number of small businesses and launched her own unique Entrepreneurial Profiling system.  She has also launched a series of Entrepreneurial Masterclasses at the British Library Business Centre.

Her first book 'Business Nightmares' was published by Crimson in 2008 and was serialised in the Telegraph as well as being WHSmith's Business Book of the Month for May.  The paperback version is being released in April 2009.
Rachel lives in Bakewell, Derbyshire with her husband Chris and five sons Mark, Paul, Eddie, Michael and Jack.

Rachel Elnaugh is an accomplished business speaker having been on the professional speaking circuit for the past three years. Here are just some of her recent engagements: She is asked to speak on a variety of business related topics and always tailors her presentation to the client and the brief for the event. Past subjects have included:

•What Tomorrow Holds for the UK Economy
•Surviving the Recession
•Entrepreneurship: Enabling Enterprise and Innovation
•Are You An Entrepreneur?
•Business Nightmares: Overcoming Adversity in Business
•Rachel Elnaugh – The Entrepreneurial Journey
•Marketing Innovation in Business
•Building a Market Leading Brand
•The Challenges Facing Women in Business
•Surviving Growing Pains in Business
•The Role of the Non-Executive Director
•"The Future is Feminine"

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