Each speaker on the day offered his or her unique wisdom and experience.

Sahar Hashemi with her brother Bobby founded Coffee Republic and within 5 years built it into one of the UK’s most recognised high street brands with 100 bars and a turnover of £30m. They gave up their highly paid professional jobs and staked everything on a dream — and made Coffee Republic one of the main players in the ‘coffee revolution’ that transformed a nation of tea drinkers to one obsessed with ‘triple grande vanilla skinny lattes’.

Also in the line up was Michael O’Doherty Co-founder of the Plexus Health Care and Educational System has contributed in many ways in enabling thousands of people from all over the world to return to health. He has also contributed in a positive manner to the ever changing world Culture. He is Best Selling Author of ‘Bio-Energy Healing - Therapy of the Future’. In September he launched his second book.

Sarah Newman, Entrepreneur and Irish Dragon, left school aged 16 with very few formal qualifications. She moved to Ireland May 1994 to set up Needahotel.com. Starting with zero funding, needahotel.com sold hotel accommodation wholesale to travel agents and tour operators in Ireland at heavily discounted prices. Needahotel.com introduced a massive selection of hotels worldwide for travel agents and tour operators to put together their own packages for clients.