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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lydia Spencer-Elliott

Sian Sutherland: ‘Radical naivety is a super power when starting a business’

‘I learnt more about business in five years of running a restaurant than in anything else I’ve done’ - (Sian Sutherland)

Sian Sutherland is a business chameleon who’s pivoted to a new industry every seven years. She started her career in advertising before taking a leap and opening a restaurant in Soho – she earned her first Michelin star a year later, aged 25.

After successfully opening her own marketing agency, she saw a gap in the market for pregnancy skincare products. Her brand, Mama Mio, was stocked in Selfridges, Harrods and John Lewis, with its first product, Tummy Rub, bringing in revenues of $500,000 (£365,500) in the first year. She sold the company for £3.7m in 2015.

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