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The joy, sadness and fear of selling up

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I sold a business called Giraffe, the popular, family-friendly restaurant chain, last week. Letting go is often a bittersweet experience and in this case especially so, since I had been chairman and co-owner for nine years and seen the company expand 10-fold during my involvement.

Moreover, it was a fabulous journey. We created hundreds of jobs, paid plenty in tax, enjoyed the ride and gave untold thousands of diners a lot of pleasure.

It is undeniably always wonderful to get a big cheque, and according to certain criteria that is the point of it all – to bank a profit.

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盧克•強森

盧克•強森(Luke Johnson)是一位成果頗豐的企業家和創業家,他爲英國《金融時報》撰寫企業家專欄。他目前擔任英國皇家藝術協會的主席,並管理著一傢俬人股本投資公司——Risk Capital Partners。強森曾在牛津大學學醫,但是畢業後卻進入投行業。他在1992年收購PizzaExpress,擔任其董事長,並將其上市。到1999年出售的時候,PizzaExpress的股價已經從40英鎊漲至800英鎊。

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