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Finding the money to finance your enterprise will be a continuous challenge, warns John Teeling.
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As well as being founder and chairman of Cooley Distillery, John Teeling has been involved in the natural resources sector since he began setting up companies in the early Eighties. His ventures include African Gold, Pan Andean Resources, Alternative Energy Resources and West African Diamonds, which has just completed a reverse takeover of Stellar Diamonds. Teeling is currently chairman of eight companies.
25.Feb.2010 Finding the money to finance your enterprise will be a continuous challenge in the early stages, warns John Teeling.
25.Feb.2010 It's vital to accept the fact that you are almost certainly going to have eight or 10 hard years before your business becomes successful, says John Teeling.
25.Feb.2010 Coming up with a big idea for your business, one that you believe passionately in, is the starting point for any successful start-up, says John Teeling.