It was my birthday a few days back (yay!) and I am now the grand old age of 35. Woolf Works also turned the grand old age of 1 so it feels like a particularly poignant time. This year has really been the cliché entrepreneur’s rollercoaster – big highs of accomplishment with big lows of ‘what the hell have I gotten myself into’.

  One of the biggest traits of an entrepreneur is our gungho, do-it-yourself attitude. This is usually borne from necessity, due to lack of funds. When you’ve just started a business, there is often little choice but to bootstrap it.

Have you ever met someone who delivered such a perfect pitch that you felt inclined to buy the product, sign up for a service or help promote their cause almost immediately?