BNI was delighted to have Peter Chadlington, chief executive of Huntsworth, visit us for breakfast on October 1, 2008. Peter shared with us his five rules for being a successful entrepreneur.

1. Go into a business in which you are passionate.
2. Have a vision. It has to be something that stretches you.
3. Entrepreneurs are full of great ideas. You need a financial person who is not afraid to speak up.
4. You need the ability to get over setbacks. Brush yourself up and start over again.
5. Have people around you who are like minded. They are ambassadors to you.

About Lord Chadlington

Lord Chadlington has spent his entire working life in communications, as a journalist after graduating from Cambridge University and later in Public Relations both in-house and consultancy. He founded Shandwick in 1974 and the company was publicly listed in 1984. He established Shandwick as the largest PR consultancy in the UK, holding that position for the next 17 years. He built the firm overseas and it was sold to The Interpublic Group of Companies in 1998, forming the group that became the largest PR consultancy in the world. Lord Chadlington is a former director of Halifax plc and has written and lectured extensively on communications, politics and Public Relations. He was created a life peer in 1996. Lord Chadlington is a non-executive director of Britax Childcare Holdings Limited.