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Sara Davies

ARCHETYPE

The Catalyst

Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.

Sara Davies embodies The Catalyst through a sustained drive to activate potential in others, igniting momentum rather than controlling outcomes. Her investor philosophy is explicitly mentorial, in her words to be a mentor, a coach, a role model, and her public speaking, her book, and her Dragon relationships all serve one purpose, transmitting an entrepreneurial mindset so it rubs off. She energises whole ecosystems, not merely the companies she backs.

IN THEIR WORDS, WHY CATALYST

I get my kicks and my cups filled up from knowing I've helped those entrepreneurs, and that is worth so much more in my life to the money that I make on business deals.

ON HER MOTIVATION AS INVESTOR

Mindset will get you 98% of the way. They have no doubt about it.

ASSESSING DRAGONS' DEN PITCHERS

You are a product of the people you surround yourself with. Choose wisely. Choose really, really wisely. That's what's really paid off in my career.

ADVICE ON BUILDING SUCCESS

WAYS TO CHANGE THE WORLD WITH KRISHNAN GURU-MURTHY

Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy: “Dragons' Den star Sara Davies on the mindset of success”

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