'I couldn’t even afford a hoover when I started my business at 17 - now it’s worth £3.5 million and I’ve got 280 staff'
Rachael Flanagan's business Mrs Bucket is now worth £3.5 million - but when she set it up she couldn't even afford a hoover
The pregnant mum-of-one said: "I got average grades in media, art and IT at college, but I got a U in business."If I’d got a C, I might have gone down the university route and wouldn’t be in the situation I am now - but it gave me a drive to prove people wrong.
"I just went flyering constantly to try and start the business and waited for phone calls to come in.
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