'I quit uni to launch my own company - and turned £100 into £100k in the first six MONTHS'
Briony released a new design every week, until she had five or six, working out of her mum's house, where she was living at the time.
"My target was Ocean Beach Ibiza type high-end swimwear. I knew if I could sell a few for £50 or £60, that's where the money was made.Briony GortonBriony recently treated her mum Tina, who's her business partner, to a Mini convertible "That’s what’s so gutting to me, not only have they replicated and sold it, they’re then selling it in bulk to UK businesses who have no idea the work I put into it.Briony plans to build her own house from scratch once she has three years of self-employed records under her beltShe says she always knew she'd be successful - despite teachers saying she'd 'amount to nothing'
After a year, they realised the house wasn't big enough for the business anymore - and got an office space with a photo studio in Burnley.
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