The 20 20 vision
The Business: harrisongreen The Hero: Paul Green The Alchemist: Martyn Overton, East Midlands Made In: United Kingdom
Paul Green is ready. He has seen it all in the 12 years since he started harrisongreen. He just did not fit the corporate mold. He is someone who just calls it like it is and that was not always welcome in a big business environment. So, he thought he’d make a fresh start and pour his 14 years of experience in office products into starting his own office supplies company. That way he could be in charge of his own ‘turf’.
Now, 12 years later, he is feeling pretty good after having survived two near collapses. The last recession almost took down his business because he just “allowed the economic downturn to affect the business”. The company was not pro-active enough.
“The office product industry was down and in reality we did not react quick enough. We did not do anything wrong, we were just slow. So, we put some money back into the business and the following year our sales grew again 17%,” says Paul.
He is now hungry to cement not only the survival but also the ongoing success of the company.
The beginning was tough, very tough. Starting without a single client, it was a matter of getting down to business-
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