She spoke about her career path and said that if you don’t ask, you don’t get. She asked her audience not to psyche yourself out of trying because you don’t think you have a chance.

Rishi Rich spoke candidly about his childhood and paid tribute to his mother who raised him single-handedly, and had made choices that she thought would benefit her son’s future and always was supportive of his ambitions. He reflected on his childhood circumstances and how far he had come and that thinking big was instilled in him by his mother. She was his main influence and he was grateful to her for her support.

He always took the approach that he didn’t necessarily aim to be the best but always had ambitions to be one of the most respected producers in the world. He stayed focused----“this is what you want to do and this is how you are going to get there”. He found that ethos took him from his humble beginnings in council accommodation to where he is today.

He spoke of all his childhood heroes and idols and how he had had the privilege to cross paths with a majority of them. He spoke about learning to be resilient and also learning from all your experiences.

He has always known what he wanted to do and where he wanted to go, mainly because he wanted to always ensure his mother was looked after and that clear focus has always guided him. His mum and now his wife are his main inspirations and that he is lucky to be surrounded by strong inspiring women.

At each event WE partners with an enabling partner to facilitate the change from an idea to bringing it to fruition. At this event, Equity Stake was that partner. They are an investment company for the entrepreneur in the making. It has one simple aim – to help those with a great business idea but maybe no real entrepreneurial experience or background to grow a business. WE raised awareness for Delete Blood Cancer and offered the opportunity for people to sign up to the donation register. Reena went on to say “When we think of thinking big, what could be better that offering someone the gift of life?”

Mona Remtulla, Co-founder, WE said, ”this has been a great success and we have received positive feedback and are pleased to see a more diverse range of people attending our events and are happy to have welcomed more men here than ever before. This ensures that we have a great balance and have a fruitful dialogue as a collective group. Each speaker has been fantastic and I think we can all leave here today taking at least one thing home from each of them that will help us to think big in the future.”