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How a Brain Haemorrhage Inspired This Entrepreneur’s Next Business Idea
Interview with serial entrepreneur Jo Tutchener-Sharp
Jo Tutchener-Sharp is a serial entrepreneur — Founder of Beauty PR agency Beauty Seen, the BRITs Spa and Scamp & Dude — a business that came about after Jo had to leave her young children at home (aged one and three) in order to undergo life threatening brain surgery. Her time in hospital, away from her children, gave her the idea for award-winning clothing company Scamp & Dude; “From something dark came something light.”
Scamp & Dude works with several charities including one through which they are able to gift their Superhero Sleep Buddy to children in intensive care.
Facing death and an uncertain future makes you look at things very differently.
Newnham: Can you tell us a bit about your background and what you were like growing up?
Jo Tutchener-Sharp: I grew up in a small town in Shropshire, spending most of my time playing in fields, hanging out of trees and looking for fairies on the river bank. I was lucky enough to have an extremely idyllic childhood in a very loving, happy home. I believe this upbringing has a great deal to do with the confidence I have as an adult which has enabled me to take risks and follow my dreams.
