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"“The diversity gap begins with how start‑ups are founded. Chances are they’re set up with people the founders know and trust, so it tends to be males who are friends.”"
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"“Diversity and inclusion arent things you do separately. Its a lived experience every day and it frames you. It determines what you do, it determines outcomes and what you can achieve.”"
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Lopa Patel, MBE, is a digital entrepreneur. Her parents were shopkeepers who arrived in Britain as refugees from Kenya in the 1970s. After graduating BSc from UMIST in 1986 and pursuing a graduate traineeship at ICI, Patel took over a printing business which she developed into the database management and direct marketing company DMS Direct. She went on to found Redhotcurry.com and the online shopp
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