Lightbulb Moment 9: Ann Summers Chief Executive, Jacqueline Gold CBE, on staying true to your vision

Do you want to know how to make the impossible possible? Jacqueline Gold CBE, Chief Executive of Gold Group International, Ann Summers and Knickerbox, is a living, breathing example of an entrepreneur who achieved just that.

In her early twenties, Jacqueline set off on her business adventure to revolutionise the way women view, feel and talk about sex, and since then, has disrupted the entire industry. 

This week’s Lightbulb Moment is taken from Holly’s conversation with Jacqueline, where she shares how she unexpectedly coined the idea for her Ann Summers parties, and the barriers she had to overcome for her groundbreaking idea to be taken seriously by a business world of greying men. 

Recalling how her career too began in a completely different way to what she had imagined, Holly explains her theory of why brands that understand their customer and what they fundamentally need, have the power to change the world even when nobody else can see it just yet. 

This is a lesson from Holly in why you should trust the process, your gut and the universe, to achieve your dreams… 

Listen to Jacqueline Gold’s episode here. 

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