Penny Streeter was homeless and broke in the 80s but now, she’s a self-made entrepreneur, founder and chief executive of the A24 Group valued at over £200 million. Listen in as Rob and Penny discuss her incredible, motivational and emotional rollercoaster journey as Penny reveals all in this insightful episode of the Disruptive Entrepreneur. KEY TAKEAWAYS Hard work pays. You will never achieve anything if you just sit there and do nothing, you need to get up and work until you achieve your goals and you need to also understand that speed is very important for the success of your business. Aim to understand the game of your competitors very well and then outdo them in what you’re doing. It’s not hard to beat your competitors, you only need to beat them at their own game. The secret of growing your business is reinvesting everything that the business earns back into the business, and you will soon realise that the money you’re investing is growing.  Avoid loans at all costs. Try and innovate to make sure that you stay ahead of the game, have a big fear of failure. When you have the fear of failure, you will always work even harde Education is the key to success, you need to have the right knowledge in you for you to start and run a business successfully, but you also need to know that starting early gives you an added advantage of time, where when you fail, you've got time to get up and do the right thing. A sale is just listening to what your customer wants, and then providing them with that solution. A sale is the most crucial element in any business because if you don’t sell anything in a business, then you are not in any business. Changing your mindset could be the best thing that you will ever do because success is all in your mindset if you think you can't, you can't and if you think you can, you definitely can. It’s all about positive thinking. BEST MOMENTS “Nothing is forever.”  “There's no such thing as can't, hard work never kills anyone.” “Success does not come overnight, you grow with it.” “Anything can be done.” “If you say you can't and you keep pushing yourself away, then you definitely will never do it.” “Success is the best form of revenge.” “You just need a good idea and just to find that opportunity to start a business.” “It’s not how many mistakes you make; it's how quickly you can remedy things.” “If you feel you can do something, just do it, and just remain focused on it.” “Motivation plays a big part in everything that we do.”   ABOUT THE GUEST Penny Streeter OBE is the founder and chief executive of the A24 Group. In 1996, she set up what has become one of the most successful healthcare staffing organisations: Ambition 24hours, now part of the A24 Group. Driven by a passion for delivering a quality service, the company was one of the first providers to recognise the need for staffing suppliers to be ready and available to respond to emergency requirements for staff on a 24-7/365 basis. The 24 Group places over 100,000 hours of healthcare professionals weekly, operating on two continents, with a complement of over 350 recruiters and over 20,000 healthcare professionals. The group looks forward to a future of further opportunity and growth, in support of clients, candidates and patients. CONTACT METHOD https://www.a24group.com/penny-streeter https://www.restaurant-interlude.co.uk/ https://www.pennystreeter.net/ https://www.instagram.com/pennystreeterobe/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/pennystreeter/ https://www.facebook.com/penny.s.rea   [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com