Terence Conran
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Merging my company with BHS – it was a great mistake.
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Losing my parents when they were relatively young. My dad was 59 and my mum died at 72, 14 years ago.
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Serving tea in an insurance office to people who seemed to despise me at the age of 16 was pretty unpleasant.
When my children arrived.
A car, which is used like a van; I should have just bought the van.
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