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If you live life in your comfort zone don’t even consider starting a new business. This is the message from Cecily Mills, owner of Coconuts Organic, which has gone from strength to strength during the four years of its existence. There are two things I’ve learned in setting up a new business. Firstly, don’t even think about searching for a comfort zone and, secondly, do not seek perfection – especially during the first few years. If, at times, you experience moments of blind panic, then fine. It’s par for the course and probably means your company is going places. But let’s...

One of the thing, as a founder, that I get asked a lot is ‘what about work life balance’ or ‘ ‘how do you balance work and the family’. It’s the dream: you leave your J.O.B.  (Just Over Broke according to the very great Robert Kiosaki.). The job that has you slaving away to meet the demands of The Boss.  The Boss that has you answering your phone at any hour of the day - often a sense of impending doom rushing over you every time you hear it chime.  The job that has you checking your emails before your...

How to get a business from your kitchen table to high street supermarkets? How to get food start up off the ground. Cecily Mills - Chef Coconut at Coconuts Organic spoke to the BBC to divulge her CEO secrets as to how she achieved just that. Cecily started from her kitchen table and worked tirelessly to produce creamy, plant based dairy free ice cream.

Appearing on Dragon’s Den is always a pretty nerve-racking experience. Cecily took Coconuts Organic (previously known as Coconuts Naturally) in front of the Dragons. Even though she was confident that her plant based, dairy free ice cream was creamy and delicious it was a huge relief to hear it described as “exceptional” and “amazing” the best free from dairy free ice cream Dragon, Peter Jones had tasted.