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James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

How does that work?

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

Because you're very much on the creative side, as I'm hearing.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

Exactly.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

So you run it like a triumvirate in a sense.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

And yeah, she's been great.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

So you've grown this business organically over time.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

Do you ever, looking back, think maybe it would have been interesting to have taken an outside investment to sort of accelerate your growth or expand more quickly or open other workshops or go around the world?

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

I mean, some businesses are very aggressive.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

Fair enough.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

So you've really enjoyed and focused on the design and building, and that's where you want to keep it.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

Yeah, I think so.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

I think that's really...

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

Well, sort of observed because why every business needs to grow at some great accelerated rate is not obvious to me.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

There are lots of businesses that continue for long periods doing really good work.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

Yeah.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

Yeah, I mean, it sounds to me like you absolutely do.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

And, you know, I think focusing on exits maybe is to the detriment of the customer and the people in the business.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

I mean...

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

And what a great message, I might add.

James Reed: all about business
80. How a £5,000 Workshop Became a Global Luxury Furniture Brand | Tom Faulkner

I think that's so important.