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Sahar Hashemi OBE

Sahar Hashemi is the visionary founder of Coffee Republic and Buy Women Built. She passionately believes that the Entrepreneurial Mindset is the answer to many of the largest problems facing big companies today. 

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In a world defined by speed and agility, businesses are struggling to evolve and adapt to shifting customer expectations. This combined with disruptive innovations and AI means ‘business as usual’ has been completely rewritten. Leaders are asking: How do we think more entrepreneurially? How do we move from inertia to action? Bureaucracy to creativity? To driving change rather than resisting it?

Sahar’s journey is testament to entrepreneurial spirit and resilience. From leaving a secure corporate law career to co-founding Coffee Republic, she turned the UK from tea drinkers to Latte lovers, building it to 110 locations and £30 million in turnover in just five years.

Currently as the founder of Buy Women Built, Sahar turned a 140-character tweet into a powerful movement of over 2,000 women founded brands generating a collective £2.5 billion in turnover, forever changing how retailers recognise and promote women-founded businesses with the launch of the first-ever women-built aisle on Ocado,

Sahar’s bestselling books, ’Anyone Can Do It’ and ’Start-Up Forever’, demystify entrepreneurial behaviour and provide a roadmap for building and maintaining startup energy in large organisations. Her experience scaling Coffee Republic gave her unique insights into how entrepreneurial energy and agility can diminish as companies grow. This transformation inspired Start-Up Forever, where she explores how organisations can retain their startup mindset to remain innovative and resilient.

Sahar’s global recognition includes being named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, receiving an OBE for services to the economy and charity, and being honored by Her Majesty The Queen as a “Pioneer to the life of the nation.”

Sahar doesn’t just teach entrepreneurial thinking – she lives it. Her proven formula tackles the barriers that hold large companies back: The comfort of bureaucracy, the fear of failure, perfectionism, and the inertia of “this is how we’ve always done it”. Through her powerful and practical keynotes, she leaves people with the tools and courage they need to unleash their own entrepreneurial mindset and stay ahead in a rapidly-evolving world.

Sahar’s Topics:

  • How to Think Like a Start Up in a Big Company
  • Busting Inertia: The Formula for Entrepreneurial Energy & Bold Leadership
  • Unlocking Entrepreneurial Energy
  • Leading Without a Map: The Entrepreneurial Mindset for a Rapidly Changing World
  • The Leadership Reset: Breaking Free from Corporate Stagnation
  • Unleashing Entrepreneurial Energy: The Key to Innovation & Growth
  • Leading Boldly in Big Business: How to Think & Act Like an Entrepreneur
  • Why Risk Isn’t the Enemy – Comfort Is”
  • The  Superpower of Women in Business”
  • The Buy Women Built Revolution
  • The Feminine Advantage
  • Unlocking Women’s Innovation Power
  • The Innovation DNA of Women
  • Why Women Are Innovation Powerhouses
“We have seen a lot of speakers over the years, and we really thought Sahar was excellent. A great storyteller, clear messaging and sign posting, she really worked hard to bring in the BUPA context and conscious of the examples she shared with a global audience. A really thought provoking and memorable session.”
“What a fabulous talk – the team were on fire afterwards and we all enjoyed having you.”
“Ratings from attendees concluded that 95% felt that Sahar provided insights on how to shift to an entrepreneurial mindset, 94% felt that she was engaging. Overall satisfaction with her session was 95%.”
“Sahar was brilliant! Her story resonated well with business leaders and it was really appreciated how she incorporated Aon language into her presentation.”
“Sahar succeeds in reconciling the brain with the heart, through common sense. By far the most engaging and credible keynote speaker we have had over the years.”
“Sahar is a powerful catalyst to drive entrepreneurship within big corporations. This is not an easy topic, the risk of staying at theory level is high. Sahar talks to people’s hearts in a way that awakens the entrepreneur inside. She sells a mindset and she equips you to go make it happen. She is a change agent, a catalyst of change to drive entrepreneurship with a tangible and ready to use approach.”
“Great presentation from Sahar at our Sandoz leaders meeting today. I loved the customer focus and the idea that we need to understand our customers and walk in their shoes to create an entrepreneurial and enterprise mindset.”

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