Claire Bradford: one specialism makes better business sense

When I was about three, my best friend wanted to be a vet.

She stuck to this all the way through school, chose the right subjects to study at the right level, worked hard, went off to Cambridge and became a vet. Me?

I wanted to be a pharmacist, then a psychologist, then an actress. Almost every week it was something different.

When it came to choosing my subjects for GCSE, A-Level and even at degree level, I hedged my bets and kept my options as wide open as possible to avoid having to specialise in something I would later decide I didn’t want to do.

I suppose, if you were kindly, you might call me all-rounder; ideal entrepreneur material.

Or maybe you’d just say flaky. But in truth, I just want to do it all.

I am a classic magpie – drawn by the next new, shiny project.