Managing director of Crimson Business, the UK s leading supplier of information for small and medium-sized businesses, David Lester is an entrepreneurial expert. David worked as a journalist, then qualified as a chartered accountant before becoming an entrepreneur. He founded and built a consumer software company which grew substantially and was sold in 1995. Since then he has founded Crimson Business and has invested in eight other medium-sized businesses ranging from distribution to mail order, technology and functional foods; he sits on the board of several of these companies. Trevor Clawson is a freelance business journalist specialising in fast growth companies, technology, new media, corporate governance, human resources and corporate finance. He has written for a wide range of publications, including trade magazines, national newspapers such as the Guardian, Sunday Times and Mail on Sunday as well as corporate magazines.