Nicholas Wheeler: “I lost more money in three months than I’d made in the past three years”

The Founder of Charles Tyrwhitt tells us all about his biggest mistake...

Even as a schoolboy, Nick Wheeler was a natural entrepreneur — he ran a photography business, made bespoke shoes, and flogged Christmas trees to his friends’ parents. In his second year at university, Nick founded Charles Tyrwhitt, a mail-order shirt business. His friends and family thought he was mad.

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