James Caan talks to Real Business on his first business in association with Orange

James Caan on funding his first business and what it takes to make a mint.

"I didnt have a lot of money. I didnt own a house. And I didnt have any savings. So I went to the bank and tried to convince them to give me a loan. They turned me down."

He's a serial entrepreneur, a venture capitalist and the multi-millionaire star of Dragons' Den but even the smooth-talking James Caan had trouble funding his first business. Here the CEO of private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw talks about start-ups, set-backs and success.

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