The Real Deal: My Story from Brick Lane to "Dragons' Den" Book

After dropping out of school at just sixteen James Caan started his business life in a broom cupboard with no qualifications and two pieces of fatherly wisdom: 'observe the masses and do the opposite' and 'always look for opportunities where both parties benefit'. Armed with this advice natural charm and the Yellow Pages he built a market-leading business with a turnover of GBP130 million and swiftly became one of Britain's most successful entrepreneurs.From Caan's childhood as a Pakistani immigrant to the phenomenal success of his first company and beyond "The Real Deal" traces both his financial and personal achievements. It offers a frank account of what success at thirty really signifies and brings us right up to the present including his impact on Dragons' Den and what his charity work from saving a hospital in London to building a school in Lahore means to him. Ultimately it is a story of learning what money is really worth told by one the country's most insightful businessmen.