Money makers: A bright and early start

Faced with the challenge of getting published, Vicki Willden-Lebrecht started her own agency representing illustrators and writers of children’s books.

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The Bright Group's Vicki Willden-Lebrecht
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"Vicki Willden-Lebrecht can point to the precise moment that she decided to one day start her own business," says Matthew Caines in The Daily Telegraph. "I asked for a photocopier when I was seven," remembers the agency founder, who as a youngster sold T-shirts to friends and set up a stall in her garden to sell accessories to passers-by. From a young age Willden-Lebrecht earned money, and the urge to start a business "came from my financial independence", she says.

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