Oceanside

Richard Woods is a bestselling author, award-winning entrepreneur, finalist of top BBC series 'The Apprentice', keynote speaker, radio presenter and investor. He runs the Million Dollar Sprint (TM), which works with entrepreneurs to scale their service businesses to a million in revenue and beyond. Richard's first book, 'Digital Trailblazer', went straight to being #1 bestseller on Amazon and continues to sell globally. His second book, 'Brexitpreneurship: How to Win from Brexit', also went straight to #1. In 2015 he was a finalist on BBC series 'The Apprentice', during which time he was the top seller across all tasks (winning eight out of ten, which is second on the all-time list) and broke two records: most sales in one day (GBP4.3 million); and "The best advertising task ever seen on 'The Apprentice'" - credited by Lord Sugar himself. Awards he's won to date include Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Haines Watts); Key Person of Influence (Dent Global), and Marketing Campaign of the Year (Inspire Business Awards). Richard also makes regular appearances on Eagle Radio, BBC Surrey, BBC Sussex, Marlow FM and Brooklands Radio and is a frequent speaker at large business events, trade shows and seminars. He studied Business with Entrepreneurship at Southampton Solent University where he received First-Class Honours for his final dissertation, 'Is there a link between Dyslexia and Entrepreneurship?' and was later awarded an honorary MBA for his contribution to business.