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THIS week thousands and thousands of teenagers will get their GCSE outcomes. Some will be ecstatic however others face disappointment and will not know where to turn. But in case your outcomes aren’t what you had hoped, don’t despair. They are not the be-all and end-all, as these four ladies present. All of them struggled with exams yet found success within the enterprise world by way of onerous work.

CLARE O’REILLY and LOUISA GREGSON find out how they did it. JODINE BOOTHBY created teething mitten Gummee Glove, which is now sold in greater than 20 international locations. Jodine, 38, had 27 jobs in less than a decade, earlier than beginning her enterprise empire. She lives with companion Steve, 41, son Jimmy, seven, and daughter Charlie, 5, in Calstock, Cornwall.

She says: I got my first part-time job as a Saturday lady at a hairdressers when I was 15. I struggled with confidence at school and quite than say I didn’t perceive one thing, I’d muddle by way of pretending. After i acquired my GCSE leads to 1995, I acquired a few Ds and the remainder have been Fs and Us.

My dad and mom needed to plead with the varsity to let me stay on for an NVQ in enterprise, which I also failed. I started a journey and tourism course the next year however dropped out after six months. Aged 19, I started working for a financial institution in the cheque-processing centre and from there had jobs in pubs, at a food preparation wholesaler, fruit picking and as a chambermaid. I had no responsibilities so it didn’t matter that I flitted from job to job. I bought a job crimping pasties on a manufacturing facility production line and loved it but in 2011 once i went on maternity depart, I wished a job that let me be house with Jimmy.

That’s once i got here up with the thought for Gummee Glove, which helps with babies’ teething. I made trial ones which I gave to pals after ploughing what little savings we had into it, borrowing cash from family and selling jewellery. That was seven years in the past and we now flip over £500,000 a 12 months.

I didn’t expect the success and while it’s been a tricky seven years - with a lot of exhausting work and plenty of sleepless nights - I’ve stunned myself in so many ways. I thought I used to be unhealthy at studying but I’ve taught myself web design, advertising and marketing and social media administration. I remember the disappointment of my examination outcomes. But my recommendation could be to stop, take stock and realise there are different paths to success than academia. VIKKI THOMAS, 44, from Hereford, left faculty at 15 with one GCSE, but now owns or part-owns five firms, having began them from scratch.

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She says: My parents obtained divorced when I used to be in secondary faculty and i ended up residing alone at 16. I went to catering faculty and worked in hotels, but the unsociable hours made me want a change. Despite having only one GCSE, I got a job as an operations manager for a nationwide contract cleansing firm.

I finally turned responsible for greater than 500 employees. I had my son James in 2001 and went again after maternity depart, but once i had Alisha in 2003 I determined I wanted to do one thing for myself to safe my family’s future . I borrowed sufficient cash to invest in a small property, do it up and rent it out.

Within the next few years my property portfolio grew. I was then accepted as a mature pupil to do a degree in Industrial Property Management at Bristol College. It was an hour and a half commute for lectures, which was tough combining it with the varsity runs, however I bought a first-class honours and trained as a chartered surveyor. Having juggled all of it with young children and a husband within the Army serving in Afghanistan I became extra fascinated by personal development.