My family come from Cyprus. Both my father and my grandfather worked on the British bases there, and as the British government granted independence to Cyprus, they granted British passports to those who worked with them. — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
In the 1960s, my first-generation immigrant parents were gifted the olive branch of a blue British passport when working for the British Army in Cyprus. It completely transformed the Paphitis story. — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
The Internet means everything to everybody and it's growing by the day. You can't survive as a business, especially a small business, without having… — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
I didn't have a great childhood, and neither did Debbie, my wife, so we both try to give the kids not only the material… — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
There are huge misconceptions about people on benefits. They are labelled scroungers or cheats. The reality is that many who need that level of… — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
My whole business philosophy is based on a risk-reward ratio. But it's got to stack up. If it doesn't, don't do it. You might… — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
Immigration has been good for this country; I know the value of it - hopefully I've given something back. — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurship can be taught to people with average academic abilities - the proof of that is everywhere you look. — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
Young people are the entrepreneurs of the future, and we should be looking to them as one of our sources of innovation for the… — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
The more we learn about dyslexia, the more able we will be to help those with it. — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
The great virtue of the web, its ease of communication, has also become its Achilles' heel in that it has polluted the air with… — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
If you look at all the investments made during 'Dragons' Den,' the ratio of those that make it to those that don't is actually… — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
A small business can survive for a while without making a profit, but if its cashflow dries up, the impact is fatal. — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
