Shaa Wasmund
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Shaa Lysa Wasmund MBE (born 28 May 1972) is a British businesswoman.
Early life
Shaa was educated at the London School of Economics,[citation needed] during which period she won a competition with Cosmopolitan magazine to interview the boxer Chris Eubank.[citation needed] During the interview Eubank invited Wasmund to become his assistant and manage his PR.[citation needed] While still at university, she promoted Eubank’s fight with Nigel Benn[citation needed] - the biggest fight to ever take place in Britain.[citation needed]
Career
In 1994 Wasmund started her own PR firm which managed the launch of Dyson vacuum cleaners.[citation needed]
In a move to digital business in 1997 she became a founding director of the travel website Deckchair.[citation needed] She then went on to launch lifestyle website "My kinda place" in 2000.[citation needed] Seven years later, the site was sold to BSkyB.[citation needed] In 2007, Wasmund established Bright Station Ventures, an investment vehicle with $100million of capital.[citation needed] In January 2009 Wasmund launched Smarta, a site dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs and small business owners.[citation needed]
Wasmund was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to business and entrepreneurship.[1][2]
Author
In 2012 Wasmund launched her first book, Stop Talking, Start Doing. The book was the #1 Best Selling Business Book in WH Smith for 14 months in a row.[citation needed]
Footnotes
- ^ "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N25.
- ^ 2015 New Year Honours List
Sources
- http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/entrepreneur/article5821157.ece
- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/shaa-wasmund-log-on-for-shopping-nirvana-401209.html
- http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/832817/leadership-week-mt-meets-online-entrepreneur-shaa-wasmund/
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2001/feb/05/newmedia.mondaymediasection
- http://www.mad.co.uk/Logon/ArticleLogon.aspx?uiArticleID=2dc1daeb-12c9-4326-acde-6a23843503bf&uiNavigationItemID=&uiPageID=af417f3e-e0de-4486-b1dc-7e1568872fec&PipelinedPage=/Main/Home/Articles/2dc1daeb12c94326acde6a23843503bf/Strength-in-numbers.html&PipelinedQueryString=uiArticleID%3d2dc1daeb-12c9-4326-acde-6a23843503bf%26uiNavigationItemID%3ddf6ea822-cc15-44f7-83c0-9f16431dfcef%26
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090815072828/http://thenextwomen.com/2008/12/08/upcoming-launch-smarta-of-serial-entrepreneur-shaa-wasmund/