Dr Byron Cole HonDBA | Award Winning Entrepreneur and Author

Dr Byron Cole is a multi award-winning serial entrepreneur, Sunday Times Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, Trainer, Investor, Philanthropist & Business Mentor.

In a career spanning over a decade, he has been involved in over 20 business start-ups as a director or investor & has sold multiple enterprises totalling millions of pounds. Byron currently acts as a business consultant, trainer and mentor to SMEs across various industries. His specialism lies in advising and assisting SMEs scale to 7 figures.

Byron’s success in business is an authentic ‘rags-to-riches’ story, if ever one was told. From growing up on one of the largest council estates in Europe to starting one of his first businesses out of a small office in Surrey, which was barely large enough to accommodate more than one desk, Byron’s fledgling company grew exponentially & was sold.

Byron is now a Sunday Times Best Selling Author with internationally recognised publishers Penguin Random House and Hodder & Stoughton. Both books tackle an array of topics every entrepreneur will need from marketing, networking to dealing with stress, anxiety and romantic relationships whilst navigating your way to the top. Byron is now in the process of writing his third & forth book having signed a deal with Hachette Group.

Byron is a co-chair of the Evolve Housing charity, a charity that helps those that are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and providing support and housing them. They successfully help over 2,000 people a year offering support to each individual ensuring their needs are met.

Byron is the Chair of the Generator Enterprise Advisory Board at Greenwich University, which aims to inspire and encourage students and graduates with new ideas. For Byron nurturing entrepreneurs is important as they have the ability to drive market change. This year they gave away thousands of pounds to the Enterprise Challenge winners. Byron also manages the speaking engagements & opportunities for his Wife and fellow entrepreneur BBC Apprentice Finalist Bianca Miller-Cole, giving him a breadth of knowledge relating to TV and media having successful negotiated brand partnership deals with the likes of Nominet, AMEX, Channel 4, Google, Facebook & many more household names.

Ultimately, Byron is an entrepreneur constantly seeking new opportunities & challenges with the purpose of helping others succeed.