Oct 282010
 
Entrepreneurial freedom

Challenge becomes opportunity

Martin Brown has a competitive advantage that none of his rivals can beat: he is paralysed from the neck down.

In Brown’s eyes, he is not disabled; he is ahead of the competition.

“If two people tried to sell you a wheelchair and I was one of them, who would you buy it from?” the Sanlam / Business Partners Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year ®.

This somewhat simple statement is the cornerstone of a business that is quickly blossoming into an international operation.

With partner Pieter Nell by his side, Brown has taken Radical Holdings from a concept created by necessity, to an operation that has seemingly no limits.

The beginning

Brown became paralysed at age 26 after a freak accident… more