International Women's Day: Seven inspirational female entrepreneurs

To mark International Women's Day, which celebrates the achievements of women across the globe, we've put together a selection of our favourite video interviews with some of the UK's most successful female entrepreneurs.

A Dragon and her investee: Deborah Meaden and Carol Savage
In August 2009, Carol Savage, founder of recipe website MyDish.co.uk, secured a £100,000 investment for her business from Deborah Meaden on BBC TV's Dragons' Den. In an exclusive five-part video, the two women discuss the show and provide interesting insight into the investor/investee relationship. Watch the video

Social entrepreneur Karen Darby on the business of doing good
Although serial entrepreneur Karen Darby, who started energy price comparison service Simply Switch and sold it for £25m just three years later, has reaped huge financial rewards, her business ventures have also had social aims. In an exclusive interview, Darby argues that social enterprise is the way forward. Watch the video.

Online Dragon Julie Meyer talks entrepreneurial success
Julie Meyer, a panellist on Dragons' Den Online, has worked with several start-ups which have grown into hugely successful businesses including Skype and Lastminute.com. In this exclusive video interview with Dan Martin, she reveals the common traits shared by the entrepreneurs behind the businesses and her views on the new coalition government. Watch the video.

Video: Jo Fairley, co-founder, Green & Black's
Jo Fairley, who started ethical chocolate company Green & Black's with her husband, discusses how they grew the company from a small idea to an international brand, the sale to Cadbury and why despite press claims that the company management is attempting to secure a buy-out from Kraft which now owns Cadbury, she has no issues with the owner of the business she started. Watch the video.

Millionaire Deirdre Bounds on why entrepreneurs should be weird
If anyone knows how to succeed in business, it's Deirdre Bounds. Setting up a company for people wanting to teach English overseas, she sold it 10 years later to travel industry giant First Choice for £20m. Given her experience, Bounds is well placed to discuss what makes a successful entrepreneur as she does in our exclusive video below. Watch the video.

The Ones to Watch - Kate Gover, Lahloo Tea
We're always on the look out for the UK's newest business talent at BusinessZone.co.k so in a special video edition of the feature profiling our tips for the entrepreneurial stars of the future, Dan Martin meets Kate Gover, founder of Lahloo Tea. Watch the video.