Exclusive video: Entrepreneur Karen Darby on the business of doing good

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  • Karen Darby is a serial entrepreneur currently running her fourth business
  • Darby started Simply Switch in 2003 and sold it three years later for £25m
  • Her latest business is Call Britannia, a call centre social enterprise
  • Darby believes good business is all about making money and social change
Karen Darby, founder, SimplySwitch

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 video interview, Darby, a judge at The Pitch 2009, argues that social enterprise is the way forward.

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