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CEO Secrets: 'I'm quitting uni for my hand gel idea'

First-year university student Charles Robinson shares advice for young entrepreneurs who may feel inexperienced, for our CEO Secrets series. When he was 19 and lockdown had just started, he developed an idea for a card that snaps to release anti-viral hand gel.

If you want to suggest an entrepreneur for CEO Secrets contact series producer Dougal Shaw

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