Risky business

As an inveterate risk-taker with 30 years of business ventures under my belt, I've always bounced from one project to the next with nary a thought for the implications of my many hare-brained schemes. After all, bullish business types like me are the lifeblood of the UK economy.

But I was talking to one distribution pal this week who's getting the right hump with serial entrepreneurs. He told me he'd been particularly infuriated by a recent conversation with one would-be IT magnate.

"Come on," said Billy Big-Shot. "All you guys are insured, what does it matter if someone goes bust?"

"I wish you'd come here to tell me that," said my distie compadre.

"Why?," came the response.

"So I could punch you in the mouth."

Well, I've always said I'd like my distribution partners to be a bit more hands-on.