Never give up in business.

If there's one piece of advice that today's guest Alastair Imray embodies, it is this.

Alastair's business career began with no qualifications and no money but a determination to start his own business. Alastair has proven that hard work, determination, constant learning and never giving up has been the key to running a successful business.

Wearing a Nike "Just Do It" T-short, Alastair tells us:

• How he sold anything and everything - from ice cream on Bondi Beach, to items he found in dumpsters.

• Why you should never give up in business.

• How Michael Lieberman became a hero to Alastair.

• A few dozen of the business books that helped shape his success.

• How Alastair won a contract with his dream supplier - by refusing to take no for an answer!

• Exactly how Alastair removed himself from the day-to-day "on the tools" running of his business.