Margaret Hirsch, BWASA’S Business Woman of the year (Entrepreneur) was invited to speak at the Success Summit 2013 which took place at the Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria recently. The event was sponsored by Sikelela, Standard Bank and The Innovation Hub. The aim of the Success Summit was to take entrepreneurs to greater heights and Margaret was the ideal candidate to talk about "How to Succeed in Retail". She explained that after her father passed away her mother had five children to support. She started work when she was 12 – washing hair in a salon. She encouraged the attendees and explained that it doesn’t matter where or what your past is, you can determine your future. “You must always be determined to succeed at whatever you do". she said. She emphasised the keys to success "You need to have passion and work hard every day, not just now and then, but every day and you need to focus on what you are doing". She explained that you can only succeed in when you are determined to be successful, eat healthily, work hard, focus and never give up, you must want to be a winner!” she told an interested audience.