article_snippet.sent: Steve Smith (pictured) founded Poundland in 1990 then sold Steve Smith (pictured) for £50 million a decade later .
article_snippet.sent: Originally founded by entrepreneur Steve Smith in 1990, we snowballed from a small private enterprise into a High Street revolution, which involved buying up unwanted stock and end-of-lines, then swiftly getting them into the shops to sell cheaply.
article_snippet.sent: Back then, shoppers were beginning to desert the High Street for superstores, but entrepreneur Steve Smith and entrepreneur Steve Smith Poundland chain -
article_snippet.sent: which entrepreneur Steve Smith sold in 2000 for £50million - were a lifeline that helped keep it afloat.
article_snippet.sent: entrepreneur Steve Smith grew up helping entrepreneur Steve Smith father run a stall at Bilston market in the West Midlands, before opening entrepreneur Steve Smith first Poundland store in 1990 at the age of 18.
article_snippet.sent: entrepreneur Steve Smith has previously said entrepreneur Steve Smith inspiration was entrepreneur Steve Smith hardworking father, who ditched entrepreneur Steve Smith job to become a trader when entrepreneur Steve Smith realised it brought in more money.
article_snippet.sent: And it was at his father's market stall entrepreneur
article_snippet.sent: Steve Smith discovered the basics of business.
article_snippet.sent: Most significantly, entrepreneur Steve Smith realised the box contain cut-price items that had lost their packaging was particularly popular.
article_snippet.sent: the box formed the inspiration for Poundland, and a few years later, entrepreneur Steve Smith convinced a shopping centre in Burton-on-Trent to open a store, where entrepreneur Steve Smith sold £13,000 of stock on the first day.
article_snippet.sent: By the time entrepreneur Steve Smith sold entrepreneur Steve Smith share of the company for £50million in 2000, the business had a million customers a week and employed 6,000 people.