Introducing your dream business mentors

Virgin founder Richard Branson (below) has been named as the most popular would-be mentor among small-business owners, trouncing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The poll of 500 respondents showed business owners would give politicians a wide berth, though. Here are some of the names they chose:

Richard Branson 40%

Mark Zuckerberg 13%

JK Rowling 6%

Simon Cowell 6%

David Cameron 5%

Ed Miliband 2%

Nick Clegg 1%

(Poll: Everline)

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