president biden says he d consider personal sanctions on vladimir putin if russia carried out an invasion. now for the latest in our ceo secrets series. alex savelli is the founder of pasta evangelists, a fresh pasta recipe box business that was rejected by the dragons on the tv show dragons den. his business was described as pasta la disaster . but it seems the real disaster was their decision to not invest because he recently sold a majority stake in the business for over $50 million dollars. here s his top tips for success. i think you have got to walk the eyes. from a business perspective if you have to take risks and you have to do it quickly. started with 20 portions of gnocchi, now it is 2000 portions every month. we have been approached by the biggest pasta come many in the world and we wish to be the authority in fresh pasta. this