Talking Business with James Connelly | Episode 12

In this episode we’re talking business with James Connelly

James is the founder of Fetch, a company he started back in 2009 when he was just 23, and in 2014 the company was acquired by Dentsu Aegis for a reported $48m.

Fast forward to today, and 10 days ago James announced that he was stepping down from the company and in his own words ‘having a gap year’

In this episode James talks about:

- why he decided to step down

- how it feels not having a job anymore

- how it felt running a big company in his 20’s

- how he balanced his ‘polished’ image vs. being his real self at work

- what it feels like to make a lot of money (‘James are you a millionaire?’)

- how he’s trying to be more open and honest online for the first time and what that feels like

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James has been a big inspiration for me as a young entrepreneur and I absolutely loved talking to him about business and life in this episode - I hope you enjoy too :)

Ps. Make sure you follow James on insta @iamjamesconnelly

GB x