Ep 20: James Spenceley - Entrepreneur

An episode of the The Failure Proof Podcast podcast, hosted by Jamie Pride, titled "Ep 20: James Spenceley - Entrepreneur" was published on February 17, 2019 and runs 59 minutes.

February 17, 2019 ·59m · The Failure Proof Podcast

Summary

On today's show I am joined by James Spenceley. James is an Australian investor, award-winning entrepreneur and company director. He is the CEO and co-founder of MHOR asset management. He is probably most widely known as the founder and former CEO of Australia's 4th largest fixed line telco, Vocus Communications. When he stepped down as CEO of Vocus in March 2016, the company had a market capitalisation of $5 billion. He is also the Chairman of Airtasker, 2 x winner of Entrepreneur of the year, BRW rich lister, owns the Illawarra Hawks basketball team, but more importantly his biggest achievement was my as first investor ;-) In this episode we speak about how James made the leap from the corporate world to founding Vocus and what it was like to let go of the company he founded. We also speak about his views on leading, hiring and inspiring people. His thoughts on the entrepreneurial environment in Australia are hugely insightful. If you are thinking about starting a business or thinking about investing then I think you will take a lot away from this episode.

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