EPISODE · May 19, 2024 · 1H 18M
Hamish McKay: 22-Year-Old’s 6-Figure Biz in 1 Year!
from Under Qualified · host Under Qualified with Ishan Haque, Edward Holland, Andre Barber
Hamish worked at a large e-commerce company that faced the issue of 30% of their customers requesting order edits. For some reason, platforms like Shopify don’t allow customers to edit their orders after purchase, so Hamish built an app to solve this problem. Today, it's generating hundreds of thousands in annual revenue, and he plans to sell it for $20M in the next few years. (1:56) Developing ambition early on and finding a technical co-founder (21:33) How to build your personal brand and create content to get opportunities (36:24) Planning to sell the business for millions and raising venture capital (46:30) Co-founders are like your girlfriend/boyfriend (53:36) Life is unfair and how you can make the most of it (1:00:00) Chasing fulfilment after a sale/making a fortune (1:11:48) Importance of learning sales and Ishan’s Wolf of Wall Street story Follow Hamish: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamish-mckay/ https://orderediting.com/ Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us: [email protected]
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Hamish worked at a large e-commerce company that faced the issue of 30% of their customers requesting order edits. For some reason, platforms like Shopify don’t allow customers to edit their orders after purchase, so Hamish built an app to solve this problem. Today, it's generating hundreds of thousands in annual revenue, and he plans to sell it for $20M in the next few years. (1:56) Developing ambition early on and finding a technical co-founder (21:33) How to build your personal brand and create content to get opportunities (36:24) Planning to sell the business for millions and raising venture capital (46:30) Co-founders are like your girlfriend/boyfriend (53:36) Life is unfair and how you can make the most of it (1:00:00) Chasing fulfilment after a sale/making a fortune (1:11:48) Importance of learning sales and Ishan’s Wolf of Wall Street story Follow Hamish: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamish-mckay/ https://orderediting.com/ Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us: [email protected]
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