James McHugh
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Appearances Over Time
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We happened to be in the right place at the right time with funds.
And it went super well.
We grew.
What was that called, that company?
That was the original Tequila.
Okay.
It was a name that I really disliked at the time.
Well, I was going to ask you about why you call your company Tequila.
Yeah.
So this is a good business story.
So we brought a small team together and they won their, I think the first project might have been the Daily Telegraph.
But we won first, second, third, fourth project.
So I'd walk past the accounts department each week and see this pile of timesheets building up.
And I'd say, guys, when are we invoicing this?
And they said, we don't have a company name yet.
So I said, well, we can invoice it under the recruitment business.
And they said, no, no, no, no, no, we're a different brand.
So we are nothing right now because you can't even invoice.
So anyway, after about eight weeks of this, I got frustrated and I said, no guys, stop.
We're going to dinner and we're not leaving the table.