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James McHugh

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James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

We happened to be in the right place at the right time with funds.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

And it went super well.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

We grew.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

What was that called, that company?

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

That was the original Tequila.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

Okay.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

It was a name that I really disliked at the time.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

Well, I was going to ask you about why you call your company Tequila.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

Yeah.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

So this is a good business story.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

So we brought a small team together and they won their, I think the first project might have been the Daily Telegraph.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

But we won first, second, third, fourth project.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

So I'd walk past the accounts department each week and see this pile of timesheets building up.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

And I'd say, guys, when are we invoicing this?

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

And they said, we don't have a company name yet.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

So I said, well, we can invoice it under the recruitment business.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

And they said, no, no, no, no, no, we're a different brand.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

So we are nothing right now because you can't even invoice.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

So anyway, after about eight weeks of this, I got frustrated and I said, no guys, stop.

James Reed: all about business
How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

We're going to dinner and we're not leaving the table.