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Jeremy Harbour – Founder And Owner Of The Harbour Club

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In this episode of the Road to Growth podcast we are pleased to introduce you to Jeremy Harbour Jeremy is an investor entrepreneur and advisor known for M amp A advisory and creation of the agglomeration model He is the founder and owner of The Harbour Club a company that helps entrepreneurs buy and sell businesses He is also the owner of Unity Group a private equity firm Born in UK Harbour started a business when he was 14 years old and left school to pursue it further The business was shut after nine years In the 1990s he owned a telecommunications company and acquired a competitor without cash or debt He later moved to the M amp A industry Based in Singapore Harbour deals in mergers and acquisitions of small businesses and focuses on building businesses by acquisition and exiting through trade sale or public quote He uses an agglomeration model to help small businesses He was the Advisory Director for The Mint National Bank a DBS Business Class advisor and Chairman of the Marketing Group a digital agency He has been invited to British Houses of Parliament to advise on matters of business and enterprise He is also the author of the book Go Do Harbour was the Coutts Entrepreneur of the Year runner-up three times Jeremy s career began at 8 when he was selling his mother s flowers in jam jars outside her beauty salon but really got going at 14 with the aid of his helpful grandmother who drove him to car-boot fairs I was the annoying kid at school who was always trying to sell you stuff he admits cheerfully He quickly progressed to a Saturday and then also a Sunday market stall and was not only selling his own lines but supplying other market traders too Leaving school the moment he finished his GCSEs Jeremy s comment to the Telegraph that the only reason to go to university is to learn how to roll a really good joint has come back to haunt him many times but his point is valid what would he learn there that he would not learn better running his own business A view endorsed by his careers teacher who told Jeremy s mother that Jeremy had spent an hour outlining his career plans in some detail and that Jeremy had better be allowed to get on with it With hindsight Jeremy regards his first setback aged 19 as a good thing although it was devastating at the time when the failure of his company selling arcade games to pubs wiped out the 60 000 of savings he had built up in his teenage years and he had to go back to the drawing board Moving back in with his parents he was forced to digest some hard lessons which although they caused weight loss and heartbreak at the time have served him very well subsequently He also confesses that he would have been insufferable had his star risen much further and that a little humiliation probably saved him in the long term He had discovered that it is impossible to learn from theory The most I knew about business was on the day I started he says but of course logic doesn t apply to real business and real human beings Business books and MBA courses are all about theory but however much you plan and hedge there will always be that black swan event which pops up and over which you have no control The concept that the more you think you know the less you actually know and that the only way to learn is by experience has been key in Jeremy s subsequent career Learn more and connect with Jeremy Harbour by visiting him on Website https www jeremyharbour com Linkedin https www linkedin com in jeremyharbour Twitter https twitter com jeremyjharbour Be sure to follow us on Twitter Twitter com to growth on Facebook facebook com Road2Growth Subscribe to our podcast across the web https www theenriquezgroup com blog Spotify https spoti fi 2Cdmacc iTunes https apple co 2F4zAcn Castbox http bit ly 2F4NfQq Google Play http bit ly 2TxUYQ2 Youtube https www youtube com channel UCKnzMRkl-PurAb32mCLCMeA view as subscriber If you are looking to be a Guest on Podcasts please click below https kitcaster com rtg For any San Diego Real Estate Questions Please Follow Us at web www TheEnriquezGroup com Youtube https www youtube com channel UCKnzMRkl-PurAb32mCLCMeA or Call 858 -345 – 7829 Recently reduced properties in San Diego County Click bit ly 3cbT65C Here Click here to visit this podcast episode

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