Ep 20: James Spenceley - Entrepreneur

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.