How an ex-lawyer turned a $100k business into a national delivery service with $50m in sales
By James Harkness · 2 June 2017 · Entrepreneur
By James Harkness · 2 June 2017 · Entrepreneur
Meet James Harkness, a former lawyer who took a leap of faith and turned a small business into a national delivery powerhouse. But what drove him to risk it all, and how did he overcome the odds to achieve success?
Daunted by the prospect of a life spent working for others, one-time lawyer Martin Halphen quit a stable job to become the master of his own fate. Propelled by ‘blind courage’, he purchased a modest fruit delivery business for $100,000, believing, hoping, it would play to his strengths. Despite some ‘hairy moments’, including a seven-year […]
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