The Man Who Turned Down Amazon

By
Scott Weavers-Wright OBE
By
Haatch

In this week’s episode we delve deep into the multi-exit journey of entrepreneur and Haatch founder Scott Weavers-Wright.

A man that took his family business online before Google even launched Adwords!

Find out what that journey taught him and how those lessons can benefit you as well as uncovering the real reason why he turned down Amazon!

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Scott Weavers-Wright OBE
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