Darren Galvin: From leaving school at 15 with a minimum wage mentality to Seed fund raising on Crowd Funding Platform Seedrs for his 8 figure valued business

In this week's show, Gavin talks to Darren Galvin of Expert Apps, who's currently in the middle of a crowdfunding campaign.

Darren has joined Gavin to discuss his journey so far, from humble beginnings to the founding of a company that has recently been the subject of a seven-figure evaluation. 

From advice to prospects, and the mentors he's valued along the way, this is a candid conversation that pulls back the curtain on the story of a business, and of a fascinating individual.

 

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

Darren dropped out of school at fifteen with no qualifications, and according to the system, held no prospects. Darren felt misunderstood, and dissatisfied with the processes, and needs by the system to judge everyone on the same scale.Every time that Darren thought of an idea for a business he would protect the company name and details officially. This taught him a valuable lesson about due diligence, as later in life, these records seemed to show him up as someone flighty!You can tell yourself that you can do it, all day long. But there's a moment in everyone's life when those words begin to burn inside; when they never feel more true. And that's the moment to go all in.Darren and Expert Apps chose to scale up their business through crowdfunding, specifically through Seedrs. But after self-analysis, they realised that their company was not quite ready.Value in a tech company is calculated in a totally different way to traditional ones. Value is added by adding strength and respect through more intangible means.Expert Apps have chosen to take growth slowly, making sure the software works, and is resilient. Having tested internationally in Holland, they've proved that they can expand, but will continue to grow slowly.

BEST MOMENTS

‘You should've let me build the board game, and then bring in a team of people to make it look better, because that's what life's all about'

‘You don't have to let your past define your future'

‘What's worth millions is the core, the founders of the business who are adding value'

'There are venture capitalists willing to fund'

‘Deep down I do still want that significance'

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

 

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

Expert Apps - https://expertapps.online/who-are-we/

Experts Apps on Seedrs - https://www.seedrs.com/expert-apps

 

ABOUT THE HOST
Gavin Preston

 

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and high-performance Coach.  He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

 

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