Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Innocent Youth Says to Ignore the Impossible to Find Success

Today’s remarkable story is that of James Gilmore, a role model who says to ignore the impossible to find success. It isn’t often we have the opportunity to meet someone who began a business as a young teenager, and who was then able to grow it into a thriving corporation.

May you find James’ story of great inspiration!

Age matters not as great ideas come forth.

 The Beginning

The story of how I started W!ZARD Radio Media (which, amongst many things, operates W!ZARD Radio Station – the UK’s Most Popular Online Teen Radio Station) is perhaps somewhat unconventional. I was 12 years old and extremely bored sitting around in my bedroom when I decided to ‘pretend’ I was on the radio and started calling friends on Skype to join in on the fun. Soon, what was ‘pretend’ became very real. It was the point of realizing the need to ignore the impossible to find success.

James Gilmore

 

 

 

 

 

James Gilmore

Growing – A Bit Too Quickly

Having grown and expanded W!ZARD Radio Media over the past 6 years (we now also operate a record label, a live events agency, a production studio, a news agency, a charity and a commercial arm alongside the radio station) there have been some major hurdles that have come in my way. Firstly, when I first started this as a radio show, there was no vision or aspiration – so after two years of running a radio show, I had to give it some sense of direction. This links nicely to the next problem which was that I wanted to do too much too soon.

Learning From Mistakes

Growth for a business is vital, but I have learnt the hard way, so is not jumping the gun. All of our successful operations have come organically and have been born out of collaboration – not forced. Perhaps most importantly, they have all been born out of passion. When we first started the record label, nobody had an idea as to how we can work with talent or what we could offer. The same goes for the news agency and live events. Luckily, I have surrounded myself with people who trust me and I have been given time to make mistakes whilst still living under my parent’s roof. It also gave me time to realize that it is best to ignore the impossible to find success. 

Partnerships

For us, partnerships have been the centre of our growth. From working with independent record labels and small technology firms to deals with all of the major TV broadcasters, record labels, book publishers, live events promoters, etc… our partnerships have been the thing that has accelerated our growth. These opportunities have not just provided us with business opportunities, but also the chance to learn new skills ourselves.

Confidence

Nobody at W!ZARD Radio Media is scared to do something they have never done before, nor are they scared to do something for the first time. Most of us have never even stepped foot into broadcasting before but we have gained knowledge and experience over time. Being fearless and knowing that those executives from other firms are no smarter and have no more “super powers” than we do enables us to have the confidence to approach big companies.

The Future

Engaging with different areas of teen audience will always be centre and key to our work. Whether reaching new audiences is achieved through producing new content which reaches different people or even by expanding our charity work (we currently work closely with two UK-based charities – Teenage Cancer Trust and Stonewall), for example, is yet to be decided. But then again, the best decisions are the ones chosen by the gut.

 

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