Hooked On Startups

In this episode I speak to Connor Gillivan – a 27 year old serial entrepreneur who started his first drop-shipping company out of his dorm room at Quinnipiac University building it to over $20 million of sales on Amazon.com in just 4 years. After becoming an expert at hiring, he co-founded FreeeUp, an online hiring marketplace bringing together the top 1% of freelancers with growing businesses. He is also the owner of ConnorGillivan.com, where he writes about entrepreneurship and eCommerce. 1:25 - Background information on Connor and how he started his first business. 2:33 - How Connor got started in his business with his business partner. 3:44 - Some of the obstacles in their business early on. 5:30 - What motivated Connor to continue on in the business and not give up; whose advice he sought. 7:06 - Being accepting of advice from mentors. 8:09 - Recognizing and cultivating a long-term vision while still being focused on issues at hand. 9:56 - What mentoring advice he would give himself now if he could go ba