{"id":35801,"date":"2025-03-19T13:59:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T13:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/?p=35801"},"modified":"2025-03-19T14:07:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T14:07:59","slug":"james-hyde-and-james-strachan-from-friends-to-founders-the-journey-of-building-a-fulfilment-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/resources\/scale-up\/james-hyde-and-james-strachan-from-friends-to-founders-the-journey-of-building-a-fulfilment-business\/","title":{"rendered":"James Hyde and James Strachan: From Friends to Founders \u2013 The Journey of Building a Fulfilment Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Once upon a time, J&J Global Fulfilment was known as James and James\u2014a name inspired by its founders, James Hyde and James Strachan. In this episode of The Scale Up Podcast, Simon Wheeler sits down with them to delve into the full journey of J&J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From their days at Cambridge University to pivoting from software to fulfilment, they share how they built the business from the ground up\u2014starting in makeshift offices in the men\u2019s toilets! – to securing investment and scaling into a global company. They also open up about the tough decisions that led them to step back from the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the highs and lows of scaling a company, James and James reflect on what it was like to go into business as close friends and the challenges of managing both friendship and fast growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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