Les Calvert
- Les Calvert

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- Number of businesses:
- 1
- Years in business:
- 8
- In business:
- Yes
- Mentor:
- No
- Mentee:
- No
- Strengths:
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- Defining Moment
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I started the business whilst employed as an IT Manager for a large North East travel company back in early 2000. I had always thought that travel companies should be selling or at least advertising overseas property because of their captive audience. I… read more
- Lifestyle Story
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A personal challenge I faced was the fact that I had to run the website from home and in my spare time whilst still being employed. But because of the success of the business, tremendously both my wife and I have been able to leave our previous jobs some… read more
- Aspiration
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Our biggest mistake has been relying on specific people for some of our software development – we now employ the services of a number of outsourced developers and are actively looking for in-house personnel to join our team.… read more
- Pearl Of Wisdom
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To be an entrepreneur takes a lot of hard work and some long hours, but if you are determined to succeed, research your idea, believe in what you are doing and follow your gut instinct.… read more
- Challenge
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Our biggest initial challenge was getting people to visit the websites but we soon learned that generic domain names and quality SEO (search engine optimisation) was paramount to the success of our internet presence.… read more
- Success
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The successes we’ve had have just been unbelievable. Upon initial interest of the search phrase “property abroad” we have been able to maintain and expand our prescence in the online overseas property market in an increasingly more competitive market… read more