Dom McGregor - Co-Founder Social Chain

Dom McGregor and Steven Bartlett founded a social media consultancy called Social Chain in their early 20s in Manchester.

It is in some ways the stereotypical entrepreneurship journey we characterise- from university dropouts to building a company worth hundreds of millions in just a few years.

They were incredibly successful, hiring phenomenal youngsters and telling some of the worlds biggest brands how to engage with audiences on social media.

Dom recounts to us how it was 2014 and how some of the world's biggest fashion brands weren't on Instagram. A reminder of how quickly the world can change.

They went onto IPO the company. It is a remarkable story for two young men in their 20s and of course like all of the stories on this show, it was not simple and was not without failures and missteps along the way.

However, in this interview with Dom goes much deeper than we have been with many entrepreneurs before. With the success came celebrations and parties but behind the social media snaps and updates, there was an individual struggling with addiction- Dom takes us on a journey to becoming an alcoholic ….

But first, we start at York train station …

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