The company now has 10 employees and is ‘rapidly growing’, it is likely the company will be expanding overseas although Grant expects that more investment will be needed before that step.
Grant has several business mentors and advises other businesses owners of the recommends that other entrepreneurs find themselves one before they go it alone.
“There are many people in the industry who are friends of ours and have helped us to get to the stage that we are now at.”
Getting a mentor is not an easy thing to do but Grant feels that there is only really one way forward.
“I think it is really just about getting on the phone and finding the people who are prepared to help you.
“I follow a very ‘go-get-them’ type attitude and I think that if people need a mentor than they can get them themselves.
“Does everyone need a mentor? I think it is very important especially if you are going forward into a new industry and starting up a new business and particularly if you don’t the have experience of running one before.”
International expansion beckons for Addirect, however Grant says he is pleased that he started up in this country as he feels that the business climate in the UK is a better than many other countries.
“I think it has a very entrepreneurial attitude. I have spoken to potential partners overseas and it sounds like they have a much harder environment to work in.
“We have found that there is an environment here where people are willing to help.
“There is an availability of investment capital as well which makes life much easier if you want to expand at a rapid rate.”
Grant says that he admires people that start businesses that have not been tried before such Easy Jet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
“With any new business there can be huge profits to be made but also there are huge risks as well.
“Anyone who is willing to risk that deserves the respect and the rewards they get from it.”
At the age of just 24 Grant has achieved a great deal with his company and he has some straightforward advice for those considering a similar route.
“I think hard work and determination is what it is all about.
“If you have a good concept that works in theory and you have real passion for it and you follow every possible route there is
“We have a saying here that the only time success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
