About me
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My name is Jason White; I was born 1976 in Barking a suburban town in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, in northeast London. My Interests include Business, Science and Technology; I’ve also the ambition to speak “Greek”, fluently. So far, I can ask for a cup of coffee with milk!
I have worked in the web industry for over a decade and have built hundreds of websites, the most successful of which is mydish.co.uk, a recipe sharing social network. It appeared on the BBC Dragons Den in August 2009 successfully acquiring the investment of Deborah Meaden. I took the original concept from kitchen table chat to a fully functional website, today I am a happy shareholder in the company and consultant to the CTO.
From the age of 12 I can remember wanting to run my own business, I couldn’t imagine doing anything else, there was nothing that sparked my imagination quite like the idea of being my own boss. Since leaving school and throughout my twenties I worked for myself, don’t get me wrong, my history is peppered with the odd job here and there; particularly when the “big idea” didn’t quite work out the way I expected. My first “business” was selling electronic components to my college student friends, which led to my second business, but through a less than obvious route.
Now I’m in my Thirties, I have worked out that to be successful I have to take the lessons learnt in the decade past, I can’t do everything myself ( even though I want to ), I have to delegate and allow myself to “let go” a little. I am now the entrepreneur; it’s my job to oversee business, to look at potential opportunities and to lead the success of my businesses and the people involved in them.
I have been Managing Director of Media Modus for around five years, the downturn in the economy last year had a massive impact on the business forcing staff losses and forcing me to re-evaluate our position. I am glad to say the company is back and strong. To “return fire”, I decided to take the economic climate face on, I started another company this year called myTEQ, it’s a high street shop that primarily deals with computer repairs and a selection of related retail products. I remember, although not word for word Richard Branson saying something along the lines of “You have to expand through recession”, it was reference to the last recession and the growth of Virgin® through that time period. It takes balls, and it took me to ask myself some serious questions; as it turns out, the business is already showing signs of early profit and is looking to expand into another town within the next year.
I am also MD of the hosting company Vonhost which is set to grow into the dedicated server market alongside the current shared hosting business.
My business is important to me, but it doesn’t come close to how important my family are to me, I’m supported and spurred on by my beautiful Helen and children, Eloise, Jack, Amie and the newest addition Amelia. I keep telling them that I may be a workaholic now, but one day ( Rodney ) one day; we will be millionaires!
I haven’t made a million yet, but “never say never”!
