Business Chief Europe Magazine December 2017 | Page 15

CHRIS PHILLIPS Founder and CEO , Just Develop It

“ WITH MOST BUSINESS IDEAS , IT ’ S NOT NECESSARILY THAT BUSINESS THAT ’ S GOING TO MAKE THEM MONEY OR BE THEIR SUCCESS , BUT THE PERSON BEHIND IT ”

CHRIS PHILLIPS Founder and CEO , Just Develop It
Particularly on the internet where there are so many people competing in your space : in web hosting , antivirus , cloud , whatever you ’ re in .
“ We ’ ve always been particularly aggressive in our marketing stand and the way we promote the product because it gives us that edge . Up until about five years ago , any time we started a company , we would roll on and then pretty much 100 % of those proceeds would go into the next business .”
Just Develop It doesn ’ t define itself as a regular venture capitalist firm , however : it looks to do much more than just accelerate the growth of its businesses through finance . Companies that Phillips
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