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Ruari quickly established himself as a success and went on to start and grow the European Jet Desk from inception to market leader in under 3 years. In 2015, after a few failed attempts, Ruari decided to take a break from alcohol and it fundamentally changed his life.
Together with co-founder Andy Ramage, Ruari decided to create something to change the peer pressure around giving up drinking. In 2016 they launched the ‘One Year No Beer’ online challenge, which has proved more successful than they could have ever imagined.
Episode details
Hey welcome to another episode of Escape The Rat Race Radio, my name is Christian Rodwell and this week my guest is Ruari Fairbairns.
Ruari grew up on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, setting up his first business selling and servicing PCs on the island aged just 16. A career in sales followed, and by the age of 25 he’d setup 5 different enterprises and through the TV program “The Apprentice” he found himself in London as a commodities broker.
Ruari quickly established himself as a success and went on to start and grow the European Jet Desk from inception to market leader in under 3 years. In 2015, after a few failed attempts, Ruari decided to take a break from alcohol and it fundamentally changed his life.
Together with co-founder Andy Ramage, Ruari decided to create something to change the peer pressure around giving up drinking. In 2016 they launched the ‘One Year No Beer’ online challenge, which has proved more successful than they could have ever imagined.
Since inception, OYNB has helped over 70,000 people in 90 countries transform their relationship with alcohol. Headquartered in North Berwick, just outside Edinburgh, As CEO of the business, Ruari is now responsible for a rapidly growing team who are passionate about changing the world, whilst building a business by the beach.
In today’s episode, you’ll hear Ruari talk about how his journey to success was far from smooth, making every mistake in the book, over-spending - and that in some ways you have to experience this as part of your learning phase when it comes to gaining real-life
business experience.
I’m excited for you to hear Rurai’s story of escaping the trading desk to starting one of the largest sober-free movements in the world, so let’s not wait any longer, and let’s head on over to my conversation with Ruari Fairbairns.
OK let’s do this! Let’s head over to today’s conversation with the Co-Founder of One Year No Beer, Ruari Fairbairns
Guest Details:
Ruari Fairbairns Linkedin Profile
One Year No Beer Facebook Page
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