Episode 56: Ryan McCabe: “The Failed Engineer Who Pioneered VideoTech For The Recruitment Industry”
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Ryan McCabe was, in his own words and own admission, a failed engineer, then a failing Recruiter.
But during his brief-ish foray into Recruitment, he has a lightbulb moment.
With a wife seven months pregnant, zero evidence that his idea would work, but blind and unwavering belief, he founded Odro, and pioneered video-technology for the recruitment industry.
In today’s candid chat, we chat with Ryan about the 7 year journey so far of launching a tech start-up from Glasgow, not the Silicon Valley, and how he set about getting the recruitment industry to start looking into camera phones all over the world.
Hope you enjoy today’s chat.
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