Million By 30: Alex Lovén, founder of Net World Sports

Wake Up to Money

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Business

4.4 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Sean Farrington chats with Alex Lovén, who started selling cricket bats when he was 13 to his mates at school, graduated to selling the bats on eBay and made £1m in sales by 22 and now, aged 33, his sports equipment business makes £50m in turnover.

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0:00.0	The Traitors is back and so is that mysterious cloaked figure with the familiar fringe.
0:06.7	Yeah, it's me.
0:07.9	And when you've watched Claudia in the castle, join me, Ed Gamble, for the official visualised companion podcast.
0:13.7	And remember, I'll be listening.
0:15.9	Okay?
0:16.7	No, seriously, I love it.
0:18.5	What a faithful.
0:19.7	We'll unpack betrayals and spill scandalous secrets with celeb guests,
0:23.8	traitors legends, and murdered and banished players.
0:27.1	The Traitors Uncloked.
0:28.4	Watch on EyePlayer, listen for more on BBC Sounds.
0:33.2	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:37.3	We got to a million pounds turnover with just myself. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:42.9	We got to a million pounds turnover with just myself and my dad packing the orders.
0:44.5	And that was very hard.
0:50.5	A million pounds turnover with just one person because there's nowhere to hide.
0:56.4	Million by 30 with Sean Farrington.
1:00.3	Hello and welcome back to another million by 30 podcast.
1:05.0	This is episode six in our series, which is all about getting those inspiring success stories of people who've hit the million mark one way or another.
1:07.9	It could be their follows, their views, their bank balance, so investment in their business, their idea. In other ways as well, for people who've managed
1:14.8	to do that by the time they've got to their 30s. I'm Sean Farrington, and this time I caught up
1:20.2	with Alex Lovin, founder of the Wrexon-based business, NetWorld Sports. Now, while he might be
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