Justin Drennan is founder and CEO of Parcelninja, an outsourced e-commerce warehousing and delivery service. He tells Margaret Harris that being an entrepreneur means he needs to ensure his business is doing the disrupting, not getting disrupted. What do you do at work each day? The challenge of being an entrepreneur and leading a business is that you need to create the work for yourself. You don't have somebody explaining to you what direction the business needs to take or which strategy to employ regarding company growth - you need to define and implement the work yourself. I like to start the day by not going directly to the office, but rather to a place where I can plan three to five tasks I need to accomplish in the day. While it's easy to get drawn into operational tasks, my role is to drive the vision of the business, ensure the team is motivated and working well together, and assist in the sales process. What drew you to this particular career? I ended up in the logistics/IT...
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