This week we speak to Love Island star, Josh Ritchie. 

Since his appearance on the show Josh has gained nearly 1 million followers on Instagram and joined the world of property investment.

In a no holds barred conversation we hear about the high and lows of being in the limelight, how getting rich quick isn't all it's cracked up to be, his plans for the future and of course what personal brands means to him.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
“Everyone takes a loss in their lives. Especially as an entrepreneur. You don’t just take one, you take thousands before you even get one win.”
“Don’t think it’s going to last forever because I, one time I thought it was going to last forever and it just doesn’t. Someone new, someone fresher, someone younger than you is coming up and it’s not you unfortunately.”

“If I didn’t do TV, I would have always done property because I’m a joiner by trade, I’m a window fitter, I do conservatories, I can do more or less everything.”

“Personal brand in property it would mean everything because I want to be that guy when I’m 50/60 years old that young lads look up to me and they’re like wow, look at him, he’s got 250 properties underneath his finger, let’s go and speak to him and see how he started off as a young kid. I’d love to do that. But for social media, it means fuck all.” 
BEST MOMENTS“As much as we banter about me having close to a million followers, if all that went, I wouldn’t be bothered. I’ve got other stuff going on.”
“In the industry I’m in, most people are fake. They don’t want to see you do well, they won’t give you the contacts to better yourself.”

“I wouldn’t say go and get on television, you go and get a job or be an entrepreneur and make a business, save up money, invest it in something. I wouldn’t say go on television and make easy money quick.”

“I think people in the public eye should stop posting all the positives and actually start posting the negatives.” 

ABOUT THE GUESTBefore being approached by Love Island, Josh trained and qualified as a joiner in his home town of Bolton whilst being registered with a modelling agency 

Following on from Love Island, he has also appeared in a number of other celebrity shows including Ex on the Beach, Celebs go Dating and Celebrity Coach Trip. 

Josh's forward- thinking plan is to continue to invest in properties and build a large property portfolio.  

LinksInstagram: @joshuaritchie1
Twitter: @ritchie_joshua

ABOUT THE HOSTSChris Taylor is a Social Media Expert, Trainer & Consultant with a history of building 2 x multi six figures businesses in just 18 months before he turned 24. Chris has over 33k followers on Instagram and has been able to leverage the platform to help generate over 1.3m leads & £850k in sales for himself and his customers. Jack Wicks is a Property Entrepreneur who has made a name for himself for being open and honest. He openly documents the good, the bad and the ugly of his entrepreneurial journey so far and understood really quickly the importance of getting his face out there to the world. Jack now runs multiple businesses in a number of different industries and leverages his personal brand to drive hundreds of leads a month into his businesses. “Be Visible, Being Consistent & Most Importantly Being YOU”.