James Burgess

James is an experienced marketer and serial entrepreneur. He has worked with a host of fast-growth, tech-enabled companies such as Seatwave, Zoopla, eHarmony and Moo.com, helping them scale their businesses through marketing. More recently, James has launched Squadron Venture Media. This organisation helps young, tech-enabled companies grow by investing mass-market advertising resources into their businesses to fuel expansion. Squadron have brought together an array of the UK's largest media companies and London's leading advertising agencies. Together, they develop above the line advertising campaigns for young companies in exchange for equity or a share of the revenue generated by the advertising. Previous to working in the start-up community, James worked in advertising for fifteen years running various departments for Saatchi & Saatchi, BBDO and Carat and successfully founding his own agency.