Not all entrepreneurs are born with in-house mentors. But Blake Thompson, whose start-up XRecruiter topped this year’s The Australian Financial Review Fast Starters List, was immersed in business from childhood.
Thompson’s mother Amanda Thompson, and his father Simon, run Sophic, a premium haircare range, and previously started a business distributing natural non-toxic hair products.
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