Experience

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People often say that I have an interesting story. To be honest, I think that there are far more interesting stories than mine but I understand that my very random C.V. is especially interesting to folk who have always done the same job, and might be interested in trying something else. My Rookie Entrepreneur series on YouTube, is aimed at helping people who are thinking about trying business for themselves, and who aren't sure where to start. 

In the first episode, I talk about my experience up until that point. This video was filmed when I was effectively left homeless, and unfit for work after feeling that I had no option but to quit my job as a Parish Minister, in the Church of Scotland. I had a breakdown a few months after the first episode was filmed. It's taken a few years to bounce-back, but I'm now making good progress, and back to being a full-time entrepreneur.

The first episode of "The Rookie Entrepreneur, " is below, and just in case you don't have 45 mins (!) here's a quick summary.

Toffee round > Car Park Sweeper > Supermarket Worker > Failed attempt at college > Food Factory Worker > Second failed attempt at college > Removal Man > Inbound Customer Services in BT Call Centre (6 week position) > Outbound Telesales in BT Call Centre > Team Coach x 2 Teams in BT Call Centre > Trainee Sales Executive at Glenvarigill Peugeot (believed to be youngest/one of the youngest in UK, at 18yrs) > Sales Manager of independent car showroom (first experience of driving/dealing in supercars) > Sales Executive at Macrae & Dick Ford, Perth > Left to go to university to study Theology, at 25 > Candidate in Training for Church of Scotland Ministry & Voluntary Youth Worker > Became Bar/Club DJ  (from 07) >  First Ltd Company in 09, "Cheeky Seven Entertainment Ltd," (co-owned with a friend > Graduated from the University of Glasgow, Bachelor of Divinity (ministry) with Merit (2010) > Became a qualified Tooth Whitening Consultant, and established second company (Seven White Ltd.)  > Parted ways with business partner and established Seven Entertainment (Scotland) Ltd (2011) > Established Seven Vehicle Solutions & Seven Medical (represented Hair Transplant Surgeons as a Freelance Hair Transplant Consultant > Entered Probationary Placement for Ministry (after being actively pursued by Cofs for 3 years) > Ordained as Minister of Word & Sacrament into my first Church, Glenrothes Christ's Kirk, in 2015 > Established  sixth company, Church AV Scotland Ltd, in 2015 which became my full-time job after leaving my first church over the same issues that several previous minister had left because of > Became Minister of Old Kilpatrick Bowling Parish Church, in 2018 (part time charge), continued to run Church AV Scotland, and established a seventh company (Rev's Vehicle Solutions) > Closed both companies in 2019 and established an eighth company, Scott McCrum Property Ltd. Unfortunately the pandemic hit shortly thereafter, I made a bad choice to invest in Property Training and lost everything over the next couple of years > Left OKB Church in October 2022 and started my YouTube channel, planned to restore four MK2 16V golfs, and drive a bulletproof Land Rover to Thailand, as I didn't want to fly my dogs > Suffered a breakdown in January 2023 and moved in with parents > Moved to Ayrshire in July 2023 and established a ninth company, THISIT LTD (this is it)  made a living as a DJ & Funeral Celebrant > Moved back to parents in March 2024 as I didn't feel that things were building quickly enough in Ayrshire, trained and qualified as a PT > Moved back to Forfar, where I grew up and had left almost 20 years previously, in May 2024, and managed to make a living as a DJ, and establish "Forfar Autos" in Summer 2024 which I'm gradually building up > Established a 10th company with a friend, in 2025, called Brandbeat Group Ltd. That's it!