{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fperspectives-with-sharon-pearson-cd08217f.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F19da40ff-pFQvaFGI","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Midas Touch with Blair James || #Perspectives with Sharon Pearson","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a0db931b-7fbe-4b15-9484-011dc7220977/0b4dfb24-3718-44ce-9ace-245cd2152881/1.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Melbourne’s Blair James is the co-founder of the world’s top selling self-tanning brand Bondi Sands, which turned over more than $100 million in 2019, sells into around 30,000 stores around the globe and is taking a new direction with a “world first” range launching in early 2021. While that proves Blair’s drive and business nous, the other part of his personal story is his resilience and determination. As a child, Blair—whose first entrepreneurial gambit came when he was seven and sold jars of Vegemite and peanut butter in the UK— endured periods of poverty that saw his family lose their home before the deaths of his mother Irene and father Raymond by the time he was 23. “I’m still thinking about it on a daily basis,” says Blair, who gained the kernel of the idea for Bondi Sands from his former tanning salon business. As he tells Sharon Pearson in new Perspectives episode ‘Golden Boy’, Blair puts his vision down to something his dad told him: “You can do anything you want.” "}