Jay Dobson | River Technologies | GAINS

Goals

Short Term: Double River’s monthly billing revenue by the end of 2026.
Give River a ‘home’. We need to grow enough to buy a commercial property that can become a long term base for the company, and will form an important part of my long term wealth strategy.
Find more ways for the business to give back to the business community and local charities.

Be more present and patient with my wife and kids.
Increase my personal income enough to allow my wife to stop working for the NHS so that she can focus on her health and her business aspirations.
Start making technology video content and posting it online.
Become a scratch golfer by the time I’m 40 yo.

Started River Technologies with only £15k savings – made the business profitable within the first 6 months despite baby no.2, mortgage doubling and Covid to navigate.
Built a business that was successful enough for my close friend and mentor to want to buy-in and help build it with me. This was a particular moment of pride.
Went from a trainee comms engineer to a fully fledged engineer in just 2 years.
Two happy, healthy, wonderful children – they are the thing I’m most proud of.

Music - I play guitar and drums.
Tech - which helps in my line of work!
Cars - I’ve always been a huge petrol head, even though I now drive a milk-float.
Golf - took up golf this year and it’s become a really important way of me feeling mentally and physically healthier.
Tattoos - Always been a big part of my life since growing up in the punk-rock scene. I’ll run out of space before I stop getting them!

Telecoms Industry - we do a lot of work for our competitors as subcontractors and we have great working relationships with them all over the country.
My Dad - 30+ years in business running Lake Technologies – there’s rarely a problem and he doesn’t know someone who can solve it!