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The Founder Who Got Tired of Gambling's Bullshit. So He Built Something Better.
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The Entrepreneur's Mindset: Grit, ADHD, and Shiny Objects
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From the story of MrQ's origin, Savvas pivots to the broader pattern of the entrepreneurial mindset. He acknowledges that the same energy that launched a company — 'How hard can it be?' — is also the energy that led him to impulsively win a 20,000 square-foot Crown Prosecution Service building in St Albans, only needing 5,000 of it, and then decide to turn the rest into a co-working space on a whim. The self-awareness is genuine: shiny objects are fun, and entrepreneurs are wired to want to fix things and prove they can buck trends. But he's learned to be more disciplined about it. On the ADHD question — Leo asks whether Savvas is super focused or more scattered — Savvas is honest: he gets distracted easily, has ADHD, and doesn't medicate. His best work happens when his back is against the wall. The people around him, particularly his CFO, have better focus than he does, and that structural support is what keeps the business on track when Savvas's instincts might pull it sideways.
Savvas draws a hard line between first-principle thinkers who deconstruct problems from the ground up, and people who say 'this worked there, it'll work here.' MrQ's interview process tests for this directly — if you can't name the last time you found an unconventional route to solve a problem, you're not a fit.
MrQ has approximately 202 employees, as counted by Savvas from his Slack channel.
MrQ's CMO was only 25 years old and came from outside the iGaming industry, yet successfully reorganised the entire marketing function.
Savvas rejects the idea of a tangible competitive secret sauce. The real edge is having a crystal-clear mission, a defined vision, and values that function as the first-principles framework for every daily decision. Without that, you're a brand stuck in the middle.
