Manchester dad says people laughed at his job, now he owns 17 companies and earns millions

James Dooley, who lives in Manchester, started out by building playgrounds, tennis courts and netball courts. He then discovered search engine optimisation (SEO) and lead generation and started to make a career building websites. "I started out by building playgrounds, tennis courts and netball courts," James said. I didn't go to college thinking I was going to become a lead generation expert. Rather than blaming employees when things go wrong, he said companies should focus on improving their training and internal processes.