Connected

Devan Hughes: ‘I think entrepreneurship is a muscle that anyone can develop over time’

The co-founder and chief executive of on-demand grocery delivery service Buymie says he’s still very much learning on the job

Devan Hughes, co-founder and chief executive, Buymie: ‘The biggest lesson I’ve learned to date is how important it is to formalise corporate values.’ Picture: Conor McCabe Photography

Buymie has had a transformational couple of years. We grew from 12 employees pre-Covid era to 75 people and from 45 personal shoppers to over 300, and from one city to six, one country to two and one retail partner to four. It has been a huge learning curve shift from a small team in one room to the organisation we have today, and I’ve loved it all.

We are continuing to expand. We’ve just ...