Callum

Marketer and business developer. Wants to join an idea as a co-founder.

Southport, UKOn FounderCloud since 2021

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I’m interested in joining a business in the education space. That could be edtech, e-learning, private education, childcare, or any brand focused on students or children.

I’ve been on the Board of Trustees at the Students’ Union for a university in England that was rated Ofsted Outstanding across all three teacher training age groups. The union represents over 14,000 students and runs a commercial portfolio that includes a laundrette chain, a fast food franchise, and a multistorey bar with over £8m in funding. I’ve also helped with recruitment for senior roles, including sitting on panels for a Deputy Vice Chancellor of Education and Students, and for a Students’ Union CEO. I do some work as a Curriculum Validation Consultant and…

Answers in the Nest

Getting problem in finding Ideas for startup !!“Idea generation is just like any other skill - you get better with practice. If you're constantly looking for opportunities and concepts, you'll eventually become more adept in identifying which are good and bad. My first ideas were incredibly basic, back in highschool and college - nightclubs, record labels, things that were barely an idea at all, because of how basic they were. But I still noted down every single concept, and over time I became better at noting good concepts. Even now, if I have a bad idea, I'll note it down - occasionally I end up being able to find a way to integrate them into another project. If you do ever need an idea to work on though, you can reach out at any time and I could try to help you develop something that fits your background. Regardless, I wish you the best of luck.”Co-Founder or Investor? Which route is better?“In most company setups, I don't believe a co-founder and investor can be chosen as alternative routes like that - if a business truly needs funding, you'll likely need a founding team who know their chosen areas well in order to achieve that capital. If you can cope with a non-investor co-founder, you didn't really need investment to begin with, you just needed certain skills you didn't already have on-hand, and in those circumstances it's almost always better to go for co-founders in my opinion. For one thing, it's far harder to source capital.”