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      <h1 class="wow fadeIn">Maxx Turing</h1>
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        Founder at
        <a href="https://startbook.co.uk/" target="_blank">⚡ Startbook</a>
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        COO at
        <a href="https://britishprogress.org/" target="_blank">
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        Tech entrepreneur helping other founders succeed.
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        Entrepreneurially-minded, resourceful and driven creative problem solver
        with a decade of experience as an operational leader in early-stage.
        Intellectually curious, highly organised and detail-oriented. Diverse
        skill set paired with a growth mindset and a strong focus on the
        customer. He holds an MBA (Hons) from
        <span style="font-weight: bold"
          ><a href="https://quantic.edu/" target="_blank">Quantic</a></span
        >
        and an MA (Hons) in Cell and Systems Biology from the
        <span style="font-weight: bold"
          ><a href="https://www.ox.ac.uk/" target="_blank"
            >University of Oxford</a
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        Entrepreneurially-minded, resourceful and driven creative problem solver
        with a decade of experience as an operational leader in early-stage.
        Intellectually curious, highly organised and detail-oriented. Diverse
        skill set paired with a growth mindset and a strong focus on the
        customer. He holds an MBA (Hons) from
        <span style="font-weight: bold"
          ><a href="https://quantic.edu/" target="_blank">Quantic</a></span
        >
        and an MA (Hons) in Cell and Systems Biology from the
        <span style="font-weight: bold"
          ><a href="https://www.ox.ac.uk/" target="_blank"
            >University of Oxford</a
          ></span
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      <h2>
        Joined
        <a href="https://britishprogress.org/" target="_blank"
          >Centre for British Progress</a
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        as COO
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      <p>
        Whilst continuing to run Startbook I decided it was time to jump back
        into the world of policy and joined
        <a href="https://britishprogress.org/" target="_blank"
          >Centre for British Progress</a
        >
        as their founding COO. Starting off this involved launching a new
        website, rebrand and setting up operational processes and payroll. CBP
        is a non-partisan think tank accelerating and shaping an era of British
        growth and progress. The mission of the organisation is for the UK to
        achieve the highest living standards in the world and lead at the
        frontier of global scientific, technological, and industrial progress.
        We produce research, concrete ideas and implementation-ready
        policies to make it easier to build the future in Britain - read more
        <a target="_blank" href="https://britishprogress.org/about">here</a>.
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      <span class="cd-date">Feb 2025</span>
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      <h2>Started an Airbnb business</h2>
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        I decided to start renting my flat on a short-let basis utilising
        platforms such as Airbnb, which gave me an opportunity to focus on
        redecorating and improving my flat. I quickly became a Superhost with a
        ★ 4.95 rating. Since starting I've hosted close to 100 days of stays
        with guests from around the world.
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      <span class="cd-date">May 2024</span>
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      <h2>
        <a target="_blank" href="https://startbook.co.uk/">Startbook</a> Hires
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        After bootstrapping for ~3 years with the company supporting myself and
        a number of part-time contractors,
        <a target="_blank" href="https://startbook.co.uk/">Startbook</a> had
        finally grown enough to hire and support its first full-time employee
        besides myself - a growth of
        <a target="_blank" href="https://startbook.co.uk/team/#team"
          >the team</a
        >
        by 100%!
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        This milestone was a turning point for the company - allowing us to
        expand our product offering and giving us more capacity to continue to
        grow the business.
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      <span class="cd-date">Aug 2023</span>
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      <h2>Took Hiatus From Political Campaigning</h2>
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        Having spent ~2 years dipping my toes into the world of local politics,
        I decided to renew my focus as 2023 approached. I hit pause on the
        part-time political campaigning work I had been doing with the Islington
        Liberal Democrats in order to spend more of my time growing my business,
        <a target="_blank" href="https://startbook.co.uk/">Startbook</a>.
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      <span class="cd-date">Dec 2022</span>
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      <h2>
        <a target="_blank" href="https://jointhetribe.app/">The Tribe</a>
        rebrands to
        <a target="_blank" href="https://startbook.co.uk/">Startbook</a>
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      <p>
        We decided to adapt our brand to lean more towards our focus of creating
        software for incubators and accelerators.
        <a target="_blank" href="https://startbook.co.uk/platform/"
          >The Startbook Platform</a
        >
        allows our clients to easily digitise, share and manage the data of
        their entrepreneurial ecosystems.
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      <span class="cd-date">Jun 2022</span>
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      <h2>Secured 991 Votes in May 2022 Local Elections</h2>

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        We didn't win, but we collectively achieved the best electoral result
        the Liberal Democrats had in Islington since 2014, taking home ~32% of
        the vote in
        <a href="https://stmstj.votemaxx.com/" target="_blank"
          >St Mary's & St James'</a
        >.
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        Individually, I achieved a similar level of votes to my co-candidates,
        despite the fact that they had been established candidates for several
        years.
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        You can view the full electoral results here:<br /><a
          href="https://votemaxx.com/2022-results"
          target="_blank"
          >votemaxx.com/2022-results</a
        >
      </p>
      <p>
        You can read the manifesto for the campaign here:
        <a href="https://votemaxx.com/manifesto" target="_blank"
          >votemaxx.com/manifesto</a
        >
      </p>
      <p>
        We campaigned over several months on a number of issues including
        reducing litter and improving affordable cycle parking. The overarching
        theme of the campaign focused on ensuring residents were being heard and
        respected via methods such as citizen's assemblies; a big issue present
        at the time was the divisiveness of the newly-introduced 'Low-traffic
        Neighbourhoods' in Islington.
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      <span class="cd-date">May 2022</span>
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      <h2>Selected as Target Ward Candidate in 2022 Local Elections</h2>
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        After consolidating the vote in the Islington Bunhill by-election in May
        2021, I was selected again by the
        <a href="https://www.liberalislington.com/" target="_blank"
          >Islington Liberal Democrats</a
        >
        as a candidate for the campaign's target ward,
        <a href="https://stmstj.votemaxx.com/" target="_blank"
          >St Mary's & St James'</a
        >, alongside Kate Pothalingam and Terry Stacy MBE as part of the 2022
        Local Elections in
        <a href="https://islington.votemaxx.com/" target="_blank">Islington</a>.
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      <span class="cd-date">Apr 2022</span>
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      <h2>Secured 572 Votes in Local By-election</h2>

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        I didn't win, but improved on the previous 2018 Bunhill campaign by
        increasing the vote percentage by 2.7%.
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      <p>
        The by-election was also the same day (Thu, 6 May) as the 2021 London
        Mayoral Elections. The Liberal Democrat candidate for the London Mayor
        seat achieved
        <a
          target="_blank"
          href="https://www.londonelects.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-05/2021%20London%20Elects%20-%20Ward%20Level%20Data%20Release.xlsx"
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        >
        in the Bunhill ward - I received 472% more votes than the 'baseline' of
        the comparable candidate.
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        You can view the full electoral results here:<br /><a
          href="https://votemaxx.com/2021-results"
          target="_blank"
          >votemaxx.com/2021-results</a
        >
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      <p>
        My campaign focussed on highlighting a need for better local
        representation and improved accountability within the local council, as
        well as better health and safety and an improved local environment for
        residents.
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      <p>Highlights of the campaign included:</p>
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        <li>Creating an informational campaign website:</li>
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            Website:
            <a href="https://votemaxx.com/" target="_blank">votemaxx.com</a>
          </li>
        </ul>
        <li>Designing and printing 6,500 z-fold leaflets and stickers:</li>
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          <li>
            Leaflet:
            <a href="https://votemaxx.com/leaflet/" target="_blank"
              >votemaxx.com/leaflet</a
            >
          </li>
          <li>
            Sticker:
            <a href="https://votemaxx.com/sticker/" target="_blank"
              >votemaxx.com/sticker</a
            >
          </li>
        </ul>

        <li>Filming and editing a campaign video:</li>
        <ul>
          <li>
            Video:
            <a href="https://votemaxx.com/video" target="_blank"
              >votemaxx.com/video</a
            >
          </li>
        </ul>
        <li>Raising £1,420 of donations for the campaign:</li>
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          <li>
            Donate:
            <a href="https://votemaxx.com/donate" target="_blank"
              >votemaxx.com/donate</a
            >
          </li>
        </ul>
        <li>Running a digital marketing campaign:</li>
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          <li>
            Instagram:
            <a href="https://instagram.votemaxx.com/" target="_blank"
              >@VoteMaxx</a
            >
            |
            <a
              href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/votemaxx/"
              target="_blank"
              >#VoteMaxx</a
            >
          </li>
          <li>
            Facebook:
            <a href="https://facebook.votemaxx.com/" target="_blank"
              >@VoteMaxx</a
            >
            |
            <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/VoteMaxx" target="_blank"
              >#VoteMaxx</a
            >
          </li>
          <li>
            X: <a href="https://x.votemaxx.com/" target="_blank">@VoteMaxx</a> |
            <a href="https://x.com/hashtag/VoteMaxx" target="_blank"
              >#VoteMaxx</a
            >
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      <span class="cd-date">May 2021</span>
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      <h2>Selected as Local By-election Candidate</h2>
      <p>
        With my business growing and profitable, I decided to spend some of my
        spare time giving back to the local community where I live in EC1.
      </p>
      <p>
        I became aware that there was an oligopoly of broadband provision by BT
        and Virgin Media in my local area, so I attempted to lobby the local
        council to improve broadband connectivity in the area and was ignored.
        In the process I became aware of several issues with the local
        Labour-run Islington Council, I decided to join forces with the
        <a href="https://www.liberalislington.com/" target="_blank"
          >Islington Liberal Democrats</a
        >
        to run for local councillor in the Thu 6 May 2021 by-election for the
        electoral ward of
        <a href="https://bunhill-2021.votemaxx.com/" target="_blank">Bunhill</a>
        in the
        <a href="https://islington-2021.votemaxx.com/" target="_blank"
          >London Borough of Islington</a
        >.
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      <p style="font-style: italic">
        <b>Spoiler:</b> Islington Council's Housing Scrutiny Committee later
        responded to my campaigning by highlighing the broadband provision issue
        in their meeting on 28/6/21 (following the by-election) and resolved to
        launch a tender to tackle the problem.
      </p>
      <span class="cd-date">Mar 2021</span>
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      <h2>
        Started Working on
        <a target="_blank" href="https://jointhetribe.app/">The Tribe</a>
        Full-time
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      <p>
        The business was starting to pick up pace, so I decided to leave my
        full-time role at
        <a href="http://kantan.co.uk/" target="_blank">Kantan</a> and jump into
        my startup full-time.
      </p>
      <p>
        We would provide software and operational services to incubators and
        accelerators, allowing them to easily digitise, share and manage the
        data of their entrepreneurial ecosystems. One of our first major clients
        was the
        <a target="_blank" href="https://centreforentrepreneurs.org/nef/"
          >Centre for Entrepreneurs NEF+ Programme</a
        >.
      </p>
      <span class="cd-date">Oct 2020</span>
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      <h2>
        <a target="_blank" href="https://foundertribe.org/">Founder Tribe</a>
        rebrands to
        <a target="_blank" href="https://jointhetribe.app/">The Tribe</a>
      </h2>
      <p>
        To prevent confusion with our initial B2C founder-focussed community
        offering, we rebranded the B2B business from 'Founder Tribe' to 'The
        Tribe' and used this as our trading name.
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      <span class="cd-date">Sep 2020</span>
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        Incorporated
        <a target="_blank" href="https://foundertribe.org/">Founder Tribe</a>
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        Whilst still working at my full-time day job, I officially incorporated
        <a
          target="_blank"
          href="https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=FOUNDER+TRIBE+LTD"
          >FOUNDER TRIBE LTD</a
        >
        and set up a bank account to receive the £20,000 grant and revenue from
        our first clients. I continued to work on Founder Tribe part-time and
        contracted a software engineering consultancy to build out the next
        iteration of the product.
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      <span class="cd-date">Jul 2020</span>
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      <h2>Won CVC Young Innovator Award (£20,000 Grant)</h2>
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        I was selected as one of four finalists to pitch
        <a target="_blank" href="https://foundertribe.org/">Founder Tribe</a> at
        the 2020
        <a
          href="https://www.cvc.com/responsibility/cvc-foundation"
          target="_blank"
          >CVC Young Innovator Awards</a
        >
        in London, UK. I was selected as a co-winner alongside
        <a
          href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-gujral-7824ab90/"
          target="_blank"
          >Joel Gujral</a
        >, Founder of
        <a href="https://www.myndup.com/" target="_blank">MYNDUP</a>. We were
        both awarded grants of £20,000 to support the growth of our businesses.
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        Won Centre for Entrepreneurs NEF Fast Track CEO's Award (£500 Prize)
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        I was selected by
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        receive the CEO's Award for my hard work and efforts on the NEF Fast
        Track Programme and my contributions to CFE and the NEF community.
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      <p>
        I decided to focus my efforts on Founder Tribe, but struggled to
        establish a suitable go-to-market strategy and B2C business model. As a
        result I instead pivoted to providing services (operational services and
        SaaS) to entrepreneurship programmes.
      </p>
      <p>
        Have you ever heard the phrase,
        <span style="font-style: italic"
          >"it takes a village to raise a child"</span
        >? The same is true for startups. Companies that attend accelerators
        raise 44% more money than those that don’t and are 75% more valuable.<br />[<span
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          >UK Accelerator Programmes - Beauhurst (2017)</span
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      <p>
        The initial SaaS offering was an app that could feature profiles of
        entrepreneurs taking part in a programme and track their attendance to
        workshops. This initial offering was well-received, but quickly became
        redundant when the COVID-19 pandemic started - preventing in-person
        workshops from happening.
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      <p>
        In response, I pivoted the SaaS offering a second time - building a new
        web MVP that instead focused on showcasing founder and venture profiles
        that could be easily updated and shared at a virtual demo day event.
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        >
        2020 Programme
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      <p>
        After being accepted in April, the part-time learning programme kicked
        off in September with a 3.5-day bootcamp, followed by regular workshops
        and training every two weeks. As part of the programme I began working
        on various startup ideas.
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>Track Repair</b> - a platform for tenants and landlords to report and
        manage residential repairs and seek remedial action, ensuring both
        parties comply with their legal obligations.
      </p>
      <p>
        <a target="_blank" href="https://foundertribe.org/"
          ><b>Founder Tribe</b></a
        >
        - a community for early-stage solo founders providing tools, events and
        deals from startup suppliers allowing members to grow their support
        network and stay accountabile with their ambitions when getting their
        idea off the ground.
      </p>
      <p>
        <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/NameChangerUK"
          ><b>Name Changer</b></a
        >
        - a platform to help the tens of thousands of people that change their
        name every year due to marriage, divorce or preference (deed poll) and
        struggle with the legal process and administrative burden of updating it
        at 100+ touchpoints.
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        Joined <a href="https://www.kantan.co.uk/" target="_blank">Kantan</a> as
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        I selected
        <a href="https://www.kantan.co.uk/" target="_blank">Kantan</a> as my
        placement company for the
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        >
        programme. The role was cross-functional and required me to work across
        all areas of the business including operations, software engineering,
        quality assurance and business development.
      </p>
      <p>
        Kantan is changing the lives of tradespeople by giving them the tools to
        excel in a competitive marketplace.
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        >
        2020 Programme
      </h2>
      <p>
        I was selected as one of 40 people from a pool of over 3500 candidates
        (~1% acceptance rate) through an 8-part assessment process to join the
        <a href="https://centreforentrepreneurs.org/" target="_blank"
          >Centre for Entrepreneurs</a
        >
        <a
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          >NEF Fast Track</a
        >
        <a
          href="https://centreforentrepreneurs.org/nef-fast-track/alumni/"
          target="_blank"
          >2020 Cohort</a
        >.
      </p>
      <p>
        The programme develops the entrepreneurial leaders of the future with a
        placement role in a tech startup, 12-month training programme, mentor
        and executive coach.
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        Joined <a href="https://www.thefamily.co/">The Family</a> as Head of
        Events (London)
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        I joined <a href="https://www.thefamily.co/">The Family</a>, a
        strategic, minority, long-term shareholder providing education, advisory
        services and access to capital to its Pan-European network of
        entrepreneurs.
      </p>
      <p>
        In this role I organised our educational and community events in London.
        The events all featured entrepreneurs and senior startup employees and
        covered topics such as
        <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u37c-8T-uho" target="_blank"
          >growth and internationalisation</a
        >,
        <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k1VgCoZXt0" target="_blank"
          >when to quit your startup</a
        >
        and
        <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKiWQgvMVA4" target="_blank"
          >building a data team</a
        >.
      </p>
      <p>
        In addition to the standard events, I also organised a
        <a href="http://labsofthefuture.com" target="_blank"
          >biotech enterprise innovation conference</a
        >
        featuring
        <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL7Kl_ViCJc" target="_blank"
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        Honours
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        I placed in the top 10% of my cohort and graduated the
        <a href="https://quantic.mba/" target="_blank">Quantic MBA</a> programme
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        away from working remotely in Devon and refocus my attention on my MBA,
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        I took on my first full-time remote contract role with
        <a href="https://inv.tech/" target="_blank">Invisible Technologies</a>,
        a tech startup based in the US. In this role I managed a global team of
        more than 50 people including 5 direct reports across numerous time
        zones. It was the first time I'd managed >50 people - it was a great
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        I joined the world’s first mobile MBA programme; taught with a
        revolutionary method that is fast and proven effective by independent
        researchers from Stanford. In both core subjects tested,
        <a href="https://quantic.mba/" target="_blank">Quantic</a> rated as
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        >
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        I won a scholarship for a part-time nanodegree (worth £999). I was
        selected as 1 of 1000 recipients from a pool of over 10,000 challenge
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        I wanted to spend more time learning and challenge myself with some
        artistic and creative projects. So I pursued a number of photography
        passion projects, taking pictures of African wildlife and nature.
      </p>
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      <h2>Went Travelling and Explored Learning Opportunities</h2>
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        After spending a year on
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        for 4 months (Cape Town, Johannesburg, the Okavango Delta, Amsterdam, St
        Anton am Arlberg, Devon) and started working on a number of personal
        projects, including this website. I applied for scholarships to the
        <a href="https://quantic.mba/" target="_blank">Quantic MBA programme</a>
        and the
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        I won a scholarship for a 3-month part-time mobile web specialist
        challenge course. I was selected as 1 of 10,000 recipients from an
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        Joined a Web Development Agency as Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer
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        At the start of 2017 I was offered a unique COO and (late-to-the-party)
        Co-founder role at <a href="https://dwyl.com/" target="_blank">DWYL</a>,
        a 20-person-strong web development tech-for-good agency that built web
        app products, mainly for social enterprises and charities.
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        Promoted to Founding Partner at
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        Within a few months of working at
        <a href="https://hackpartners.com/" target="_blank">Hack Partners</a> I
        was promoted to Founding Partner status. The position came with
        increased equity and more responsibility within the business.
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      <p>
        I was offered a role at
        <a href="https://hackpartners.com/" target="_blank">Hack Partners</a>,
        an innovation consultancy firm that specialises in disrupting
        heavily-regulated and technologically-underdeveloped industries. HP work
        mainly with the railway industry, operating under the well-known
        HackTrain brand. Amongst the daily business operations, I managed and
        organised the
        <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8AxokvfcX0" target="_blank"
          >HackTrain Hackathon</a
        >, as well as the annual
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          >HackTrain Conference</a
        >
        and the
        <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uaklj9svaws" target="_blank"
          >HackTrain Accelerator</a
        >, the world's first programme of its kind specifically designed to meet
        the demands of the growing RailTech movement.
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        Joined
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        as Operations Manager
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      <p>
        After completing my Oxford degree, I decided to join Europe's top
        seed-stage venture capital firm and deep technology company builder,
        <a href="https://www.joinef.com/" target="_blank">Entrepreneur First</a
        >. EF helps the world's top technical talent start deep, defensible
        technology companies. In this role I learnt a significant amount about
        early-stage startups, investment and startup legals.
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        Following the coding bootcamp I returned to Oxford over the spring and
        summer of 2015 to take my final exams and complete my BA (Hons) Cell and
        Systems Biology.
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        I wanted to improve my tech skills and so applied for a place at the
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          >Founders and Coders</a
        >
        peer-led learning coding bootcamp. I attended full-time for 2 months in
        which time I learned more about JavaScript Web Development.
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        I decided to postpone my final exams for my degree and moved to London
        to learn more about the tech startup scene. I got an intern position at
        <a href="https://medopad.com/" target="_blank">Medopad</a>, a
        Westminster-based HealthTech startup, where I started gaining
        professional experience.
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        I continued to expand my knowledge in technology and entrepreneurship
        and joined the Executive Committee of
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        class="fas fa-code-branch fa-fw fa-2x d-none d-md-block"
        aria-hidden="true"
      ></i>
    </div>

    <div class="cd-timeline-content">
      <h2>Change of Career Path</h2>
      <p>
        After delving into the tech world and founding and managing university
        societies, I decided I didn't want to pursue an academic career anymore
        and instead wanted to pursue a career in technology and
        entrepreneurship.
      </p>
      <span class="cd-date">May 2013</span>
    </div>
  </div>

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    <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-location">
      <i class="fa fa-terminal fa-fw d-block d-md-none" aria-hidden="true"></i>
      <i
        class="fa fa-terminal fa-fw fa-2x d-none d-md-block"
        aria-hidden="true"
      ></i>
    </div>

    <div class="cd-timeline-content">
      <h2>Started Learning to Code</h2>
      <p>
        When I launched
        <a href="https://ousbms.web.ox.ac.uk/" target="_blank">OUSBMS</a> I
        needed to make the society a website. Researching the various
        drag-and-drop website-builders, I wasn't able to find a solution that
        could achieve what we needed for our budget, so I decided to learn how
        to code and build my own one. I started going to coding meetups run by
        <a href="http://oxfordcodelab.com/" target="_blank">Oxford Code Lab</a>,
        <a href="https://ox.compsoc.net/" target="_blank">Oxford CompSoc</a> and
        <a href="https://www.oxfordentrepreneurs.co.uk/" target="_blank"
          >Oxford Entrepreneurs</a
        >
        in order to further my skills.
      </p>
      <span class="cd-date">Jan 2013</span>
    </div>
  </div>

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    <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-location">
      <i class="fa fa-users fa-fw d-block d-md-none" aria-hidden="true"></i>
      <i
        class="fa fa-users fa-fw fa-2x d-none d-md-block"
        aria-hidden="true"
      ></i>
    </div>

    <div class="cd-timeline-content">
      <h2>Founded Two University Societies</h2>
      <p>
        Whilst at university I became increasingly involved with university
        clubs and societies and founded two of my own:
        <a href="https://ousbms.web.ox.ac.uk/" target="_blank">OUSBMS</a> and
        <a href="https://www.facebook.com/oudodgeball" target="_blank">OUDbC</a
        >.
      </p>
      <span class="cd-date">Jan 2013</span>
    </div>
  </div>

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    <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-location">
      <i
        class="fa fa-university fa-fw d-block d-md-none"
        aria-hidden="true"
      ></i>
      <i
        class="fa fa-university fa-fw fa-2x d-none d-md-block"
        aria-hidden="true"
      ></i>
    </div>

    <div class="cd-timeline-content">
      <h2>Went to Oxford to Study Biomedical Sciences</h2>
      <p>
        I enrolled at
        <a href="https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/" target="_blank">St Edmund Hall</a>,
        <a href="http://www.ox.ac.uk/" target="_blank">University of Oxford</a>
        to study
        <a
          href="http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses-listing/biomedical-sciences"
          target="_blank"
          >Cell and Systems Biology</a
        >
        with a plan to pursue a career as a biogerontologist in research
        science.
      </p>
      <span class="cd-date">Oct 2011</span>
    </div>
  </div>

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    <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-location">
      <i class="fa fa-book fa-fw d-block d-md-none" aria-hidden="true"></i>
      <i
        class="fa fa-book fa-fw fa-2x d-none d-md-block"
        aria-hidden="true"
      ></i>
    </div>

    <div class="cd-timeline-content">
      <h2>Joined a Local State School</h2>
      <p>
        I attended The John Warner School, a local comprehensive where I studied
        from 11-18. I received numerous awards during my schooling including The
        Chairman's Cup (11 A* at GCSE). When deciding on my A Levels I decided
        to specialise in science and mathematics.
      </p>
      <span class="cd-date">Sep 2004</span>
    </div>
  </div>

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    <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-location">
      <i
        class="fa fa-map-marker-alt fa-fw d-block d-md-none"
        aria-hidden="true"
      ></i>
      <i
        class="fa fa-map-marker-alt fa-fw fa-2x d-none d-md-block"
        aria-hidden="true"
      ></i>
    </div>

    <div class="cd-timeline-content">
      <h2>Grew up in a London Suburb</h2>
      <p>
        We settled in
        <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoddesdon" target="_blank"
          >Hoddesdon</a
        >, Hertfordshire, a small market town that originally developed as a
        coaching stop on the route between Cambridge and London. My maternal
        family resided in Northampton and my paternal family in Leicester and
        Thornaby-on-Tees.
      </p>
      <span class="cd-date">Jan 1995</span>
    </div>
  </div>

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    <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-location">
      <i class="fa fa-plane fa-fw d-block d-md-none" aria-hidden="true"></i>
      <i
        class="fa fa-plane fa-fw fa-2x d-none d-md-block"
        aria-hidden="true"
      ></i>
    </div>

    <div class="cd-timeline-content">
      <h2>Moved to England at 16 Months of Age</h2>
      <p>
        My older brother was coming around to schooling age so my parents
        decided to move back to the UK so he and I could grow up with a British
        education.
      </p>
      <span class="cd-date">Feb 1994</span>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div id="beginning" class="cd-timeline-block">
    <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-location">
      <i class="fa fa-child fa-fw d-block d-md-none" aria-hidden="true"></i>
      <i
        class="fa fa-child fa-fw fa-2x d-none d-md-block"
        aria-hidden="true"
      ></i>
    </div>

    <div class="cd-timeline-content">
      <h2>Born in Germany to British Parents</h2>
      <p>
        I was born in Bavaria, Germany - my parents decided to move there in the
        mid-1980s so they could experience life in a different country. They
        couldn't speak German when they arrived, but they picked it up quickly
        after enrolling on a 3-month intensive course.
      </p>
      <span class="cd-date">Oct 1992</span>
    </div>
  </div>
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