Week 6 YSYS FoundersDoor

It’s been a great journey, sad that’s its come to an end. What started as my simply as me attending a networking event to step out of my comfort zones ( I hate networking events and small talk with strangers, super draining) turned into pitching the Spiela Story, to winning a space on a pre-accelerator.Continue reading “Week 6 YSYS FoundersDoor”

The importance of telling a story

In week 4 at YSYS FoundersDoor, we had a β€œStorytelling for Startup Success” workshop ran by Abiola Babarinde. We learnt that naturally we are visual beings. Storytelling is important in this modern age of marketing using social media. The story is engaging and if done well transcends demographics. Many brands are telling stories incorrectly. InContinue reading “The importance of telling a story”

Week 2 YSYS FoundersDoor

Start of another weekend. After a week of working and thinking about what was going to be covered in this weekends content, I arrived early. Today we had a great session by Kay on the topic of creating innovative business solutions, vague title I know however I took a lot from it. Kay has hadContinue reading “Week 2 YSYS FoundersDoor”

The creative vs the analyst

Recently I applied to a role, sadly I can’t remember the role but it required analytical skills so most probably it was a mid-level analyst. I was rejected as I have been many times in my job hunting process. Even more so being rejected at the first stages: the shortlisting Typically I ask for feedbackContinue reading “The creative vs the analyst”