The Startup Career Launchpad on Tour stopped off at The University of York yesterday evening where 40 students gathered to discover more about the world of startups.
The event featured two panels, with speakers from both tech and creative startups. Despite their differences, both panels were passionate about working for startups in comparison to traditional graduate scheme routes. The tech panel talked about the differences between starting a business as compared to working for one. Whereas the creative panel discussed how they turned their passion into a business.
Oscar Ford was a speaker on the tech panel. He said “It was really great to be a panel with regional and national startups. To have the opportunity to showcase startups and small businesses compared to traditional routes was really exciting- we need more of this”.
We’d like to say a massive thank you to the panelists:
Tech
Chris Etheridge- Former director of Yatterbox
Oscar Ford- Founder of Grateful Goose
Zack Young- Founder of Cherry Bird
Phillip Hayes- Founder of Kloodle
Creative
David Turner- Founder of Turner and Son Product Design and Pump’kd
Simona Manni- Founder of Macchiato Productions
Tom Hutchinson- Founder of Tom Hutchinson Design
Dom Smith- Founder of Soundsphere Magazine
Emanuele Pecorari- filmmaker and Founder of AlterNative Pictures
We’d also like to give a special thank you to our brilliant tour partners- Andrew Ferguson from The University of York, Chris Etheridge from BVCA, give a grad a go, and Invest HK.
“The BVCA is delighted to have been able to support NACUE’s Startup Career Launchpad event at the University of York on May 22nd. It was great to meet so many students that are considering entrepreneurial career paths, be it via starting their own businesses or through joining existing startups. We wish them every success in the future.” - Chris Etheridge, Communications Executive at BVCA.
The tour still has four more stops to make! It will be at The University of Surrey (28th May), UCL (3rd June), and finishing up at the University of Southampton and Kingston University on June 11th. Find out more here.