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Meet The Team


We are an award-winning team of entrepreneurs, educators & innovation experts

Jay Shorter

Jay Shorter

Co-Founder

Award-winning enterprise educator, entrepreneur & corporate innovation expert

Theo Ohene

Theo Ohene

Growth Expert

Growth Marketing expert with 12 years' experience at leading startups in UK and US. Founder of growth agency Skyamo.

Ed Halliday

Ed Halliday

Co-Founder

12 years' experience founding, building and scaling ventures in edtech, health, AI and beyond

Yee Mun Thum

Yee Mun Thum

Product Expert

Co-founded Scarlett of Soho, the world's first eyewear subscription service (acquired by the MyOptique group). VC and investor at Potential VC, Angel Academe.

Cassie Quinn

Cassie Quinn

Creative & Design Expert

Founder of award-winning sustainable design studio CQ Studio.

Will Dubin

Will Dubin

Technical Expert

Founder of ManholeMetrics. Imperial MEng (Hons) & RAEng Enterprise Fellow. Mayor’s Entrepreneur winner 2022. UKRI Young Innovator

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Our Story

Why the origami crane?

We believe that the entrepreneurship is the most powerful way to develop the skills, mindsets and new ideas to thrive in a 21st-century career.

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An ancient Japanese legend called 'Senbazuru' promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted happiness and eternal good luck by the gods. Origami cranes get easier to fold with practice, but making 1,000 paper cranes is still a huge undertaking. For this reason, it’s common for groups of people to join together to make a Senbazuru.

 

For us, the origami crane represents the key traits of an entrepreneurial mindset: creativity, resilience, collaboration and leadership.

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Since 2018, we've helped 3,500+ entrepreneurial people develop the skills to thrive

3500+

People trained

100+

Startups accelerated

5

Countries in Europe, MENA and Latin America

500+

Hours of innovation programmes delivered

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