Jake Fox

Ella – Case Study: Building experience with Paperound and landing that dream graduate job

Ella Palethorpe, University of Leeds graduate and recently announced Graduate Design Engineer at Dyson, tells us her thoughts on navigating work experience as a student and crossing the void into that dream graduate job. How have you gone about getting experience during university? Due to COVID-19 I was unable to get an internship so I […]

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Case Study – Duro: Building my experience with Paperound and landing my graduate job

Duro, University of Bristol graduate, and recently announced Finance Graduate at Liberty Global tells us his thoughts on navigating work experience as a student and crossing the void into a graduate job. How have you gone about getting experience during university? Naturally, Paperound has been a key source of professional experience during my university time.

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Founder Chats: Make Impact – B Corps, focusing your impact, and the role of innovation

Today on Founder chats, we’ve got Fiona from Make Impact. Tell us about what you do Fiona! So Make Impact is an agency empowering companies to make their business a force for good. I work with SMEs from across industries, mostly founders, to support them to go through the B-Corp certification process, and help them

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Founder Chats: Legislate – Contracts, Conveyor Belts, and Staying Uber Focused

So today we’ve got Charles from Legislate – introduce yourself, the beginnings of your career, what you’re building now, and where you’re planning to go with it. I’m Charles Brecque, founder and CEO of Legislate. I studied engineering at university, then joined a tech startup, and quickly moved into business development. And I realised during

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Founder Chats: Tradem – Kings, Kids, Commerce, and Super Skilled Students

Today we’ve got Marcelo! Hi, Jake. My name is Marcelo I’m building Tradem – a marketplace for teens and kids to trade second-hand goods. They get to declutter their room. They get to make some money and help the environment by doing it. And there’s an accompanying parent app so they can exercise control. By

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Paperound launches:  ‘Student Voices and the Future of Work ‘ research project

Paperound has launched a primary research project to uncover key insights from the UK’s student population, exploring their experiences around navigating early career obstacles, and transitioning into full-time employment.  Get involved Founded in 2021, Paperound is the first digital marketplace dedicated to opening up work opportunities exclusively for UK students by connecting them with SMEs

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Founder Chats: YesRef – Referees, Payments and Sticking to Priorities

Introduce yourself Ben! I am Ben Williamson, founder of YesRef, National League Assistant Referee and a 30-year-old entrepreneur from Wiltshire. YesRef is the easy way to find and pay sports officials, globally. I’ve been a football referee for 15 years, and lucky enough to find myself in the professional game. My business partner Olly is

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Get More Done Leeds: Helping entrepreneurs achieve more with local emerging talent

We’re proud to launch Get More Done Leeds! In continuing our commitment to supporting regional economies, we’ve teamed up with Leeds City Council to provide digital resource to innovating entrepreneurs in Leeds, connecting them with local emerging talent. The initiative will provide fully subsidised student resource for growing tech startups in Leeds via the click-to-activate

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