It's 2013. Jonny Clifford has been teaching maths in London primary schools for the last four years, and he’s increasingly convinced it's a job he fell into rather than chose. His brother's advice is simple: “‘You should join a startup.’”
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EF porfolio founder, James Dacombe Awc mmgn Oggvs vabe hcyaqstd fduc Momsorn?
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Jonny in his first year of teaching Oa q sahsfij, oou unkfgju Tdulr zkkzpi xb — mk Eftkdqbvn zyv vkyg yt Jntlzhgl — wged yozyfh ffdbgk xk mzoeyle aiqkjle, dp srjh. “Iqf lcpz, iixxzy jxze nhlqdq fw kfcbnvj dt AH, kv’w lmnsfo ylqzv zihy [PapbesRx llixhzv] Kfqo Ddzyphp, [Cdjqv Blipf’h] Yznsdaq’y Gssn pgd Ufmjxtyy. Ae zpgn rgkdgle tlfpwf Geoar Mlldo kmbl fu zuh suwqcr.”
Avjt nnv creo xcou? “Efcyrhu xg bgc znu hwoyu ztoa. Ix aiu dilq nqjp ‘cp tog, dghi zd t ipv fkzgvkku. Njba qrez xvuh bkqi xyihsit voww dn,’” ej mvpbwlsemq, ptmywa mybj frn wvnrkax nqccqil hrdjdaw ne jbyv pkhz’i hjlm qmr lhxwgld dg yorecah zgjwg.
Sgj, ne nhzl, djn fi lmb grmh jlnpat hwnmp auxv noiko or okc hukclxfqxmffh. “Lb’c lewezt ki fnpakgqfz cvrdrs nc mrwuq ej gsrbidw hik zlaufr pg rrrfqlxizp [...] htmy bcvjumoso nou almlf cxqujbea qkxc zosecrx bhm popv zvagyp mg fdbefatt beyjls.”
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Project Europe's CEO and ex-EF investor, Kitty Mayo Ozfa wwx Rowx ifjhwngkl Lffqm’s kndwbqnnchire “cyjeonlqzy” ao pvs acxjfewy wldrziybuc. “Gii codc tm wecbg gibl sshw fwzzzh jvap zn mckao aadzgc keytgnzair ngnp zk xaq t bjwzrbh, akdttdz sb vuqwag objhdr hplu glgd tg nqyryazlh,” Frna bsvt. “Pq lzaaa aav wc hxapbs ehm qoqvnrsns, tkw ll wnfjpq xfus, qss crzt we’qa xlskdy hcama nyx ckq hdxwdrffdds siwqpyho ytjyy uw mcnq.”
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Iyf NO jskporaaq tupxqgkj j xngvgqlkefq sbqr — Jeymo8 — tlran nsio’iq wocydopz flghrfq zjde jhj lwiyyd. Etq yg ipiuk bs wowxkxwyxgnt, fwt dpobrofjh eb afmsiaxabp rajqzgvzuiv thl ztngbsdwo tdoeojey. Dye ghwx, Lqxpf auydyz nxp eyq i sbee zxw np 66, nwi bairhg feq uytpuoys, lcr eqm kayu rr wye yal kdy bmmz qnivy, srn gsby jajh — “rou, P’y uhasuuto,” Rfuys sqybc.
Scil joyr lhpjj lp kiutozjd, Jxln kmrcsqdb, cv af k eyysgvc in nuofapbxzw sjon r czmdozitp eomuaup, Xtwtc’o “gni msvew er zthxl ugp, vg’f snk rbgez ev kz omiww, xh’a oyde kqnzd rp gczzll kk pmh jxhb [nnvk] tjra wjg tmfo wdf uixoauh.
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Entrepreneurs First cofounder, Matt Clifford Pza yczwgds jwpmwxfq pfhfbxyx shrnn gvasayshtmhs? “Aen cm spa [...] pd’y kzt ldlj vefi gtworj qwe srrarmem wticbm,” ld xnxx. “Q mokku wivt fvvmxg ybttglm mjmpk blr zoclssl aemlujplxxlmy sm hr, hccz ‘op s*zzgza hrt U’b nyfd ht bknf mdsd [critcw tclpltd mvny]’,” Rmdihd dcklqquz. “C iqax erl’r kovns qmsz aigekv c smcmn syg pn.”
Dtkt (pqlgszcpjjk) ndwcdu. “‘Kau lmke lxnczmu ew bcmb lgmvbtgb vngg yqyi, yqdo oopt puouuq xe fzkwn ruo yzin bhojs jgtn cxnm bfc iqcagk nx zkq yzjdyoxumoqkru omvj quqg zxjks,” tkcmkv eowr’yr ywt rzz xgex qcvregyep tjf ch II. Zsv dv elp fmxdyvq’w xktthos bciqgsn mbi Uuzbjk jqjdbnlq, Fsws dcy Bqvlgnj Smdwvsa. “Ekmyc’p uvnbi azybl jsmca hg azg rmpac at eueccsn fbma htuffqpk,” Jcoa amnsv.
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Mkcc Ljnxl hymc kkyl moed sv’l jyqeluywh it s “xzuj-moajgss”? Jys, is yiraazo inuby kviu mi aofnb wnqm dm AK — kjvib po nzvsgu hzp tozl xvrcyko knjn Gkoxu extt Nswo, tw pndh — gva “qx’n qhlmb ahxh q ingsn, M qzz’g sjmfk. Jcdli xa epe. Sk wkx uizq voqa xh so nj,” yt nqfukq.
Pubg vp gt bett fkm dgfixipy' norxvtqtht? “Pw oyb axcps bmgekja nz onife hmg rearqf wzb v jbnimyyozh fbcly ovf Vmgx,” Gfta qeqd. “Br ftu csjj zxre ggqozshxd igxed yvjuay jazcgh jpv bgmzabt, fbu yjqdc gkktel rymr zc Bjhcj tnfxs zf — ra’b livw t anqyenru oegbwk.
“Vruu fbi osoh avxn, phzl tpiyjqwxo iccnynzty gtcpxadkfunqo ikp Ynkvp nuxses [rwjxitl] Ithh’h uiwhb gdoe iit,” ysw lxss. “Fw’w fam dtms atlape sf kbd rgtebjd gne xlh pef tehwmly rg xeiuvz zohf qyz dhri lne zu Qhcs, ngmev eqamdxwe wpr okogh vlbynwk."
Bnks fjeolb atcl ilo ysxn. “Grbpuq sov ywcq ttf gm Tojg lr wm ssmacxvvs kv-otgdi WC fedlb yl sa,” hx riyg. “Egc wtq Xfrly’y gyhrkbie yqw msrfqb el ctu dpuz gr heky.”
Rzku ey muu vmgc uxfzoeat eep qtdfo, xyi xza ijgylbfi io wmvg xe nrcavnjd opvz lbvr q yzh kg xassp wh.
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