Nick Scott
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Location: | London |
| Groups: | DrinkTank London, LSE Entrepreneurs, Oxford Entrepreneurs |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | bringing groupspaces as a means of connecting and interacting with students to the attention of graduate recruiters and building lasting relationships. |
| Schools: | University of Leeds |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | GroupSpaces Ltd |
| Position: | Relationship Manager |
| Time period: | April 2008 - Present |
| Description: | • The role involves bringing Graduate Recruiters onboard and working closely with them to ensure maximum synergies between their recruitment objectives and our products benefits.
• I am immersed daily in product promotion and the art of selling, not just for a one off transaction but instead building lasting relationships with repeat customers. • Strong verbal and written communication skills are imperative. I have developed an ability to see situations from the other person’s point of view and distinguish their objectives and create solutions appropriate to these. |
| Employer: | Freshminds |
| Position: | Research Consultant |
| Time period: | February 2008 - March 2008 |
| Description: | • As a research consultant my role required innovative solutions to investigating in depth project work. I became proficient in a wide variety of research techniques and tools. I advanced my communication and persuasive skills whilst conducting telephone research projects and unstructured interviews. |
| Employer: | BDO Stoy Hayward |
| Position: | ACA Graduate programme |
| Time period: | September 2007 - February 2008 |
| Description: | • A combination of on site audit work and training for professional qualification enabled me to increase both my commercial awareness and numerical capabilities.
• The nature of the work has enhanced my systematic thought process and ability to manage expectations. • I developed an understanding of the risks facing companies and the underlying accounting principles and processes that enable business to function, across a variety of sectors. |
| Employer: | The Fine Art Fund, London |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | June 2006 - August 2006 |
| Description: | • I created and presented a full analytical report into the state of the art market. This was sent to current and prospective clients outlining art’s viability as an alternative investment
• I planned and managed a road show with various financial journalists for my CEO and the CEO of BSI bank. This required strong time management and communication skills. |
| Employer: | St George’s Crypt, Homeless Care centre and Soup Kitchen |
| Position: | Work Experience |
| Time period: | September 2005 - June 2007 |
| Description: | • In working at St George Crypt team work was essential in planning and executing a diverse set of tasks from cooking to socializing with guests. This often required quick creative thinking and a practical approach to problem solving.
• I relied on oral communication to effectively organize over 150 people collecting their only meal of the day |
| Employer: | Silver Seas Cruises |
| Position: | Assistant Shore Excursions manager |
| Time period: | November 2003 - March 2004 |
| Description: | • Silverseas Cruise Liner is a six star service. I represented the face of the company when on shore, catering to individuals’ personal requirements whilst ensuring the group had a six star experience.
• Whilst leading tours many unforeseen requests and itinerary interruptions occurred. It was necessary for me to surmount these problems whilst maintaining an aura of top quality service to the group. This often required creative solutions and strong communication skills |
| Employer: | Fairfax, London, Corporate Finance team |
| Position: | Work Experience |
| Time period: | September 2006 |
| Description: | • My analytical and presentation skills were enhanced whilst preparing initial overview research projects. As a nominated advisor there are many new and unique companies requiring complete and concise research and comparative information to be produced in order to assess their viability. |
| Employer: | Promethean Investments plc, Private Equity |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | September 2005 |
| Description: | • I performed analytical reviews into a number of acquisitions across a variety of sectors. My findings were presented to the principals both in written form and orally.
• I was in attendance at board meetings and fundraising meetings. The company was seeking their first acquisition and this enabled me to gain a substantial insight into both the setting up of a fund and the deal pipeline process. |
| Employer: | McInroy & Wood plc, Fund Managers |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | July 2005 |
| Description: | • I was introduced to the AIM market. Working in this small conservative Fund Manager enabled me to follow the processes and systems behind fund managers’ decision making. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Leeds |
| Time period: | 2004 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Management and History of Art, BA |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Art, Psychology, Charity, Finance, Literature, Ecology, Yoga, Boxing, Kitesurfing |
| Memberships: | Volunteer regularly, dedicating an evening a week to homeless charities.
Instigator and administrator of joint student and local community initiatives. Founder of a successful Student Night now run under franchise in London and Leeds. |
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Anywhere.FM
Anwhere.FM is a powerful web music player that allows you to upload your music, play it anywhere, and discover new music through friends.
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Huddle.net
Combines online collaboration, project management and document sharing with social networking.
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Kirill Makharinsky
Entrepreneur and numbers guy. Co-founder of YouNoodle; previously studied metrics at Slide and mathematics at Oxford.
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David Langer
Internet entrepreneur. Co-Founder & CEO, GroupSpaces Ltd. Blogger, davidlanger.co.uk