Two weeks ago I was looking for work experience and NextTechGirls connected me with Elena Sinel, the founder of Acorn Aspirations. Elena was planning to run an Alexa Bootcamp and offered me a [...]
Rushing to get to Richard Branson’s launch event for his new book, ‘Finding my Virginity’ in an uber, I didn’t know what to expect. I knew that I would be seeing a self-made billionaire, [...]
On the 12th of October, I was lucky enough to join the Acorn Aspirations team to go and see Richard Branson do a talk about his new autobiography, Finding My Virginity. The event was at Troxy in [...]
The atmosphere outside Troxy that night was electrifying, the crowd abuzz with excitement and chatter. Queues to collect tickets stretched around the block but not a single complaint was heard, I [...]
Working at Acorn Aspirations has opened my eyes to see how technology has equipped entrepreneurs from all backgrounds with the tools to fix problems they see in their everyday life and beyond. [...]
Sitting in The Troxy, London, listening to the billionaire Richard Branson talking about his life building Virgin, I was truly inspired. This was the man wanted to build an airline and people [...]
On Thursday 12th October, I won the opportunity to attend Richards Branson’s global book launch. One of the reasons why I wanted to go is so I that I could learn about how he started as an [...]
We had inspirational talks from Brian Moran from the USA and Tanya Laird (CEO of Digital Jam), who helped us with our pitches and made sure we were confident in presenting them. On days 9 and 10 [...]
Day 7 of the Acorn Aspirations’ 2017 Summer Accelerator started at Skills Matter (CodeNode). When we arrived, we were given a name badge and then we set off into the basement. Our first [...]
Day 6 of Acorn Aspirations’ #AcornAccelerator2017 took place at WeWork in Moorgate, London. WeWork is a global network of workspaces where companies grow together. Upon entering, we were [...]
