Episode #1: Spotting Opportunities with John Yates

#1: Spotting Opportunities with John Yates - Making things up in Business as we go along because plans don't always work the way we plan them! 

John is an entrepreneur and founder of Priority Learning. He started tutoring whilst at University and now works full time on his successful business. John is brilliant at spotting opportunities in the market and creating solutions. He is currently designing an app with AI features that would mark homework and make tutor’s life easier.

Join us as we discuss spotting opportunities, valuing your time, and being prepared for an entrepreneurial life.

Key take aways

1. Take calculated risks
2. Have "life boats" so you can pick yourself up if things go wrong
3. Spread yourself thin to expose yourself to as many problems to solve
4. And be willing to be in it for the overhaul! New opportunities will take a lot of work

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More about Syd.

Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!

She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.

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