SharkPod #8 ”The Education Empire” - With Chris Lauder

2020-02-26

What is up SharkNation! We have a very special episode for you today. Chris Lauder is the co-founder of The Dublin Academy of Education (@dublinacademy on FB and Twitter) and was named on the Independent's 30 under 30 list. He has been in business for 10 years and has built it from a 2 man operation providing tutoring for 25 Leaving Cert students in the evenings to a full time 'grinds school' with 300 full time students and up to 3000 evening students, all with the goal of ensuring the best possible leaving results for their ...

What is up SharkNation!

We have a very special episode for you today.

Chris Lauder is the co-founder of The Dublin Academy of Education (@dublinacademy on FB and Twitter) and was named on the Independent's 30 under 30 list.

He has been in business for 10 years and has built it from a 2 man operation providing tutoring for 25 Leaving Cert students in the evenings to a full time 'grinds school' with 300 full time students and up to 3000 evening students, all with the goal of ensuring the best possible leaving results for their students.

We interviewed Chris on location in the Dublin Academy of Education and covered...

- Starting from scratch

- Gorrilla marketing

- Backing your product, a real free trial

- Finding investors

- Not stopping at the first hurdle (finding a way no matter what).

- The future of education in Ireland

- Self improvement and the value of enjoying the journey

If you enjoy the show pass it on to someone you think would like it too, if you have feed back reach out to Luke@shark.ie.

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