"The business was born from the "common goal" of supporting young entrepreneurs and further understanding how the education system is letting down young people who have a creative entrepreneurial spirit. While computing and digital are now part of the school curriculum, it's not uncommon for young people to have no idea what's actually involved in a tech job, and Timperley accuses some schools of being "exam factories" rather than promoting the creative thinking and soft skills involved in tech roles and entrepreneurship."
"After setting up her own recruitment company and spending four years running the UK arm of a US events business, Timperley and her Twitter comrades started Enterprise Lab in 2011 to span the "gap between education, employment and enterprise" by offering entrepreneurs support and participating in events to assist young people in finding their future careers. "A lot of it was around entrepreneurial thinking and ideation, and I suppose what you would now call design sprints. Helping people with ideas and creating solutions," she says."
Naomi Timperley co-founded Enterprise Lab in 2011 with collaborators met on Twitter to bridge the gap between education, employment and enterprise. Her background in technology recruitment and work running a UK arm of a US events business informed an approach focused on entrepreneurial thinking, ideation and practical support for founders. Enterprise Lab runs events and programmes to help young people explore career options and develop digital and soft skills. Timperley criticizes some schools as "exam factories" and emphasizes fostering creative thinking and design-sprint style activities to prepare underrepresented young people for tech roles and entrepreneurship.
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