S2 Ep1: James Uffindell - A technology entrepreneur breaking down

S2 Ep1: James Uffindell - A technology entrepreneur breaking down social mobility barriers

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James Uffindell - the founder and CEO of Bright Network - is a technology entrepreneur and one of the UK’s leading experts on the entry level talent market. He’s spent the last 20 years helping over one million students with their applications to both leading universities and global employers as well as being an expert on social mobility at the university level and the graduate job market amongst many other things. In this episode, James shares his motivations for pursuing a career as an entrepreneur, his views on what it takes to be successful and how he’s handled the inevitable setbacks. In addition, he provides an insight into the powerful purpose behind Bright Network and the work currently being undertaken to address some of the UK’s most pressing social mobility challenges.

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