S6 | Episode 5 | Tom Reynolds of Eden Fifty One: Selling Your Product To An Entire Country

EdenFiftyOne promotes the 51 universal skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening within English language education. Their mission is to make global English language teaching, learning and assessment easier and to improve experience, outcomes and opportunities for everyone, everywhere.

In this episode, Founder & CEO Tom Reynolds joins Chris to talk through how he went from Assistant Head Teacher to building an Ed Tech and his journey to becoming a B Corp. 

He talks through his ambitious first sale the Vietnamese education system and how you start selling to a county & what you need to consider when going global. He then dives into what it’s like to found a business in Liverpool and touches upon his experience as one of the Tech Nation’s North West’s Rising Stars City winners. 

Finally, Tom discusses his experience as a solo Founder and his unique approach to developing a diverse hiring panel for his future hiring plans. 

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