StartupRealities

StartupRealities No 67 RetiredVolunteer  is a social enterprise which allocates volunteer roles to retired people. CEO QUOTE "Young people in many countries around the world are subject to military service or non-military alternative civilian service . Civilian service can sometimes help develop professional and teamworking skills but it comes at a crucial point of life when young people are about to embark on their career. Unfortunately, in most cases a year that takes you away from your career is a year lost. On the other hand, when people retire, they miss the social interaction and routine of the workplace. Time is less precious for retirees as their income is usually based on a pension. So we simply connected the dots by starting RetiredVolunteer to provide pensioners on a nationwide scale with meaningful post-retirement activities that benefit the economy and society. This is akin to former UK Prime Minister David Cameron's 2010 Big Society plan applied in action...

StartupRealities No 59 IndustryInsideOut is an online education company that produces training courses on the operations and finance models of different industries and sectors with the aim of training entrepreneurs and potential COOs, CFOs and CEOs. The courses of the company allow people interested in a given industry (e.g. airlines or concrete production or art galleries) to gain basic or more in-depth knowledge of all operational aspects of the sector so that they can start running a business in the given field. CEO QUOTE "How many hairdressers own the business they work in? The answer is just a few. What stops the rest from setting up shop themselves? The answer is the daunting uncertainty of running a business. Here is where we step in to help. Our online course: The Hair and Barber Salon IndustryInsideOut can give all these skillful people the wherewithal to run their own business. We promote entrepreneurship and empower people: in this sector and in several hundred oth...

StartupRealities No 56 PhilCoaching is an education and training company that employs retired philosophers as coaches. Philosophers specialise in life coaching or career coaching. CEO QUOTE "Philosophers are the most intense, yet the most patient coaches. They go deep. And once they have retired from their teaching or research career, they are almost transcendental. This makes for selfless coaching," said company founder and CEO Phil Collins. The School of Athens in the Vatican - by Raphael (Source: Wikipedia )

StartupRealities No 8 LifeBeyond100 Limited is a company that employs 100-year-old people as leadership gurus and public speakers to deliver keynote speeches and one-to-one coaching seminars remotely (via video conference). The company employs centenarians for one hour a week but gives them the option to work overtime if they wish. Centenarian (Source: Wikipedia )