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Investment opportunity. Digital receipts startup. Min. £5k ticket. Client I’ve just started advising and may be investing in myself.
Dijii will be the UK’s first tappable digital receipt app that makes digital receipting fast and easy (with no awkward email exchange at checkout). Customers use the free app to conveniently organise their digital receipts while maintaining their privacy and (to be developed once launched) expense into their accounting package by just swiping right!
Retailers save money because Dijii receipts cost less than paper and post-purchase, the app continues to connect retailers and customers via gamification and marketing that will drive sales and increase repeat visits.
One App. One Tap. No Paper.
Please let me know if you’d like to learn more. I will intro you to the founder and get you access to the deck and other assets.
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Paul David Mather posted in the group Coaches and Mentors
Hi fellow coaches and mentors,
Those of you with formal coaching qualifications, which organisations and courses would you recommend?
Cheers,
Paul
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Hi Paul, Rebecca Beck, Ilaria Vilkelis, Janis Chan, Volker Ballueder , Nikki Eve Wallis, Mike Richardson, Saori Okada, Amanda Green, Allan Kelly, Stuart Prestedge, Anthony Donataccio, @leonardo-zangrando, James McKerracher might be able to offer some assistance
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Thanks for tagging me, Ella.
I think it depends what kind of coaching you’d like to do, Paul. I wanted to do Health Coaching, so I did my certification through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. Hope that helps.
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Hi Paul – jumping on to echo what others have said – really depends on what your end goal is, I wanted something evidence-based and for ICF accreditation – to align against ethical principles and future proofing as I see this industry moving into more regulation sooner or later. If you’re supplementing advisory/mentoring role, you may only be after a general skills based course – although it depends on who you are! Happy to discuss further (full disclosure, I am par…
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Janis, thank you; I appreciate your insights.
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There are a few, Barefoot Coaching has a good reputation but also depends on what you want to do moving forward. I have a Master Practitioner in NLP and Strength Coaching certificate and various other qualifications. Eyed up this one to do maybe later this year: https://www.cmit-elearning.co.uk/cmit-distance-learning-courses/offers-cmit-distance-learning/
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Thanks, Volker.
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As others have already suggested, you need to be clear on what you want and then decide how to get there. I am a Certified NLP Coach (2002) and Executive Coach (2004) and have more certifications than I can count. Ultimately it depends on what you expect and who is your ideal coaches. Today, I would still look at NLP courses like NLP School in London, ITS that has now moved into Neuroscience. That’s the future.
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Thanks, Ilaria, I would definitely want to study approaches which are evidence-based. I’m curious, what has led you to pursue so many qualifications – is it a form of continuous development, or did you do it to meet specific requirements of your work?
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Hi Paul, I support what others have said about what type of coaching and how you want to use it. I trained with Barefoot; it takes a whole person approach (both exec and personal coaching), included a number of methodologies ( TA, CBT, NLP for example), and also accredited with the ICF. But, I knew I was making a career out of it and wanted something pretty heavyweight but if that’s not your intention it’s about choosing the solution that is appropriate for you. I’d coached for many years …
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Thanks, Rebecca, it’s useful to know there are so many options. I will do some research and may come back to you in due course.
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Hi Paul,
As others have already commented, I would invite you to first explore for yourself what type of coaching you’re looking to do, and then investigate the coaching school options from there. Even as far as asking to speak directly with teachers/trainers from the providers to get a feel for things for yourself. Unfortunately, the quality benchmark of the industry has been diluted in recent years, thus why it’s important to not buy into clever marketing or social biases towa…
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Thanks, Anthony, I appreciate the caution. I definitely need to do some more research, but I may take you up on that chat at some point.
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Hi Paul
I echo what others have said about it depends what you’re looking to do with the coaching. I did my qualification with Animas initially and keen to move towards ICF accreditation in future.
I think another important factor is what your potential client base would want from you. I would recommend focusing on that (and if that isn’t clear to you yet, potentially putting more time and effort into working that out rather than which coaching qualification to do).
Some g…
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Thanks, Amanda, that’s good advice. My clients to date have mainly been founders and senior ops employees at startups. None of them has ever asked me for, or even mentioned, coaching qualifications. I asked on here more out of curiosity than anything, since I see a lot of people on LinkedIn doing and seeking out qualifications, but it’s not always clear to me exactly what value they add and how they compare.
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One of my client companies has built a remote customer service team, which could in future be available for outsourcing. They are native English speakers, UK-based, with extensive experience in video support and other channels. The team has an inbuilt management structure and currently works 7 days a week, 9am-9pm UK time.
Do you know of any startups or SMEs, which might benefit from outsourcing customer service or other tasks to such a team?
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Hi Paul, while I am not currently aware of a potential client, I am a strong advocate for good customer service and I would be interested in learning more about your solution for future client scenarios. Can you share any details?
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Thanks, Alastair, I’ll DM you.
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Sounds interesting Paul, tagging some of our community that work with startups and SMEs – Nicola MacPhail, Carolina Melendez, Adam Oskwarek-Sanford, Kelly Keating, Emma Wallace, Alan Tang, Aušrinė Keršanskaitė, Lisa Karran, Jesko Bartelt
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Thanks for tagging people; I appreciate it!
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Hi Paul, not aware either. If anything I’ve seen a trend towards building and strengthening _internal_ customer services teams as a means of differentiation (at least in healthcare startups).
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Thanks, Jesko, good to know. Actually this team currently does work for a healthcare startup – they provide a white label service under the client’s direction, so a customer wouldn’t know.
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Thanks, Lisa, is that for the same reason Jesko mentioned?
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Hi all! Looking for recommendations for a web developer please. Client of mine needs a fairly simple website making. Needs to be fast, easy to edit/update, mobile responsive and cost £2k or less to make. Any ideas?
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Hi Paul – Anthony Main, Max Lyuchin, mark cowan, Akul M, @Andy Townsend, Roberto Uzcategui, Judson Alphin, Ethan Kenneth Winter, Krzysztof Janiszewski, @jesus might be able to help, or might have some recommendations
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Check out our partner Stakk – we’ve been working with them for about 6 months and have been very impressed.
They are 2 UK-based owners, but with a team of about 20 in India. We’ve always been reluctant to off shore, but our relationship with them has proved worth while.
Tell Jack (who you will speak to) I’ve sent you for preferential treatment!
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Brilliant, thanks Anthony!
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Paul David Mather is with Jonathan Bullock and 5 others
Calling all angel investors!
I recently made a small ticket investment in Foodstuff, an ethically-minded food delivery platform serving indie restaurants in Cambridge, Bristol and Manchester. I was already advising them on operations in return for sweat equity, mainly because of my Deliveroo background and interest in sustainability.
I think they have great potential and a viable exit strategy, and now they’re raising more funds to expand. In particular, they’re looking for angels who share their values and are prepared to put in at least £25k. I’m sure someone here fits the bill.
I’ve tagged friends with ’angel’, ’investor’ or similar in your profile but feel free to share with others. If you’d like an intro to the founders, please reach out to me.
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Hi Paul, this may of interest to Scott Leishman, Vishaal, Mark Whitby, Nicola MacPhail, Rav Dhaliwal, Jacob Lehman, Jamie Thomas, Ayelet Mavor, Jonathan Bullock, Tatyana Popova, Alex Martinez, Rus Newton, Nrinder, Ice White, Andrew Bartlam
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Hey Paul – great shout out. I’m an investor at Foodstuff too and know one of the founders (Toby) well. Company is doing a great job building a delivery business with strong eco and employee welfare credentials. As the business grows it is developing a clear template to scale fast from city to city. I’d also endorse for other angels out there to take a look….
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Good stuff, Mark, we should catch up some time.
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Paul – I just dropped you am email regarding the WAU Bike opportunity. Looks interesting. Fancy a chat Sometime?
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Thanks, Mark! Just dropped you a reply by email.
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Michael Walsh, Philipp von Bieberstein also potentially of interest to you.
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Thanks, Ella!
Paul, I would love to learn more about the company; I try to limit my investments to those that share my personal values and are delivering a valuable service, and Foodstuff looks like it might fit the bill; what’s your availability for a chat?
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Hi Jacob Lehman, great to hear it. I’d love to talk; feel free to book a slot in my calendar. https://calendly.com/pauldavidmather/
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I assume they are on cloud kitchen which is going to be the next big thing.
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Hi Harish, Foodstuff is a delivery platform delivering for restaurants operating out of high street locations, as well as food trucks, pop-ups, and potentially dark kitchens… as long as those restaurants are not part of a chain or restaurant group, they must be independently owned.
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Got it something similar to Zomato. Zomato is gearing up to start a new business offering which is called Zomato Kitchens(cloud Kitchen). This will be great diversification for delivery platform businesses.
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Hi Harish, the main differences are that Foodstuff handle all the delivery and customer service themselves; and they limit themselves to a curated selection of independent restaurants, so they can provide dedicated account management and a consistently high quality service. They want to work with fewer restaurants exclusively, rather than work with more restaurants which use them alongside aggregators. Additionally, all of their delivery is zero emissions and they aim to be as ethical as possibl…
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Thanks for sharing Paul! Tagging some angel investors who may want to find out more – Julian Asher, Nicola MacPhail, Darren Kirby, Rebecca Saunders, Mark Whitby, Robin Ravi CECrow Learn invest advise mentor teach disrupt, Jonathan Bullock, Jamie Thomas