Storming Silicon Valley
1. Identify a real human need and address it
ie build something people want.
2. Learn your market inside out
ie get relevant hands-on experience.
3. Develop specialist skills
eg coding for a tech-enabled business.
4. Launch, get traction (by proving your
business is wanted) and raise funding.
5. Recognise and respond to the evolving
needs of your customers.
Robyn Exton left Sevenoaks in 2004.
A job in corporate brand consulting taught her
all about social networking sites. Now Robyn
runs a tech-based business of her own in
Silicon Valley; a social networking business
she built from scratch serving a global market
worth billions.
These days, both coding and entrepreneurship are embedded in the Sevenoaks curriculum.