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 .