Thursday, December 1, 2011

Go on a gap year - come back with a business plan

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school year can provide motivation and incentive to develop their own business ideas

When the school and friends Hayler Linley Lewis took a year after watching the waves of the world's best surf, they did not expect the trip to start a business idea.

"We have always had a passion to see many different countries - I bought a return ticket to the world with a plan to navigate in the best locations, and to develop our own ability to navigate in the process, "said Lewis.

never been on a surfboard before, but as Hayler, who had spent his childhood in Cornwall waves crest, he enjoyed his experience. "We had something to do wherever we travel, met many wonderful people, and cemented a lifelong passion into a great sport," said Lewis, who like Hayler is now 28. "When we returned, many people were really interested in the trip - we received many" I wish I had "comments"

Therefore, while Lewis went on to study economics at the University of Birmingham, and began a policy level Hayler Newcastle, the couple began to study the market sabbatical. In the midst of the many companies that offer ski programs and adventure, they could not find a surf specialist. During his studies, decided to mix the fun in the waves to travel and a community project was a gap in the market that could fill.

Ticket to Ride

, a travel agency that offers the opportunity to qualify as a surfing instructor and lifeguard at the beach, in addition to doing volunteer work, was created after the duo graduated in 2005.

Ticket to Ride
first trip - 20 gappers Surf South Africa - in 2007, exhausted, and the company now offers surf lessons in Costa Rica, Portugal, South Africa, Mozambique and Morocco . The duo also run a business school of surfing in Perranporth, Cornwall and last year merged with a company on a branch of the foot in this area too.
  • This year, Lewis Hayler and sent more than 500 passengers on trips around the world, with sales of nearly £ 800,000. They launched into "mini-sabbaticals" for interested students to avoid being beaten with enrollment highest in enrollment next fall and demand remained strong.
"sabbatical," says Lewis, "is a unique opportunity in life. In the market for hard work, a wealth of experience and skills from year to year may be different from the crowd. "

Cycling
world is another source of inspiration for a start-up is unlikely. But a year off to do precisely what gave Geoff Cunningham, 26, the confidence to start a business of biofuels - is now set to deliver revenues of £ 1 million in its first year

After earning a degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Cambridge, Cunningham set a race up the ladder of the company. However, after three months in his work with a management consultant who was on sabbatical due to a shortage of projects. "I had just finished training and I was disappointed, but I wanted to make the most of it."



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