Value of doing a placement for setting up your own business

Rich Daniels, Placement Learning Manager talks to Quinn Leatherbarrow-Stokes a University of Exeter alum, who co-founded of QWERTY Beer Box and QWERTY Commerce.  Here Quinn discusses his time at University of Exeter and how his choices and actions put him on the path to starting his own company. Useful information relating to student start-up support can be accessed here: Enterprise & Entrepreneurship | Career Zone | University of Exeter.  You can discover more about UpReach here https://upreach.org.uk/   If you would like to talk to an Employability Careers Consultant about your start-up idea, visit the Career Zone or use the Live Chat on the website.    You can book into a  session on Networking or LinkedIn via Handshake   To discover more about placement options during your time at university, visit our webpages here   You can find out more about QWERTY Beer Box/Commerce here;   QWERTY Beer Box which focuses on beer gift hampers and championing the awesome independent UK breweries out there. Key periods throughout the year for us include Father’s Day (June 18th), Birthdays & Christmas, here www.qwertybeerbox.co.uk University of Exeter staff and students can find out more about QWERTY Beer Box and Fathers Days promotion via this  link   QWERTY COMMERCE which focuses on enhancing brand's online sales - with a special emphasis on Amazon, here - www.qwertycommerce.com