Andy Mew
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Email
andy.mew@essex.ac.uk -
Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 874098
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Location
INNOVATION CENTRE STUDIO X, Colchester Campus
Profile
- Angel investment and fundraising
- Minimum desirable products and bootstrapping
- Customer development and ideal customer profiles
- Marketing strategies
- Sales strategies
- Student enterprise in the curriculum
Biography
Andy oversees the Essex Startups Team and champions starting a business as an alternative route that students should explore after they graduate. He has previously run his own freelance copywriting and marketing business, managed a 2000-person nightclub, helped run a family-owned business, and established a co-working space with a community of 52 businesses. Andy is passionate about startups, with a particular focus on MVP development, low-cost marketing strategies, and early-stage traction. He is also the Enterprise Educators UK National Chair for Practitioner Pathways and has seen the team come Highly Commended in the National Enterprise Educators Awards and win an Excellence in Education Award from the University of Essex.
