Raoul-Gabriel Urma is the founder and CEO of Cambridge Spark, an edtech business that works with companies to provide AI and data upskilling.
In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Urma discusses trusting your own instincts, the innovative power of education and founders getting distracted from their clients by focusing too much on tech and operations.
What advice would you give to a first-time founder?
Be a hustler. You’ve got to where you are by doing things your way, so you must trust your instincts and continue to forge your own path. Get involved in all aspects of your business and set an example by showing others how to get stuff done. Remember you are a founder, not a manager.
This requires resilience and endurance, and you may come across as unconventional at times. But that’s what being a founder is all about, disrupting the industry by doing things differently. It won’t always go to plan, but you must roll with the punches….
