Jim Unwin,
I doubt many/any of you know this man.
However, I would like to say that this one man had so much influence on my life over the last year that he pretty much filled the gap where my grandad's used to be.
Some of you will know that I pitched to a "Dragons Den" panel with Peter Jones and won £85,000 investment. I am 18. I could only dream of doing this a year ago. I was under confident and held back by peers and teachers from my true potential. Untill I entered this "Pitch" to investors. I went through 8 months of training and workshops at which I met Jim Unwin.
He imediately respected me and thought i had what it takes to take my idea forward. He could relate to it and offered to be my overseer. From that day, I could ring him or email him where and when i wanted and he would help me regardless of his situation. He had no hidden agenda's, bias's or barriers to the fact that he was 73years of age and working within a young business environment.
I pitched because of him and in memory of my grandfather and won. He was so proud, he entered me into the Oxfordshire Business awards.
3 months later, last night...He suddenly died of a heart problem.
I had a memo pop up to remind me to call him...the call he never recieved to update him on my success's and progress.
I don't think i will ever be able to fill that gap of mentor with anyone that was such a character and pivital figure to my life and our projects. I barely scratched the surface of his knowledge, He was a ledgend among local business's and even saved Aston Martin £Millions.
Goodbye Jim, A great businessman, Mentor and friend. RIP
I doubt many/any of you know this man.
However, I would like to say that this one man had so much influence on my life over the last year that he pretty much filled the gap where my grandad's used to be.
Some of you will know that I pitched to a "Dragons Den" panel with Peter Jones and won £85,000 investment. I am 18. I could only dream of doing this a year ago. I was under confident and held back by peers and teachers from my true potential. Untill I entered this "Pitch" to investors. I went through 8 months of training and workshops at which I met Jim Unwin.
He imediately respected me and thought i had what it takes to take my idea forward. He could relate to it and offered to be my overseer. From that day, I could ring him or email him where and when i wanted and he would help me regardless of his situation. He had no hidden agenda's, bias's or barriers to the fact that he was 73years of age and working within a young business environment.
I pitched because of him and in memory of my grandfather and won. He was so proud, he entered me into the Oxfordshire Business awards.
3 months later, last night...He suddenly died of a heart problem.
I had a memo pop up to remind me to call him...the call he never recieved to update him on my success's and progress.
I don't think i will ever be able to fill that gap of mentor with anyone that was such a character and pivital figure to my life and our projects. I barely scratched the surface of his knowledge, He was a ledgend among local business's and even saved Aston Martin £Millions.
Goodbye Jim, A great businessman, Mentor and friend. RIP
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