Change your thinking

“We create environments that develop your creative problem solving,

initiative & leadership skills through the process of business start-up.”

#corkscrewthinking

This is what we do

Corkscrew thinking was coined by Winston Churchill to describe creative problem solvers

What is corkscrew thinking? Corkscrew Thinking can be thought of as three distinct skills, each with their own applications and uses. Each takes a

great deal of time, effort and experience to acquire but are also the most rarest and desirable skills to have.

Creative Problem Solving

Creative problem solving is about looking at the world with curiosity and finding innovate, useful and original solutions to

all manor of problems.

Confidence in leadership

Without the natural leaders pf the world we would never achieve

lasting change or have the courage to deal with the difficult

challenges that face us.

Initiative & Self learning Showing initiative and taking responsibility for one’s own

actions and self-development is an important part of

progressing as an individual.

Corkscrew thinking in start-ups Corkscrew thinking is a key aspect of creating your own business start-up. In business, you’ll hit lots of barriers – and it’s how you overcome those barriers that will measure how successful your company will be.

After finding her real passion in life was designing and crafting vintage jackets and bags, Cilia set up RedCauliflower.nl and now sells her products from multiple stores.

Cilia launched her own vintage fashion range in Amsterdam, Red Cauliflower

Cilia sells from several shops in the fashion quarter of Amsterdam

After getting great feedback, she’s hoping to expand into more shops

Corkscrew thinking in Employment It’s not just for business start-ups, Corkscrew Thinking is necessary in all roles. Corkscrew thinking is about thinking outside of the box and not being scared to stand up for what you believe in.

Amy trained as a lawyer, but soon realised the legal world wasn’t for her. After leaving Corkscrew she snapped up one of the top jobs at ALDI, where she’s now working in a fast track management program.

Amy took one of the top area manager positions at aldi, ireland

Amy was invited to be part of a fast track management program due of her creativity & knowledge

Upon completing the program, she’ll have one of the top retail management jobs in ireland

We like to teach corkscrew thinking through business start-up The act of starting a business teaches you a lot of invaluable techniques. Not only does it require creative problem solving to find a viable business

opportunity, but it also takes a lot of self-learning and leadership to sell your products and build a customer base.

Creative Problem Solving

Finding an opportunity

Confidence in leadership

Building customers & growing

Initiative & Self learning

Teaching yourself business

Starting a business

Your next four weeks on

the program

Week one focuses on creating your first

business idea with lots of workshops focused on

problem solving, looking at the future, and

being a leader.

Week 1: Big thinking

Week

Week 2: SEAMLESS Business

Week two takes the ideas you’ve created in the first

week, and asks how feasible are they? We’ll look at the SEAMLESS canvas and get you to understand the basics

of business.

Week 3: Kickstart Your

Business After weeks one and two

you’ll have an business start-up idea that’s

feasible, but how do you launch it? Week three

gives you practical experience in setting up and running a business.

Week 4: Self Brand &

Pitch The last week focuses on your own professionalism

and how you represent yourself online. We’ll look at

your CV & online profiles and you’ll also be pitching your

business idea to our business bears.

Learn how to start a business step by step Over the next few weeks we’ll be working with you and taking you for hands on training sessions and workshops in

the four stages of starting your business – 1. Idea creation 2. Feasibility 3. Launch and 4. Pitch it!

Corkscrew

pitch night Pitch your business

idea to our business bears

The big finale

Your 5 minutes

of fame

Pitch for

monopoly money

The idea with the most investment at the end of the night, wins!

A bit of friendly

competition

You’ll Also be

working with

real clients You’ll be working on real time business

projects given by our project partners, all social enterprises and charities, during which you’ll have direct,

1 to 1 contact with someone in the organisation.

Learn new skills

Consulting experience

Project management experience

Great for CVs & Resumes

Some of our project partners You’ll be working on real time business projects given by our project partners – all social enterprises and charities – during which you’ll have

direct, 1 to 1 contact with someone in the organisation. Not only does it look good on your CV, but it’s also great professional experience.

"Corkscrew put together an awesome campaign for us and helped us increase revenue and fan reach. Thanks again!"

- Edwin Broni Mensah, Founder

Give me tap Project Partner

"The work Corkscrew participants did for us continues to help us today and I

can't wait to work with them again.” - Charles Howgego, Editor

The Big Issue Foundation Project Partner

"The Start-Up Internship participants did a great job and their work will be a key factor in our continuing progress”

- Andy Woods-Ballard, Director

Global Vision International Project Partner

Start your own business

Improve Your CV/Resume

Build your confidence Learn new skills

Make international connections

Become a leader

You’ll get out what you put in In summary, let’s take a look at all of the amazing things you’ll be learning on your journey here with Corkscrew. We’ll encourage

you to do a lot of things you don’t often get to do and we encourage you to get as much out of it as you can.

Why corkscrew?

Each participant Becomes part of the Corkscrew community We’re lucky to have quite a tight knit community at Corkscrew, full of enthusiastic, bright and like-minded people from all

over the world, learning and supporting each other – not to mention grabbing some beers on the weekend!

“leadership and learning are indispensable to each other” – John F. Kennedy

Leadership is a crucial part of the program and as we go through the next four weeks, we encourage you to come out of your comfort zone a little and try things you haven’t tried before. Push yourself to be the one making sure the work gets

done on time with interesting and valuable results – and make sure no-one gets left behind on the way!

Clean the cups

Don’t expect people to look after you, show humility. It’s impossible

to have stratospheric success without having your feet planted

firmly on the ground.

No. 1

No Divas Keep moving in the same direction, no one

is bigger than the team. Work together as a collective and you will achieve far

greater rewards and results.

No. 2

Champions do extra

The philosophy simply means finding incremental ways to do more, in sport may be called marginal gains. A focus

on continual improvement, the creation of a continual learning

environment.

No. 3

Don’t fear failure

Keep calm in difficult situations and don’t let a ‘red head’ get the better of you. Breath and except the situation

and focus on solutions not stress. Frustration and failure are all

part of business and life.

No. 4

Evolve to do something

better Just as in nature business leaders must look

to evolve from those before them, to be better than those that they replace.

Learn from your peers, family, colleagues and strive to be better.

No. 5

Leaders Create

Leaders True leaders inspire others to raise their

games, to constantly evolve and them themselves become leaders of

others. This is the sign of a true leader.

No. 6

A graphic designer with expertise spanning marketing,

communication and design. Founder of Corkscrew.

Tom Brushwood Corkscrew Mentor

A serial entrepreneur and a specialist in business, social

enterprise and the travel industry. Founder of Corkscrew.

Neil Finnie Corkscrew Mentor

Meet the corkscrew team Welcome to the Corkscrew family. These are the mentors and partners that will be working with you over

the next four weeks, led by Corkscrew mentors Neil and Tom.

An old school entrepreneur with over 15 years of

experience in the travel industry. Founder of GVI.

Richard Walton South African Partner

Social innovation specialist with experience in service design and

trade consultancy. Special interest in the role of technology.

Andreu Gual Falco Spainish Partner

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www.corkscrew.io