30-SECOND CV

on the ocean waves with his nomadic parents, who then sent him to learn in a more conventional environment at school in Edinburgh.

While still in fifth year his aptitude for IT saw him set up a website selling software licences for Apple operating system IOS.

And after failing to secure a university place to study product design, Clover started working for a wi-fi company in the Scottish capital, which he says was trying to work out what its product and customer base should look like.

He learned that many people in the industry were struggling to demonstrate “the value to the client on an ongoing basis so being able to give analytics, data capture, having a branded log-in experience”.

The only way to do so was by spending tens of thousands of ● Born: 1992, Baslow ● Education: Homeschooled, George Watson’s, didn’t get into uni ● First job: Sales assistant at Jenners ● Ambition while at school: Make cool products ● What car do you drive: Don’t drive ● Favourite mode of transport: Uber ● Music: I like most kinds – anything easy listening pounds, which was not viable. “I thought, wait a second… I can figure this out,” and from his bedroom he came up with what he thought such an offering should look like, then set- ● Kindle or book: Kindle ● Reading material: Online tech publications ● Can’t live without: Wi-fi! ● What makes you angry: No wi-fi/passwords to get on the wi-fi ● What inspires you: People who love what they do ● Favourite place: Edinburgh ● Best thing about your job: The product taking off ● Best business advice you’ve ever been given: If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late ting out to sell it. It gave venue-ownersdataonwho was visiting, “how much time they were spending, where they came from and how often they returned”.

His first customer was