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About the Episode

The what's what...

In a moment, you'll meet Rebecca De Beukelaer - Founder and CEO of Unisalad, a community and marketplace app for university students.

Growing up, Rebecca thought she'd be a housewife, have a lot of kids, and perhaps a couple of dogs and horses as well. Entrepreneurship was all but a foreign word to her.

Rebecca's parents encouraged her and her siblings to pursue career paths that made them happy. There was no one definition of what "success" looked like within the context of a profession, but rather an expectation to do good work and lean into the opportunities that life presented.

So when a Facebook group that she had started for students to buy, sell, and exchange concert tickets at her university in Nottingham grew to over 36,000 members, Rebecca knew she had to capitalize on this audience.

Tune in to hear the story of how Rebecca built Unisalad and how she successfully pivoted after COVID-19 forced students across the UK back home and her app usage all but disappeared.

About the Podcast

Zach Busekrus

Host

Zach Busekrus

Zach is the Founder of Enrollify. He thoroughly enjoys building new brands, developing and executing content marketing strategies, and hosting podcasts. When he's not working on Enrollify, he enjoys discussing life's quandaries over coffee (or a good bourbon) with friends, building Sponstayneous (his travel brand side hustle), trying out new HIIT workouts, and adventuring across the globe with his wife!

Rebecca De Beukelaer

Interviewee

Rebecca De Beukelaer

Rebecca is the founder & CEO of UniSalad, a community and marketplace app for university students in the UK. The app helps students solve everyday student life needs outside of academic life, and boosts community feel and wellbeing. Rebecca raised a 6-figure investment round, designed the product, acquired product market fit and lead all her marketing operations as a sole female founder. Her mission is to get UniSalad into the hands of every UK students by 2024 and better student life experience.

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