[Founder Feature @TC] May 2019
Name: Danny Bielik, Founder, 49yo, Australian
Technopreneur Circle member: Since Sept 2017
Company: Burst Learning (Blockchain / Artificial Intelligence)
Website: https://burstlearning.ai/
Fun facts about me:
I’m an adoptive father, my son was born in Korea, I’m from Australia and my wife is from the UK. We’re literally the United Nations inside one family.
The company under 20 words:
Burst Learning is about helping people get the skills they need for a job they love, on their mobile device.
What my company name & logo means:
Burst Learning opens the doors to continual learning throughout a person’s life. People learn better in Bursts of learning, just like the way they interact with social media – hence the name Burst Learning!
The logo represents bridges to learning that can be built over time, or “By Degrees”
Why I started the company & my journey so far:
Once upon a time a degree or diploma lasted a person’s lifetime. Today, people don’t get the huge benefit that a degree used to give them in terms of dollars and job certainty. And as online learning started to take off, only 5{6f3b5ca5ace692369bf4704a1330bfd533e2599dde4b418ebc2aa913bbe9723c} of people completed their courses. And fraud has become a real problem, devaluing everyone’s qualifications. So we needed to address all of these issues. We wanted to create a solution where people could learn any-time, anywhere on devices they have in their pocket. We wanted them to learn in Bursts, just like the way they use social media which people find so addictive. And we wanted to make sure more people completed their courses than dropped out – gaining a credential that employers trust.
I have been very fortunate to find some incredible support. The former CTO of Nokia and British Telecom is a director on my Board and we have an incredible development and support team in New Delhi, India who have developed the first version of our platform.
Microsoft have embraced us by awarding “Co-Sell Ready” status and “Managed Partner” status, both of which have been incredible in terms of sourcing high quality leads.
And our first customers are loving the product – we have as our first enterprise customer the largest private hotel group in Australia.
My lightbulb advice:
Follow your dream, but make sure that you also get the help you need to get the business fundamentals right. Don’t accept the first offer given to you because you could be easily taken advantage of. Singapore is amazing in terms of the people who are willing to spend their time to help you – use it! There is no weakness in asking for help, in fact it is a sign of strength.
I’m currently looking for:
Investors, Partners, Talents (team members)
You can reach me @
danny@burstlearning.ai
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