{"id":47590,"date":"2023-10-20T15:54:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/why-melbourne-startup-brosa-is-on-the-hunt-for-an-apprentice\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:54:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:54:16","slug":"why-melbourne-startup-brosa-is-on-the-hunt-for-an-apprentice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/why-melbourne-startup-brosa-is-on-the-hunt-for-an-apprentice\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Melbourne startup Brosa is on the hunt for an apprentice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The most important things Brosa co-founder Ivan Lim learned about running a startup didn\u2019t come from his university course.<\/p>\n

It was a three-month founder\u2019s apprentice program with Tweaky\u2019s Ned Dwyer where he discovered what it took to run a startup, and gained the passion for creating one of his own.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing through my university degree was helpful but the thing that really crafted me as an entrepreneur was what I learned from that program,\u201d Lim tells StartupSmart<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing the ups and downs, the decisions made on a day-to-day basis about growing a startup \u2013 it was about moving forward while things were breaking.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the things we do in startup land don\u2019t really get taught to you, you don\u2019t know what you actually have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nearly four years later, Lim is now running his own fast-growing startup \u2013 Melbourne-based furniture marketplace Brosa \u2013 and he wants to pay it forward.<\/p>\n

The startup, which now has a 25-person team and 2000 listen products, is now on the hunt for its own founder\u2019s apprentice, who will work closely with Lim and the other co-founders to help build the business and learn what it takes to run a startup.<\/p>\n

A win-win<\/h3>\n

For Lim, it\u2019s good for his startup and a chance to offer the same opportunity that shaped his career to another lucky entrepreneur.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a win for us because we\u2019re always looking for good people, and it\u2019s a win for them because that individual gets to learn a tremendous amount about the inner-workings of a high-growth startup,\u201d Lim says.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll be a lot of learning by doing. I\u2019m a big believer in tight feedback loops for our core team members. We\u2019re talking regularly and we look to resolve things straight away.\u201d<\/p>\n

The apprenticeship will be six-months of full-time, paid work. At the end of the program the apprentice will have the option of leaving to pursue their own startup, or staying on with Brosa.<\/p>\n

Lim himself decided to stay on for another two years at Tweakly before ultimately leaving to launch Brosa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe future of the ecosystem is about getting more founders and better founders,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

A diverse range of hopeful applicants<\/h3>\n

Lim says they\u2019ve already receive hundreds of applications for the position from a diverse group of people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had people who are consultants and corporate types who want to move into startups and people working in marketing and business development,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want a good indication in their history that they have operational expertise, an ability to get things done and an ability to lead \u2013 these are attributes that make good founders.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut ultimately I\u2019m looking for a real hunger to learn. That\u2019s a big part of our culture \u2013 we\u2019re a team of really hungry people. We\u2019re hungry to build a company we can be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n

The startup is hoping to pick the apprentice as soon as possible, but Lim says they won\u2019t be rushing the selection process.<\/p>\n

Brosa has enjoyed rapid growth since securing a $2 million investment from AirTree Ventures mid-way through last year, and Lim says they place to double the amount of listed products this year and continue to expand around Australia and the world.<\/p>\n

If you want to be a part of it, you can apply for the Brosa founder\u2019s apprentice program here.<\/p>\n

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