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                  PUPIL NEWS                                                              Advance



                                                                                          to Go
                                                                                          Sam Zawadzki (2008) is a
                                                                                          determined innovator who has
                                                                                          written a book titled Advance to
                                                    delivering top quality quizzes. Instead, he set   Go: Win your financial freedom
                                                    about adapting his business model so that it   through property investment. Sam
                                                    could provide home-based quizzes over online   told Quadrangle how his experiences
                                                    streaming platforms. It has since delivered more   have shaped the publication:
                                                    than 550 online quizzes, with around 700 teams    “I’ll always be grateful for the
                                                    a night taking part. Andrew and his team have   incredible education I received at
                                                    established a new ‘method’, putting together   Heriot’s. After university I entered
                                                    thousands of questions and marking equally as   the world of work, and discovered
                                                    many answer sheets every week! As if this wasn’t   that the privileged education and
                                                    enough, Andrew also set up a charitable initiative   upbringing did not come without
                                                    called GQTON, which sells T-shirts to help finance   a cost. The conventional education
                                                    various quiz events for charities - what a fantastic   system provides a broad foundation
                                                    way to show the Heriot’s ethos of distributing   but when I entered the real world,
                                                    chearfullie is still going strong! He told Quadrangle:   I struggled. How does one complete
                                                    “I have always wanted to help people in any way    a tax return? When did petrol
                British Empire Medal for            I can and over the various stages of lockdown    become so expensive? Most of all,
                                                    I knew that my company could provide   why do I spend every pound I make?”
                Andrew Wildgoose
                                                    something helpful for people facing a lonely and
                                                                                          Sam became fascinated by the
                Andrew Wildgoose (2006), has been honoured   difficult time. It's a pleasure being able to offer
                                                                                          concept of financial freedom, and
                with a British Empire Medal for services to   something that we know helps so many people,
                                                                                          started researching published works
                charitable fundraising during the pandemic.   the feedback we get is immensely encouraging
                                                                                          such as Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert
                                                    but receiving this award is the icing on the cake
                As the owner of Goose’s Quizzes, an Edinburgh                             Kiyosaki, The Richest Man in Babylon
                                                    of a very odd 2020!”
                firm that oversees up to 45 weekly pub quizzes                            by George Clason and also Debt:
                across the Central Belt, Andrew decided to   If you want to learn more about Andrew and his   The First 5,000 Years by David
                suspend the company’s services in mid-March   quiz empire, check out our new After Heriot’s blog   Graeber. He decided that his strategy
                when the severity of the pandemic became clear.   on the school website. You can even test your   for becoming financially free would
                However, this did not stop Andrew and his team   Heriot’s knowledge in the exclusive quiz he created.   be to invest in the property market.
                                                                                          Over the last 10 years Sam has
                                                                                          focused his energy into property,
                                                                                          discovering the best ways to buy,
                   Hola, Duende Tapas!                                                    how to finance, how to renovate
                   In 2020 Catherine Huish (2012) used furlough to her advantage          and most importantly, how to build
                   and started up her own tapas delivery service operating in North       a passive income stream that
                   Berwick and the surrounding area. She and her husband                  enables him to enjoy life and live
                   established Duende Tapas without any hospitality experience:           passionately:
                   “we just decided to go for it because we wanted to be proactive        “In the spirit of distributing
                   and we felt it was the perfect opportunity to delve into two of our    chearfullie, I decided to share
                   biggest passions, Spain and food!”                                     everything that I’ve learned. From
                   As soon as the couple registered the business with East Lothian Council, the huge learning    the horrendous mistakes, to the
                   curve began. In the space of two weeks, food safety documentation was compiled to present    lucky breaks, I published Advance
                   to Environmental Health and the branding and website was in full swing. Duende Tapas was   to Go as a means to inspire and
                   approved to begin trading on 1st June 2020 and has continued to grow from strength to   educate individuals about investing
                   strength.                                                              in buy to let property.”
                   Catherine said “we have been so busy; the response to our venture has surpassed any expectations   If you’d like to learn more, please
                   we had; we now have a wonderful base of repeat customers and we’re still getting new ones   visit the book’s website:
                   every week.” What a fabulous way to bring a taste of Spain to East Lothian!  www.advancetogo.com
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