Ever built something just to see if it worked?
Not because you had to. Not for a deadline.
Not for a performance review.
Just because someone said it couldn’t be done?
Good. That’s the spirit we’re looking for.
I’ve spent 20+ years building companies, fixing problems, and investing in people. The most useful thing I ever learned?
The best ideas usually start with someone being a bit of a pain in the neck.
The quiet type who’s always got one eyebrow raised.
The one who doesn’t sit through another pointless briefing without asking, why are we doing it this way?
Sound familiar?
If you’re working in a regulated industry, you’re probably surrounded by rules. Tick boxes. Risk forms. Audit trails.
All good. All needed.
But somewhere, behind all that, you still think like a builder.
A hacker.
A fixer.
That part of you doesn’t go away.
And that’s exactly the part we’re interested in at the TEG Academy.
So what is this place?
We’re not a university.
We’re not a jobs board.
We’re not an online course.
We’re a space where people like you can build things. Real things.
With other people who get it.
We don’t teach business theory. We don’t use buzzwords.
We build projects with commercial value.
And we do it fast.
Why should you care?
Because you’ve already got skills.
You just haven’t been around the right people yet.
You’ve been in big systems. Working inside complex machines.
That means you’ve seen problems no one else spots.
You’ve got a better way. But maybe you don’t know what to do with it.
That’s where we come in.
We help engineers, designers, analysts, and technical thinkers:
Launch small ventures with little risk
Learn to pitch without sounding like a sales rep
Build confidence by doing, not reading
Understand customers and markets without losing their minds
Connect with mentors who’ve done it all before
What does mischief look like?
It’s the guy who printed a part at home to fix a factory bottleneck.
The woman who built a spreadsheet to replace a £10k software licence.
The team who hacked together a prototype in a pub and sold it six months later.
I’ve worked with people like that for decades.
None of them had permission. All of them made things happen.
What they had in common:
Curiosity
Patience
Obsession with doing it better
No fear of breaking things
No time for politics
You don’t need to quit your job.
You don’t need to have a brand.
You don’t need an investor.
You just need to be willing to try something different.
Not everyone’s going to like it
Doing things your own way ruffles feathers.
You’ll hear words like not now, not possible, not in the budget.
That’s fine. That’s how you know you’re onto something.
The world doesn’t need more followers. It needs builders.
It needs people who ask the questions everyone avoids.
You might already be doing this in your spare time.
Sketching things out in the garage. Testing ideas when no one’s watching.
Fixing problems your boss hasn’t noticed yet.
That’s where everything starts.
What should you do next?
Get in touch.
You don’t need a pitch deck.
You don’t need a business plan.
You just need to talk to someone who’s been where you are.
We’re here to help you take that next step.
We don’t care what stage you’re at.
We care that you’re thinking for yourself.
There’s a place for smart troublemakers. It’s called the TEG Academy.
Sign me up!