Dress -up businessman won the support of Sir Richard Branson by placing his new educational application on a video door bell installed in the hotel's elevator.
Hugh Johnston, 27, discovered last week that Virgin's founder watched his 60 -second stadium and will help strengthen Tyypo, the application he created to help dyslexia learn from their mistakes.
The “Dream Elevator” can be found at the Virgin's Shoreditch Hotel, where entrepreneurs have been invited to share their ideas on the camera. Johnston, who admits Branson as one of the world's most pioneers in the world, jumped to the opportunity to score the stadium.
More than 500 hopes have entered the elevator since it was launched by Branson and Simon Squibb, founder of the social media platform that focuses on business. Johnston tried to find ways to contact Branson for some time; So when Squibb's YouTube's YouTube video was discovered on the “dream elevator”, he felt that the fate was next to him.
After struggling with dictation and writing for years, Johnston has created Tyypo to treat dyslexia in his root. Unlike other software, which he felt simply behaves a crutch, Tyypo tracks common mistakes and users teach how to improve, instead of highlighting errors. Johnston initially taught himself a teaching with the help of ChatGPT, and storing his repeated mistakes in a spreadsheet. Later on with two software developers, omid javidan and Nael Aborrob, to accelerate the development.
When Johnston scored his stadium in the elevator, he shared a personal story about mixing “father” and “Farter” on the order of the service for his grandfather's funeral. In his response, Branson praised his sincerity, and revealed that he had also suffered from indisputable incidents.
Johnston asked Branson for two things: First, that he shares the link of the Tyypo waiting list, and secondly, to present Johnston to dyslexia, a charitable institution that enhances dyslexia thinking in which Branson participated in developing university courses. A month after the refreshing social media, Johnston recently saw Branson Post about Tyypo this week, with more than twice as much as the first hour.
Typo is now close to launch. The project also got a place in the Barclays Eagle Labs program, designed to help startups early in the control of their products. “It is a great step on our journey,” says Johnston. “We are very grateful to Richard and everyone behind the dream elevator to give us this opportunity once in a lifetime.”