BackStory

Hey there, I'm Jakob one of the founding members of The Bullish Bear, a living example of turning challenges into opportunities. Growing up, life threw me some curveballs—I lost my dad when I was just 6, and with three older siblings, we didn't exactly have it easy. Hand-me-down clothes and free school lunches were the norm for us.

But you know what they say, tough times breed tough people. I always had this itch to do something big, something different. Call it a gut feeling or just plain stubbornness, but I knew deep down that entrepreneurship was my ticket to success.

My story really starts from the moment I had to choose my GCSE’s. Having been a creative person, but also good at maths, when it came to choosing my options I was at a crossroads. My choices were Photography Graphics and Geography. However my Dad advised me to drop one of Photography or Graphics for Economics.

Regrettably (at the time) I listened to him and swapped Graphics out for Economics. Fast forward to the first day of Year 10 I am dreading the first lesson. As I walk in I knock my teachers coffee over and spilt it everywhere. After a few weeks we come into the topic of Interest Rates and Quantitative Easing. Each question my hand was up and my teacher was fed up and refused to let me answer the questions. Quickly I realised that my grasp on this topic was better than most.

I am one of the founding members of The Bullish Bear and what a journey it has been. I grew up in London Edmonton from a working-class background. There was 5 of us living in a 2-bedroom place. My parents were workaholics (probably where I get it from). They made sure we didn’t go without.

Education was never my thing I was predicted 12 As for my GCSE’s but came out with 12 C’s. My parents were disappointed. I just couldn’t revise. During school however, I used to buy sweets on the way to school and sell them to the students. Maybe this is where my entrepreneur nature came from.