My name is Darrin Worsfold. I am the owner of Vertical Adventures. Over the last 8 years I have shared about my business with several Auckland high schools, as part of their NCEA level 1 & 2 business studies program, (visiting a small business).
This began by helping a friend with his business studies class. Now I have over a dozen schools that come every year.
Vertical Adventures is a small family business based in Glen Eden. I now employ 3 full time and 17+ part-time staff. It is an indoor rock climbing facility that I literally built from the ground up.
Schools usually come out to Glen Eden for a day. As part of the program I share my work history, from a high school dropout, to builder, teacher, youth worker/outdoor instructor, outdoor Ed teacher, until I became the owner/operator of 2 Limited companies. This helps students understand some of the business decisions I made later.