Rav Bumbra is Founder of Structur3dpeople, a tech business that focuses on increasing diversity and helps organisations attract and retain talent. She is also the Founder of Cajigo, an app that is the social arm of Structur3dpeople, which provides mentoring and support to girls and women, to help them develop their skills, knowledge, and pathways to enter careers across all industries that use technology.
With a 20-year consulting background, Rav also sits on the Women in Business Group in Bristol and on the Advisory Board for Learning People.
Rav is also the host of “Women Talk Tech” a Cajigo Instagram Live series, aimed at making tech role models visible, which airs every Monday at 8.00pm GMT.
How did Rav find the programme?
“What a journey and transformation it’s been over the last 3 months! I stumbled upon this course by accident and will be forever grateful for checking my junk folder when I did;) An entrepreneur needs to lay the right foundations before they can grow their business. This course has given me the tools I needed to visualise and develop all the building blocks to make improvements to my business, including customers, the route to market, value proposition, and finance. I started my entrepreneurial journey 3 years ago and wish this course was available back then… it would never have taken me this long to get to where I am today.
Two of the sessions I really enjoyed were on the business model canvas and understanding markets and customer journeys. It was an eye-opener to build a detailed model of my business, which I can change quite easily as the business develops. Also, creating the customer Avatars helped me to clearly define my target audience so I could refine my messages across various platforms.
I would advise any woman looking to start up a business to attend this program, it really is invaluable especially with the support from Natwest and access to their Business Builder. It’s been an absolute joy to meet incredible businesswomen in Bristol through this program, supporting and learning together, I know we will all go on to smash the next year and with great achievements. I really can’t wait to hear the success stories of this cohort over the next year.
I am so grateful to Black South West Network and Natwest for giving me this incredible opportunity to grow my business to the next level and look forward to being part of the BSWN family moving forward.'“
Twitter: @Ravbumbra
Instagram: @CajigoApp
LinkedIN: Rav Bumbra