Kola Tytler

Founder and Co-owner at dropout

Kola Tytler has a diverse range of work experience. In 2012, they worked as a Charitable Organization Assistant at ADMO Italia. From 2013 to 2020, they served as a Specialist Support Worker at Feore Support LTD. In 2017, they founded Tylerbot LTD and served as the Owner until 2019. In 2018, they ventured into entrepreneurship as the Founder and Co-owner of dropout, a successful store specializing in limited edition sneakers and streetwear. Also in 2018, they founded HypeAnalyzer, the world's first tool for sneakers and Supreme secondary market analysis. Kola went on to co-found ARCHVD in 2020, a curated fashion consignment digital platform. Alongside their entrepreneurial pursuits, Kola has also worked as a Junior Doctor at various NHS trusts, including Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Kola is currently working as a Junior Doctor at the NHS. Kola is involved in overseeing business analytics, running marketing, and making key decisions for dropout.

Kola Tytler's education history begins with obtaining a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree in Medicine from King's College London. Kola completed this degree in an unspecified year before 2019. Following this, they pursued a short course in International Human Rights: Theory, Law and Practice from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2015. Additionally, they earned a Certificate of Biosciences from King's College London in 2014.

Looking ahead, Kola is set to pursue a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Amministrazione e gestione aziendale, generale from the University of Birmingham starting in 2021, which is expected to be completed by 2023.

In terms of additional certifications, Kola received several certifications from Imperial College Business School. These include "ICBS002: Finance Essentials," "ICBS004: Data Analysis Essentials," "PreMBA Essentials for Professionals," "ICBS001: Accounting Essentials," and "ICBS003: Maths Essentials." Kola obtained these certifications in 2020, with specific months provided.

It should be noted that due to missing information, such as the start year for the MBBS degree and the area of study for the Certificate of Biosciences, no strong assumptions are made outside of the given experience.

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Launched in 2018, dropout is an Italy-based business specialised in the sale of authentic limited edition sneakers and streetwear.With a highly trafficked flagship store located in the centre of Milan, dropout proved a huge success right from the start: over 1000 people attended to the store on its opening weekend, and its doors have seen over50000 visitors from all over the world. The e-commerce dropoutmilano.com has seen millions of visitors and thousands of sales, guaranteeing authenticity of all products shipped and providing free delivery across EU.To support the business activities, dropout's team have developed a software of technical analysis for the secondary streetwear market, named HypeAnalyzer. In dropout, pricing and marketing are automated and data-driven by HypeAnalyzer algorithms. Output of these also include data for consignment rates (dynamic and affected by things such as volatility and demand, objectively calculated) and discounts.dropout is looking to scale this, simple yet efficient, model, for many other things retail and e-commerce and is currently studying the creation of a portal for investment in sneakers as alternative assets. HypeAnalyzer is covered by commercial patent in Italy (SIAE, D000014993) and dropout® is trademarked at continental level.Initially opened with no external funding, in October 2021 dropout launched its first funding round, raising €750k via equity crowdfunding in a lightning 6 days, following the board approval of an extension of the initial €500k goal (reached in 4 days out of a 62 days campaign). The move will see dropout open a new retail location as well the opening of several temporary locations throughout Italy; improve its e-commerce and the further development of HypeAnalyzer.The campaign saw the participation of 2 Italian VC funds and over 150 retail investors, who join the founding team made of Kola Tytler, Andrea Canziani, Federico Pasquetti and Stefano Zeppieri.


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