Ewan Cameron

Founder & CEO, Willow · 1 appearance on the record.

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Ewan Cameron is the founder and CEO of Willow. Diagnosed with dyslexia at age 16, he advocates for rethinking hiring processes beyond traditional resumes.

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Opinion

Cameron: Neurodivergent founders are uniquely equipped to tame early startup chaos

“Startups and small businesses, because they're so chaotic, Your ability to focus and tame the chaos can actually be quite beneficial. Whereas other people without learning the difficulties and neurodivergence can't tame the chaos. They just feel like they're i…”

Ewan Cameron Feb 8, 2023 ▶ 24:51 Diagnosed at 16, He Built a Company to Kill the CV

Insight

Cameron: Rigid CV formats systematically disadvantage dyslexic job applicants

“Dyslexia does not lend itself very well to writing you know, pages about you, and writing them well. You know, dyslexia, people tend to put in, you know, the wrong word, they'll put in spelling mistakes, they'll struggle with the organization of the CV, the ac…”

Ewan Cameron Feb 8, 2023 ▶ 34:39 Diagnosed at 16, He Built a Company to Kill the CV

Insight

Cameron: Novel software products need full-feature free trials before charging users

“When you're trying to sell something that's such a new concept, I think it's really helpful to actually give people The whole platform and gives them a chance to actually try it first and foremost before you're taking any money.”

Ewan Cameron Feb 8, 2023 ▶ 43:07 Diagnosed at 16, He Built a Company to Kill the CV

Insight

Cameron: Adjusting screen contrast mitigates dyslexia reading fatigue

“A typical person with dyslexia looking at white text, sorry, white background, black text will find that all the words will like float around the page and they'll really struggle to follow the lines like left to right. And it makes reading really, really tirin…”

Ewan Cameron Feb 8, 2023 ▶ 16:41 Diagnosed at 16, He Built a Company to Kill the CV

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Cameron: Willow hired its entire 12-person team using its own software

“We've got a team of 12 now. Everyone has been through Willow. We've done, you know, hundreds of our own interviews through Willow to get to those 12 people.”

Ewan Cameron Feb 8, 2023 ▶ 40:10 Diagnosed at 16, He Built a Company to Kill the CV

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Diagnosed at 16, He Built a Company to Kill the CV	Feb 8, 2023	22m

Ewan Cameron

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