From two drunk students ranting about bills to ultimate student life hack! Glide have come a long way, and our story shows just how dedicated we are to making student life simple.
We get it, Glide deal with bills and that makes us stuffy, boring, and annoying to pretty much everyone…but actually we’re trying to do something that’s pretty exciting, and that’s making student life as simple as possible.
Back in 2006 our founders James and Sandeep were fresh-faced students bonding over a few pints. As with all good drinking sessions, around the ten pint mark they started putting the world to rights.
They both felt that student life was way harder than it ought to be; surely there was a better way.
While ideas like a lecture note taking service were disregarded as drunken ramblings, one idea rightly stuck; a simple way of sharing bills for students…and the idea of Glide was born.
With their student halls doubling as an office, they were soon taking payments while drinking relaxing on their sofa. Don’t let their modesty fool you though, there was a steep learning curve and a lot of hard work along the way, but by 2007 they had raised enough capital to move into proper offices (it still had a sofa).
They began building a young workforce with a desire to make things better driven by their own student experiences.
James and Sandeep quickly realised they weren’t the only ones fed up of bills causing arguments, awkward IOUs, and hassle in shared houses, students were loving Glide! By 2011 we had grown to 22 employees and were turning over £4.9m.
As Glide grew so did our ability to make things simple. In 2013 we launched a ground-breaking online customer portal, greener energy, and a brand spanking new brand built around “Life made simple”.
So now you know… we may have grown a bit since our humble beginnings but we’re just as committed to the student cause. We feel we’ve created the ultimate Student Life Hack that helps simplify something that impacts on students’ day to day lives
This year we want to show just how dedicated we are to helping students, so we’re launching the #StudentLifeHacks campaign!
It’s all about handy hints and tips for making student life simple, so give us a follow and start living the simple life.
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