The Family
behind Freely
Who we are and why we created Freely
The family behind Freely
Husband and wife team, Aidan and Tiffany Boyd homeschool their two children in Sunshine Coast, Australia.
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After being thrown into unexpected homeschooling and learning through lots of trial and error, Tiffany eventually started to see where digital and paper planners were letting her down and set out to design something totally different. A system to support home educators like her. Home educators that don’t always follow a plan, who embrace natural and creative learning, that love to follow their kids interests, and want an easy way to plan and document that unique and special journey.
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Tiffany and Aidan then put their heads together and, as Freely started to come to life, brought in Ian Shanks, a long time friend and colleague of many years in the IT field. The trio have since Co-founded Freely homeschool planner.
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And, through many years of hard work, research and dedication, it was realised that a homeschool planner alone just wasn’t enough. That's when Tiffany went on to design an interactive course allowing the user to move through Freely step by step to simplify their homeschool.
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“It’s one thing to create a homeschool planning solution, but homeschoolers don’t have time to waste learning new systems and ways of doing things, they need systems and clear instructions that help them to see the benefits and just how life-changing digital planning can really be!”
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- Tiffany
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The TRIO
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Tiffany - Co-founder, creator, dreamer, and head of product
Aidan - Co-founder, UI designer, analyst, and all round problem solver
Ian - Co-founder, developer, and expert in all things privacy and security
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Freely is the result of many years of hard work, research and dedication from a homeschool family that didn’t fit inside the box.
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Husband and wife team, Aidan and Tiffany Boyd homeschool their two children in Sunshine Coast, Australia. Tiffany, with her creative thinking and ability to see the bigger picture, could see where digital and paper planners were letting her down and set out to design something totally different for homeschool families like hers.
Tiffany could see there was a desperate need for a system to support home educators like her, that don’t always follow a plan, who embrace natural and creative learning,
that love to follow their kids interests, and want an easy way to plan and document that unique and special journey.
Tiffany had the vision, but Aidan brought it to life, it was then that the team grew and brought in Ian Shanks, a long time friend and colleague of many years in the IT field. The trio have since Co-founded Freely homeschool planner.
Tiffany, understanding that creating a homeschool planner just wasn’t enough, went on to design an interactive course allowing the user to move through Freely step by step to simplify their homeschool. “It’s one thing to create a homeschool planning solution, but homeschoolers don’t have time to waste learning new systems and ways of doing things, they need systems and clear instructions that help them to see the benefits and just how life-changing digital planning can really be!”
The TRIO
Tiffany - Co-founder, creator, dreamer, and head of product
Aidan - Co- founder IT extraordinaire, Quality assurance analyst and all round problem solver!
Ian - Co-founder IT extraordinaire, head of Privacy and Security
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