This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Nigel Tunnacliffe. Nigel is the Co-Founder and CEO of Coastline Academy — the nation's largest driving school and, according to Inc., the 6th fastest-growing education company in America. Now, when most entrepreneurs are chasing the hot, crowded spaces, Nigel did something genuinely misfit: he looked at the fragmented, fading, mom-and-pop world of driving schools and saw a massive opportunity hiding in plain sight. By acquiring and modernizing local schools, Coastline helps retiring owners exit gracefully, keeps jobs local, and raises safety standards for students — all while building something that scales.

The results speak for themselves. Coastline has taken a sleepy, overlooked industry and turned it into a tech-enabled operation teaching over 250,000 students across 500+ cities in 9 states. And here's what makes it even more compelling — there's a real mission underneath it. At a time when Gen Z is more anxious about driving than any generation before them, Nigel's company isn't just teaching a skill, it's selling confidence. So today we're going to dig into how you spot opportunity in industries everyone else has written off, how to grow fast but sustainably through acquisition, and how to build a business that's both purpose-driven and genuinely profitable.

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