TESTIMONIALS

Hear from some of our supporters

• The Spirit of Startup Britain

  01 April 2013

  Dear Startup Britain Team, Your immense task at Startup Britain will definitely bring Britain back on track, shinier and stronger than ever before! Your unique contribution to the entrepreneur creed; for those who live for the ideas, want to see the change and prosperity in the world; can't be framed in few simple words. But can be felt and realised as we go along this path. My week long trip from Manchester to London for Finance 4 StartUp Britain Week has given a new life to my ideas which I would pursue. I would also love to support other entrepreneurs and businesses to help build a robust Startup Britain Ecosystem.

  - SONAL BHALLA - MSP, ISPM, PRINCE2, ITIL, APMs (Stanford)

• Finance 4 StartUp Britain Week

  01 April 2013

  Having attended some the Finance 4 StartUp Britain events last week (Entrepreneurs and Finance, Access to Finance), I would like to congratulate the whole Start Up team and panelists for a balanced and ‘level headed’ set of presentations. The scope and variety of issues under discussion were very useful for business StartUps & growing businesses. The rich content in the presentations reflected the experienced and knowledgeable individuals on the panels, all of whom were very open and helpful in their conversations with the audience. Thank you to all concerned for their time and effort - I think many (including ourselves) benefited from the event.

  - Gordon Colquhoun

• A Go Up Britain Success Story

  01 April 2013

  In 2011 my business partner, Tom Skinner, and I were trying to decide whether to take the risk and start up our own online marketing and web design firm. We are both in our early twenties and the idea of running our own business excited us, but the risks concerned us. However, after watching an inspirational speech made by Emma Jones of Start Up Britain, our concerns were eased and we decided to take the plunge. Go Up has been trading for three months now. In this time, we have gone from a two man band to a six man team. This will shortly turn to eight, as we are set to hire two more full-time staff later this month. We were profitable from month one, and have grown in success every since. We are now an extremely profitable venture, and this increases every day. We have gained our success through doing brilliant work for a wide range of clients, from 5 star resorts in Kenya, to Energy Companies in Australia, from local shops to national plumbing, maintenance and building contractors. We consider Start Up Britain to have been fundamental to our success. Their team are brilliant, and their resources indispensable. They were the catalyst for the decision to start the business and we very much indebted to them. Edward

  - Edward James

• Business start up

  01 April 2013

  It is great to see that Start Up Britain are doing so much for individuals that are currently not working or indeed in jobs that does not fulfil their values, beliefs or desires. I am very proud to be working with Start Up Britain and helping people achieve their goals and eventually live their dreams. Good luck to everyone...

  - Simon Misiewicz MBA, ACCA, FinstLM

• GEC2012 & Start-Up Britain

  01 April 2013

  I was extremely excited to attend GEC2012 for the first time this year. In between the seminars, I met with StartUp Britain who have been supporting me in getting my business idea off the ground. They introduced me to lots of important people, including the President of Dell, a great example of 'big companies helping small'. I will continue to enjoy working with Start-Up Britain as I can really see the opportunities opening up for me.

  - Hannah Catmur

• Startup Nations

  01 April 2013

  We had the pleasure of working with Startup Britian to organise a Startup Nations event, in the margins of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Liverpool. They were always on top of everything, providing leadership in the project organisation, and being excellent event hosts. The final event was very successful, resulting in stronger international connections and what will develop into an international Startup Nations Community. I feel that Startup Britain has successfully identified and recruited an excellent, dedicated and energetic team that will help bring entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship to the forefront of the UK Prosperity agenda!

  - Nicole Arbour

• Great resource for start-ups

  01 April 2013

  Since the first engagement with StartUp Britain they have been most helpful. So far they have helped with our launch event and getting some PR in national press. A great bunch of people, with great experience and a great resource for start-ups. I will send a lot of people over to them to give them greater support in getting started.

  - Simon Dixon CEO, BankToTheFuture.com

• StartUp Britain's 'Entrepreneurs' Budget' Breakfast

  01 April 2013

  The breakfast discussion chaired by Lord Young about what could be done in the Budget to help Entrepreneurs was very interesting. Several topics were discussed with a number of point of views expressed by entrepreneurs gathered by StartUp Britain. It was extremely well organised. The follow up group on LinkedIn was also a good idea. Only improvement I would suggest is hosting it at Hummus Bros next time :)

  - Christian Mouysset, co-founder of Hummus Bros

• StartUp Britain connecting entrepreneurs with investment

  01 April 2013

  StartUp Britain have been an essential partner for the Accelerator Academy since our launch in 2011, helping to signpost early stage digital entrepreneurs to our training, mentoring and seed capital programme for high growth businesses. Not only have they been consistently proactive, but they are also incredibly well connected, and have helped to identify investment partners for the entrepreneurs in our programme, notably inviting a number of corporate venturing partners to our Investor Showcase presentations. On behalf of the Accelerator Academy, we would like to extend our grateful thanks, and look forward to continuing to build on the relationship with this excellent organisation.

  - Ian Merricks, Co-Founder of The Accelerator Academy - http://www.AcceleratorAcademy.com/ and Managing Partner at White Horse Capital LLP - http://www.WhiteHorseCapital.co.uk

• StartUp Britain - U rock!

  01 April 2013

  I think the whole StartUp Britain campaign has been a fantastic initiative for those people wanting to turn their dreams and ideas into reality. Sometimes it does take something to spark that first step and for me StartUp Britain was just that spark. I loved the idea that there was a central repository for all things StartUp so I immediately downloaded the StartUp guide and you shouldn't underestimate how useful for this is. I consider myself "up" on tech stuff and yet there were apps and tips which have totally helped my StartUp which I would have only known about through Emma Jones' fantastic guide. I've been fortunate enough to meet Emma on a couple of occasions and she's been so inspirational and helpful so I would encourage all thinkers and StartUps to read the guide as it lays everything out in a very logical and informative way and offers real world solutions to starting up. Go on you know you want to! Do it, it's great and well done to the StartUp Britain team! U rock.. P.S Anyone want to buy a Desktag? They are lovely and shiny and would great on YOUR desk!

  - Richard Baldock