Startup Success - five award winning businesses started in the last year
by Startacus Admin
Sometimes when you have a great idea, it’s not the idea that concerns you initially but the fear, uncertainty, and lack of knowledge on how to take that idea and make it a workable reality.
That wall is often too big a barrier for some people to leap. The visualisation of that idea becoming a reality is however possible, but the process of how you get from concept to practical reality is a tough nut to crack.
With this in mind, we wanted to show you what is possible within 12 months (give or take a few weeks here and there!) The 5 businesses below were all founded in Nov 2011 or later. Admittedly, the idea for each of the said businesses may have been around for months, or even years, however this is when each of the businesses started out on their actual business journeys.
Each of the 5 startups featured have been included in the startups.co.uk Startup100 list for 2012, so it just goes to show what it is possible to do in 12 months. Perhaps take a little inspiration yourself - who knows, maybe 12 months from now you can feature on the startups100 2013 list even if all you have right now is a really good idea for a business!
A big well done to the 5 businesses that are on the list below. ( P.S. If any of you happen to be reading this and have any advice or tips to pass on to all us other self starters, we’d love to hear from you! )
The Britpop Bakery - Founded November 2011
In 2011, the trend for Cake Pops had well and truly captured Jessica's imagination. However, she was hugely disappointed to discover that all of the current Cake Pop bakeries use Candy Melts and other funny substances to coat their cake pops. She wondered if it would be possible to create an all-natural, preferably Organic cake pop using pure chocolate as the outer coating.
After much trial and error and many testing sessions with some very kind and patient people, the recipe was finally perfected and The BritPop Bakery was launched! Today, Jessy still bakes and decorates each and every BritPop from her home kitchen.
A-Star Sports - Founded November 2011
A-Star Sports offers inclusive, developmental multi-sports coaching for children aged 2-10 years. Building on a fun ABC-based foundation (agility, balance and coordination), children are introduced to and develop the skills for ten core sports.
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- leAD Sports Accelerator targets a hat trick of successful SportsTech cohorts 23rd Apr 2019 leAD Sports is on the hunt for early-stage SportsTech startups to join their latest 12-week Accelerator program in the heart of Europe’s thriving and vibrant startup ecosystem in Berlin.
- AO launches Innovation Lab to integrate online retail solutions 17th Apr 2019 AO, the UK’s leading online-only household appliance and electrical retailer is looking discover and integrate startups with solutions that will help AO’s customers.
- EDP searching for startups to join the Starter Acceleration Program 8th Apr 2019 EDP, one of Europe's major electricity operators is currently looking for startups for their new EDP Starter Acceleration Program.
- United Utilities launches Innovation Lab 2.0 21st Mar 2019 Leading UK water and wastewater company United Utilities has launched its second accelerator programme to help innovative businesses grow and develop their solutions through a collaborative approach.
