Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Manchester based Managing Director operating in the Internet space. If you think a Managing Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Richard Lamb
Managing Director, UK of Jellyfish
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About Jellyfish: Jellyfish works as a digital platform, supporting and drives digital transformation by providing strategy, technology, and training.
Frank Staiger
Founder, Managing Director of Via Studios
Frank Staiger is Managing Director and founder of Via Studios. He has over twelve years experience in online design, development and digital management with a growing and exciting client portfolio including both private and public sectors. He has worked with many art directors, studios, developers and clients during his career. Via is the engine room driving his unstoppable passion for the internet and the digital sector. What’s more, the experience he brings to projects mediates between excitement for new channels and a sound business sense of what will work to deliver on the bottom line. Before founding the company back in 1998, German-born Frank was working freelance for many years in the media industry, including production and team management for large magazine publications. He also worked in branding, graphic design, pre-production and typography for traditional advertising agencies across Manchester.
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About Via Studios: Online Design, Usability and Development
Daniel Keighron-Foster
Managing Director of Steamhaus
Daniel is our Managing Director and started Steamhaus in August 2015. Back in 2000 Daniel set up Melbourne Server Hosting and grew it to become one of the North West’s most respected and successful independent hosting companies. Melbourne’s specific focus was on customer service, resulting in the business consistently growing at a rate of 40% per year. Daniel ran Melbourne for a total of 12 years, through to its sale in 2012; at this point having a turnover of £3.5m and a team of around 40 staff. In 2012, after exiting Melbourne, Daniel decided to spend some time focusing on starting a family. His twins were born in 2014. They’ve kept him and his partner incredibly busy since. Really, really busy. Daniel realised early on in 2015 that the cloud and DevOps are where the future lies in regards to hosting. Before he knew it, Steamhaus was incorporated and he was leading a team of experts. When Daniel isn’t working or being a Dad, you’ll find him either at the gym or at his piano playing at the skill level of a five-year-old.
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About Steamhaus: Steamhaus is a cloud and devops consultancy that enables businesses to leverage the power of public cloud providers.
Lida Weng
Managing Director of OElite
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About CapitalStackers, OElite: OElite is an intelligent IT platform engineered to help SMEs administer websites, daily operations and more located in Bury.
David Brownley
Managing Director of Digitally Brilliant Ltd
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About Digitally Brilliant Ltd: Digital Marketing & Web Design Made Simple. We build great Websites and Marketing Campaigns which Gain Quality Leads and Revenue.
Leon Calverley
Managing Director of Door4
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About Door4: Door4 is a digital agency that provides business-focused e-commece websites, online promotion and internet consultancy.
Ben Mills
Managing Director of Desk Dragons Interactive Limited
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About : Desk Dragons Interactive builds globally recognized gaming IPs and brands for next generation platforms.
Ben Mills
Managing Director of Desk Dragons Interactive Limited
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About : Desk Dragons Interactive builds globally recognized gaming IPs and brands for next generation platforms.
